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Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Up close airstrike on an ISIS "technical" vehicle	3 22:38 tu3031 [1765]
Iraqi volunteers at Camp Taji	11 20:14 OldSpook [1767]
US seizes Benghazi raid 'ringleader' Ahmed Abu Khattala	5 22:02 Bubba Graiting8281 [1768]
ISIS surrounds Baghdad on 3 sides, controls the water supply	4 20:10 lord garth [1772]
ISIS map as of today	9 20:28 linker [1771]
Russian Student to Appear in Court for Newcastle Uni Bomb Threat	0 [1744]
Obama tells Congress U.S. deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq	21 20:23 JosephMendiola [1763]
Sharif vows to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan	6 18:11 Frank G [1743]
31 Dead in Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks in Aleppo	0 [1737]
Gunmen Kill at Least 15 in Northern Nigerian Market	0 [1740]
Spain Sentences ETA Member to 29 Years for Killing	0 [1740]
China Executes 13 for Terror, Violent Crimes in Xinjiang	2 15:02 mossomo [1733]
Egypt To Release Al Jazeera Journalist After 100 Days Of Hunger Strike	0 [1740]
Rocket From Gaza Strikes Open Field; No Injuries Or Damage	3 01:22 Bubba Graiting8281 [1740]
Military Source: 40 Hamas Members Arrested In West Bank	0 [1738]
Two Abu Sayyaf members arrested in Zamboanga City	0 [1743]
Good morning	0 [1742]
Turkish government accused of 'protecting ISIL and al-Nusra militants'	4 12:10 3dc [1732]
Two more killings in Derna	0 [1743]
Tensions calm in Germa as ethnic clashes erupt in Sebha	0 [1736]
Dar Al-Ifta member in Marj tortured and murdered	0 [1739]
At least 57 die and 74 injured in Benghazi fighting today	5 12:16 Squinty [1741]
'Militants' remanded to police	0 [1742]
Man slaughtered in Bara	0 [1736]
Two 'TTP men' killed in 'encounter'	0 [1738]
CJ Tassaduq Jilani's relative kidnapped from Multan	0 [1742]
Roadside bomb planted by Afghan Taliban kills five	0 [1740]
Karachi airport attack mastermind killed in N Waziristan	1 00:12 Squinty [1742]
Forces arrest 40 suspected militants in Jamrud	0 [1737]
NWA operation: Seven more militants killed; toll rises to 187	0 [1733]
Territory taken back by Iraq army	0 [1740]
Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants	6 22:17 Pappy [1799]
Iraqi forces retake town but rebels hold northern areas	0 [1733]
Spain detains eight turban recruiters	0 [1738]
Turkey pulls diplos from Benghazi	0 [1743]
Shibir leader's leg cut off at RU	0 [1740]
More videos show atrocities of ISIL militants in Iraq	0 [1735]
Iraq army retakes most parts of Tal Afar	1 12:46 Squinty [1744]
Iron Dome Intercepts Rockets Fired Towards Ashkelon From Gaza	2 11:16 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Moments After Abduction, Teen Called Police: We've Been Kidnapped	0 [1743]
Al Qaeda-Linked Jihadi Killed In Israeli Air Strike, Human Shield Wounded	1 22:10 Squinty [1764]
Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Kenya Attack	0 [1752]
From The Slemani Times Twitter F	3 08:08 Pappy [1741]
Syrian war planes strike inside Iraq, sources say	1 18:33 Frank G [1741]
IDF Tightens Grip On Hebron In Attempt To Locate Abducted Teens	0 [1755]
Page 2: WoT Background
Leb Army Discovers Tunnel under Palestinian Refugee Camp	0 [1733]
UAE to Work with U.S. to Cut Off 'Terror' Funding	7 16:35 Pappy [1740]
Jordan Frees Leading Jihadist Ideologist	0 [1741]
Homs Detainees 'Sent to Syria Army'	0 [1749]
Sources Say US, Iran Discuss Iraq On Sidelines Of Nuclear Talks	1 23:47 JosephMendiola [1755]
MNLF, MILF come to terms	0 [1742]
Palestinian Authority Newspaper Adapts World Cup Logo To Celebrate Teens' Abduction	2 20:03 tu3031 [1763]
Timely Bills Would Prevent Future Release Of Terrorists In Prisoner Swaps	1 07:07 ed in texas [1755]
Defense Budget Crisis Ends With Compromise	0 [1741]
"Leave Libya or be buried here" Hafter warns Ansar Al-Sharia	0 [1733]
US could launch drone strikes in Iraq: Kerry	0 [1742]
Demand for arrest of MPA's killer	0 [1736]
Govt appeals order to let Musharraf go abroad	0 [1738]
Polio virus detected in Quetta linked to Sukkur	0 [1736]
Opposition supports govt on NWA operation	0 [1731]
PTI endorses Zarb-e-Azb operation	0 [1737]
Anti-terror law stalled	0 [1743]
NW operation to continue until terrorism eliminated: Nawaz	0 [1739]
Bahrain withdraws diplomats from Iraq	0 [1742]
UN condemns mass executions in Iraq	4 22:27 Uncle Phester [1766]
Kurdish oil exports rise	2 23:33 JosephMendiola [1763]
AQIM claim Tunisia attack	0 [1734]
Observers Announce Runoff Findings	0 [1738]
Kenya steps up security across the country	0 [1740]
IDF Preparing For Siege Of Hebron	2 13:54 Snusort Spomose2148 [1729]
Manning warns of intervention in Iraq civil war	3 11:58 49 Pan [1741]
Netanyahu To Abbas: I Expect Your Help In Bringing Teens Home	0 [1740]
Champ considers Special Forces to help Iraq.	8 16:59 Besoeker [1743]
US Navy Ship With 550 Marines On Board Entering Gulf	2 18:24 DarthVader [1738]
How an arrest in Iraq revealed Isis's $2bn jihadist network	4 06:40 Bright Pebbles [1742]
Israel Prison Service Cancels Family Visits To Palestinian Detainees	0 [1730]
Right-Wing Activists Clash With Palestinians Near West Bank Village	0 [1737]
Report: Al-Sisi Orders Security Forces To Act To Resolve Abduction Crisis	0 [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Price Index for Meat, Poultry, Fish & Eggs Rockets to All-Time High	15 22:24 Pappy [1764]
Three constables held for banditry	1 10:44 Procopius2k [1739]
Britain bans forced marriage	5 19:41 Uncle Phester [1763]
Bachelor party makes accidental discovery of three-million-year-old elephant skull	7 19:06 Barbara [1737]
Ukraine set to buy gas from European firms	1 01:27 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1739]
'Six to 10 hour outages' as power shortfall swells	0 [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Spengler: America wants the impossible	10 22:23 Rob Crawford [1759]
What Obama Hath Wrought	10 23:54 JosephMendiola [1753]
In Missing Teens' Case, Prisoner Release Debate Likely Irrelevant	0 [1745]
Israel Weary Of Growing Islamic Extremism In West Bank	0 [1738]
A turning point	0 [1735]
Polio confusion	0 [1750]
The Hildebeast would do a better job as president than Champ: poll	14 19:05 Dr. Zenobia MacFloger6220 [1732]
The Consequences of Syria	1 08:07 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Page 6: Politix
House budget punishes IRS with 15% cut, halts Obamacare enforcement	6 18:56 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1741]
IRS has lost more emails from 6 employees that were being investigated	24 19:57 tu3031 [1755]
Friend of Marine jailed in Mexico says he is growing increasingly 'despondent'	17 22:24 Rob Crawford [1762]
New Oversight Committee Report On IRS Scandal Illustrates How Politics Led to The Scandal	7 23:58 Dr. Zenobia Floger6220 [1769]

    
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                        23:54 JosephMendiola

                        23:47 JosephMendiola

                        23:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:38 tu3031

                        22:27 Uncle Phester

                        22:24 Rob Crawford

                        22:24 Pappy

                        22:23 Rob Crawford

                        22:17 Pappy

                        22:10 Squinty

                        22:02 Bubba Graiting8281

                        22:00 badanov

                        20:52 JosephMendiola

                        20:28 linker

                        20:23 JosephMendiola

                        20:17 JosephMendiola

                        20:14 OldSpook

                        20:10 lord garth

                        20:03 tu3031

                        19:57 tu3031

                        19:50 Uncle Phester

                        19:41 Uncle Phester

                        19:33 Uncle Phester

Who's in the News
36	[untagged]
11	Govt of Pakistan
8	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
6	Arab Spring
6	Hamas
3	Govt of Syria
3	Palestinian Authority
2	al-Shabaab
2	Govt of Iraq
2	TTP
2	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	East Turkestan Islamic Movement
1	Boko Haram
1	al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Govt of Iran
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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