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ISIS confirms Ramadi capture
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Shiite Militias Converge on Iraq's Ramadi after Jhadist Takeover	5 19:52 JosephMendiola [1751]
Ramadi Falls, More U.S. Weapons Seized: See the Gains ISIS Made in Just Two Days	17 22:38 KBK [1758]
ISIS Smuggling Fighters Into Europe Posing As Refugees	9 19:52 Procopius2k [1742]
ISIS confirms Ramadi capture	0 [1765]
Suspected US drone crashes in Shabaab-held Somali town	0 [1736]
Austrian Schoolboy in Court in 'IS Bomb Plot' Case	1 22:44 trailing wife [1770]
Several Boko Haram militants killed in Nigeria: Army	0 [1743]
Contested Iraqi city of Ramadi falls to Islamic State group	3 00:34 CrazyFool [1753]
Peshmerga repulse ISIS assault northwest of Mosul	0 [1747]
Explosives recovered in Charsadda	0 [1735]
Four 'BLA militants' killed in Pak Colony encounter	0 [1740]
5 policemen arrested for gunning down motorcyclists in Karachi	0 [1738]
Commies kill two Philippine soldiers	0 [1748]
Philippines pursues Malaysian bomb expert helping Abu Sayyaf	1 22:21 JosephMendiola [1765]
US, allies conduct 18 air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria	0 [1741]
Syrian state TV: Assad forces kill 5 Islamic State leaders in eastern Syria	0 [1735]
Iraqi forces advance in Baiji to recapture strategic area	0 [1743]
Syrian official says situation in Palmyra 'under control'	0 [1749]
NDS Seizes Haqqani Stash Of Explosive Material Disguised As Baby Powder	1 13:46 OldSpook [1740]
EUPOL Confirms One Contractor Killed in Kabul Suicide Bombing	0 [1742]
Commander Among 5 Taliban Killed in Faryab	0 [1748]
Egypt executes 6 in 'Arab Sharkas' case	0 [1741]
Syrian Army Pushes IS Back from Ancient Palmyra after 300 Killed in 4 Days	0 [1739]
U.S. Raid in Syria Killed 32 IS Members, including 4 Leaders	2 11:44 Pappy [1745]
Lebanese Army Attacks Militant Positions in Outskirts of Arsal	0 [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saudi Arabia to buy nuclear bombs from Pakistan	8 22:28 JosephMendiola [1771]
There's an uncomfortable mystery behind UBL living in Pakistan for 5 years	9 20:03 JosephMendiola [1752]
Showdown looms as Iran ship nears Yemeni waters	6 22:44 JosephMendiola [1759]
ISIS issues new rules in Mosul for Ramadan	0 [1731]
Turkey wants EU sanctions on Egypt after Morsi verdict	1 17:10 Threresing de Medici3386 [1746]
'Minister's defamers' escape after assaulting police party	0 [1733]
Haideri says action against seminaries will harm education	1 18:31 Shipman [1731]
Chechen Leader Says Tsarnaev Death Sentence Is Part Of US Intelligence Plot	1 17:07 Threresing de Medici3386 [1759]
Exclusive: Mother Of Boston Marathon Bomber Says US Will Burn	11 22:57 JosephMendiola [1760]
ISIS doc says women can become suicide bombers without husbands’ permission	3 08:09 Glenmore [1733]
ISIS forces Mosul high school students into military service	1 08:07 Glenmore [1730]
MPs: Insurgents Carving Out North-Bound Corridor	1 23:01 JosephMendiola [1766]
Houthi rebels absent as Yemeni parties gather in Riyadh	0 [1735]
Egypt Restricts Women Traveling to Turkey	0 [1740]
Taliban Release Dozens of Kidnapped Afghan Civilians	0 [1747]
Report: German Spy Agency 'Helped U.S. Find bin Laden'	1 10:26 Frank G [1731]
Expert suggests Gulf army and conscription	3 19:55 Procopius2k [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Elian Gonzalez wants to come to the United States	4 20:29 European Conservative [1733]
Two wingsuit base jumpers take cure at Yosemite.	7 22:14 Blossom Unains5562 [1772]
Indonesian military jets scrambled against Australian aircraft, violate PNG airspace	1 19:50 JosephMendiola [1743]
US blocks Free West Papua campaigner Benny Wenda from entry no reason given	1 07:32 anon1 [1734]
New Putin Invasion Coming This Summer	3 22:52 JosephMendiola [1771]
New documents allege Mugabe's complicity in 1980s Zim massacres	1 11:56 Pappy [1746]
Lionel Perkins aka Chinx, New York rapper Tango Uniform	2 18:33 Shipman [1749]
An "odd" WH proclamation for 16 May? Statement by the President on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia	6 11:49 JohnQC [1733]
Texas Pow Wow Between Bandidos, Cossacks, Scimitar etc. Bikers Turns into War Zone	18 22:54 KBK [1781]
Russian military straining from Ukrainian ops	1 09:47 Procopius2k [1747]
400 Europe-Bound Migrants Held in Libya Dawn Raid	1 10:30 Procopius2k [1749]
‘Jinns’ cause mass absence at school	2 09:45 JohnQC [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Sliding Back To Slavery â Kate Paulk	2 17:05 CrazyFool [1735]
Nasrallah's speech reveals Iran's shock over the Yemen crisis	10 23:25 JosephMendiola [1768]
Birth Control Pills Associated With Thinning of Brain Structures	9 22:09 DarthVader [1761]
Richard Fernandez: Fighting Entropy 1	4 22:41 Silentbrick [1761]
Turkey as 'the land of Islam' against 'the land of infidels'	2 12:19 Glenmore [1747]
Naegleria fowleri deaths	1 22:08 SteveS [1762]
Page 6: Politix
Kerry: Internet 'Needs Rules to Be Able to Flourish and Work Properly'	9 23:10 3dc [1761]
Bored to Death: Do Jeb and Hillary Really Want to Be President?	3 17:49 Besoeker [1746]
AL SHARPTON'S MINI-ME	8 15:06 past master of the Obvious [1742]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
5	Taliban
3	Govt of Syria
3	Govt of Pakistan
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Shabaab
1	Arab Spring
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	TTP
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
1	Baloch Liberation Army

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2015-05-18
ISIS confirms Ramadi capture

Sun 2015-05-17
US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Sat 2015-05-16
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack

Fri 2015-05-15
Belmokhtar's Jihadist Group in N. Africa Pledges Allegiance to IS

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
Terror recruiter with roots in Minn. linked to Texas shooting

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

Sat 2015-05-09
Pakistani Chopper Crashes into School, 2 Ambassadors Killed

Fri 2015-05-08
ISIS controls 80% of Baiji refinery in Salahuddin

Thu 2015-05-07
Fighting continues in Benghazi despite fall of Mreisa

Wed 2015-05-06
Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq repel a major ISIS attack southeast of Fallujah

Tue 2015-05-05
Troops Kill 28 Suspected Militants in Central Nigeria

Mon 2015-05-04
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