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Taliban attack Afghan parliament, seize second district in north
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran's Forces and U.S. Share a Base in Iraq	6 23:02 JosephMendiola [1768]
Twelve suspected militants killed in North Sinai security raids	0 [1749]
Syrian Army Advances West of IS-Controlled Palmyra	0 [1752]
American Teen Arrested on IS-linked Terrorism Charges	3 19:49 JosephMendiola [1782]
Troops Stage Raid on 'Senior' Shebab Leaders	0 [1751]
Good morning	5 21:36 Nimble Spemble [1783]
Mass grave found in Tal Afar and several homes detonated in Mosul	0 [1753]
Coalition air raids blast ISIS positions west of Mosul	0 [1744]
Official: Islamic State levels defiant tribal village	0 [1756]
Taliban attack Afghan parliament, seize second district in north	1 08:35 AlanC [1765]
Blasts in Egypt's North Sinai wound police, civilians - security sources	2 08:17 Pappy [1748]
Syria fuel shortages in north threaten lives: MSF	0 [1747]
U.S. leads 29 air strikes against Islamic State: statement	0 [1746]
Israeli Druze block ambulance with Syrian casualties	1 00:41 newc [1750]
Syrian Kurds, on the offensive, push deeper into Islamic State territory	0 [1772]
Jihadi John escapes Syria: report	2 22:29 JosephMendiola [1774]
2 female suicide bombers kill 30 in northeast Nigeria	1 11:32 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1747]
Gun battle in AJK kills three	0 [1757]
Two killed as IDPs clash in Bannu	0 [1747]
Yemeni rebels persist even as their heartland is destroyed in war	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Ahmadinejad: US is after Hidden Imam	19 22:36 JosephMendiola [1777]
Hotovely: Arab MK ‘serving the enemy’ in Gaza-bound flotilla	0 [1757]
Kurds find Islamic State group tunnel near Turkish border	0 [1742]
Egypt army digs trench along Gaza border to prevent smuggling	3 08:38 AlanC [1739]
Britain, France Demand Iran Nuclear Inspections	2 23:07 JosephMendiola [1754]
Egypt Takes Delivery of Two U.S. Missile Ships	2 13:23 Pappy [1739]
European Cyber Police Unit to Take on Islamic State Propaganda	1 11:15 Skidmark [1738]
Swiss Court Maintains Freeze on Assad's Wealthy Cousin	0 [1750]
Iran-Iraq-Syria to discuss closing ranks in fight against terrorism, Israel	0 [1744]
Islamic State recruits ask for amnesty in homelands	0 [1738]
KRG halts recruiting of female Peshmerga	0 [1748]
German defense chief: We train Yezidi Kurds for ISIS battle	1 23:36 JosephMendiola [1777]
ISIS demands homes for foreign fighters in Mosul	3 19:02 CrazyFool [1773]
Turkey warns it will not allow Kurdish forces to ‘cross red lines’ in Syria	1 23:10 JosephMendiola [1775]
US to pay stipends to Syrian fighters against Daesh	3 23:04 JosephMendiola [1776]
Southern Front says Fatah Army is not National Unit: statement	0 [1747]
Action against seminaries linked with terror groups yet to be initiated	0 [1737]
Zardari refuses to withdraw Benazir murder FIR	0 [1746]
Foreign affairs committee expresses concern over execution of Pakistanis abroad	0 [1749]
Lawyers observe black day against Daska tragedy	0 [1743]
Erdogan warns of new poll if Turkey govt delayed	0 [1736]
Pakistan again under pressure to join Saudi coalition	0 [1744]
US-based Turkish journalist faces libel investigation for book on Obama and Erdogan	1 08:43 AlanC [1746]
ISIS trading 'smuggled' cigarettes for sex slaves.	0 [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Scientific adviser to Pope belives in Gaia, not God	3 22:52 OldSpook [1766]
The US Navy's warfare systems command just paid millions to stay on Windows XP	11 19:35 JosephMendiola [1780]
White HuffPo Writer: I Was So Ashamed of My Whiteness That I Didn't Want Children	10 19:42 Frank G [1777]
Time for Huma Abedin to Come Out of the Shadows	6 15:32 M. Murcek [1740]
Rogue Ukrainian volunteer unit disbands	0 [1747]
Turkey: Foreign investment falls 23 pct this year	0 [1742]
Heatwave 'kills 450 within three days' across Pakistan	4 22:47 Zenobia Floger6220 [1768]
US evangelicals draw battle lines against same-sex marriage	4 17:12 Rambler in Virginia [1778]
Arrest warrants issued against 33 BNP leaders and activists	0 [1747]
Free livestock vaccines meant for poor farmers 'end up with the rich'	1 08:13 Procopius2k [1743]
Faculty at unrecognised medical colleges to face suspension	0 [1748]
Women using God's name during intercourse should be prosecuted: Pastor	10 13:23 Bobby [1742]
Rangers put up heat stroke relief camps in Karachi	0 [1734]
Britain's fattest man dies	3 11:53 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1746]
U.S. Military to get star wars style hoverbikes	7 19:39 JosephMendiola [1770]
Page 4: Opinion
Is Obama Supporting a Shiite ISIS?	0 [1751]
The English problem	10 11:57 Rob Crawford [1747]
The revolution that wasn't	0 [1738]
Page 6: Politix
This year alone, warrants for graft in Iraq against 15 ex-ministers, 1,790 officials	0 [1747]
SCOTUS Sides With Raisin Farmer -- Deals Blow To USDA Crop Seizures Without Compensation	4 13:54 airandee [1745]
Judicial Watch: Federal Judge Orders IRS to Account for 'Lost' Emails	5 16:48 Besoeker [1742]
Jesse Jackson Jr. Released From Halfway House in Baltimore	3 10:45 Frank G [1737]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
10	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Iran
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Boko Haram
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Jaish al-Islam
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2015-06-23
Taliban attack Afghan parliament, seize second district in north

Mon 2015-06-22
Air strikes kill 15 in Yemen attacks: Houthi media

Sun 2015-06-21
Witness: ISIS publicly executes 25 'spies' in Mosul

Sat 2015-06-20
ISIS beheads three of its own amid fighting and regime raids in Syria

Fri 2015-06-19
Al-Qaeda War against ISIS in East of Libya

Thu 2015-06-18
Chad bans Islamic face veil after suicide bombings

Wed 2015-06-17
US targets leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen with CIA drone strike

Tue 2015-06-16
Kurdish forces seize most of Islamic State-controlled border town

Mon 2015-06-15
US Airstrike "likely" killed Mokhtar in Libya

Sun 2015-06-14
US Moves Six Yemeni Guantanamo Detainees To Oman

Sat 2015-06-13
American Teenager Pleads Guilty to Helping ISIS

Fri 2015-06-12
Al-Nusra kills 20 Druze

Thu 2015-06-11
Al Qaeda militants in Libya attack Daesh after leader killed

Wed 2015-06-10
IS Claims Capture of Libya's Sirte

Tue 2015-06-09
Saudi-led air strikes kill 44 in attack on Yemeni army compound

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