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Nangarhar: Momand Dara district jacket wallah causes 160 casualties, Taliban say wasn’t them
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sunspot Observatory closed due to security issue	13 22:19 These Sinatra3854 [1776]
Report: Turkey detains 56 over alleged links to 2016 coup attempt	2 10:29 Mullah Richard [1734]
Israel briefs:Umm al Fahm man arrested for incitement, pipe bomb thrown at border police, yoot arrested for throwing stones at same, IDF tank shoots Gaza position	0 [1741]
Three arrested for suspected arson attack on nature reserve close to Dead Sea	0 [1735]
SJW or Allan?	3 07:44 JohnQC [1736]
Nangarhar: Momand Dara district jacket wallah causes 160 casualties, Taliban say wasn’t them	0 [1772]
More Nangarhar: 10 ISIS casualties in Chaparhar district, in Khogyani district 11 Talib turbans killed and 12 tied up	0 [1744]
Planned Taliban attacks against the Afghan, U.S. forces foiled in Kandahar	0 [1734]
95 militants killed, wounded in Paktia operations: 203 Thunder Corps	0 [1736]
Sources Claim Balkh Outposts Fallen To Taliban	1 03:30 gorb [1734]
Confrontations occur, as SDF announces last operation against IS, east of Euphrates	0 [1728]
Islamic State executes four people in Diyala: Source	0 [1733]
Salahuddin: 10 turbans toes up, camp in Hamrin Mtns destroyed, suicide thwarted	0 [1732]
Anbar antics: 3 innocents and 4 cops in 2 kabooms	0 [1728]
Iraqi Justice Ministry: death sentences against 7 IS members carried out	0 [1735]
Four people wounded in bomb blast, west of Baghdad	0 [1736]
Two tribal fighters killed in Islamic State attack on Iraq’s Hawija	0 [1728]
Good morning	2 13:19 Zenobia Floger6220 [1724]
30,000 flee in Syria as UN fears century’s ‘worst’ crisis	1 01:27 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Philippines’ Duterte alleges coup plot based on tip from a foreign power	0 [1733]
IS ambush kills 21 regime fighters in southern Syria	0 [1737]
100 Bangladeshi Nationals Apprehended near Texas Border in 3 Weeks	5 16:48 swksvolFF [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran ordered to pay $104.7 mln over 1996 U.S. truck bomb attack	2 09:10 gorb [1727]
Al-Qaeda leader: Moving embassy to Jerusalem is proof the US is enemy of Islam	12 18:37 Woodrow [1740]
After US shuts PLO mission, Abbas said to mull severing last ties with Trump	5 18:41 Woodrow [1733]
US blames Iran for Iraq attacks, threatens to respond ‘decisively’	0 [1738]
Egypt to transfer seized Muslim Brotherhood funds to state treasury	0 [1735]
Flashback: Seven 9/11 Hijackers Overstayed Their Visas, Were Never Deported	4 18:40 Woodrow [1737]
To boost its failing economy Lebanon considering legalizing pot.	0 [1731]
Turkey pleads for Idlib accord as displaced people mass at border	0 [1729]
Iran atomic program ‘stronger than ever,’ nuclear chief says	0 [1732]
US warns Iran it will respond to attacks by Tehran allies in Iraq	2 17:15 Mike Kozlowski [1734]
Saudi Foreign Minister reasserts the Kingdom's eagerness to unify Arab stance, revamping Arab League	1 03:47 gorb [1733]
Syrian regime, Hezbollah main players in Hariri’s assassination: Prosecution	0 [1731]
Coalition did not prevent Houthis from attending peace talks	0 [1726]
Iran opens new consulate in Iraq’s Basra after attack	0 [1734]
Assault on Idlib risks ‘scattering terrorists’ abroad: Paris	1 05:15 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Turkey says alarmed by US move to shut Palestinian mission	1 02:17 Skidmark [1734]
Illegal caught at airport using facial biometrics	6 08:09 Procopius2k [1729]
Page 3: Non-WoT
WaPo Rediscovers Its Interest In Federal Deficits	2 21:09 Procopius2k [1746]
Black Market Discovered in Social Security Numbers - Unexpectedly!	6 20:38 Erandi [1759]
Russia is suspected of attacks against diplomats in Cuba. Will US strike back?	3 15:05 Skidmark [1732]
NBC: Russia Now Main Suspect Behind Cuban Embassy Sonic Attacks	9 11:49 Skidmark [1734]
Border Patrol in Texas nabs more than 130 illegals in just over 24 hours	0 [1733]
Saudi imported weapons graphic	1 02:27 Skidmark [1731]
Silk purse industry under stress	12 22:12 james [1752]
U.S. job openings climb to record 6.9 million	0 [1728]
Aborted Baby Body Parts Traffickers May Be Raking In U.S. Tax Dollars	1 19:14 charger [1735]
US defense chief to visit Macedonia, concerned about Russian ‘mischief’	0 [1721]
Russia launches biggest ever war games	1 08:17 bernardz [1733]
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passes away in London after battle with cancer	0 [1739]
China move points to a possible end of birth limits	2 10:49 Mullah Richard [1733]
LHC accepts petition demanding cremation ground for Hindus in Lahore	0 [1736]
Govt allows Nawaz Sharif, Maryam to attend Kulsoom funeral in Lahore on parole	0 [1727]
Veteran and former NFL player Nate Boyer says media, fans are missing the point of player protests	7 22:37 ruprecht [1752]
NFL Tries Offering Cheaper Concession Food To Lure Fans	12 22:17 bbrewer126 [1751]
LAPD releases video of officer being shot at point-blank range during traffic stop	0 [1730]
20 year olds are making 6 figure salaries in W Texas - and there still aren't enough workers	3 10:27 Glenmore [1726]
Asylum Application Rejected Because Afghan ‘Homosexual' Doesn't Watch Gay Porn	7 20:13 Frank G [1755]
Why Does It have to be Snakes?	2 04:05 Procopius2k [1734]
Doctor shoots himself dead while checking to see why his gun wasn't working during celebratory gunfire at Turkish wedding	2 11:36 swksvolFF [1730]
Air Force to roll out implanted headset device for TEETH dubbed 'molar mics' that will allow hands-free radio calls that transmit sound using the jaw bone	5 14:13 magpie [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Skripaling Into World War III	0 [1731]
EU must grasp world role as U.S. retreats, Juncker says	10 19:21 charger [1766]
Did France's Gun Control Hurt Its Resistance to the Nazis?	1 04:12 Procopius2k [1723]
A Saudi POV on Basra Riots.	0 [1726]
Anonymous Post on Sweden	0 [1724]
Kommies get their just deserts 31 years later	2 23:15 Clem [1744]
Europe fighting for its tolerant identity as far right marches on	2 04:14 Procopius2k [1739]
Australian artist who drew racist Serena Williams cartoon deletes his social media account as the Murdoch-owned newspaper he works for tries to defend it	9 13:25 Skidmark [1734]
Page 6: Politix
Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria	15 22:45 gorb [1763]
Bernie Sanders' Son Gets Smoked In NH-1 Primary	0 [1729]
Then-CIA Director John Brennan endorsed Trump dossier, Bob Woodward says	5 23:04 Besoeker [1765]
EU claims the right to control all thought on the Net!	7 19:23 charger [1749]
Today's Alexandria	3 16:49 Skidmark [1728]
A US Senate candidate accuses PM's spokesperson of sexual assault	9 19:26 Zenobia Floger6220 [1748]
Oh My – Canadian Foreign Minister Left NAFTA Negotiations To Attend “President Trump is a Tyrant” Conference	10 14:18 Zenobia Floger6220 [1731]
Wyoming GOP Office Set On Fire Less Than Two Days After Opening	5 10:54 JohnQC [1728]
Castro Valley Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congressional Candidate	4 12:38 trailing wife [1726]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Commies
3	Sublime Porte
2	Hezbollah
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	al-Qaeda
1	Antifa
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Nusra

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