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ISIS Big Wig dies in US airstrike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	0 [1744]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 3 detained	0 [1738]
ISIS executes 5 in Deir ez-Zor	0 [1740]
ISIS Big Wig dies in US airstrike	0 [1772]
ISIS top kop dies in bombing in Aleppo	0 [1740]
1 dead in bombing at Abu Graib	0 [1735]
20 ISIS Bad Guys die in Mosul airstrike	0 [1742]
Turkish warbirds bomb Kurd commies	0 [1745]
Local ASWJ leader arrested	0 [1742]
US forces back on ground in Yemen: official	0 [1737]
More than 30 killed in intercommunal clashes in Mali	0 [1740]
Tunisia breaks up two Qaeda-linked cells	0 [1733]
Fresh Israeli strikes against Hamas in Gaza	0 [1743]
Syria denies targeting camps, UN condemns ‘murderous attacks’	1 12:02 SteveS [1740]
Rebels reportedly seize village near Aleppo, Syrian army denies	0 [1737]
Saudi policeman shot dead in Makkah raid	0 [1742]
Al-Qaeda pulls out of two southern cities in Yemen	0 [1745]
ISIS militants seize gas field in eastern Syria	0 [1738]
Taliban commander involved in major terrorist attacks arrested in Wardak	1 05:56 Shipman [1743]
60 released from Taliban prison in Helmand during Afghan commandos night raid	0 [1739]
Rebels reportedly seize village near Aleppo	0 [1742]
Libya militia scramble to halt ISIS advance	0 [1743]
Ex-ISIS Iraq territory reveals mass graves	1 10:20 Frank G [1744]
Mortar attacks from Hama-stan fail to hit anything	1 10:20 Frank G [1743]
Puntland Security Minister wounded in Bossaso gunfire	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Yemen govt urges UN action in Taiz	0 [1741]
Taliban, al-Qaeda Seek to Work Together to Enhance Military Strength	0 [1738]
Helmand Residents Slam Govt's Poor War Strategy	1 07:41 Phavique Chose9233 [1732]
Sharif equates opposition with anti-state forces	0 [1738]
US asks Pakistan to stop militants from using its soil	3 13:13 3dc [1739]
Merkel Warns of Return to Nationalism Unless EU Protects Borders	6 09:33 Procopius2k [1725]
Turkish Authorities Shut down Zaman Daily	0 [1739]
Belgian minister faces complaint for anti-Muslim remark	0 [1737]
Northwest Chinese province slams school Quran recital	0 [1740]
Istanbul court jails Dundar and Gul for revaling state secrets	0 [1735]
Britain slams Russia for blocking UN condemnation of Aleppo fighting	0 [1737]
Saudi FM: Assad breached all international pacts	3 16:57 AlanC [1753]
Polisario Jihadist Abu Walid Al-Sahrawi Threatens MINURSO & Morocco	0 [1743]
Hekmatyar likely to visit Kabul to sign peace agreement with Afghan govt	1 11:49 Frank G [1735]
Norway to send 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting Isis	1 15:03 Shipman [1767]
Most Germans don't have any Muslim friends	18 17:34 trailing wife [1773]
Gaza sewage crisis poisons coast, threatens Israel	7 13:12 3dc [1746]
US offers assistance to Bangladesh to fight terrorism	3 11:09 Shipman [1739]
120 nations accuse US top court of violating law over Iran	2 11:40 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Hamas says not seeking war but will fight Israeli incursions	0 [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dropped by Commercial Clients; Palantir Swirls the Drain	0 [1742]
Margot Honecker, widow of former East German leader, Tango Uniform	1 05:54 Besoeker [1745]
DC Parking Official Made Thousands In Bribes From Towing Company	3 11:30 jpal [1736]
First Muslim Miss USA Converts to Christianity	7 16:56 Glenmore [1758]
Kim Hails N. Korea’s Nuclear Prowess at Rare Party Congress	4 17:11 Glenmore [1763]
Armenia May Recognize Karabakh as Independent State	0 [1743]
Nork military on heightened alert as country holds ruling party congress	0 [1735]
Disasters Pile Up as N.Korea Readies for Party Congress	0 [1739]
Cumhuriyet journalist Dündar escapes armed attack in Istanbul’s courthouse	0 [1738]
Harvard U to sanction members of all-male clubs	6 14:55 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1760]
Baltic Dry Index falls to 631, down 11 points.	0 [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Incompetent or Malevolent?	1 20:36 nguard [1755]
NSC Adviser Ben Rhodes Blasts Former SecDef Gates, Calls Him An 'Incessant Whiner'	3 14:57 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1755]
Trinidad’s Extremism Problem	0 [1734]
This Week in Guns, May 7th, 2016	6 19:15 Sgt. Mom [1761]
The Theological Battle Between Isil And The Turkish State	0 [1733]
Is it science or theology?	5 19:54 swksvolFF [1761]
The sordid saga of FC corruption	0 [1732]
A stunning profile of Ben Rhodes, the asshole who is the president’s foreign policy guru	6 12:06 Abu Uluque [1737]
Meet the Flimflam Man Behind Obama's Foreign Policy Narrative	0 [1738]
Page 6: Politix
Romanian hacker who claims he breached Clinton server says he spoke with FBI at length	5 17:28 trailing wife [1767]
Jeb Bush: I will not vote for Donald Trump	21 21:15 swksvolFF [1767]
A Trump proposal for national debt would send rates soaring	9 09:30 Procopius2k [1747]

    
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                        17:34 trailing wife

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                        17:11 Glenmore

                        16:57 AlanC

                        16:56 Glenmore

                        16:35 newc

                        16:29 Procopius2k

                        16:20 Shipman

                        16:00 Shipman

                        15:57 Steve White

                        15:57 mossadunderthebed

                        15:29 Rambler in Virginia 

                        15:21 g(r)omgoru

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                        15:10 DarthVader

                        15:03 Shipman

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                        14:57 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        14:55 Anguper Hupomosing9418

Who's in the News
35	[untagged]
10	Islamic State
4	Govt of Syria
4	Taliban
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Pakistan
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Commies
1	Muslim Brotherhood

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2016-05-07
ISIS Big Wig dies in US airstrike

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

Thu 2016-05-05
Somali commandos raid ISIS base,12 fighters killed

Wed 2016-05-04
IS Kills U.S. Service Member in Northern Iraq Attack

Tue 2016-05-03
Key Taliban group member Qari Zubair killed in Badakhshan

Mon 2016-05-02
Drones hit Daesh bomb factory in Syria

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

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