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Taliban confirm losing 13 fighters in Paktika drone strikes
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Médecins Sans Frontières hospitals in Syria targeted by Russians	4 20:11 Nguard [1767]
Leb. Army Bombards Militant Positions in Eastern Mountain Range	0 [1737]
Greece Says Arrests Three Armed Britons at Turkish Border	0 [1743]
Six attempted terror attacks foiled in Jerusalem, West Bank; 5 attackers dead, one hospitalized	4 13:14 Bobby [1744]
Arabian-led Intervention Sends Special Operations Forces to Free Al Mukalla	3 11:26 Sven the pelter [1737]
2 killed, 15 wounded in Saudi-led strike on Yemen workshop	0 [1738]
Iranian arms shipment intercepted in Yemen	0 [1735]
Turkish artillery in northern Aleppo yields civilian casualties	0 [1746]
ISIS executes 2 in Mosul	0 [1743]
ISIS executes 8 by drowning in Ninevah	3 13:49 CrazyFool [1759]
Anbar Antics: 21 die	2 12:18 Pappy [1740]
Baghdad bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 4 dead	0 [1737]
Syrian army gains ground around Aleppo, looks to Raqqa	1 15:56 swksvolFF [1756]
Suspect tanker seized off Zuwara	0 [1740]
IS murders five more in Sirte	0 [1739]
Turkish forces cross into Syria: Damascus	0 [1739]
12 Insurgents Killed in Wardak Operation	0 [1729]
Yemeni forces kill 6 Saudi soldiers in retaliatory attacks	0 [1736]
10 'militants' killed in Sibi operation	0 [1730]
Militants, 2 civilians killed in Pulwama	0 [1754]
Taliban confirm losing 13 fighters in Paktika drone strikes	2 08:32 Sven the pelter [1760]
Dentist with links to Al Qaeda, Safoora attackers arrested in Karachi: police	2 11:10 Sven the pelter [1731]
PTCL man booked in terrorism case on subscriber's complaint	0 [1737]
Egypt President Sisi to keep Gaza border open for extra day	0 [1734]
US, allies conduct 27 strikes in Syria, Iraq against ISIS	0 [1731]
Al shabaab retakes Burweyn after SNA and AU troops Retreat	0 [1741]
Boko Haram ~~terrorists~~ militants trained in Somalia	0 [1734]
Houthis capture, destroy Soddy M1A1 Abrams tank	7 15:09 Bobby [1763]
Page 2: WoT Background
Senator McCain says could subpoena U.S. sailors held by Iran	5 20:57 Pappy [1760]
Austria and Slovenia to restrict migrant flow	0 [1737]
Greece given ultimatum over refugees	0 [1749]
Man held in Sweden for new asylum murder	1 00:12 Crocodile Dundee [1755]
'15-year-old' who 'killed' refugee worker is an adult	3 15:20 swksvolFF [1760]
Troops betrayed as Army dumps hundreds of heroic war dogs	0 [1742]
Iran exports oil to Europe for first time since nuclear deal	6 12:16 g(r)omgoru [1737]
Benghazi federalists protest constitution draft while CDA discusses consultations	0 [1736]
Gatrani and Majberi Presidency Council walkout leaves unity government selection in disarray	0 [1741]
Russia campaign forced West to accept Syria truce: Analyst	1 19:49 JosephMendiola [1759]
Iran will defend Syria's airspace if Damascus requests	3 22:58 JosephMendiola [1750]
Tribesmen boycott anti-polio drive	0 [1736]
Army receives 600 infiltration inputs in 2015: Lt Gen Dua	0 [1752]
Islamabad police say Wahidi would be recovered soon	0 [1741]
Saudi central bank raises loan-to-deposit ratio -sources	0 [1739]
IS has no role to play in Kashmir: Mirwaiz	0 [1740]
Merkel offers support to Turkey on refugees	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US plane impounded in Zimbabwe; body and cash found on board	3 20:04 Bangkok Billy [1758]
Hookers for Hillary	6 21:56 Beau [1758]
15 Feb Huffington Post's Scalia headline plus 17 Scalia related articles.	0 [1738]
Select Panel Investigating Planned Parenthood To Issue Subpoenas	1 05:04 Besoeker [1745]
The death of Scalia: Chaos, confusion and conflicting reports	8 19:12 RandomJD [1756]
Activists Blast Govt For Not Ensuring Justice In Farkhunda Case	2 09:41 Frank G [1733]
Clause in draft Hindu marriage bill creates controversy	0 [1733]
Pakistani among scientists who detected gravitational waves predicted by Einstein	4 22:50 JosephMendiola [1755]
Kanye West reveals he is $53 million in debt	18 23:48 KBK [1758]
Haiti lawmakers elect Senate chief as provisional president	0 [1732]
Brace for a devaluation of the Egyptian pound, say economists	0 [1739]
NATO ships enter Georgia’s Batumi port	0 [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Tammy Bruce: When Starbucks meets Sharia	3 16:17 DarthVader [1754]
Pat Caddell on Clintons: 'Greediest white trash I have ever seen.'	5 15:58 Pappy [1757]
Madressah reforms	0 [1737]
(Saudi) Arabian nights in Syria	2 16:20 3dc [1747]
Falklands hero on youthful parking scams and how finding himself on the scrap-heap aged just 25 inspired him to campaign for others	1 13:06 Bobby [1743]
Page 6: Politix
Sanders trailing Clinton but more honest: South Carolina poll	8 18:27 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1765]
Bill Clinton downplays Obama: 'We're all mixed-race people'	8 23:52 KBK [1757]
Hillary Clinton campaigns with casino workers, guests on Vegas Strip	1 00:40 Skidmark [1737]
Dems Fundraise Off Scalia Death	3 04:22 Besoeker [1737]

    
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                        21:56 Beau

                        20:57 Pappy

                        20:11 Nguard

                        20:04 Bangkok Billy

                        19:49 JosephMendiola

                        19:35 Kanye West and All his Vibrant Friends

                        19:12 RandomJD

                        18:32 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        18:27 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        16:20 3dc

                        16:17 DarthVader

                        15:58 Pappy

                        15:56 swksvolFF

                        15:20 swksvolFF

                        15:09 Bobby

                        14:46 DepotGuy

                        13:58 Airandee

                        13:50 NoMoreBS

                        13:49 CrazyFool

Who's in the News
32	[untagged]
7	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iran
3	Houthis
3	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	TTP
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Syria
1	Boko Haram
1	Lashkar e-Taiba

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