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Al-Nusra Launches Assault on Western-Backed Syria Rebels
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
CIA and Mossad killed Senior Mughniyah in 2008	6 22:03 Hupineger Glomomp0031 [1768]
US-led air strikes hit Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq	2 21:40 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1768]
US: Air strike kills IS ‘chemical weapons expert’	5 11:43 Besoeker [1744]
Jihadists Shoot down Syria Warplane	0 [1738]
Al-Nusra Launches Assault on Western-Backed Syria Rebels	0 [1763]
Baghdad booms	0 [1737]
Kurdish Peshmerga forces repel ISIS attack, kill 30 militants western Mosul	1 23:58 BigEdLB [1755]
Iraqi forces destroy 10 ISIS boats, kill 4 militants northern Anbar	2 10:48 Frank G [1734]
2 bombings hit central Kirkuk	0 [1737]
28 ISIL terrorists killed, injured in Anbar	0 [1742]
Policeman gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1730]
Belgium Arrests Four in Raids Targeting Syria Recruiters	0 [1739]
Top Iraq Kurd Officer among Six Killed in IS Attack	3 15:38 Zenobia Floger6220 [1733]
Two U.S. Citizens Shot at in Saudi, One Wounded	0 [1740]
ISIS launches attack on oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk	0 [1741]
Libya Dawn use air power for first time to strike at Zintanis	0 [1740]
Tripoli's night of widespread gunfire	1 13:33 Bill Clinton [1736]
New Sinai Clashes Kill Two Children	0 [1738]
Major terror bid foiled in Quetta as forces seize explosive-laden vehicle	0 [1737]
IDF stop two armed Palestinians who crossed from Gaza into Israel	0 [1735]
Syria Kurds Kill 22 Jihadists around Kobane	0 [1737]
Double Suicide Attack on Iraq Militia Base Kills Six	0 [1735]
Former Beltway Cabbie Added to Most Wanted Terrorists List	0 [1737]
Jordan stands up to ISIS: "Kill our pilot and we'll execute ALL your prisoners"	8 22:43 Alaska Paul [1771]
Page 2: WoT Background
White House expresses 'deep concern' over new settlement units	2 18:41 3dc [1726]
Israel: US deal will leave Iran with 6,500 centrifuges spinning, months from a bomb	8 22:53 Alaska Paul [1750]
20,000 number of ISIS foreign elements in Iraq and Syria	1 07:04 Shipman [1728]
Startling revelations: IS operative confesses to getting funds via US	1 07:59 Skidmark [1722]
A Bus Ticket for Bulgaria, and then Jihad	0 [1734]
Kobane Residents Flow into Turkey's Largest Refugee Camp	0 [1732]
Report: Ex-Gaza Strongman Granted Serbian Citizenship	8 20:36 SteveS [1763]
Qaida in Yemen Says France Top Enemy	2 22:00 Barbara [1759]
Nigeria's Top Court Orders Release of Hizbullah Suspect	0 [1727]
The US Navy is reengineering commercial oil ships for military use	2 08:01 Skidmark [1722]
Washington Times' Bombshell Tapes Confirm Citizen Commission's Findings on Benghazi	2 22:34 Old Patriot [1758]
Obama’s boots on the ground in Israel, Canada and Egypt	7 12:45 swksvolFF [1725]
Africans Open New Front in War on Terror to Fight Boko Haram	0 [1725]
GNC now say yes to dialogue but sets heavy conditions	0 [1728]
HRW demands end to human rights abuses and trial for abusers	2 09:30 Procopius2k [1723]
Deal with Iran at heart of Argentine prosecutor's death mystery	0 [1726]
Lawyers vow to resist military courts	0 [1732]
Mumtaz Qadri case file 'vanishes' from court records. Really.	0 [1724]
KP govt refers 423 cases for trial by military courts	0 [1724]
JUI-F chief warns govt against stopping foreign funding	0 [1728]
ME countries providing funds to religious seminaries, Senate told	0 [1721]
Pakistanis fleeing offensive find new dangers in Afghanistan	1 12:19 Shipman [1732]
Open Jihad Declared in Egypt Following State Dept. Meeting with Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders	2 09:27 Procopius2k [1734]
AFSOC Wants to Research Adding Laser Weapons to AC-130	1 10:02 ed in texas [1724]
Hezbollah Filmed Towing US Abrams Tank Into Battle (VIDEO)	9 12:22 Shipman [1725]
Iran executing political prisoners in droves behind nuclear talks	1 22:13 Hupineger Glomomp0031 [1756]
Obama WH denies Kurds resupplies of ammo	5 22:32 badanov [1756]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Texas teachers to use deadly force in defense	7 16:38 BrujoTejano [1728]
Bloomberg View: Greece turns left, Europe goes right.	9 22:01 Barbara [1754]
Ukrainian Army deploys for counterattack as rebels continue attacks	0 [1727]
This Week In Guns, January 31st, 2015	8 20:41 Chantry [1745]
Russian envoy called in after nuclear bombers cross Channel	2 12:32 Shipman [1731]
Robert Mugabe new chairman of African Union	3 20:35 Iblis [1758]
Indian man arrested while he was burying his daughter alive	1 13:12 Bright Pebbles [1728]
Arsonists: We did it at the behest of 'boro bhai'	4 12:59 Raj [1738]
Greece Says It Won't Negotiate With Bailout Creditors	4 12:35 Shipman [1738]
Ukraine Peace Talks Dropped as Civilians Die	0 [1735]
Middle Schoolers Arrested After 'Sex Party' Recorded On Phones	3 12:49 Grunter [1729]
Excited Woman Falls to Her Death After Her Boyfriend Proposes on the Edge of a Cliff	7 17:15 regular joe [1725]
Federal Judge Accuses Justice Dept. Attorneys of Possible "Fraud Upon the Court"	1 17:40 Sgt. D.T. [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
An expanding war	0 [1727]
Bad Saudi vibes	0 [1739]
A suicidal wait	0 [1746]
How Iran Is Encircling the Gulf and Israel	0 [1731]
Page 6: Politix
Long Weekend At Hugo's: Chavez' Death Hidden For Months	5 20:27 Shipman [1760]
The Past Six Years Have Been Really, Really Hard For This Country	10 22:21 Hupineger Glomomp0031 [1753]

    
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                        22:01 Barbara

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                        21:40 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664

                        20:41 Chantry

                        20:36 SteveS

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                        19:38 3dc

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Who's in the News
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10	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Iran
2	Hezbollah
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
1	al-Shabaab
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2015-01-31
Al-Nusra Launches Assault on Western-Backed Syria Rebels

Fri 2015-01-30
Today's Pakaboom: 49 dead in bomb blast at Shiite mosque

Thu 2015-01-29
US drone strike kills seven in North Waziristan

Wed 2015-01-28
Nigeria Loses City Of 100,000 To Boko Haram

Tue 2015-01-27
Official: Eight dead, including five foreigners, in Tripoli hotel attack

Mon 2015-01-26
Kurds 'Expel ISIS' from Strategic Kobane

Sun 2015-01-25
U.S.: Coalition Air Raids Back up Kurdish Advance in Iraq

Sat 2015-01-24
Iranian General Killed By Unlimited Minutes Cell Plan and Israeli Missiles

Fri 2015-01-23
Yemen prez, govt quit

Thu 2015-01-22
King Abdullah Tango Uniform

Wed 2015-01-21
Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace

Tue 2015-01-20
45 Churches Torched in Niger Capital in Cartoon Demos

Mon 2015-01-19
Heavy clashes in Sanaa, president reportedly flees

Sun 2015-01-18
Gunmen Seize Yemen President's Chief of Staff

Sat 2015-01-17
SSP militant hanged for sectarian killing

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