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Online photos show ISIL executing Syrian soldiers
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.N. confirms peacekeepers captured	9 22:26 Grunter [1767]
Spy Chief: 15 Australian Fighters Killed in Iraq, Syria	6 09:59 anon1 [1739]
Traffickers Shoot Dead Egyptian Guard at Israeli Border	1 09:21 Frank G [1744]
Stray fire from Syrian Golan hurts Israeli officer	0 [1756]
Good morning	0 [1748]
Online photos show ISIL executing Syrian soldiers	1 05:59 g(r)omgoru [1767]
Brutal murder in the capital	1 09:24 Frank G [1755]
Egypt reiterates Tripoli airstrike denial as US backtracks	0 [1748]
Taliban Attack Sangeen District of Helmand Province	2 11:15 Pappy [1755]
Kunar Residents Forced to Evacuate Homes	0 [1757]
Abu Sayyaf leader nabbed	0 [1743]
Two security men injured in Bajaur attack	0 [1752]
Two 'militants', two 'Lyari gangsters' killed	1 00:16 SteveS [1770]
TTP suffers new fissure	0 [1762]
Jordan Conducts Wave Of Arrests Of ISIS Supporters	3 23:13 Alaska Paul [1777]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran Modifies Arak Reactor over Nuclear Concerns	3 13:20 KBK [1739]
Iraq Forces Mass in Bid to Break Jihadist Siege of Turkmen Town	1 23:30 Bill Clinton [1767]
Pudgy inspects parachuting drill	7 15:29 DarthVader [1745]
Kim Jong-un's Elderly Prize Submarine Under Scrutiny	2 23:01 Alaska Paul [1769]
N.Korea 'Developing Missile Submarine'	9 18:24 Skidmark [1739]
Former warlord agrees to join Jubaland Peace Process	0 [1742]
Philippines to verify reported Misuari sighting	0 [1734]
"We Didn't Want To Appear Racist" Is The "I Was Only Following Orders" Of The 21st Century	16 14:11 Rob Crawford [1739]
Islamic Jihad lauds Leader's backing for resistance	1 06:08 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Libyan official warns UNSC of possible 'civil war'	2 03:41 Besoeker [1741]
Syria's Assad forms new government	2 08:01 AlanC [1741]
Obama weighs expansion of military offensive in Iraq	0 [1742]
Yemeni president warns Houthi protesters	0 [1735]
Third force must not be invited: Sirajul Haq	0 [1749]
PTI has no lust for power: Shah Mehmood Qureshi	0 [1749]
ISI Accused of Leading Attacks in Afghanistan	2 09:38 Beldar Sloque3832 [1746]
IS committing war crimes, Syrian govt using poison gas: UN	6 19:56 Jerkface Killa [1738]
Nawaz's rating remains solid, Imran's wanes: survey	0 [1742]
The stench of revolution	1 14:09 AlanC [1737]
Model Town probe report says police acted on govt orders	0 [1738]
Imran withdraws 'apologetic' letter to Iftikhar Chaudhry	0 [1763]
Muslims react with outrage at UK sex abuse report	8 17:09 DarthVader [1742]
Untiring Imran puts talks on hold till Nawaz's resignation	0 [1750]
SSP Islamabad restricts police from 'use of force'	0 [1742]
Intel Believes 300 Americans Fighting With Islamic State, Posing Threat To U.S.	7 21:48 James [1764]
Obama Wants New ISIS War Plan ASAP	6 18:58 Chantry [1743]
Saudi Foreign Minister: Time For Islamic World To Recognize Israel	7 18:45 Frank G [1730]
Arms flow to Kurds rises; 7 nations join effort.	1 10:44 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Champ 'IMA tuff guy' ISIS bombing vids and narrative released to WAPO.	3 13:36 Bobby [1741]
Claim: Iran Was First Country To Arm Kurds	0 [1747]
US giving Syria intelligence on jihadists	1 06:50 Besoeker [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ebola scare: 116 people arrive from worst-affected Liberia in Delhi and Mumbai	6 23:15 Skidmark [1772]
Police bullet penetrates gap in IBA, kills TV series COPS photographer,	1 14:30 rjschwarz [1745]
Civil War Hero to Receive Medal of Honor, 151 Years Later	3 15:39 NoMoreBS [1738]
And You Thought IRS Wage Garnishment Was Harsh...	3 15:01 USN, Ret. [1740]
Tsarnaev sister charged with harassing NYC woman	4 14:22 JohnQC [1742]
U.S. Says Russia May Be Directing Ukraine Rebel Offensive	16 20:39 OldSpook [1759]
Five more Rab men held over 7-murder	1 08:55 2sealys [1756]
Argentine Peso Slides as Officials Say Currency Is Under Attack	4 13:35 Bill Clinton [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Ann Coulter: Would it kill you to hire more black cops? (Yes)	11 21:04 badanov [1756]
Ferguson's Media Problem	7 20:50 Capsu78 [1766]
Rotherham: In the face of such evil, who is the racist now?	9 23:24 Skidmark [1755]
Bashar Al Assad Is Laying a Deadly Ambush for Obama in Syria	6 08:43 AlanC [1752]
Call the Islamic State What It Is: Evil	10 23:43 Spererong Munster4996 [1767]
Kurds Unwilling to Risk Pro-American Alignment	7 11:53 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1750]
Page 6: Politix
Obama looks to skip Senate on new UN climate change deal	13 23:10 Alaska Paul [1756]

    
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                        23:13 Alaska Paul

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                        22:26 Grunter

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                        21:48 James

                        21:43 USN, Ret.

                        21:32 Glenmore

                        21:31 Barbara

                        21:23 Elmerert Hupens2660

                        21:15 James

                        21:04 badanov

                        20:50 Capsu78

                        20:49 Glenmore

                        20:39 OldSpook

                        20:25 Frank G

                        20:18 Jumbo Whoter4053

                        20:06 Jerkface Killa

Who's in the News
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9	Govt of Pakistan
8	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
2	Arab Spring
2	TTP
2	Govt of Iran
1	Taliban
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Commies
1	Houthis
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Moro National Liberation Front

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2014-08-28
Online photos show ISIL executing Syrian soldiers

Wed 2014-08-27
TTP commanders form new splinter group 'Jamatul Ahrar'

Tue 2014-08-26
Thousands flee to Cameroon after Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Mon 2014-08-25
Boko Haram leader declares Islamic caliphate in Nigeria

Sun 2014-08-24
Boko Haram Executes Two People For Smoking Cigarettes

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

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