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Iraqi forces recapture more of Tal Afar, the last refuge
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Northern Cameroon	0 [1752]
Raqqa Offensive: Heavy airstrikes and ongoing battles in the city as the Kurds take central districts	0 [1748]
Coalition jets bombard IS convoy in western Anbar	0 [1744]
Iraqi forces recapture more of Tal Afar, the last refuge	0 [1767]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 soldiers injured, 2 suicide bombers killed	0 [1746]
Syrian forces liberate strategic town in east Hama	0 [1741]
Homs: ISIL nearly besieged in central Syria as SAA troops liberate key mountain	0 [1758]
Syrian Army resumes offensive in east Damascus, punishes Islamist defenses	0 [1740]
Grenade attack in Kabul city leaves at least 7 wounded	0 [1742]
Nearly 50 dead, wounded as suicide attack rocks Lashkargah city in Helmand	0 [1746]
Two arrested in Morocco over suspected links to Barcelona attackers	0 [1746]
Newcastle 'grooming' gang 'raped vulnerable girls as young as 13 after luring them to parties at a network of flats and plying them with alcohol and drugs'	4 22:31 Elmavimp Untervehr1384 [1773]
Passenger who tried to carry a pipe bomb on to a flight at Manchester Airport is jailed for 18 years	2 12:08 Skidmark [1749]
Bahrain forces attack mourning Shia inmates in Jaw prison	2 05:00 g(r)omgoru [1748]
11 beheaded in Libya checkpoint attack	0 [1745]
Syrian army, Hezbollah advance against Daesh in western Qalamoun	0 [1751]
Taliban suicide bomber targets military convoy in Helmand, 4 soldiers killed	0 [1752]
Dutch terror threat: Concert evacuated after bus loaded with GAS BOTTLES found near venue	2 12:06 Abu Uluque [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
European cities ramp up security with new barriers to protect people from terrorists (VIDEOS)	5 17:30 swksvolFF [1767]
Forcible disappearance keeps 4000 Iraqis out of sight	2 10:20 Pappy [1748]
Karzai says he strongly opposes the new strategy for Afghanistan	10 21:27 trailing wife [1770]
Moroccan who admitted killing 2 in Finland knife attack was refused asylum	3 15:15 Spereth Trotsky4095 [1736]
Erdogan feels ‘uneasy’ about US support for Kurds	2 15:17 Spereth Trotsky4095 [1739]
Iran condemns Saudi attack on Yemen residential areas, calls for UN probe	1 17:10 Skidmark [1735]
Egypt slams US over decision to cut aid, warns of 'repercussions'	6 20:06 newc [1757]
Jamaat threatens long march on Islamabad after Eid	4 19:06 Pappy [1769]
Pakistan could lose status as privileged ally over Afghan militant support, warns US	0 [1748]
Iranian opposition leaders will 'regret' trial, says Iran's court chief	0 [1737]
'Trump has no understanding of the South Asian region,' Imran says	4 15:53 Pappy [1743]
New ISIS Video Features 10-Year-Old American Living in Raqqa	0 [1745]
France's Charlie Hebdo Publishes Provocative Islam Cartoon	0 [1744]
Frustrated with US, Abbas said to be weighing dissolving the PA	5 18:41 trailing wife [1779]
Page 3: Non-WoT
A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades	7 18:25 Seeking cure for ignorance [1765]
James Damore hires civil rights lawyer Harmeet Dhillon	5 18:01 newc [1771]
Government Clears Amazon's $13 Billion Purchase Of Whole Foods	2 13:23 JohnQC [1740]
Rebels say Ukrainians use press gangs	0 [1744]
Virtue Signaling Update: Comey Joins Howard Univ as Part-Time Lecturer and ‘King Chair'	7 13:59 Spereth Trotsky4095 [1743]
Merkel: Germany won't necessarily take US side in potential Korea war	17 21:29 Besoeker [1774]
DNA of headless torso found at sea matches missing Swedish journalist: Danish police	4 18:21 Seeking cure for ignorance [1767]
BHC rejects MPA Achakzai's bail application in traffic policeman death case	0 [1746]
Clooneys donate $1mn to combat hate groups after Charlottesville	5 09:41 jack salami [1754]
Connecticut man dies from tick-borne illness	0 [1748]
Modern life is making Americans constipated	13 15:11 Raj [1750]
Page 4: Opinion
Which Republicans Helped This Oppo Research Firm Investigate Trump?	4 20:39 Iblis [1761]
To Be Or To Do – A Naval Career In The Wake Of The USS Fitzgerald & McCain	2 21:14 Lone Ranger [1758]
National Security Cover-Ups, Missteps, and Miscalculations	1 14:00 trailing wife [1744]
Mr. President: Don't negotiate with the swamp. Drain it.	3 18:50 Glenmore [1770]
Trump is Winning The Battle Against Do Nothing McConnell in Kentucky...By A lot	8 15:34 Spereth Trotsky4095 [1742]
California Shia imam: ISIS or Daesh 'is the production of Israeli Intelligence'	10 18:02 Rambler in Virginia [1769]
LTG (Ret) Keith Kellogg: Trump as Commander in Chief, Making the Hard Decisions	1 07:01 Procopius2k [1746]
How American Anarchy Parallels China’s Cultural Revolution	4 23:42 Elmavimp Untervehr1384 [1768]
Page 6: Politix
Skorian Dolek James Clapper: ‘Very little’ in Trump’s way if he orders nuclear attack	11 23:14 Skidmark [1781]
Trump fueling racism, bigotry in US: Journalist	7 18:13 newc [1763]
Missouri senator who urged Trump assassination booted from committees	4 10:45 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Ex-CIA agent wants to buy Twitter to boot Trump	13 15:51 Spereth Trotsky4095 [1753]
National City Proceeds With Lawsuit Against Bernie Sanders	1 07:13 Frank G [1744]

    
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                        21:29 Besoeker

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                        21:14 Lone Ranger

                        20:39 Iblis

                        20:37 bbrewer126

                        20:19 Frank G

                        20:06 newc

                        20:05 European Conservative

                        19:06 Pappy

                        18:50 Glenmore

                        18:41 trailing wife

                        18:25 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        18:21 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        18:13 newc

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                        17:48 DarthVader

                        17:44 Zhang Fei

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                        17:38 Jolulet Jung4725

                        17:30 swksvolFF

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1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Syria

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Thu 2017-08-24
Iraqi forces recapture more of Tal Afar, the last refuge

Wed 2017-08-23
Yemen: At least 30 dead as air strike hits hotel

Tue 2017-08-22
Somali extremist group confirms killing of senior commander

Mon 2017-08-21
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Sun 2017-08-20
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Sat 2017-08-19
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Fri 2017-08-18
Finland attack – ‘Several people injured after multiple knifemen rampage through city of Turku' amid reports of shots fired

Thu 2017-08-17
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Wed 2017-08-16
Tunisia says IS plot to seize territory foiled

Tue 2017-08-15
Russia foils two ISIS suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up on the subway in Moscow

Mon 2017-08-14
At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso

Sun 2017-08-13
IS executes its Legal Judge in Hawija for attempting to secede

Sat 2017-08-12
30 Taliban insurgents killed as suicide vests explodes in Farah gathering

Fri 2017-08-11
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Thu 2017-08-10
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