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Militiamen storm US embassy in Libya
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11	8 23:40 49 Pan [1761]
ISIS released a video beheading video earlier than intended	6 22:04 Frank G [1765]
Reports - Steven Sotloff 'beheaded by Islamic State'	16 22:43 OldSpook [1768]
Institute for The Study of War Iraqi Updates	0 [1734]
U.S. conducts military operation in Somalia	15 20:45 JosephMendiola [1774]
Army Detains Eight Syrians as Crackdown on Refugees Continues	0 [1733]
IS, Syrian Govt. Forces Using Cluster Bombs	4 14:34 USN, Ret. [1742]
Hizbullah Kidnaps Nusra Front Members to Exchange with Arsal Captives	1 07:38 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Good morning	1 10:35 Besoeker [1739]
Six alleged militants killed in Egypt's Rafah	0 [1743]
Lotsa Syrian Govt. Raids With Barrel Bombs As They Work To Reconquer Next Areas	0 [1740]
Two Decapitated Bodies Found In Northern Sinai	6 21:21 Pappy [1762]
Car Bomb Found at Philippines' Main Airport	1 08:59 anon1 [1735]
U.S. Jets Strike Jihadists around Iraqi Dam	0 [1739]
Syria Army, Rebels Clash as U.N. Bids to Free Golan Monitors	3 20:24 swksvolFF [1737]
10 soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes	1 12:48 Goober Poodle7799 [1741]
Militiamen storm US embassy in Libya	1 12:52 Goober Poodle7799 [1769]
US drone attack leaves 3 dead in Afghanistan	0 [1740]
Pakistan Army secures TV station from protesters	0 [1733]
Libya Parliament reappoints PM as govt loses grip on ministries	0 [1764]
Fighting in south east Benghazi as Ansar renews Benina attacks	0 [1742]
Blast in Mazar Kills 2 NDS Personnel	0 [1741]
12 suspects, FC man killed in Kech operation	0 [1740]
Khasadar killed as militants attack checkpost	0 [1738]
Qaeda kills 3 Yemen 'spies' for allegedly aiding US drones	1 13:01 Goober Poodle7799 [1737]
41 Taliban Insurgents Killed in ANSF Operations	0 [1742]
Abu Sayyaf member killed trying to snatch guard's gun	1 13:07 49 Pan [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama briefed for more than a year on ISIS as serious threat	7 23:17 Paul D [1765]
Mongol Hordes	3 20:05 JosephMendiola [1734]
Aid Flows Into Iraq Shiite Town After Siege Broken	0 [1733]
Filipino Force Defied UN Commander During Syrian Golan Crisis	6 14:24 g(r)omgoru [1728]
The Day the La Bomba Boxed the Boston Marathon Bomber	0 [1735]
Report: Nusra Front to Keep Shiite Hostages in Custody to Use as Pressure Tool	0 [1729]
Report: Lebanese, Syrian Fighters Heading to Iraq to Help IS and Set up Sleeper Cells in Lebanon	0 [1732]
Turkey detains dozens of police in new swoop against Erdogan foes	0 [1740]
Turkey's Jewish Intellectuals Denounce Being Targeted Over Israel's Gaza Assault	0 [1729]
PA: Budget For Hamas-Backed Unity Government 'Below Zero'	1 15:37 Anice Nim [1733]
Libya Militias Take Control of Tripoli Govt Offices	0 [1739]
Galloway criticizes Westminster's silence	6 21:17 swksvolFF [1759]
Iraq will be graveyard for ISIL: Al-Maliki	4 18:12 Charles [1731]
Abdullah deadline puts Afghan election in peril	0 [1731]
Radicals in Iraq driving large-scale atrocities: UN	0 [1735]
IS terror tops agenda of Saudi-French talks	0 [1736]
HoR summons Grand Mufti and Central Bank Governor for questioning	0 [1737]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs attacks Turkish President's 'blatant interference'	0 [1728]
Sri Lanka court gives green light to deport Pakistani asylum seekers	2 17:49 Shipman [1738]
Govt considering decisive action against protesters: Asif	0 [1735]
PTI dubs Hashmi allegations 'unfounded and unfortunate'	0 [1737]
'Anonymous Pakistan' take down government sites, leak bank records	0 [1734]
PTI's Sindh MPAs tender resignations	0 [1734]
Now Karachi free from crime, CM told	2 21:45 Pappy [1758]
Fazl wants to register sedition case against Imran, Qadri	0 [1737]
Shahbaz condemns attack on state institutions	0 [1737]
Rehman Malik proposes Jirga for reconciliation	0 [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
UPDATE 2-Halliburton to settle U.S. Gulf spill claims for $1.1 bln	1 17:23 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1731]
Russian Order of Battle, September 1st	20 21:51 Zenobia Floger6220 [1770]
Columbus, Indiana Churches Attacked By Islamic Vandals	7 23:56 Zenobia Floger6220 [1758]
Radioactive wild boar roaming the forests of Germany	13 20:30 swksvolFF [1762]
Pro Russian militias ring up 4 aircraft, two boats	0 [1730]
Saudi religious policeman beat up Briton; wife slaps back on face	7 22:51 Zenobia Floger6220 [1779]
Turkey Summons U.S. Envoy over Snowden Spying Claims	1 15:24 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1736]
Turkish PM promises peace with Kurds, active diplomacy	0 [1732]
Ukraine govt warns of 'great war' with Russia	3 18:15 Shipman [1735]
Knifeman kills three children in China school attack	2 15:18 Frank G [1740]
Three Men Arrested in Kabul Rape Case	3 14:39 USN, Ret. [1742]
'Up to 15,000 Russian soldiers' sent to Ukraine, say rights groups	0 [1749]
Land dispute claims two lives	0 [1736]
Fidel Castro compares NATO to Nazis, lashes out at U.S.	2 13:26 Goober Poodle7799 [1739]
Ukraine Defence Minister: Russians threaten nuclear attack.	2 20:21 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1733]
Putin to Barroso: 'If I want to I can take Kiev in a fortnight'	4 16:14 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Ukraine situation may solve NATO's Identity Crisis.	1 13:30 Goober Poodle7799 [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama has no Middle East strategy? Good!	11 23:25 Paul D [1772]
Javed Hashmi's allegations: What is the 'Bangladesh model'?	0 [1743]
Army's questionable decisions	0 [1737]
Pakistan's unending agony	1 19:20 SteveS [1756]
Garry Kasparov: It's a War, Stupid!	0 [1737]
Page 6: Politix
Homeland Security can't find 6,000 foreign nationals in US	13 20:34 RandomJD [1757]
Court Docs: Texas Democrats Accused of Using Cocaine to Buy Votes	15 21:05 abu do you love [1769]

    
                23:56 Zenobia Floger6220

                        23:40 49 Pan

                        23:38 DarthVader

                        23:25 Paul D

                        23:17 Paul D

                        22:51 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:43 OldSpook

                        22:20 3dc

                        22:04 Frank G

                        21:51 Zenobia Floger6220

                        21:45 Pappy

                        21:40 swksvolFF

                        21:36 SteveS

                        21:23 USN, Ret.

                        21:21 Pappy

                        21:17 swksvolFF

                        21:12 swksvolFF

                        21:05 abu do you love

                        21:02 Besoeker

                        20:45 JosephMendiola

                        20:42 badanov

                        20:41 Shipman

                        20:34 RandomJD

                        20:30 swksvolFF

Who's in the News
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11	Govt of Pakistan
7	Islamic State
5	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Iraq
3	Taliban
3	al-Nusra
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Shabaab
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2014-09-02
Militiamen storm US embassy in Libya

Mon 2014-09-01
Suicide Bomber Kills 37 In Western Iraq

Sun 2014-08-31
Suicide Bomber Targets Iraqi Forces, Killing Seven

Sat 2014-08-30
Obama under fire for admitting he has no ISIL strategy

Fri 2014-08-29
Sinai Group Says It Beheaded 4 Egyptian 'Mossad Agents'

Thu 2014-08-28
Online photos show ISIL executing Syrian soldiers

Wed 2014-08-27
TTP commanders form new splinter group 'Jamatul Ahrar'

Tue 2014-08-26
Thousands flee to Cameroon after Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Mon 2014-08-25
Boko Haram leader declares Islamic caliphate in Nigeria

Sun 2014-08-24
Boko Haram Executes Two People For Smoking Cigarettes

Sat 2014-08-23
Syrian army ambushes 140 IS fighters in al-Raqqa

Fri 2014-08-22
Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria

Thu 2014-08-21
Israeli Fire Kills 31 in Gaza as Hamas Warns Foreign Airlines, Declares Truce Talks Over

Wed 2014-08-20
Geelani, Yasin Malik meet Pak envoy after India calls off talks

Tue 2014-08-19
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