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Kurd Arab alliance drives ISIS troops from oil rich area near Raqqa
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	3 11:55 Frank G [1741]
Tunisia border guard wounded in ‘terrorist’ ambush	0 [1739]
Aden Forces Regain Control over Mansoura	0 [1738]
Air Strikes Target al Qaeda in Yemen, Troops Capture Aden District	0 [1759]
Troops Struggle To Secure Lashkargah-Sangin Route	0 [1749]
Yemen Army Fires Ballistic Missile in Marib, More Mercenaries Killed in Mede	0 [1730]
Kurd Arab alliance drives ISIS troops from oil rich area near Raqqa	0 [1758]
ISIS executes 2 for adultery	0 [1745]
ISIS troops commence attack on Kobane	1 10:48 Pappy [1740]
3 die in bomb attack in Erbil	0 [1739]
Anbar Antics: Heet District Operation Chronicles: 83+ die	0 [1744]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [1749]
Belgian police carry out raid linked to foiled French terror plot	0 [1744]
Key Taliban leader among 48 killed in Afghan clearance operations	0 [1739]
Over 200 Taliban insurgents killed or wounded in ongoing Shindand operations	0 [1742]
Iraqi forces advance towards western town of Hit	0 [1735]
Death toll from suicide attack in Galkayo rose to 6	1 08:28 Frank G [1736]
Lashkar demolishes houses of ‘militants’ in Wana	0 [1736]
Two TTP terrorists hanged in Kohat jail	0 [1745]
Vehicle blast in Lakki Marwat kills five	0 [1747]
Six police killed, 23 wounded in bomb attack in Turkey's Diyarbakir	0 [1741]
Boko Haram attack in Niger kills six soldiers	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Court rules conditional release of IDF soldier in Hebron shooting case	0 [1736]
Police: At Least 50 ISIS Supporters Working As Staff At Brussels Airport	2 10:53 Pappy [1734]
Israeli defense firm announces Indian deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars	0 [1739]
North Korea Threatens China With A 'Nuclear Storm'	6 23:11 JosephMendiola [1768]
Abdelsalam Offers to ’Cooperate’ with French Authorities	0 [1737]
Assad: State Ready to Tolerate Gunmen Who Give up Weapons	0 [1734]
Seeking justice in a French court for an IS-group beheading	0 [1745]
France to end military operation in Central Africa this year	0 [1742]
Afghan Reconciliation: Hizb-e-Islami wants removal of restrictions	0 [1732]
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s escaped ex-wife says he ‘was a normal family man’	0 [1732]
Thousands return to ruined İdil after 43-day curfew	0 [1740]
Erdogan: Turkey left alone in anti-terror fight	0 [1733]
Only Ulema are patriots, says Fazl	0 [1731]
Afghan parliamentarian wanted for rape of Peshawar dancer	3 11:26 AlanC [1743]
Iran slams Pak media for 'undignified rumours' on Indian spy arrest	0 [1741]
PM’s silence over Indian agent’s arrest is deliberate: Sana	0 [1735]
Cameroon seeks to drive out Boko Haram 'once and for all'	0 [1737]
Egypt destroys a long smuggling tunnel in the Sinai	3 11:29 AlanC [1733]
Boko Haram insurgency to end soon -- Chief of Air Staff	1 11:46 Frozen Al [1738]
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam cleared for France extradition	0 [1737]
Turkish army rules out 'anti-Erdogan coup'	0 [1734]
Iran 'certain’ UN won’t punish it for missile tests	0 [1746]
Former NSA chief: Clinton's email decisions 'inconceivable'	2 16:41 JHH [1732]
Suspicious devices found on Mass. power lines	6 12:42 gorb [1734]
Turkey military base in Qatar 'completed' in two years	1 11:49 Omusomp Grundy8829 [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The Future of Meat	12 22:00 gorb [1763]
'No apparent' foul play in Marine recruit's death on Parris Island, Commander still relieved	0 [1737]
Progressive Parents Now Throwing 'Gender Declaration Parties' For Teenage Children	15 19:19 NoMoreBS [1724]
Boston: Muhammad arrested for trespassing & photography in Callahan Tunnel	5 19:07 swksvolFF [1735]
How did an SUV get through Lemoore NAS security and crash into a FA-18E?	9 17:56 Pappy [1740]
CIA left explosive material on VA school bus after training exercise	0 [1732]
TV Anchor Fired Over Facebook Post Stereotyping 'Young Black Men'	5 23:25 trailing wife [1754]
Introverts And Jerks Are More Likely To Point Out Your Grammar Mistakes	13 23:28 trailing wife [1760]
Transparent Aluminum? Ha! We've Got Transparent Wood!	2 18:00 Pappy [1732]
Pudgy Balloons To 300 Pounds As Famine Nears	3 22:50 USN, Ret. [1756]
Situation in the front line in Donetsk continues to deteriorate	0 [1727]
UN announces 108 new allegations of sexual abuse in CAR	0 [1739]
$105 million urgently needed to help drought-hit Somalis	0 [1735]
Greyhound shooting: Police officer shot at Virginia bus station	12 17:27 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
America the Weak	2 22:19 rjschwarz [1758]
How Michelle Fields Conned Prosecutors into Charging Corey Lewandowski	21 21:27 swksvolFF [1764]
John Heilemann: It looks like Trump is headed for a CLEAR DEFEAT to Ted Cruz in a week (Video)	4 21:31 Lone Ranger [1764]
Americans won't be paid for being American any more	8 15:14 rjschwarz [1734]
The U.S. Will Surpass China As the No. 1 Country for Manufacturing by 2020	6 11:57 Abu Uluque [1744]
‘Operation’ time	0 [1746]
Textbooks of hate	0 [1754]
Can religious clerics drive action on climate change in Pakistan?	0 [1741]
Real Clear Politics Poll: General Election - Trump vs. Clinton	6 13:59 g(r)omgoru [1731]
Page 6: Politix
Marco Rubio sets his sights on the NFL	7 20:07 Frank G [1771]
Jacob Zuma's Home Improvements Violated South Africa's Constitution, Court Finds	0 [1728]
Rousseff cancels Washington trip to avoid Temer from becoming acting president	2 18:43 M. Murcek [1737]
Hildebeest: 'I am so sick, I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me'	10 20:03 Blossom Unains5562 [1763]

    
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1	Houthis
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Govt of Iran
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-04-01
Kurd Arab alliance drives ISIS troops from oil rich area near Raqqa

Thu 2016-03-31
Gitmo aumnus Mullah Zakir ends rifts with Mullah Akhtar Mansoor

Wed 2016-03-30
Houthis claim Daesh emir titzup in Taiz, andhis little mufti, too!

Tue 2016-03-29
Belgium charges three more people with 'terrorist activities'

Mon 2016-03-28
Two Arrested in Mali over Ivory Coast Resort Attack

Sun 2016-03-27
Belgium charges suspected Brussels airport bomber, two others

Sat 2016-03-26
Islamic State second in command likely killed - U.S.

Fri 2016-03-25
Brussels police nab terror suspect at tram stop; bomb squad dispatched

Thu 2016-03-24
Paris attacks fugitive Laachraoui named as second Brussels airport bomber

Wed 2016-03-23
Hamas stages military exercises to test Gaza readiness

Tue 2016-03-22
IS attacks at Brussels airport, metro, at least 34 dead, 200 injured

Mon 2016-03-21
Yemen govt, rebels, agree on ceasefire: Officials say

Sun 2016-03-20
Al-Qaeda claims attack on Algerian gas plant

Sat 2016-03-19
Suicide bomber attacks shopping area in Istanbul

Fri 2016-03-18
Kurds preparing to liberate Raqqa

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