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US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IS Presses Ramadi Assault Saturday as Iraq Forces Mull Response	2 20:31 JosephMendiola [1740]
Coalition pounds ISIS in Anbar, as Ramadi falls	1 22:06 JosephMendiola [1753]
Iraq sends troops to Ramadi, largely held by Islamic State	0 [1735]
Six Germans indicted for fighting in Somalia for Al Shabaab	0 [1728]
AU vehicle hit by explosion in Marka lies 109 km from Mogadishu	0 [1736]
Kenyan police seized suspected Al shabaab financier in Mombasa	0 [1740]
Army Weighs If Ex-Green Beret Hero Should Be Dismissed	8 13:02 g(r)omgoru [1737]
Uganda Back on Alert over New Shebab Threat	0 [1730]
US-led coalition launches 21 air strikes against Islamic State	0 [1736]
Islamic State seizes government HQ in Iraq's Ramadi	0 [1739]
IS seizes northern part of Syrian city Palmyra, kills civilians: Monitor	0 [1733]
Two Islamic State campaigners arrested in Peshawar	0 [1743]
US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon	6 18:56 Zhang Fei [1782]
Four killed in Rangers operation in Karachi	0 [1731]
Syria air raids kill 48 civilians; Turkey downs 'Syrian helicopter'	0 [1739]
US drone strike in North Waziristan kills five Uzbek 'militants'	0 [1738]
Suicide bomber explodes at Nigerian bus station, kills 4	0 [1735]
Boko Haram Recaptures Key Town in Northeast Nigeria	0 [1730]
Prominent IS Member Arrested in Northern Bekaa	0 [1736]
South Yemen Clashes Kill Dozens as Ceasefire Nears End	0 [1734]
Hezbollah Detects, Detonates Booby-Trapped Car in Qalamoun Barrens	0 [1732]
Taliban Justify Killing Foreigners after Kabul Guesthouse Siege	4 19:27 Skidmark [1754]
Turkey Arrests Ex-Top Policeman in Eavesdropping Case	0 [1742]
10 officers detained in Syria-bound intelligence trucks investigation	0 [1738]
Turkey says it shoots down regime helicopter, Syria TV reports it was drone	1 10:02 Skidmark [1748]
3 judges, driver killed in gun attack in Egypt's North Sinai	0 [1737]
No injuries after bomb explodes outside church in Egypt's Fayoum	0 [1730]
Page 2: WoT Background
Biden: U.S. Weapons 'Expedited' to Iraq amid IS Advance	4 20:36 JosephMendiola [1748]
Islamic State militants ‘smuggled to Europe’	0 [1738]
US 'deeply concerned over Morsi death sentence	7 10:03 Skidmark [1736]
U.S. Renews Commitment to Provide Military Assistance to Lebanon	1 07:12 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Cairo Blasts Strain Egypt's Bomb Squad	0 [1724]
Obama Says Syrian War not Likely to End Before he Leaves Office	5 21:05 Devo [1753]
Hamas condemns Egyptian death sentences for its members	0 [1730]
Transcript: Obama interview with Al Arabiya	7 22:45 JosephMendiola [1755]
White Is The New Deluded: POPE CALLS PALESTINIAN LEADER "ANGEL OF PEACE" DURING VISIT	6 10:38 Procopius2k [1729]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Climate Changes from Drought to Damp in North Texas	4 20:20 charger [1748]
W Delivers Speech at SMU Graduation - for Free	1 20:32 Lone Ranger [1751]
Goatgate Scandal Rocks Navy Cruiser	6 12:37 Besoeker [1737]
Burundi Takes 18 Suspects in Failed Coup to Court	0 [1736]
Alarm as 'brain-eating amoeba' kills two more in Karachi	2 11:39 Grunter [1736]
British Government Announces 'Unusual' Extra Budget	2 08:53 Frank G [1733]
B.B. King, King of the Blues, Dies at 89	1 15:47 borgboy [1746]
Russia to Unveil Aircraft Super-Carrier Design Amid Navy Buildup	6 22:09 JosephMendiola [1757]
Page 4: Opinion
The privilege of being Hillary Clinton	1 10:40 Procopius2k [1729]
Ted Cruz, the only Republican arrogant enough to be president	10 19:26 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1756]
Under the Black Flag	0 [1729]
Focus on Obama’s Terrible Iraq Blunder	8 22:22 SteveS [1749]
Karachi operation	0 [1728]
More lethal than RAW	3 10:26 Thumper Ghibelline5509 [1745]
Destination: Asylum abroad	0 [1733]

    
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                        20:36 JosephMendiola

                        20:32 Lone Ranger

                        20:31 JosephMendiola

                        20:24 Frank G

                        20:21 JosephMendiola

                        20:21 KBK

                        20:20 charger

                        19:47 Bright Pebbles

                        19:27 Skidmark

                        19:26 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 

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                        19:10 Skidmark

                        18:56 Zhang Fei

                        18:44 USN, Ret.

                        18:27 Matt

                        18:20 phil_b

                        17:44 Pappy

                        17:38 49 Pan

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
4	al-Shabaab
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Iraq
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Hamas
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia

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US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Sat 2015-05-16
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Fri 2015-05-15
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Thu 2015-05-14
ISIS acting leader al-Afri killed by US-led airstrike

Wed 2015-05-13
Iraq Blast Kills Four including Peshmerga General

Tue 2015-05-12
Drone Strike Kills 4 Qaida Suspects in Yemen's Mukalla

Mon 2015-05-11
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Sun 2015-05-10
Houthis agree to five-day cease-fire in Yemen

Sat 2015-05-09
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Fri 2015-05-08
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Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq repel a major ISIS attack southeast of Fallujah

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