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Bangla: IS claims second murder in a week
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Bomb kills one, injures five in southern Thailand	0 [1741]
Baghdad declares state of emergency	12 21:40 CrazyFool [1759]
Good morning	4 07:49 Besoeker [1742]
Turkish artillery destroys 28 Kurd residences	0 [1735]
al-Nusra artillery hits Kurds positions in Afrin	1 10:33 Frank G [1741]
ISIS Oil Minister dies in Iraqi artillery strike	0 [1735]
Kurds liberate Albu Fargy village	0 [1738]
Anbar Antics: 32 die	0 [1732]
Iraq forces in major offensive on ISIS-held town	1 10:40 Pappy [1732]
Six dead as Sudan army, insurgents clash in province	0 [1744]
Yemen govt forces seize Qaeda-held military camp	0 [1734]
Suicide bomber ‘kills five Kurdish police’ in Syria	0 [1743]
Two arrested in Lahore for ‘links’ with TTP	0 [1739]
Syrian regime airstrikes kill 7 in Aleppo: Local sources	0 [1740]
Migrant miscreants, native response	5 12:28 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Two Israeli Bedouins kidnapped, then released, in Turkey	3 16:17 SteveS [1762]
Top ISIS leader killed in Afghan Air Force raid in Nangarhar province	0 [1739]
Two temples attacked, 13 statues damaged	0 [1731]
Bangla: IS claims second murder in a week	0 [1774]
Taliban’s shadow district governor arrested with 7 companions in Nangarhar	0 [1755]
Taliban’s Zakat collector arrested in northern Pul-e-Khumri city	0 [1737]
Drone strikes, infighting and AAF raids kill over 50 militants in Nangarhar	0 [1737]
2 prominent Taliban commanders killed in police ambush in Ghazni	0 [1741]
US, allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State	0 [1733]
Air strikes hit hospital in Aleppo, at least 27 killed:	0 [1740]
Bomb attack on Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad kills at least 19	0 [1736]
Turkish army captain killed by PKK sniper fire	0 [1732]
Page 2: WoT Background
The many layers of the Palestinian Security Forces	0 [1732]
Iran says it imprisoned culprits behind Saudi embassy attack	1 12:02 Mullah Richard [1734]
Turkey detains pro-Kurdish news editor over tweets	0 [1750]
No progress in peace talks on Thai Muslim south: rebels	0 [1738]
Reformists win second round of Iran parliamentary polls	0 [1734]
Turkey to destroy all terror strongholds: PM Davutoglu	0 [1737]
US expert warns of conflict among Shia groups in Iraq	0 [1736]
'Convincing Congress of F-16 deal is Obama administration’s job'	0 [1727]
France Says it Will Increase Forces in Ivory Coast	0 [1736]
Video threatening US students in Athens, Ohio posted from Europe	0 [1738]
MoI urges capital punishment as 10 arrested over brutal killing of Abasin	0 [1727]
Massoud calls for national resistance against Pakistan’s interference	0 [1731]
Use of army last option if cross-border incursions continue: Gen. Shaheem	0 [1731]
Putin has reportedly declined Islamabad’s invitation to visit Pakistan	2 12:34 g(r)omgoru [1732]
20 Egyptians get life in prison over 2013 storming of jail	1 17:05 ed in texas [1750]
Yemen foes begin ~~hudna~~ direct talks to resolve key issues	0 [1727]
Mookie's mendacious mobs menace Parliament	0 [1731]
Germany completes draft to abolish controversial insult law	1 01:43 Bov Flimbers [1727]
Syrian government excludes Aleppo from truce	0 [1733]
Erdogan's Big Prize: Europe At Odds over Visa Freedom for Turks	0 [1746]
Fashion's marketing to Muslim women draws ire in France	0 [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
First woman tapped for dean at West Point academy	6 14:59 charger [1755]
Rhodes Scholar advances the decolonial Struggle.	9 18:34 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1759]
SSA Putting Millions of Americans at Risk for Identity Theft	2 22:37 Iblis [1759]
Crisis-hit Venezuela to push clocks forward to save power	9 14:48 swksvolFF [1760]
Thousands mark Easter eve in Jerusalem Orthodox church	0 [1734]
Tent dealers in India's Rajasthan to discourage child marriages	0 [1734]
Nine-year-old boy raped allegedly by relative in Peshawar	0 [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Cuban-American Filmmaker Warns America Is Morphing Into Communist Country	1 12:06 Besoeker [1735]
Michelle Malkin: The trouble with Carly Fiorina: Top 11 red flags	3 19:58 M. Murcek [1755]
Polio exit is one push away	2 19:59 M. Murcek [1752]
Back to square one	0 [1746]
This Week in Books - May 1st, 2016	0 [1735]
Page 6: Politix
Anticipation builds over if Obama will visit Hiroshima	8 20:02 M. Murcek [1758]

    
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9	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
3	Taliban
2	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Houthis
1	Commies
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2016-05-01
Bangla: IS claims second murder in a week

Sat 2016-04-30
Taliban’s most senior Quetta Council member dies of cancer, reportedly in Pakistan

Fri 2016-04-29
ISIS crucifies and executes captives in ‘video game killing’

Thu 2016-04-28
Ninevah Nightmares: 235 die

Wed 2016-04-27
Turkish artillery shells missile launchers, kills 11 ISIL militants

Tue 2016-04-26
Islamist militants behead Canadian man in Philippines

Mon 2016-04-25
Top Taliban leader killed in a special military operation in north of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-04-24
Islamist militants suspected in slaying of professor in Bangladesh

Sat 2016-04-23
Mali arrests suspected criminal mastermind of hotel terror attack

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

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