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Taseer's killer Mumtaz Qadri hanged
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Hamas Commander, Accused of Theft and Gay Sex, Is Killed by His Own	2 22:39 Iblis [1773]
US leads 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria	4 21:13 Glenmore [1768]
12 killed in Shawal offensive against militants	0 [1739]
Two smugglers burnt to death during encounter	1 21:14 Glenmore [1765]
Kurd kommies kill kop in Nusaybin	0 [1739]
Yemeni army seeking to tighten control of Hajjah and Hodeidah	2 23:13 JosephMendiola [1771]
Yemeni Army Readies to Retake Marib	0 [1741]
43kg of hashish found inside car tire	3 20:02 USN, Ret. [1786]
Gunmen assassinates ISIS Top Dawg in Deir ez-Zor city	0 [1738]
ISIS executes 3 in Deir ez-Zor province	0 [1751]
Turkish aircraft karpet bomb Kurd kommies in Dohuk	0 [1739]
30 ISIS troops die in Mosul airstrikes	0 [1731]
Good morning	1 10:33 Pappy [1733]
Anbar Antics: 21 die	0 [1731]
Kirkuk Korpse Kount: 3 die	0 [1739]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [1741]
Probe Ordered after 'Hundreds' Killed in Nigeria Sectarian Clashes	0 [1740]
Suicide Bombing Kills 4 In Yemen's Aden	0 [1741]
Bahrain Jails 'Terrorists' for Attacking Police	0 [1734]
IS-claimed Blast Kills at Least 24 at Iraq Shiite Funeral	0 [1747]
Turkey Shells Islamic State Positions in Syria	0 [1736]
Palestinian Islamist Wounded in Ain el-Hilweh Shooting	2 15:32 Skidmark [1739]
Activist of banned outfit arrested in Islamabad	0 [1743]
Pro-Qadri protesters block Karachi roads, cause traffic jam	0 [1740]
Taseer's killer Mumtaz Qadri hanged	1 10:10 Frank G [1775]
3 killed, 11 wounded as explosion rocks Lashkargah city in Helmand	0 [1738]
NDS rescues 3 hostages in Logar, 4 still in kidnappers’ custody	0 [1735]
1 killed, 10 wounded as rocket hits residential house in Kunar	0 [1743]
Senior ISIS commanders among 7 killed in Nangarhar drone strike	0 [1739]
MoD: 57 militants killed in latest counter-terrorism operations	0 [1736]
NDS foil coordinated suicide car bombing in Kandahar city	0 [1743]
Migrants in Europe	0 [1735]
Hebron snipers caught after months-long search	2 15:58 gorb [1769]
Source: Rajah Solaiman Movement making a comeback	0 [1735]
Aniversary, elections trigger full alert in northern Mindanao	0 [1735]
Moscow: Burka-clad Nanny Parades with Severed Head of a Child	11 12:55 JFM [1747]
Bomb hurts nobody in Narathiwat	0 [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syria's first astronaut 'defects to Turkey'	2 18:01 Mike Kozlowski [1728]
US warns citizens to evacuate Iraq if Mosul dam bursts	14 23:43 CrazyFool [1760]
13 corpses discovered under rubble in Turkey's Cizire	0 [1735]
Houthis recruiting African fighters	0 [1734]
UK troops to bolster Libyan border	0 [1732]
Offensive Ops And Night Raids Proving Effective	2 12:16 Frank G [1733]
Senior Israeli Delegation Visits Riyadh	0 [1730]
U.N. Rights Chief Attacks 'Rising Roar of Xenophobia' amid Migrant Crisis	6 13:48 JHH [1739]
France Begins Destruction of Half 'Jungle' Migrant Camp	4 20:37 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Belgium Pushes 600 Migrants Back to France	0 [1735]
Hizbullah Brings Back Corpses of Fighters Including Ali Fayyad's	1 06:54 lord garth [1732]
Helicopter crash in Tarbela kills army officer	0 [1719]
F-16s needed for counterterror ops, Pakistan tells US	4 10:21 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1734]
Gen. Salangi slams ISI for its destructive role in Afghanistan	0 [1729]
Wife of former ISI operative claims Nawaz Sharif received money from Osama Bin Laden	0 [1736]
Bosnia to shut down Islamist groups after imam threatened	0 [1736]
Japan to supply Philippines with military equipment	5 23:49 JosephMendiola [1769]
Palmyra: No hint of a ceasefire	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
St. Landry Parish Louisiana police Captain Clay Higgins resigns	6 21:17 Chantry [1761]
Donetsk rebels planning to expand naval forces	1 20:15 JosephMendiola [1759]
Despite initial ruling, Venezuela seeks to silence U.S. website	7 20:43 Blossom Unains5562 [1775]
Suspected Ugandan Rebels Kill at Least Two in DR Congo	0 [1726]
Lahore court sentences brothers to death over 'honour' killing	0 [1726]
Man stabs 10 school children and then kills himself in China	4 20:23 JosephMendiola [1754]
Gunman, 14, arrested after opening fire and injuring four of his classmates inside Ohio school lunchroom	7 22:29 Canuckistan sniper [1761]
Japan tests prototype stealth aircraft	6 18:12 Raj [1728]
Page 4: Opinion
Note to Conspiracy Theorists	9 20:26 Frank G [1772]
Swedish Liberal People's Party: No problem with incest or necrophelia	9 15:47 Skidmark [1733]
10 maps that explain Russia's strategy	6 16:08 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1735]
Iran's Elections Are Magic	3 20:17 JosephMendiola [1756]
Qadri’s execution: the deeper malaise	1 15:07 Frank G [1735]
An open letter to gun advocates	21 13:19 newc [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Evidence Shows Hillary Clinton Never Qualified For Security Clearance	10 15:12 rjschwarz [1734]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
7	Govt of Pakistan
5	Taliban
2	Salafists
2	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Arab Spring
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hezbollah

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Tue 2016-03-01
Taseer's killer Mumtaz Qadri hanged

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Sun 2016-02-28
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Sat 2016-02-27
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Thu 2016-02-25
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Wed 2016-02-24
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Tue 2016-02-23
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Mon 2016-02-22
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Sun 2016-02-21
46 dead in Homs bomb attack

Sat 2016-02-20
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Fri 2016-02-19
Foreigners among 24 terrorists killed in Badakhshan

Thu 2016-02-18
Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide returns to former career

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