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U.S. Ups Pressure on IS with first B-52 Bomber Strike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	4 21:43 DarthVader [11131]
U.S. Ups Pressure on IS with first B-52 Bomber Strike	20 22:22 swksvolFF [11127]
Islamist Group Ansar Dine Says Holding Three Red Cross Workers in Mali	0 [11128]
Boko Haram Gunmen Kill 11 in NE Nigeria	0 [11128]
Three suspected militants shot dead in Karachi	0 [11128]
Militants “surrounded” in Gwarsha and Ganfouda but mines now the main problem	2 10:33 Skidmark [11128]
ISIS in Retreat around East Libyan City Derna	0 [11125]
Operation Underway To Re-Take Badakhshan's Warduj	0 [11124]
Syria warbirds hit Kurd targets in Qamishli	0 [11124]
Syria rebels attack government forces in Damascus	0 [11126]
Bus blast plotters arrested in Bethlehem, dead suicide bomber named	3 17:31 Shipman [11126]
Rooshuns complete demining of Palmyra	2 12:36 Betty Hitler2611 [11127]
Kurds repel ISIS attack on Sinjar	0 [11130]
Kurd kommies kill 4 Turkish soldiers	0 [11128]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 45 detained	0 [11127]
4 Bahrainis imprisoned for resisting police, possesion of arms	0 [11126]
Ninevah Nightmares: 3 die	0 [11128]
Diyala Devastations: 2 die	0 [11132]
Anbar Antics: 62+ die	0 [11130]
Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in southeast	0 [11126]
Eastern Libyan military’s jets hit Islamists in Derna	0 [11125]
Roadside bomb targets Ethiopian army convoy, 6 soldiers killed	0 [11129]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11126]
Hamas deploys forces on Egypt-Gaza border	0 [11127]
3 LeT militants killed in Lolab	2 23:15 SteveS [11127]
Weapons workshop, arms cache found in East Jerusalem, Hebron	1 17:38 Shipman [11129]
21 ISIS militants killed, dozens wounded in Afghan and coalition airstrikes	0 [11126]
41 militants killed in latest counter-terrorism operations of Afghan forces	0 [11124]
10 militants blown up while making an IED inside a mosque in Ghazni	3 15:59 Angaimble Elminemble1032 [11131]
Kabul attacker likely released from Bagram prison during Karzai era	0 [11126]
Rise in Afghan army casualties, MoD reports 10 martyred in past 24 hours	1 08:21 Procopius2k [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
China denies reports of massing troops at North Korea border	8 22:48 Procopius2k [11129]
London Becomes a Leading Destination for French Jews After Attacks	5 11:42 Skidmark [11128]
U.S. Army Captain Helps Foil Denmark School Attack Plot	5 13:22 Thravimp Lover of the Antelope7006 [11128]
Turkey freezes assets of ex-Yemeni president Saleh	0 [11126]
Dostum Clears Jawzjan Districts Of Taliban	1 02:45 Besoeker [11128]
We don’t recognize US court ruling: Zarif	6 18:18 Procopius2k [11127]
ISIL suspect in Ankara bombing caught in Turkey’s east	0 [11127]
Obama defends Iran deal at Gulf summit	1 21:48 Blossom Unains5562 [11131]
UN-sponsored Yemen peace talks begin in Kuwait	0 [11126]
Arab League chief calls for special court to try Israel	2 11:31 Frank G [11122]
Turkish court overturns 275 convictions in Erdogan coup plot case	0 [11130]
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam charged with attempted murder in Begium	0 [11125]
Army vows to clear all no-go areas in Punjab	1 11:44 Skidmark [11125]
Five gangs yet to surrender in Punjab's riverine area	0 [11127]
Govt won't allow anyone to destabilise country, asserts Nawaz	1 11:21 Frank G [11125]
Gen Raheel dismisses 6 army officers from service over 'corruption'	1 12:07 Pappy [11127]
Afghanistan suspends police chief of PD1 following deadly Kabul attack	0 [11126]
USMC Down to 60% of F18 Strength	4 18:35 SteveS [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Urgent memo: Brig. Gen. Christopher M. Short, Cdr, 57th Wing at Nellis AFB, Nevada	7 23:51 Hupomogum Henbane7522 [11126]
Ford to export its F-150 Raptor pickup to China	3 16:45 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11128]
Intel Lays Off 12,000 After Seeking 14,523 H1B's	6 13:44 Skidmark [11130]
Rats! Several big U.S. cities seeing surge in rodent complaints	11 23:52 Spanky Phineper7453 [11127]
Montage -- The next generation of war reporting - From Brown Moses - Eliot Higgens. Pioneer.	4 22:54 newc [11129]
US opens criminal probe linked to Panama Paper revelations: ICIJ	3 12:15 Skidmark [11127]
BB officials guilty of gross negligence	1 12:17 Skidmark [11125]
Venezuela enforces blackout amid power shortage	1 13:38 Frank G [11131]
Greece: We need debt write-off not austerity	8 16:57 rjschwarz [11126]
Russia extraditing Uzbeks to face ‘pervasive’ torture: Amnesty	2 10:09 trailing wife [11125]
Obama arrives in UK with royal lunch, Brexit on the menu	5 13:16 swksvolFF [11125]
FIA unearths Rs2bn online scam hitting 5,000 people	0 [11126]
ESPN Fires Curt Schilling Following Anti-Transgender Facebook Post	12 16:31 regular joe [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Climate Science has taken a back seat at the United Nations	4 16:42 JHH [11130]
There are only two men in the 2016 presidential race: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.	3 14:41 Procopius2k [11133]
Introducing â"The President Erdogan Offensive Poetry Competition'"	9 22:34 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Preachers of hate	1 03:40 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Ceasefire falls apart as Assad holds latest sham election	0 [11124]
US-Saudi tensions	2 15:25 Frank G [11126]
Attack on polio security team	2 11:59 SteveS [11124]
The Conservative Media Meltdown	12 23:56 Slung Smith3824 [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Court Strikes Down California Effort to Reveal Donors to Nonprofit	0 [11126]
FBI Director: Dem Convention Not a Deadline in Clinton Email Investigation	9 13:16 Rambler in Virginia [11122]

    
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                        23:51 Hupomogum Henbane7522

                        23:15 SteveS

                        22:54 newc

                        22:48 Procopius2k

                        22:34 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:22 swksvolFF

                        22:13 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:07 Richard Aubrey

                        21:48 Blossom Unains5562

                        21:46 SteveS

                        21:43 DarthVader

                        21:29 Frank G

                        21:27 Beau

                        19:05 Shipman

                        18:35 SteveS

                        18:18 Procopius2k

                        17:38 Shipman

                        17:31 AlanC

                        17:31 Shipman

                        17:13 Shipman

                        17:03 rjschwarz

                        16:58 Shipman

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
6	Taliban
6	Govt of Pakistan
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	Commies
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Haqqani Network
1	Houthis
1	ISIL-K

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-04-22
U.S. Ups Pressure on IS with first B-52 Bomber Strike

Thu 2016-04-21
Taliban military commission chief killed in Afghan intelligence operatives raid

Wed 2016-04-20
Chotoo gang surrenders to Army, releases hostages

Tue 2016-04-19
Hundreds wounded in Kabul suicide attack

Mon 2016-04-18
Ivory Coast Attacks 'Number Two' Arrested in Mali

Sun 2016-04-17
Dozens of Hezbollah militants 'accidentally' killed in chemical attack

Sat 2016-04-16
UK police arrest 5 in terror probe

Fri 2016-04-15
Sharia police preacher faces terrorism charges

Thu 2016-04-14
SSS announces arrest of another ‘top Boko Haram terrorist’

Wed 2016-04-13
Belgian police arrest 3 in Paris terror attacks investigations

Tue 2016-04-12
Saudi FM: Red Sea islands have returned to the kingdom

Mon 2016-04-11
Ahrar al-Sham commander slain in Aleppo clashes

Sun 2016-04-10
Four Brussels suspects charged with terror offenses

Sat 2016-04-09
Lebanon sentences ex-minister Samaha to 13 years in prison

Fri 2016-04-08
Danish Police Arrest Four Alleged ISIL Fighters, Seize Weapons

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