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Syrian army ambushes 140 IS fighters in al-Raqqa
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Syrian army ambushes 140 IS fighters in al-Raqqa	7 19:38 swksvolFF [11133]
Somalia militants behead kidnaped Kenyan driver	1 08:33 Frank G [11133]
Good morning	1 16:07 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [11132]
Police gun down three Uighur farmers in separate incidents	2 11:38 Besoeker [11132]
Moro militants admit alliance with ISIS	0 [11130]
Kurds launch attack to retake Iraqi town of Jalawla	0 [11129]
Three killed in US terror drone attack in Afghanistan	0 [11134]
Cross border attack kills soldier in Balochistan	0 [11129]
Security forces kill 16 suspected militants in Turbat	0 [11128]
UN: Syrian Death Toll Just Over 191,000	4 09:05 JohnQC [11127]
Shiite militiamen kill 70 at Iraq Sunni mosque	2 07:46 Big Thromoth3646 [11128]
Hamas executes 18 suspected collaborators with Israel in Gaza	5 22:33 trailing wife [11134]
Jewish school in Copenhagen vandalised	4 11:38 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Gaza rocket strikes Israeli synagogue, wounding several people	0 [11130]
Philippine troops hunt Abu Sayyaf gunmen	0 [11127]
Gunfight leaves teen terrorist dead in southern Thailand	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Abbas, Meshaal seek UN timetable to end Israel occupation	8 16:59 SteveS [11132]
Warlord flees from allied forces amid disarmament	0 [11131]
Hassan Hanafi jugged in Kenya	1 09:59 Frank G [11130]
Sistani calls on Iraqis to fight Islamic State	1 04:04 Paul D [11129]
Iran nixes report linking Iraq cooperation to nuclear talks	0 [11130]
ISIL, uncontrollable Frankenstein monster: Analyst	4 19:24 Old Patriot [11132]
Talks stall as Imran, Qadri look to regroup	0 [11128]
US throws its weight behind PM	1 04:49 g(r)omgoru [11132]
PTI lawmakers tender NA resignations	0 [11128]
Govt, PTI return to negotiating table	0 [11125]
U.S., foreign intel assessing Islamic State threats	12 15:13 Zenobia Floger6220 [11131]
West poised to join forces with Assad in face of Islamic State	5 11:06 AlanC [11131]
Senator Inhofe warns of potential terrorist attacks on U.S. soil	0 [11131]
Mexico Dismisses Perry Claim IS Could Have Crossed US Border	7 09:17 Procopius2k [11129]
TSA Admits Lying About Illegal Aliens Flying Without Proper ID	0 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Beijing Megascreen Plays Graphic Video Of James Foley Beheading And Ferguson Riots On A Loop	4 13:06 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [11125]
This Week in Guns: August 23rd, 2014	3 16:42 swksvolFF [11134]
25 dead as rebel-held CAR mine collapses	1 12:46 Grunter [11129]
Kiev accuses Moscow of 'invasion'	4 20:09 Hotspur666 [11128]
Venezuela Wants To Fingerprint Food Shoppers	9 10:55 Shipman [11126]
Union strike leaves London in chaos	1 12:06 AlanC [11126]
Ebola death toll in West Africa hits 1,427: WHO	1 01:14 phil_b [11131]
Luhansk welcomes Russian aid convoy	1 14:55 g(r)omgoru [11133]
Three bodies found in Swabi	0 [11130]
Animal volunteer saves koala with CPR	2 17:20 swksvolFF [11127]
Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge of leprosy	0 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Michael Ledeen: Gaza Defeat Threatens Hamas and Iranian Regime	0 [11129]
ISIS - What is the answer ?	12 22:58 49 Pan [11135]
Obama's Racism for Fun and Profit	9 12:06 Procopius2k [11126]
PKK: Terrorists or allies?	2 08:13 Besoeker [11126]
Columnist Thomas Sowell: 'Politics Are Undermining Law' in Ferguson, Missouri	7 18:30 JohnQC [11132]
Europe's Jews facing backlash	3 14:22 Frank G [11131]
Israel fired rockets to justify airstrikes	8 21:59 Hotspur666 [11131]
The polio challenge	1 07:32 Airandee [11129]
Banana republic	0 [11129]
Death by a thousand cuts	0 [11131]
Assad Policies Aided Rise of Islamic State Militant Group	8 17:07 swksvolFF [11131]
Media are baffled by Obama's deepening isolation	19 21:47 Silentbrick [11135]
Page 6: Politix
Sharpton now part of the Champ-Valjar shadow government	8 15:16 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11131]

    
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                        21:47 Silentbrick

                        20:28 49 Pan

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                        19:38 swksvolFF

                        19:24 Old Patriot

                        18:30 JohnQC

                        17:20 swksvolFF

                        17:10 Remoteman

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                        16:59 SteveS

                        16:42 swksvolFF

                        16:10 Rambler in Virginia

                        16:07 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664

                        15:36 AlanC

                        15:16 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        15:13 Zenobia Floger6220

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                        14:55 g(r)omgoru

                        14:28 Frank G

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2	Govt of Syria
2	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Seleka
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2014-08-23
Syrian army ambushes 140 IS fighters in al-Raqqa

Fri 2014-08-22
Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria

Thu 2014-08-21
Israeli Fire Kills 31 in Gaza as Hamas Warns Foreign Airlines, Declares Truce Talks Over

Wed 2014-08-20
Geelani, Yasin Malik meet Pak envoy after India calls off talks

Tue 2014-08-19
Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.

Mon 2014-08-18
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel

Sun 2014-08-17
Jihadists kill dozens in north Iraq 'massacre': officials

Sat 2014-08-16
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists

Fri 2014-08-15
ISIS jihadist poses with severed head as Caliphate seize more key towns

Thu 2014-08-14
Boko Haram Appoints New Emir for Gwoza

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

Tue 2014-08-12
"Convert by noon today or we will kill all of you"

Mon 2014-08-11
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Sat 2014-08-09
Gazans back in UN schools as Israel resumes blitz

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