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Report: Assassination Attempt On Egyptian Army Commander Thwarted
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Turks down Syrian plane which allegedly violated air space.	4 23:31 Pappy [1774]
Report: Assassination Attempt On Egyptian Army Commander Thwarted	0 [1753]
Troops Raid Jabal Mohsen as Intense Sniper Activity in Tripoli Wounds at Least One	0 [1734]
State Security Detains Four-Member Network Smuggling Weapons to Armed Groups in Syria	0 [1734]
Baalbek-Deir Al-Ahmar Pastor Escapes Abduction Attempt	0 [1742]
Syrian Helicopters Fire Rockets, Raid Arsal Regions	0 [1741]
43 Syrians Arrested to Date at Arsal Checkpoints	0 [1742]
Former Adviser to Saudi King Drugged, Kidnapped and Freed in Lebanon	9 23:45 gorb [1767]
Tunisia Ambassador's Secretary Kidnapped in Libya	0 [1738]
12 Killed as Yemen Army Clashes with Shiite Rebels	0 [1739]
Syria Fighting Rages in Assad's Home Province	0 [1728]
Somalia, AU Troops Close In on Key Shebab Base	3 19:04 Pappy [1758]
Police Officer Killed in Rare South Iraq Attack	0 [1738]
Two top communist leaders arrested in Mindanao	0 [1736]
Five militants killed in Turbat	0 [1753]
Boko Haram Armoury Found Inside Church	2 15:36 Zenobia Floger6220 [1732]
Qoryooleey liberated from Shaboobs	3 23:45 gorb [1749]
Libyan army in heavy fighting with oil port rebels	0 [1734]
Tripoli airport closed after rockets hit runway	0 [1746]
Israel says Gaza 'terrorist' tunnel discovered	2 19:51 Glenmore [1748]
Syria: Army Ambushes Rebels Who Came From Jordan	0 [1735]
Syrian Troops And Rebels Clash Near Turkish Border	0 [1738]
Assad Used Escalation In Gaza To Deliver Weapons To Hezbollah	0 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Book Excerpt: Terrorism Pays	0 [1741]
300 Refugees Flee Syria's Hosn Village to Lebanon	0 [1743]
Abbas: Israel Not Freeing Prisoners Would Be Breach of Deal	0 [1735]
FBI agent cleared in death of man connected to Boston bombers	3 11:31 Besoeker [1725]
Nigeria State Shuts Down Schools for Fear of Attacks	0 [1736]
Jamaat claims harassment	0 [1729]
Keep army in loop on talks with TTP: Fazl	0 [1737]
Govt, Taliban agree on 'launch pad' for talks	0 [1735]
DIRNSA says legislation preventing media leaks only weeks away.	1 01:19 Besoeker [1739]
Egyptian judge cuts short mass trial over disruptive lawyers	0 [1732]
Abbas: PA leadership Won't Agree To Anything Less Than Fully Autonomous State	0 [1740]
Jordanian King To Israeli Right: You Can't Banish All Palestinians To Jordan	3 08:10 Procopius2k [1731]
Hezbollah's Mouthpiece: Syria-Border Attack -- Game Changer	7 19:28 Pappy [1754]
Congressman: Benghazi Attackers Knew Location Of Ambassador's Safe Room	5 23:34 Pappy [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ebola in Guinea, 59 dead	1 15:13 Zenobia Floger6220 [1734]
Put your coffee down: Michelle: It's Very Rare That I Get To Travel Outside The United States	4 20:08 Procopius2k [1761]
Islamic Law Is Adopted By British Legal Chiefs	2 09:21 trailing wife [1728]
Algeria's Bouteflika Says Health Does Not 'Disqualify' Re-election	1 12:16 Pappy [1733]
Word Lovers Rejoice as OK Celebrates 175 Years	1 17:07 Zenobia Floger6220 [1753]
Turkey Says Twitter Ban is to Prevent 'Character Assassination'	3 11:45 charger [1741]
Thousands Hit Streets in Fresh Venezuela Protest	0 [1730]
ATC orders release of main suspect	0 [1741]
SC orders arrests in 'honour' killing case	0 [1736]
Russia says has right to answer new EU sanctions with its own	0 [1733]
Belarus wants out - Foreign Affairs	3 10:33 One Eyed Fluting5523 [1729]
RU forces take over Ukrainian military bases in Crimea; Ukrainian naval commander missing	0 [1723]
Hijab Design Takes Centre Stage at Tokyo Fashion Week	0 [1729]
29 of 30 U.S. Big Banks Pass Stress Tests	5 15:46 Procopius2k [1742]
Iraq president's guard kills journalist	1 09:49 ed in texas [1732]
Crimea PM Mocks 'KGB Officer Obamov, Boris Huseinovich'	4 23:37 Pappy [1751]
Senior Food Fight Lands Early Bird Diner In Jail	1 09:58 ed in texas [1734]
Hobby Lobby vs Obamacare goes before the Supreme Court next Tuesday	1 10:51 One Eyed Fluting5523 [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Mexico sees Russian gambit in Ukraine as chance for American land grab	8 19:53 Rambler in Virginia [1754]
Obama's pathetic response to Putin's invasion of Crimea	1 16:12 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1731]
Spengler: Ukrainian folly	2 12:57 ed in texas [1737]
Texas A&M Study: Obama The 5th Best President In History	7 22:50 Bill Clinton [1754]
Revenge of the sillies	0 [1744]
Booker: the end of the EU's imperial dream	5 19:06 AlanC [1762]
Mona Charen: Why The Champ scares me.	4 14:04 Flavising Dark Lord of the Gepids [1730]
Syria's Rebels Are Pitting Israel Against Hezbollah, And Winning	2 12:41 g(r)omgoru [1739]
What Motivates Putin? From de Custine, A Mission To Chastise The West	1 06:41 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Page 6: Politix
I only wish this were a bad joke...but....nope! He's a moron!	2 13:31 Flavising Dark Lord of the Gepids [1736]
"Don't Tread on my Obamacare" Bumper Sticker	5 18:19 Omavising Ebbemp9815 [1759]
Feinstein pushes for gun ban based on 45 year old law.	2 09:28 Procopius2k [1734]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Syria
3	Hezbollah
2	al-Shabaab
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Palestinian Authority
2	al-Nusra
1	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Commies
1	TTP
1	Hamas
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2014-03-23
Report: Assassination Attempt On Egyptian Army Commander Thwarted

Sat 2014-03-22
Taliban commander kills self, family in NWA bomb accident

Fri 2014-03-21
Four Gunmen Killed in Attack on Luxury Kabul Hotel

Thu 2014-03-20
Syria Says U.S. Closure of Embassy Arbitrary, Illegal

Wed 2014-03-19
Count Doku titzup

Tue 2014-03-18
Oil tanker heading back to Libya after capture by US forces

Mon 2014-03-17
Syrian forces clearing rebels from Yabrud

Sun 2014-03-16
Boko Haram vs Army: Another 350 killed.

Sat 2014-03-15
Suicide blast in Peshawar: Death toll rises to 11

Fri 2014-03-14
Gaza Militants Say Truce Restored

Thu 2014-03-13
Drone Strike Kills 2 'Qaida' in Yemen

Wed 2014-03-12
Breaking: IDF tanks attack terror targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

Tue 2014-03-11
Yemen upholds 10-year jail for 11 Somali pirates

Mon 2014-03-10
Suicide Bomber Kills 37 at Crowded Iraq Checkpoint

Sun 2014-03-09
Gaza Militant Killed, 6 Hurt in 'Bomb-Making Exercise'

Sat 2014-03-08
Saudi Lists 'Terror' Groups, Orders Foreign Fighters Home

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