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Appropriate: 200 Taliban recruits nabbed from sheep trucks in north of Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Colonist Smugglers Injured in Cross-Border French Police Chase	0 [1738]
Singapore Detains 8 Bangladeshis for Alleged IS-Related Terror Plot	0 [1743]
Tunisia breaks up two Qaeda-linked cells	0 [1745]
Good morning	0 [1743]
Australia says most dangerous Australian ISIS operative killed	1 07:48 Frank G [1745]
Israel arrested Hamas tunnel expert, second Hamas tunnel found	0 [1735]
IDF artillery and IAF fire on Hamas sites in Gaza	1 15:24 Shipman [1738]
Video Shows Intense Fire-Fight In Iraq Where U.S. Navy SEAL Was Killed	7 21:08 Ho Chi Crinens5363 [1769]
Jadhran agrees to support LNA attack on Sirte	0 [1743]
Turkey returns ISIS artillery fire	1 13:29 Mullah Richard [1734]
ISIS militants launch major offensive against Syrian army in Homs	0 [1735]
ISIS executes yute in Raqqa	0 [1742]
US-led coalition spokesman: ISIS suffering setback	0 [1741]
19 die in bomb attack on funeral in Babel	0 [1737]
Armed clans battles temporarily cut road in Basra	0 [1734]
Ninevah Nightmares: 26 die	0 [1747]
Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle: 2 die	0 [1736]
Anbar Antics: 59 die	0 [1749]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [1738]
Three suspects, LEA official killed in clash near Taxila	0 [1743]
Bangladesh JI leader set to hang for war crimes	1 09:24 Frank G [1750]
4 dead in raid on 'terror' cell near Makkah, says Saudi ministry	1 09:23 Frank G [1745]
Troops Intercept 5 Boko Haram’s Libido Boosting Merchants -- Army	2 15:15 Shipman [1743]
Abu Sayyaf threatens to behead three more captives	0 [1742]
Niger Delta Avengers blow up Chevron facilities	1 12:23 Glenmore [1741]
Troops kill Boko Haram fighters in Izza, rescue captives	0 [1738]
Suicide attack foiled in populated area of Takhar in northeast of Afghanistan	0 [1742]
Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Kandahar, 32 killed, 18 wounded in ANSF raids	0 [1740]
Deadly airstrike hits refugee camp in northern Syria	0 [1750]
ISIL says it carried out 2nd attack in Somalia	0 [1743]
AMISOM whacks 25 Shaboobs in central Somalia	0 [1737]
Brothers arrested with explosives for planning terrorist attacks in Jawzjan	0 [1742]
2 Pakistani insurgents arrested with large cache of explosives in Nangarhar	0 [1741]
Appropriate: 200 Taliban recruits nabbed from sheep trucks in north of Afghanistan	4 16:52 gorb [1786]
Reds release three soldiers, militiaman in Mindanao	0 [1741]
Double bombing injures four civilians in Yala	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iraqi commander sent packing after Green Zone breach	0 [1730]
Turkey could send ground troops into Syria	8 18:34 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1756]
Turkey PM quits as Erdogan tightens grip	5 15:32 Shipman [1732]
Nayyar Bokhari's son slapped police constable, reveals CCTV footage	0 [1735]
Turkish president voices concern over refugees	0 [1732]
Ghani should not sign execution orders of terror convicts: Amnesty International	1 03:57 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Corruption is a national stigma, says President Ghani	0 [1731]
Threat of kidnapping continues to be very high in Kabul, US Embassy warns citizens	0 [1733]
Death threats force Afghan film actress to seek asylum in France	0 [1734]
Germany puts “Sharia police” on trial	2 19:31 European Conservative [1760]
Ghani assigns Stanikzai as acting NDS chief, Abdullah Khan acting defense minister	0 [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
High School on the Hudson: Your 'raised fist' tax dollars at work	5 15:35 Shipman [1754]
Khamenei speech leads to Iranian ban on American cars	2 15:36 Shipman [1770]
16-year-old girl set on fire as 'punishment' by Abbottabad jirga	2 00:35 newc [1742]
Adenuga, Governor Bello, late Ooni of Ife, Andy Uba named in latest Panama Paper leak	0 [1749]
The latest on the CIA's weaponized cancer virus that infected Hugo Chavez	8 16:56 gorb [1767]
Page 4: Opinion
Declining Quality In British Universities Blamed On 'Forced Diversity'	10 14:51 jvalentour [1743]
Torture: systemic issue	0 [1734]
The Despicable David Brooks	4 21:51 charger [1773]
Page 6: Politix
ObamaCare Insurers Considering Dumping Bronze Plans	9 16:42 CrazyFool [1758]
Team de Blasio’s pathetic defense of its sleazy sale of City Hall	1 09:28 M. Murcek [1737]
Democrats don’t know how to run against Trump	14 20:53 Alaska Paul [1772]
White Men Should Stop Running For Office, Colorado Group Says	11 19:09 charger [1752]
Obama's Foreign Policy Guru Boasts of How the Administration Lied to Sell the Iran Deal	7 12:39 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1739]
Jahwn, Tay-resa Invested In Chinese Company That Exploits, Represses Tibet	1 00:18 Gleque Crusort9490 [1734]

    
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Who's in the News
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13	Islamic State
7	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Iran
1	Commies
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-05-06
Appropriate: 200 Taliban recruits nabbed from sheep trucks in north of Afghanistan

Thu 2016-05-05
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Wed 2016-05-04
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Tue 2016-05-03
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Mon 2016-05-02
Drones hit Daesh bomb factory in Syria

Sun 2016-05-01
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Sat 2016-04-30
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Fri 2016-04-29
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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
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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
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Fri 2016-04-22
U.S. Ups Pressure on IS with first B-52 Bomber Strike

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