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U.S. Confirms American Carried Out Syria Suicide Bombing
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	1 10:12 Shipman [1742]
ISIL Kidnaps Nearly 200 Kurds in Syria's Aleppo	0 [1738]
Army Arrests 10 Syrians for Illegal Entry	0 [1739]
Weapons stored on university campus, Hafter warns	1 14:38 tu3031 [1744]
Jordan tells citizens to leave Libya "as soon as possible"	1 12:03 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1737]
Terrorists kill 4 at Ben Jeddou home	0 [1744]
Benghazi University under Islamist threat	0 [1748]
Tunisia captures Gbollat murder suspect	0 [1739]
Morocco arrests Syria-bound jihadists	0 [1738]
Libya terrorists attack Tunisia border post	0 [1748]
8 Insurgents Killed, 18 Injured in Kunduz Operation	0 [1738]
Bari Imam shut after explosives recovered	0 [1734]
N. Waziristan Taliban revoke peace accord; tell locals to leave	1 18:58 Slinelet Pelosi7787 [1742]
General Security Busts Money Counterfeit Ring	0 [1739]
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill emir, policemen in Nigeria	0 [1743]
Kyrgyzstan national charged with hampering Boston bombing probe	0 [1750]
Forces Thwart Attempted Terror Attack At Tapuach Junction	0 [1742]
Three NPA militants killed in Mindanao	0 [1736]
12 killed in Wajir retaliatory attacks	0 [1745]
Heavy fighting erupts outside Qoryooley	0 [1748]
Shaboobs execute 3 accused of spying	0 [1746]
Page 2: WoT Background
Connecting the Dots on Buddhist Fundamentalism	4 18:01 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1749]
University Entrance Exam In Norway Calls For Naive Cynicism About Israel	1 09:18 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Dismay in Libya Capital as 'Liberators' Vie for Power	0 [1733]
Iran Says Syria Vote Will Boost Legitimacy of Ally Assad	2 15:12 Pappy [1735]
U.S. Confirms American Carried Out Syria Suicide Bombing	7 11:35 Besoeker [1767]
Thousands Rally for Libya ex-General in Tripoli, Benghazi	0 [1737]
Libya woes worsen with duelling premiers	0 [1739]
Afghan presidential hopeful vows to sign US troops pact	1 19:00 Slinelet Pelosi7787 [1733]
High-level huddle reviews security situation in Fata, Balochistan	0 [1737]
Norway's FM Meets Senior Officials, Tackles Syrian Refugee Crisis	1 07:44 ed in texas [1735]
Refugees In Akkar: Those Who Voted For Assad Are Not Syrians	0 [1740]
Al-Rahi Says Lebanese who Fled to Israel are Not 'Criminals', Urges 'Reconciliation'	0 [1746]
EU observers praise Egypt election as 'democratic'	0 [1736]
Anti-government protests rock Central African Republic	0 [1737]
Palestinians Minister Slams Hamas' Incitment	0 [1734]
Iran: any attack on it equals destruction of Tel Aviv	3 08:48 Shipman [1744]
Syrian air raids on Aleppo kill almost 2,000 in 2014	3 18:41 Zhang Fei [1735]
Map of Afghanistan with locations of SF raids by year	3 19:02 Slinelet Pelosi7787 [1737]
Much Of Washington's Iron Dome Aid To Be Spent In US	7 18:04 Shipman [1741]
Sen. Cruz: US Is Repeating N. Korea Failures With Iran	2 23:43 Uncle Phester [1767]
Freedom Of Speech: Pan-Islamic Rally Urges Pakistan To Liberate Jerusalem	5 14:45 tu3031 [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Why Does Bacon Smell So Good?	5 18:07 Shipman [1731]
Baby in Coma after SWAT 'drug raid' team drops grenade into crib.	22 23:55 Pappy [1763]
Report: Iran Facebook Users Given Lengthy Jail Terms	0 [1741]
U.N.: Half of Yemenis Threatened by Food Crisis	0 [1740]
OSCE Loses Contact with 2nd Team in E. Ukraine as Moscow Accuses Kiev of Killing Civilians	2 10:35 USN, Ret. [1735]
Be Prepared for Hurricanes, Despite Calm Forecast, NOAA Warns	1 07:24 ed in texas [1734]
SpaceX Unveils Capsule to Ferry Astronauts to Space	0 [1732]
China Gun Safety Demonstration Wounds Five	0 [1737]
Man arrested for selling free textbooks	1 02:32 Shipman [1740]
Karachi records sixth polio case	0 [1749]
Thai coup chief rules out elections for at least a year	0 [1743]
Woman's murder outside LHC: Four more suspects arrested	2 02:55 Zenobia Floger6220 [1743]
Scientists Admit Polar Bear Numbers Were Made Up To 'Satisfy Public Demand'	21 22:59 Zenobia Floger6220 [1774]
Dozens of bicycles stolen from city bike-share program	8 23:52 Uncle Phester [1774]
Oakland School Security Guard Accused Of Assaulting Student In Wheelchair	5 22:25 SteveS [1766]
Muslims pray to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque	3 21:52 Rambler in Virginia [1766]
Chechens Fighting in Ukraine Could Erode Support for Separatists	5 15:21 Pappy [1741]
Israel Solves Water Woes With Desalination	9 15:37 SteveS [1746]
Uzbekistan, Latvia discuss military cooperation	1 07:40 ed in texas [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
President Barack Obama's national security flops just keep coming	3 23:53 Uncle Phester [1770]
The "You didn't do that" society	14 15:59 Procopius2k [1740]
Structural violence	0 [1739]
Nonsense, no less	0 [1743]
Split in TTP	0 [1744]
Pakistan's growth malaise	0 [1736]
Page 6: Politix
White House Adds Crisis Control Expert to Counsel's Office	6 20:41 Frank G [1762]
Press Laughs at Psaki Saying Obama 'Doesn't Give Himself Enough Credit'	14 16:14 Squnity [1734]
Dem to Hispanic Republican: 'We Need to Send Her Back to Wherever She Really Came From'	3 13:25 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1737]
GOP candidates show signs of retreat on full Obamacare	1 22:00 OldSpook [1760]
Time for Democrats to panic over economy?	8 14:49 tu3031 [1740]
'Michelle Will Not Run For Office'	10 15:12 Bright Pebbles [1731]
Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal over veterans' health care	8 13:59 ed in texas [1736]
Carney Resigns as White House Press Secretary	8 23:50 Uncle Phester [1761]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
6	Arab Spring
5	Ansar al-Sharia
3	TTP
2	al-Shabaab
2	Govt of Syria
2	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Boko Haram
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Seleka
1	Commies
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2014-05-31
U.S. Confirms American Carried Out Syria Suicide Bombing

Fri 2014-05-30
Syrian Regime Rains Barrel Bombs on Aleppo as ISIL Executes 15, including Kids

Thu 2014-05-29
Top Iranian officer beheaded in Syria

Wed 2014-05-28
Wanted Hizbullah Commander Killed in Syria

Tue 2014-05-27
23 Terror, Religious Extremism Groups Busted In Xinjiang

Mon 2014-05-26
New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"

Sun 2014-05-25
Toll from Syria rebel attack on Daraa rally up to 37

Sat 2014-05-24
Militants attack Somali parliament

Fri 2014-05-23
Militias stream into Libyan capital, Tripoli

Thu 2014-05-22
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'

Wed 2014-05-21
Syrian Army Missile Kills 23, Including 8 Kids

Tue 2014-05-20
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM

Mon 2014-05-19
36 Dead, 30 Hostages in Mali Clashes, PM Says 'at War with Terrorists'

Sun 2014-05-18
Belmokhtar loses another top deputy

Sat 2014-05-17
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

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