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ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning
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Page 1: WoT Operations
ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning	3 09:59 Shimp Unomolet9133 [1768]
Two Ugandan Soldiers Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack In Somalia	0 [1737]
ISIS shadow judge among a dozen militants killed in Nangarhar operations, ISIS-linked Pak family arrested	0 [1730]
ANP forces thwart rocket attack on Kabul city	0 [1737]
Yemeni army, Arab Coalition block Houthi attempt to open Sanaa, Hodeidah route	1 09:49 Frank G [1739]
ISIS launches big counter-attack in eastern Deir Ezzor	0 [1738]
ISIS ruthlessly executes 5 civilians in east Syria for charges of ‘espionage’	0 [1740]
Syrian Army keeps climbing southern Syria’s steep cliffs amid heavy resistance from ISIS	0 [1738]
Syrian Army, jihadists trade blows near provincial capital	0 [1742]
Top Afghan General Abdul Raziq killed in Kandahar attack	2 08:02 Besoeker [1727]
Page 2: WoT Background
Two Arab Israelis indicted for trying to join Syrian jihadists	0 [1739]
In blow to Palestinians, US places Jerusalem consulate under embassy	0 [1734]
US offers reward for Al Qaeda jihadi who urged attacks over Jerusalem embassy move	0 [1737]
Hamas pledges probe of Gaza rocket fire while Egyptian intelligence officials visit	1 02:47 newc [1747]
Suspect in Khashoggi Murder Killed in 'Suspicious' Car Accident	5 13:18 Skidmark [1728]
US, Mexico agree on plan to handle migrant caravan from Central America	7 21:42 Whiskey Mike [1758]
Noor blames inner circles behind the assassination of Gen. Abdul Raziq	0 [1742]
Place and role of Hezbollah in Syrian war	0 [1732]
Saudi citizen, cited in Khashoggi case, exposes media blunder on Istanbul visit	1 11:34 Chereting Pelosi1889 [1747]
Khashoggi’s alleged fiancée and ties to radical ‘charity’ linked to ISIS, Qaeda	2 11:50 Chereting Pelosi1889 [1752]
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta launches World Fatwa Index to regulate issuance of religious edicts, combat extremist ideas	0 [1732]
Ethiopia's PM says soldiers who marched on palace sought to 'abort reforms'	1 01:39 newc [1738]
Sudan: former President Abdulrahman Siwar al-Dahab dies aged 83	1 12:01 Chereting Pelosi1889 [1729]
Oil output from Saudi, Kuwait shared zone on hold as ties sour	0 [1737]
Turkey has not implemented Idlib buffer zone agreement yet: Putin	0 [1736]
US State Dept official tipped to replace Nikki Haley as UN envoy	2 16:13 trailing wife [1752]
Rohingya girls being sold into forced labour: UN	0 [1733]
Critics slam South Korea for denying refugee status to Yemenis	5 08:46 Skidmark [1738]
Peshawar High Court sets aside sentences of 74 convicted by military court	0 [1734]
Man linked to MBS was at Saudi consulate when Khashoggi vanished	0 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Middle School Teacher, 28, Dies Amid Investigation of Allegedly 'Inappropriate' Relationship with Student	1 19:17 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1771]
ICE Most Wanted	2 14:15 AlanC [1744]
Robotic hand that can catch a beer and crush the empty can could revolutionize prosthetics	5 21:07 Cheaderhead [1766]
Colorado parents are holding 'chickenpox parties' to deliberately infect their children with the virus	6 19:41 james [1760]
Measles outbreak in New York': 17 cases in Brooklyn and an upstate suburb linked to people who recently returned from trips to Israel	2 10:27 Procopius2k [1727]
Ukraine: Soldiers killed as fighting flares in rebel-held east	0 [1743]
Brexit: Jewish families in UK who fled Nazis seek German passports	3 06:16 lord garth [1735]
Major breakthrough: Army artillery hits target at 38 miles, doubling range	4 21:23 Cheaderhead [1751]
Justice Department Opens Probe into Penn. Church Sex Abuse	0 [1729]
Ecuador expels Venezuelan diplomat over 'offensive" comments	0 [1741]
Honduran activists welcome Trump's threats to cut US aid	1 07:39 Procopius2k [1732]
Maldives opposition seeks to bar president from leaving country	0 [1730]
Nicaragua intensified crackdown on protesters: Amnesty	2 09:07 AlanC [1735]
Comoros: Civilians flee strife-torn city on Anjouan island	0 [1740]
Pakistan slips to 107th on Global Competitiveness Index	2 21:26 Cheaderhead [1752]
Hindu hardliners step up campaign to block Indian temple to women	4 20:18 Zenobia Floger6220 [1757]
SC disqualifies PML-N's member of KP Assembly for possessing fake degree	0 [1743]
ATC sends owner, producer of web channel on judicial remand to Adiala jail for airing anti-judiciary remarks	0 [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
Explaining the Deep State - A thought provoking video	1 16:12 Whiskey Mike [1764]
The Dominatrix Party, aka party of man-haters	2 10:29 Procopius2k [1739]
World Economic Forum: US Back On Top Of World Economies For Competitiveness	0 [1746]
Parkland Victim's Father to Dems: 'Go to Hell'	1 17:43 j morrissey [1762]
ICE Deports Senator Elizabeth Warren To India	0 [1737]
Rush Limbaugh's midterms prediction: GOP keeps House and Senate, and exposes bogus polls	7 15:17 Boss Spoper5850 [1730]
UK press riddled with spooks, conduits for intelligence agencies keen to score one for the Empire	4 09:22 Skidmark [1734]
Italy's model migrant town struggles to survive	2 21:29 Cheaderhead [1755]
Why The Media Will Never Tell You 85 Percent Of Americans Oppose Race-Based College Admissions	4 14:09 Mike Kozlowski [1735]
Retired general: If anyone can bring Afghanistan war to an end, it's Trump	3 12:44 gorb [1747]
Lebanon and the Iranian takeover	0 [1738]
Tinker, Tailor, Journalist, Spy: Jamal Khashoggi And The Story Not Being Told	9 12:22 Chereting Pelosi1889 [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Judge Smacks Down Hillary in Massive Blow	5 19:45 magpie [1756]
Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims 'lies'	3 20:11 Shimp Unomolet9133 [1745]
Pelosi: If There Is ‘Collateral Damage' for Those Who Don't Share Our View, ‘So Be It'	4 21:37 Cheaderhead [1743]
Dem candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams won't pick cotton	18 23:32 SteveS [1751]
Democratic Candidate Stacey Abrams: ‘Undocumented' Immigrants Are Part of the ‘Blue Wave'	3 09:14 Besoeker [1732]
Soros-Funded Activist Was Charged For Assault Of A Female Gop Staffer -- It’s Not His First Attack	4 15:02 Boss Spoper5850 [1744]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Saudi Arabia
3	Taliban
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Sublime Porte
1	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2018-10-19
ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning

Thu 2018-10-18
Afghan guards open fire at Afghan-NATO meeting in Kandahar, injuring 2 Americans - reports

Wed 2018-10-17
Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala, IRGC says

Tue 2018-10-16
Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Khashoggi disappearance

Mon 2018-10-15
Jihadist rebels reinforce front-lines near Idlib buffer zone, no withdrawal

Sun 2018-10-14
4 ISIS militants blown up by own explosives in Kunar province

Sat 2018-10-13
Indian troops kill key Kashmiri fighter in Handwara siege

Fri 2018-10-12
Easing frayed ties, Turkish court allows US pastor to go free

Thu 2018-10-11
Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan

Wed 2018-10-10
Turkey to search Saudi Consulate for missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Tue 2018-10-09
Nikki Haley Resigns As US Ambassador To The UN

Mon 2018-10-08
IDF fires at Gazans launching incendiary balloons at Israel

Sun 2018-10-07
Defying Israeli occupation, Golan Druze pledge loyalty to Syria’s Assad

Sat 2018-10-06
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Fri 2018-10-05
Yemeni army advances further into Saada amid violent clashes with Houthis

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