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Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
19 Taliban, ISIS militants killed in Nangarhar, Baghlan and Wardak operations	0 [11131]
Coalition Forces’ drone crashes in Ghor province of Afghanistan	0 [11131]
Suicide bomber shot dead close to Paktiya University and regional hospital	0 [11122]
U.S. airstrike kills at least 20 Taliban militants in Logar province	0 [11129]
11 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces raid, airstrike in Uruzgan province	0 [11128]
11 of a family killed, wounded in Taliban mortar attack in Laghman	0 [11129]
Kunduz & Baghlan: clashes continue after 2 days with 56 Talibs and 20 troops dead, highways still closed, Talib weapons emir airstruck, jacket wallah in Kunduz city kills 6 troops, Talibs pushed toward outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri city, killing 21 Talibs	2 10:35 jpal [11132]
Kurdish security forces arrest alleged ISIS member for ‘beheading’ a man in camp	2 10:22 chris [11128]
KRG tells villagers near Turkish border to leave as Turkey-PKK conflict escalates	0 [11131]
Sadrist militias kill eight Islamic State militants in central Iraq	0 [11125]
Iraqi policeman killed in armed attack on security checkpoint in Diyala	0 [11133]
Official says 16 dead, 119 hurt in Taliban attack in Kabul	0 [11132]
In Iraq's Baiji, mines turn farms into killing fields	3 07:15 gorb [11128]
Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100	2 02:29 Dron66046 [11134]
Washington to conditionally pull troops from five Afghan bases	1 07:16 gorb [11127]
Top security official, three gunmen dead following gunfire exchange in Tunisia	0 [11131]
Iranian oil tanker pursued by the US that has been traveling across the Mediterranean Sea is now off the coast of Tripoli in northern Lebanon	0 [11124]
Power station in Tripoli's southern suburbs set ablaze by artillery shelling	0 [11127]
Libya's major airlines to stop operating flights from Mitiga Airport	0 [11125]
Man arrested for suspected links with Afghan, Indian intel agencies: FIA	0 [11126]
Exact moment the Israeli Woolf armoured vehicle is targeted by Hezbollah ATGM’s	2 12:42 Skidmark [11126]
ISIS carries out rare attack against Syrian Army troops in Daraa	0 [11130]
Afghan 'who stabbed two American tourists' at Amsterdam train station says he travelled to Holland 'to protect the Prophet Mohammed'	4 18:02 Large Thud3686 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkish court orders conditional release of ex-HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas	1 06:58 M. Murcek [11127]
Iranian, French experts huddle in Paris in bid to save nuclear deal	4 14:01 Herb McCoy [11131]
Senior official: Nasrallah sought ceasefire as IDF responded to Hezbollah strike	0 [11126]
ICC prosecutor ordered to reexamine deadly Gaza flotilla incident	2 06:44 Dron66046 [11128]
IDF chief to UNIFIL: Stop Hezbollah’s missile program, or we will	1 07:29 gorb [11130]
Ex-imam barred from Canadian elections over alleged anti-Semitic comments	0 [11123]
Hezbollah chief says ‘no more red lines’ against Israel	1 05:27 g(r)omgoru [11130]
UN criticizes transfer of 1,600 displaced Iraqis	1 11:13 chris [11124]
Algeria army chief calls for elections this year	0 [11124]
Lebanon to announce state of economic emergency, plan to accelerate reforms	0 [11124]
Tripoli-based HoR denounces Haftar's forces attack on Mitiga Airport	0 [11127]
Number of displaced civilians from Tripoli's war hits 199,925 people	5 18:46 Zhang Fei [11130]
Sarraj facing backlash on social media for inviting government critic and outspoken backer of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled army to a meeting in #Tripoli	2 22:15 jpal [11130]
Lankan court bans protests against Muslim sect	0 [11128]
Hezbollah releases footage of attack on Israeli troops near Lebanese border	0 [11125]
Iran acknowledges explosion of space-bound rocket for first time	3 14:18 Dron66046 [11124]
Pres. Trump administration, military officials at odds over CIA's Afghanistan role: report	1 13:23 Dron66046 [11125]
Walsh focused on ‘police misconduct’ after protestor violence	2 19:13 Maggie Unegum2075 [11132]
Explosives found near Labor Day parade route in N.J. town. One man in custody.	1 08:18 Uleck Spererong9442 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Growing Number Of Governments Shutting Down The Internet To Squash Dissent…	4 14:04 Dron66046 [11125]
A10: The Customer Is Definitely Right	6 14:00 Dron66046 [11130]
Vegan woman demands neighbour stop using meat on barbecue due to smell	13 20:53 M. Murcek [11135]
Iraq suspends US media outlet after critical report on Islamic leaders	2 07:44 Chereting Pelosi1889 [11124]
Archbishop of Canterbury tells Remainers to ‘stop whingeing' and accept Brexit	2 10:28 Lex [11129]
California dive boat fire update	5 23:53 Texhooey [11130]
American Airlines passengers' shock as traveller takes miniature HORSE onto flight	11 22:59 Maggie Unegum2075 [11133]
‘The nightmare everyone is worried about': HIV cases tied to opioids spike in West Virginia county	0 [11127]
Women will teach boys in Saudi public schools for the first time	3 22:16 Vernal Hatrick [11131]
Brazil's Bolsonaro to undergo surgery next week, his fourth after stabbing attack	0 [11126]
Erdogan’s AKP to expel ex-premier from party	1 06:18 M. Murcek [11126]
Poland has detected potential Chinese espionage: President	2 21:24 jpal [11130]
Police in Indonesia’s Papua ban ‘anarchist’ demos after mass protests	0 [11128]
Japan ‘to set up police unit’ for disputed islands	0 [11125]
Boris Johnson will say If MPs vote tomorrow for another delay, then Wednesday there will be vote on general election	9 23:22 European Conservative [11127]
Freeport, a small town on the #GrandBahama island, has sat inside the eye wall of major #HurricaneDorian for over 15 hours straight	3 10:59 M. Murcek [11126]
Young doctors withdraw from emergency department at DHQ hospital in Rawalpindi	0 [11126]
Three men in Hyderabad detained for refusing to have children vaccinated	2 14:11 Dron66046 [11126]
Two shopkeepers killed, as many passers-by injured in groups clash in Gujrat	0 [11125]
Murder case lodged against 3 policemen for allegedly killing viral ATM robber	1 05:20 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Woman, 38, is arrested after she tried to avoid drug charges by impersonating her 21-year-old daughter	9 15:08 swksvolFF [11123]
Utah mom, 43, is arrested on terrorism charge after 'threatening to kill everyone inside a dentist's office'	9 19:58 Ed [11129]
hope town bahamas	1 12:50 newc [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Apropos of nothing	0 [11123]
Will anyone behind Russiagate be prosecuted?	10 23:01 JohnQC [11135]
Judge Jeanine Pirro: ‘There's A Plot To Remake America'	1 06:00 g(r)omgoru [11122]
Snopes Rates Biden's Claim That 2+2=5 As 'Mostly True'	9 19:16 Procopius2k [11134]
James Comey: Another government elite treating public records like private property	2 12:43 magpie [11126]
Globalism and the Hoodwinking of the American Elite	9 10:25 Lex [11125]
President Donald Trump in a Landslide: Here's Why	15 21:09 Procopius2k [11133]
Page 6: Politix
Lindsey Graham presses DOJ to declassify Carter Page FISA process	4 12:52 JohnQC [11127]
DOJ, Pence’s team propose quick executions for mass shooters	5 15:49 JohnQC [11127]
Newt sez: 'Obama, Loretta Lynch Knew FBI Was Spying on Trump Campaign'	12 19:17 SR-71 [11127]

    
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                        22:16 Vernal Hatrick

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                        21:09 Procopius2k

                        20:53 M. Murcek

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                        19:49 Flomoth Craigum8092

                        19:45 Frank G

                        19:17 SR-71

                        19:16 Procopius2k

                        19:14 SR-71

                        19:13 Procopius2k

                        19:13 Maggie Unegum2075

                        19:09 SR-71

                        18:46 Zhang Fei

                        18:02 Large Thud3686

                        17:40 SteveS

Who's in the News
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6	Arab Spring
6	Taliban
6	Hezbollah
5	Govt of Pakistan
5	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
3	Govt of Iran
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Commies
1	Antifa
1	Houthis

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