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Kurdish Fighters Retake Territories Seized By Islamic State
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed by US airstrikes??	7 22:13 Bov Flimbers [1776]
Good morning	4 15:01 Large Forkbeard4301 [1735]
Brussels Jewish Museum killer was IS torturer	2 09:53 JohnQC [1733]
IS recruiter in Dhaka?	1 20:51 JosephMendiola [1760]
Sidi Bouzid women arrested for arms trafficking	1 02:00 Steven [1729]
Morocco jails ISIS suspects	0 [1735]
Libya Dawn rejects ceasefire attempts	0 [1755]
Libyan army makes advances in Benghazi	0 [1756]
Somalia on high alert for al-Shabab revenge attacks	0 [1753]
Clashes between pro-army militants and Houthis kill 40	0 [1762]
Syria's government forces fight militants in Golan Heights	2 16:52 borgboy [1758]
ISIL takes hostage 100 kids in Iraq's Nineveh Province	2 14:53 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1754]
Suspect held with explosives	1 13:49 Frank G [1737]
Two shopkeepers killed in 'sectarian attacks'	0 [1754]
Lady health worker shot dead	0 [1732]
Three security personnel injured in Hangu blast	0 [1738]
Sikh trader gunned down in Peshawar	0 [1755]
Son of Shia scholar Abbas Kumaili gunned down in Karachi	0 [1752]
Syrian warplanes hit Islamic State-run bakery, training camp	0 [1734]
Islamic State says executes second Lebanese soldier	0 [1756]
Attempted bombing foiled by Philippine troops	0 [1737]
al Shabaab fills top vacancy, no longer accepting applications.	0 [1744]
15 Jihadists among 31 Dead in Regime Raids on Syria's Raqa	0 [1740]
Kurdish Fighters Retake Territories Seized By Islamic State	0 [1763]
Syrian Strikes On Islamic State Stronghold Kill 13	0 [1735]
Tunisian Man Jailed For Assaulting Police At Paris Pro-Gaza Rally	0 [1741]
35 Bodies Found in Iraq Town Retaken from Jihadists	0 [1758]
IS Executes Syrian Youth after Anti-Jihadist Protest	0 [1738]
12 Killed as Yemen Rebels Clash with Tribes, Army	0 [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
Report: Abbas to announce end of unity agreement with Hamas	3 20:28 Pappy [1762]
Fakhrul: Militancy flourishing because of Awami League	0 [1743]
Hanif: Tarique may have link with al-Qaeda threat	0 [1738]
Algeria tightens control over religious associations	0 [1738]
Algeria faces border infiltration menace	0 [1754]
Kerry: ISIL to be destroyed within 3 years	6 22:19 Secret Master [1764]
Bahrain extends al-Khawaja custody despite UN outcry	0 [1738]
Poll shows 30% of Israelis favor emigrating from Israel	5 19:51 Zhang Fei [1748]
Nisar ready to resign, leave politics if allegations proven	0 [1744]
'Scottish' woman travels to Syria to become ISIS bride, 'martyr'	6 14:20 Frank G [1741]
India started it, must make first move if it wants talks: Sartaj Aziz	0 [1751]
French ex-hostage once held with Foley, Sotloff identifies captor in Syria	0 [1749]
How our allies in Kuwait and Qatar funded Islamic State	2 16:48 borgboy [1749]
Saudis Build Border Fence Against Infiltrators	5 21:11 USN, Ret. [1752]
Troops Abductors Reportedly Ask for Ransom, Release of 400 Prisoners as Mashnouq Prepares to Visit Qatar	0 [1741]
Captive Policemen Contact Relatives, Urge Families to Mobilize to Release Hostages	0 [1736]
Arsal Municipal Chief Says Syrian, Not Qatari, Carrying out Negotiations over Captive Soldiers	0 [1734]
Officials Deny Reports of Alleged IS Deployment in Sannine	0 [1740]
Egypt to Try Morsi for Giving Qatar Security Papers	0 [1740]
IAEA Says Gains More Iran Knowledge Despite Stalled Nuclear Probe	1 10:24 JohnQC [1732]
French Ex-Hostage Identifies Abductor In Syria	0 [1740]
Jordan 'forms task force' against Islamic State	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Venezuela Set To Import Oil	5 23:20 Bov Flimbers [1758]
Artillery fire continues in Donetsk despite truce	1 17:04 borgboy [1741]
Failed coup in Donetsk	0 [1736]
Mitford doctor suspended for assaulting nurse	0 [1742]
RAB member attempts suicide, another held	0 [1741]
Australian hospital accidentally declares 200 patients dead	2 18:24 Bright Pebbles [1736]
Burqini hits Algeria beaches	2 11:21 swksvolFF [1739]
Demonstrators Want Death Penalty for Paghman Rapists	0 [1740]
'Brain-eating amoeba' claims another life	1 17:05 borgboy [1748]
Lawyer fined for filing 'frivolous' petition	0 [1738]
No respite from rain; 85 more die	0 [1747]
PM Nawaz chairs emergency session on monsoon rains, floods	2 19:30 SteveS [1740]
Detroit Satanists say they won't sacrifice animals, people	7 21:01 SteveS [1765]
Chicago actress killed by falling tree	6 17:09 borgboy [1740]
Illinois mom receives taunting texts from murdered child's phone	1 11:30 OldSpook [1741]
Mexican Cartels Are Trying To Drive Texas Ranchers Off Their Land	6 20:03 JosephMendiola [1754]
More St. Louis action	2 17:13 borgboy [1733]
Cease-Fire In Ukraine Appears To Hold	0 [1742]
Nigerian Tourist Unlikely To Have Ebola, Doctors Say	3 09:27 phil_b [1731]
C. David Heymann's Lies	2 14:54 Frank G [1730]
Not Fact-Checking	1 08:49 g(r)omgoru [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Champ: Sunni states should fight Islamic State because "that's not what Islam is about"	4 22:57 JosephMendiola [1771]
US 'creating pretexts' to attack Syria: Stephen Lendman	2 17:19 borgboy [1754]
US, Israeli leaders should be prosecuted and put in prison: Activist	2 08:54 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Accountability of Fata political agents a pipe dream	0 [1747]
IS and Pakistani terror groups: Where will the two meet?	0 [1742]
The intransigence continues	0 [1746]
Political instability	0 [1748]
The President finds a strategy to stop ISIS	4 20:39 Pappy [1756]
CIA expert: Obama, Osama share Mideast goal	4 11:34 Rex Mundi [1736]
To Destroy Islamic State, US Must Tackle Syria	7 22:23 49 Pan [1746]
Page 6: Politix
Allen West gets 'Come and take it' gun rights tattoo	14 21:22 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1760]
Sanders calls for wealth tax at AFL-CIO convention	17 18:39 swksvolFF [1751]
Barack Obama's 'disastrous presidency' is all Republicans need to win Senate	6 22:17 49 Pan [1755]
Democrats Counting on an Early Voting Advantage	3 14:04 charger [1737]
Top Intel Dem: 'No evidence' for Benghazi 'stand down' claim	5 10:06 JohnQC [1745]

    
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                        22:19 Secret Master

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                        22:13 Bov Flimbers

                        22:10 Abu Uluque

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                        21:01 SteveS

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                        20:53 JosephMendiola

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                        20:41 gorb

                        20:39 Pappy

                        20:38 Barbara

                        20:37 CrazyFool

                        20:35 Rambler in Virginia

                        20:28 Pappy

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                        20:03 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
31	[untagged]
16	Islamic State
9	Govt of Pakistan
5	al-Nusra
4	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Iran
3	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
3	TTP
2	Ansar al-Sharia
2	Govt of Syria
2	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	Narcos
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab

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Thu 2014-08-28
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