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Badruddin Haqqani drone zapped!
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Phillipine police nab Abu Sayyaf member	0 [1742]
Badruddin Haqqani drone zapped!	5 19:57 JosephMendiola [1776]
Syria activists report 'execution style' killings near Damascus	4 23:51 JosephMendiola [1777]
Good Morning	1 11:46 JohnQC [1739]
Libyan Islamists Raze Sufi Sites in Bold Attacks	3 18:03 Slolugum Gray3209 [1742]
Missing Jubo League leader found dead	5 22:04 Eric Jablow [1762]
Confirmed: Mullah Dadullah drone-zapped in Afghanistan	2 21:33 JosephMendiola [1771]
Afghan terrorists ambush Pakistani checkpost again	1 02:32 Besoeker [1745]
TTP commander arrested from Nowshera	1 18:29 SteveS [1750]
Forces kill 28 terrorists in Bajaur	0 [1748]
Snipers versus tanks in Syrias Aleppo	0 [1742]
Three killed in Mosul attacks	2 09:21 Procopius2k [1744]
Anti-regime actor arrested by Assad agents	0 [1741]
Christian girl held on blasphemy cannot read: Vatican	2 10:16 Raider [1739]
Egypt blocks 120 tunnels in the Sinai	2 14:06 Redneck Jim [1750]
Christian Boy Tortured And Killed In Pakistan	2 20:12 Redneck Jim [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kremlin 'Suspends' Use of Tartus Naval Base in Syria	2 23:49 JosephMendiola [1757]
Britain and US plan a Syrian revolution from an innocuous office block in Istanbul	5 20:22 Pappy [1740]
'Germany met with Munich terrorists after attack'	2 20:20 Pappy [1738]
Apology over Kiwi soldier comments	5 20:17 Pappy [1737]
Egypt turns down U.S. request to inspect Iranian arms ship on way to Syria	7 21:24 tipper [1761]
Hoping 3rd time's the charm: Pro-Palestinian 'activists' try through Jordan	0 [1735]
Life is an iron, German version, cont'd	7 17:09 trailing wife [1742]
Al-Qaeda terrorists launch human rights bid	0 [1741]
Third Jihadist Group Claims Responsibility For Eilat Rockets	0 [1738]
Hamas: 3 Palestinians Assisted Terrorists In Sinai Attack	0 [1738]
Abbas adviser: PA might file charges against Israeli leaders, settlers	1 01:07 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Report: Syrian VP defected to Jordan	1 14:21 tipper [1742]
Unemployed Man Sets Himself On Fire In Egypt	1 11:02 Glenmore [1742]
Security Sources: Freed Egyptian Prisoners Behind Sinai Attack	3 11:24 SteveS [1739]
Ragtag Revolts in Parts of Afghanistan Repel Taliban	1 21:42 JosephMendiola [1760]
NWA residents start fleeing over likely operation	0 [1729]
Islamist Mind Games: How Young German Men Are Lured into Jihad	1 01:05 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Al Qaeda calls for death of Navy SEAL who authored book on bin Laden mission	9 17:11 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
China announces £800bn stimulus to boost confidence	4 22:17 JosephMendiola [1763]
Pussy Riot members flee Russia	0 [1732]
Isaac Threat Looms Large for New Orleans	7 21:51 tu3031 [1771]
Greenpeace activists climb Russian Arctic oil rig to protest drilling	10 20:37 Iblis [1766]
Advice to {UAE} Tourists  fails to reach out	1 17:15 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1740]
Prince Saud to leave hospital soon: royal court	0 [1729]
RIP Neil Armstrong 82	9 20:53 Eric Jablow [1769]
Ballistics shows NYPD hit 9 bystanders to down 1 Krazed Killer	21 20:55 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1768]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Sunni Islamism is the worlds greatest threat	4 20:58 trailing wife [1776]
Assad opens regional Pandora's box	2 17:59 Slolugum Gray3209 [1734]
We can build a durable peace in Afghanistan	5 17:01 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1737]
Gloves Are Off: Mitt Said 'Bless His Heart' to Barack	12 22:03 swksvolFF [1772]
Page 6: Politix
U of Virginia declines Obama request to speak on campus	15 23:21 Secret Master [1767]
Obama admin cooking books to get record deportation numbers	3 20:36 Dale [1761]
Gawker posts 950 pages of confidential Bain documents related to Romney	11 19:11 JohnQC [1740]

    
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1	Hamas
1	Palestinian Authority
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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2012-08-26
Badruddin Haqqani drone zapped!

Sat 2012-08-25
Breivik gets 21-year prison term

Fri 2012-08-24
Gunmen attack U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Mexico

Thu 2012-08-23
115 Dead in Syria as Troops Unleash Deadly Damascus Assault

Wed 2012-08-22
Deputy PM Says Syria 'Ready to Discuss' Assad Departure

Tue 2012-08-21
US drones kill 10 militants in Pakistan

Mon 2012-08-20
Third Drone Strike In 24 Hours Kills Two In North Waziristan

Sun 2012-08-19
Suicide bomber kills six policemen at funeral in Ingushetia

Sat 2012-08-18
US drone kills 5 militants in northern Pakistan

Fri 2012-08-17
Algerias Brahimi agrees to be Syria mediator

Thu 2012-08-16
20 Shiites in Pakistan pulled from buses, gunned down

Wed 2012-08-15
Pro-Saleh Troops Attack Yemen Defense Ministry

Tue 2012-08-14
Al Qaeda front group claims Iraq attacks

Mon 2012-08-13
Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Boko Haram Islamists: Military

Sun 2012-08-12
Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area

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