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Head of Taliban's Qatar-based political office Tayeb Agha quits as leadership rift deepens
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
FBI: Middle Eastern Men Intimidating U.S. Military Families In Colorado & Wyoming	9 18:36 Shipman [1777]
ISIS executes 7 Kirkuk police trying to flee Hawija	0 [1744]
Two Turkish Soldiers Killed in 'New PKK Attack	1 10:09 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1741]
Egyptian policeman killed by unknown assailants in Nile Delta's Sharqiya	0 [1748]
Lahore twin Church attacks suspects arrested: Punjab home minister	0 [1761]
Syrian rebel uses iPad to fire homemade mortar	4 18:38 Shipman [1772]
Saudi jihadist, Al Muhaysini, vows more missile attacks on Assad's Qardaha	1 22:19 JosephMendiola [1772]
First U.S.-trained Syria rebel believed killed in fighting: sources	0 [1746]
US begins armed drone flights from Turkey	2 18:35 Shipman [1767]
New Taliban Leader Mansour Rejects Peace Talks	5 19:23 JosephMendiola [1764]
Nusra Front captures five more US-trained rebels	3 21:43 JosephMendiola [1770]
Eight Insurgents Killed in Ongoing Nangarhar Operation	0 [1743]
Head of Taliban's Qatar-based political office Tayeb Agha quits as leadership rift deepens	0 [1800]
Report: US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 15,000+ IS Lions of Islam, 459 civilians	1 12:21 gorb [1753]
US, allies stage 29 air strikes against Islamic State	0 [1746]
Daesh claims boy executioner killed in air strike	2 17:35 Pappy [1758]
Village official gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1755]
14 Islamists killed in north Caucasus	0 [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Times of IS: Will Congress Repeat the Mistake of 1939?	5 19:52 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1769]
UK Cleric Anjem Choudary Charged With Inviting Support For IS	1 19:42 JosephMendiola [1770]
Iran openly refuses UN IAEA inspectors access to military sites.	0 [1744]
White House criticized for not filling watchdog post at CIA	4 17:27 Shipman [1751]
Russian FM Meets Hamas Chief, Invites Him To Moscow	1 12:13 trailing wife [1737]
Kerry: US to give additional $62m in aid to Iraq	5 23:41 Zenobia Floger6220 [1765]
Breaking taboo, Jerusalem Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship	6 18:48 Shipman [1760]
Kuwait mosque attack suspect admits being in IS	0 [1743]
Facing Islamic State threat, Iraq digitizes national library	0 [1740]
Rangers ask MQM to hand over 187 murder suspects	0 [1743]
Robert Conquest Dies at 98	1 03:04 Shuting Gurly-Brown7975 [1748]
Russia calls for international cooperation to fight ISIS	8 15:35 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Facing dissent, Afghan Taliban meet to resolve leadership dispute	0 [1748]
Iran publishes book on how to outwit US and destroy Israel	5 15:58 NoMoreBS [1746]
Syria foreign minister in Tehran for talks with Iran, Russia	0 [1739]
Atta Noor Warns Of Taliban Division After Mullah Omar's Death	0 [1732]
Saadi Gadafy abuse video condemned by rights groups	2 12:04 Skidmark [1753]
Dostum Claims Taliban Sold Out To Foreigners	0 [1743]
Civil Society Demands Arrest of Mullah Omar Mourners	0 [1740]
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Face Financial Crisis	0 [1746]
Sisi extends deployment of Egyptian armed forces involved in Yemen conflict	0 [1749]
Page 3: Non-WoT
FBI spy plane zeroes in on Dearborn area	11 23:28 Alaska Paul [1759]
Idaho's ban on undercover animal abuse videos struck down by federal judge	3 15:44 Procopius2k [1739]
Two Dead, Five Injured in Pair of Shootings Outside Rap Concerts	1 10:11 Glenmore [1746]
Dollar Control	0 [1736]
B-17 Bomber OLD "666"	4 18:18 OldSpook [1763]
Greek banks reopen but cash limits remain and taxes soar	4 12:10 Besoeker [1744]
Forced marriage cases reported to UK body	0 [1745]
Two DSPs among 25 injured as mob takes on police	0 [1738]
Imran Khan threatens to sack party members who spill beans to media	0 [1743]
Apple stock craters, losing USD $113 Billion	10 20:52 Steve White [1759]
Mugabe is asking back the white farmers he chased away	8 16:39 OldSpook [1737]
Buffer zone creation to be discussed in Minsk ceasefire talks	0 [1746]
Soldiers In Hungary Begin Building Fence To Stop Migrants	0 [1744]
Russia to UN: We are claiming 463,000 square miles of the Arctic	3 21:34 JosephMendiola [1760]
Carjacker Tries To Steal Unmarked Cop Car	0 [1744]
TCU student punished for criticizing Islam, Baltimore riots	1 17:29 JohnQC [1756]
Puerto Rico Confirms It Failed To Make $58m Debt Payment	0 [1744]
Arizona man says he beheaded wife 'to get the evil out': police	3 17:28 JohnQC [1744]
Vlad & Champ on same sheet of music. RU reassures Israel over Iran nuclear deal	2 22:04 JosephMendiola [1762]
2 Chicago moms' sons were murdered. Now they're suing 3 suburban towns.	8 15:21 lord garth [1740]
Shots fired at troops training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi	4 17:26 JohnQC [1745]
Nato Halves Baltic Air Policing Mission	0 [1739]
Federalizing Baltimore-opening the door	8 17:25 JohnQC [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
PJ Media: Dear Starbucks, You Lost Me at Planned Parenthood	3 22:16 JosephMendiola [1759]
Difficult, yet necessary	0 [1742]
Tailors and terrorists	0 [1745]
The death of a hermit	0 [1746]
Israel Must Remember That Moral Health Begins in Self-Examination	5 17:30 whitecollar redneck [1764]
NATO commander: Russia's use of force in Europe a major threat	5 17:18 JohnQC [1744]
Page 6: Politix
Fanny Mae and Co. once again lending with loose standards. This will end as well as before	5 16:24 Bright Pebbles [1739]
FBI looking into the Hildebeest's email	6 16:32 Hupineger Glomomp52169 [1750]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
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2	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Jaish al-Islam
1	Govt of Iran
1	Thai Insurgency
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2015-08-05
Head of Taliban's Qatar-based political office Tayeb Agha quits as leadership rift deepens

Tue 2015-08-04
Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official

Mon 2015-08-03
Clash between Afghan Taliban fighters leaves nine dead

Sun 2015-08-02
Official: Nearly 800 ISIS militants killed in Mosul last month

Sat 2015-08-01
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead, say Taliban sources

Fri 2015-07-31
Afghan Taliban confirm leader Mullah Omar's death

Thu 2015-07-30
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Wed 2015-07-29
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Tue 2015-07-28
Syrian Army Advances in Palmyra, ISIL Militants Flee

Mon 2015-07-27
13 Die as Bombers Target Swimming Pool in Northern Iraq

Sun 2015-07-26
Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq, ends truce of more than 2 years

Sat 2015-07-25
Two ex-Guantanamo Inmates Charged with 'Terrorism' in Belgium

Fri 2015-07-24
Senior Al-Qaida Leader Killed by US Airstrike in Afghanistan

Thu 2015-07-23
Scores of Insurgents Killed as Syrian Army, Hezbollah Advance in Zabadani

Wed 2015-07-22
Iraqis launch offensive against Islamic State near Anbar military base

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