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66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Loyalist Forces Chase Yemen Rebels after Seizing Airbase	4 19:16 Shipman [1776]
Boko Haram kills six, abducts 50 in Cameroon: Soldier	0 [1751]
Good morning	1 14:58 Sidney Backstreet [1741]
Boko Haram Kills Nine Nigerian Fishermen by Lake Chad	0 [1743]
At least 30 killed or injured in 3 separate Baghdad bombings	0 [1743]
Iraqi spy chief: ISIS terror cell busted in Baghdad	0 [1746]
ISIL, Nusra Terrorists Flee Syrian Army in Daraa, Suffer Major Losses in Aleppo	1 07:38 lord garth [1753]
Key Chechen Commander Killed in Southern Syria	0 [1747]
Pro-Assad tribal commander killed in Deir Ezzor city: activists	0 [1744]
Fatah Army regains villages from Army near Sahl al-Ghab, fears rise amid supporters	0 [1760]
Nusra Front withdraws from two border villages with Turkey as buffer zone comes true	0 [1751]
11 soldiers killed in ISIS suicide bomb in air base east Homs	0 [1739]
U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey	1 10:29 Clomp Omagum5939 [1743]
66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike	0 [1778]
Military Operation Launched to Re-Take Control of Sar-e-Pul's Kohistanat	0 [1757]
Three Police Killed in Taliban Attack in Herat	0 [1765]
'Pakistani militant' captured after attack on military convoy	1 11:26 Frank G on the road [1751]
Additional sessions judge gunned down in Rawalpindi	0 [1740]
Pakistani and Indian forces exchange fire across LoC	0 [1742]
UK charges radical preacher Choudary with inviting support for IS	1 11:25 Frank G on the road [1752]
Video: Islamic State Threatens to Kill Croatian in Egypt	0 [1749]
NPA gun down three suspected turncoats	0 [1747]
BIFF remnants renew terror activities	0 [1744]
Elderly man repels ambush with his shotgun	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Warns of Hizbullah Retaliation over Iran	6 23:59 JosephMendiola [1767]
IAEA won’t show Congress its nuclear inspection deal with Iran	5 14:26 Besoeker [1748]
Kerry Warns on Iran Deal: Don't 'Screw' the Ayatollahs	4 10:50 DarthVader [1738]
Obama: Everyone but Israel supports Iran deal	7 22:47 Alaska Paul [1762]
All quiet, for now, as Peshmerga hold the line against ISIS	2 15:25 OldSpook [1748]
Iran's Navy Commander Warns of 'Strong Response to Slightest US Aggressive Move'	11 22:31 JosephMendiola [1765]
Turkey to Start Fight against ISIL in Syria 'Soon': FM	1 21:21 OldSpook [1763]
Syrian Islamist group says had been in talks with Iran	0 [1737]
Iran Aims at Establishing Peace in Region: Rouhani	0 [1744]
Turkey says coalition to launch	0 [1743]
Iran to present Syria peace plan to United Nations	0 [1742]
Top Taliban commander Dadullah confirms Mullah Omar was killed	1 06:00 Pliny Slainter6106 [1749]
Dostum: Will go to frontline with 'Suit & Tie' if Taliban did not surrender	2 22:33 JosephMendiola [1767]
Analysts Urge Security Forces Forward As Divisions in Taliban Leadership Emerge	0 [1743]
4,000 Soldiers Desert Their Posts Monthly: Gen. Campbell	1 19:19 Shipman [1754]
Hatemonger arrested in court	0 [1744]
No party member in Rangers list of 'target-killers': MQM	0 [1743]
Non-bailable arrest warrant issued for Altaf in Karachi	0 [1745]
Military courts get Supreme Court nod	0 [1740]
Imran Khan suspends Justice (r) Wajihuddin's PTI membership	1 13:06 Black Bart Glamp9433 [1745]
Only an insane person can demand foreign interference in Karachi: Qaim	0 [1747]
It starts: US intel warns Congress Iran is sanitizing Parchin in broad daylight	0 [1756]
Why the regime has not moved on the appointment of an Inspector General (IG) at CIA	2 19:51 Besoeker [1778]
Page 3: Non-WoT
State of Texas Makes $20M in One Day to Fund Education	4 14:39 Bright Pebbles [1746]
Saudis to Sell Bonds	4 19:25 Shipman [1766]
Rodent research using Planned Parenthood parts.	10 21:40 OldSpook [1768]
Monthly report: KRG exported an average 516k bpd in July	0 [1742]
Zabul's director of Hajj and Religious Affairs accused of corruption	0 [1741]
Man shoots his sisters for attending a wedding party in Parwan	3 19:23 Shipman [1775]
Gunman who opened fire at Tennessee movie theater killed by police	1 08:13 Glenmore [1749]
Bullet hits Wasim Akram's car after traffic accident spat	0 [1759]
Experts determine that wing fragment is from missing MH370	1 13:30 Bobby [1739]
Italian Coast Guard says 400 migrants saved from wreck off Libya, 25 bodies recovered	2 19:36 Bill Clinton [1774]
Pope Francis: Church Should Welcome Divorced, Remarried Catholics	1 21:35 OldSpook [1766]
FBI 'Most Wanted' Digital Crime Lord Linked To RU Espionage On Enemies, U.S. Included	0 [1745]
Page 4: Opinion
ANALYSIS: Obama’s unmistakable message to Israel: You stand alone	3 22:37 JosephMendiola [1757]
No More Mr. Nice Conservative	3 21:43 OldSpook [1757]
Libyan force was lesson in limits of U.S. power	0 [1743]
To Defeat Iran Deal, Republicans Must Admit to Mistakes in Iraq	4 18:45 Pappy [1765]
Good lashkar, bad lashkar	0 [1754]
Last tricks of Altaf Hussain	0 [1752]
Supreme Court judgement	0 [1754]
Wages of poor governance	0 [1745]
Time for renewal	0 [1752]
Page 6: Politix
Justice Dept. Clears Itself of Wrongdoing, Says It Didn't Target Gun Companies in Controversial Operation Chokepoint	3 14:35 Bright Pebbles [1739]
George W Bush Shows Up For Jury Duty In Dallas	4 22:24 USN, Ret. [1766]
Obama to Democrats: Make sure you watch the GOP's Cleveland debate	1 14:47 Hupineger Glomomp52169 [1745]
Big Donors Warn Candidates On Eve Of Debate: "Take Trump Out"	7 23:06 Procopius2k [1765]
Former Intel Officials Call for Revocation of Clinton's Security Privileges	0 [1747]
Reason #10,642 why cops should wear body-cams	3 17:54 Dale [1734]

    
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13	Govt of Pakistan
9	Islamic State
5	Taliban
5	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Syria
2	al-Nusra
2	Boko Haram
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Hezbollah
1	Commies
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2015-08-06
66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike

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
Belgium Jails Syria Jihad Recruiters for Up to 20 Years

Wed 2015-07-29
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi chief Malik Ishaq, two sons killed in Muzaffargarh 'encounter'

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

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