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Drone Strike in Nangarhar Kills 4 Taliban Commanders
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Spain accuses suspect of running Islamic State network in Morocco	0 [1750]
US, allies hit Islamic State in Iraq with 21 air strikes: Military	6 17:23 gorb [1752]
At least 6 killed in latest Turkey-PKK clashes	0 [1751]
Top Iranian commander said killed in Syria	0 [1756]
Soldiers Kill Four Suspected Rebels in Indian Kashmir	2 08:56 trailing wife [1750]
Syrian Army Controls Lattakia Hill, kills 46 Gunmen in Aleppo	0 [1754]
48-Hour Truce Declared in Syria's Zabadani, Kefraya, Fuaa	0 [1746]
ISIS takes 5 Syrian villages near Turkish border	3 10:29 JohnQC [1747]
U.N.: Thousands flee renewed C. African Republic violence	0 [1746]
Four bomb makers killed by own explosives in Khost	2 17:27 gorb [1779]
35 ANSF Soldiers Reportedly Killed in Musa Qala Attack	0 [1752]
Drone Strike in Nangarhar Kills 4 Taliban Commanders	0 [1767]
Bomb defused near police post; two officials hurt in firecracker attack	0 [1755]
'BLA commander, aide' held in Jacobabad on Bugti's anniversary	0 [1756]
12 militants killed in Sui, Quetta	0 [1748]
At least five killed during raid on suspected militant hideout in Toba Tek Singh	0 [1739]
Indian troops patrol Gujarat after deadly communal riots kill 10	0 [1743]
Muharram terror bid foiled as four 'RAW-linked men' arrested from Karachi	0 [1748]
US confident IS cyber jihadist killed	0 [1751]
Twin Baghdad bomb attacks kill 3, wound 13	0 [1750]
Kirkuk detains 157 ISIS ‘collaborators’	0 [1755]
Kurdish general in Iraqi Army killed by ISIS in Anbar	0 [1745]
Iraqi MP: Mosul salaries might be aiding ISIS	1 11:11 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1746]
Egypt to Try Suspects in Foiled Attack on Temple Tourists	0 [1750]
Algerian Army Kills 2 Armed Islamists	0 [1744]
Drone Kills Five Qaida Suspects in Yemen Stronghold	0 [1759]
French intelligence fears Islamist 'missile strike on airliner' or 9/11-style attack	7 17:08 Pappy [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
IAEA says Iran has expanded Parchin nuclear facility	1 21:09 JosephMendiola [1772]
New Hamas video boasts of reconstructed tunnels	1 22:33 JosephMendiola [1780]
980 US rabbis sign petition opposing Iran deal	2 19:35 Procopius2k [1784]
Marco Rubio NAILS Joe Biden on little known UBL decision	4 16:29 Procopius2k [1742]
IG Looking Into Allegations that Regime Pressured Intel Analysts to Downplay ISIS	2 23:51 OldSpook [1770]
Liberation of Sana'a within days, Yemen army chief	6 21:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
New TV program to counter terrorism	1 02:51 Besoeker [1740]
Al-Assiri says allies don't eye territorial gains in Yemen	1 11:47 Pappy [1744]
Yemen: No talks with Houthis until arms surrendered	0 [1745]
Three remanded in Avijit murder case	0 [1745]
Two more Niloy murder suspects held	0 [1743]
Council of Jihadi Party Launched in Kabul	2 21:24 Frank G [1778]
Brahamdagh ready to give up demand for independence	0 [1741]
Won't allow anyone to kill our people, children: Gen Raheel	0 [1741]
Arrest warrants issued for senior PPP leaders Gilani, Amin Fahim	0 [1746]
Pakistan's nuclear stockpile could become world's third largest, says report	5 21:22 JosephMendiola [1778]
PPP refutes terror-funding allegations, calls for transparent probe	0 [1734]
Austria Finds Up to 50 Bodies Thought to Be of Migrants in Truck	0 [1746]
New Muslim Rebel Front Calls for Revived Talks with Thailand	0 [1737]
Standoff Gives Glimpse of N.Korean Defense Plans	1 00:44 JosephMendiola [1739]
Pudgy Vanishes from Public View	1 10:55 Raj [1738]
Report: NSA Gave Germany Access to Powerful Internet Surveillance Tool	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
General Frank Peterson, first black USMC aviator passes over the horizon.	1 16:09 BigEdLB [1756]
Japan Launches New Carrier, "Kaga"	9 23:40 Blossom Unains5562 [1770]
Krauthammer: Champ's diplo 'reset' has let Putin get away with murder	1 19:29 JosephMendiola [1770]
PP admits to legal 'manipulation' aka wrong-doing for money.	3 14:10 Besoeker [1740]
Hate-Flag Found In WDBJ Killer's Virginia Apartment	1 07:19 Bobby [1750]
MERS deaths in KSA passes 500 mark	1 06:18 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Greece appoints first female PM ahead of snap poll	2 12:34 Pappy [1745]
Wife, sons assault man, leave him chained	0 [1744]
Colorized fotos from the old west	0 [1740]
Video: One Irishman Against a Bunch of Turks -- Turks Lose	2 19:15 Zorba de Medici9541 [1769]
Fighting intensifies in near Mariupol: 8 die	1 03:39 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Europe's new stealth combat drone has successfully completed 12 highly sensitive test sorties in Italy	1 22:40 JosephMendiola [1770]
Page 4: Opinion
Dear Corporate America	1 16:16 JohnQC [1735]
An Open Rant Aimed at Those Who Would Repeal the Second Amendment	1 11:18 DarthVader [1746]
What's really behind American Airlines' cancellation of the Tel Aviv-Philadelphia route?	4 20:29 charger [1777]
WAPO logic: The Iran nuclear deal is Champ's Iraq troop surge	3 22:29 JosephMendiola [1767]
Moynihan's scissors today	3 21:21 Frank G [1777]
A little nuclear help from its friends	2 04:13 Besoeker [1763]
Page 6: Politix
Export import Bank: How some of the sausage is made in Washington (video)	0 [1739]
Senator Grassley wants explanation for why DoS had no permanent IG during Beest's tenure	5 11:04 JohnQC [1744]
Federal court blocks EPA rule on waterways	5 15:11 Raj [1744]
How Huma Abedin operated at the center of the Clinton universe	4 11:44 Shuting Gurly-Brown7975 [1752]
Trump lead grows, Clinton slips: Poll	2 16:11 BigEdLB [1746]
John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz 'Jackass' at Colorado Fundraiser	16 23:39 OldSpook [1780]
Clinton Insiders Fuming Over Pending Biden Presidential Bid	7 20:52 NoMoreBS [1775]

    
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                        22:40 JosephMendiola

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                        21:24 Frank G

                        21:22 JosephMendiola

                        21:21 Frank G

                        21:18 Betty Hitler2611

                        21:09 JosephMendiola

                        21:00 AlanC

                        21:00 JosephMendiola

                        20:52 NoMoreBS

                        20:29 charger

                        20:26 charger

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                        19:51 trailing wife

                        19:37 Steve White

                        19:35 Procopius2k

                        19:29 JosephMendiola

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                        18:40 gorb

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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Baloch Liberation Army
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Syria
2	Commies
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Ansarullah Bangla Team
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hamas
1	Human Trafficking
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Salafists
1	Seleka

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2015-08-28
Drone Strike in Nangarhar Kills 4 Taliban Commanders

Thu 2015-08-27
IS Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Iraqi Army Generals in Anbar

Wed 2015-08-26
Over 60 Taliban Insurgents Killed In Musa Qala Clashes

Tue 2015-08-25
31 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Foreign Troops Air Strikes in Helmand

Mon 2015-08-24
Four Qaeda suspects killed by 'US drone' in Yemen

Sun 2015-08-23
Israel hits Syrian targets following rocket fire it says was ordered by Iran

Sat 2015-08-22
IS No. 2 killed in Mosul

Fri 2015-08-21
Two Americans overpower gunman (of Moroccan origin) in France train shooting

Thu 2015-08-20
Foreign suspect sought in Bangkok bombing

Wed 2015-08-19
ISIS Beheads Elderly Archeologist In Palmyra, Syrian Official Says

Tue 2015-08-18
Yemen: More than 80 dead in 24 hours of fighting for Taiz

Mon 2015-08-17
Punjab home minister Shuja Khanzada killed in terror attack

Sun 2015-08-16
God strikes Hamid Gul dead

Sat 2015-08-15
Infighting Kills 15 Taliban In Herat

Fri 2015-08-14
Zawahiri pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader

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