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Anbar Antics: 190+ die
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
'Westerner' among 7 IS Suspects Arrested in Yemen	1 12:46 charger [1737]
Good morning	6 20:46 BrerRabbit [1766]
Misratans, Janzuris and Wirshefana in clashes west of Tripoli	0 [1740]
ISIS Fights Rebels in North Syria	0 [1744]
Kurds repel ISIS attack on Makhmur	0 [1743]
Iraqi rebels pound Kurd civilian areas with artillery	0 [1736]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 5 detained	0 [1737]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Edtions	0 [1734]
Anbar Antics: 190+ die	1 13:18 Frozen Al [1769]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 6 die	0 [1744]
Hizbul Mujaheddin commander arrested	0 [1745]
Turkey says 104 IS group militants killed in air and land strikes	0 [1738]
Two rockets fired from Syria land near Turkish airport	0 [1738]
Clashes between IS group, Syria rebels kill dozens near Turkey	0 [1753]
2 Taliban leaders killed in an airstrike in north of Afghanistan	0 [1742]
Taliban suffer heavy casualties in south, 52 killed, 29 wounded	0 [1747]
5 militants killed in Kunar airstrike	0 [1771]
Taliban kidnap senior police official in Kunduz province	0 [1750]
6 Afghan army soldiers martyred in the past 24 hours: MoD	0 [1748]
Haqqani network suicide bomber shot dead in Kabul city	0 [1755]
Child rapist ISIS fighter who laughed about buying 'blue-eyed' sex slaves at market is captured	8 19:59 Charles [1772]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fall of Afghan Highway Reveals Virulent Power Struggle	1 17:08 Pappy [1778]
US offers olive branch to new Taliban leadership	2 01:20 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Female Kurd Kommander says Raqqa attacks continue	0 [1733]
Iraqi Sunni politicians reject visit by Iran's Soleimani to Falluja	1 10:16 Shipman [1740]
Czech Republic extradites Lebanese terror suspect to US	0 [1737]
Erdogan condemns US support of Kurdish militias in Syria	0 [1739]
Far-left German MP hit with cream pie in protest at stance on refugees	3 15:55 charger [1765]
Drone strikes played key role in suppressing ISIS activities in Achin	0 [1737]
Militants planning attacks in Kabul city, US Embassy warns	0 [1739]
Pakistan will be added to State Sponsors of Terrorism list, Sayyaf warns	0 [1740]
No new signal from EgyptAir jet since day of crash, search intensifies	1 09:17 Shipman [1734]
US Tells Pakistan To Go After Terrorists Mainly Taliban Leadership	0 [1744]
Iraqi Muslim Beaten by Co-Religionists for Wearing "Don't Panic, I'm Muslim" t-shirt	1 07:03 Vespasian Cromolet1153 [1734]
Israel forming civil defense units in Arab and Jewish villages	1 18:02 JHH [1762]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus and the Afterlife of a Scandal	6 17:18 Procopius2k [1779]
Door kicking New Orleans Pelicans guard 'Tango Uniform' in Dallas	7 21:07 Lone Ranger [1764]
Haj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal	2 15:52 Raj [1792]
Eight-year-old girl raped, ‘thrown off roof’ in Karachi	0 [1743]
Remembering The Quintessential American Hero — And His Son - On Memorial Day	1 07:49 Warthog [1746]
Clash in Guinea over opening of new mosque injures 59 people	1 10:44 Frank G [1741]
Brian Williams: U.S. Is ‘The Only Nation to Have Used’ Nuclear Weapons ‘In Anger’	13 22:05 rjschwarz [1792]
Men linked to Sinaloa cartel arrested at Hooters with over 53 pounds of meth	1 01:43 Skidmark [1743]
Spacex Lands Another Rocket After Satellite Delivery	0 [1744]
Confessions of a voyeur: The married father who spied on couples in his motel for years	1 12:43 CrazyFool [1744]
Secret Service punishes 41 over leak of lawmaker's data	2 10:33 magpie [1754]
A First Look at America’s Supergun	2 22:19 phil_b [1778]
Beneath contempt	2 13:01 NoMoreBS [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Job 'Burrowing' at the VA - The danger with politcal appointees	3 21:13 Glenmore [1770]
France becomes Lebanon, a short video	2 13:43 AlanC [1739]
Obama Dishonors Memorial Day at Hiroshima	8 20:44 Tennessee [1766]
While ascendant, Israel’s jihadi neighbor isn’t a serious threat	0 [1759]
Chinese Press: Obama's Hiroshima trip no occasion to whitewash Japan's WWII atrocities	4 15:37 Alaska Paul [1773]
Deceiving Cairo and helping IS, Hamas sets Gaza on course for new troubles	0 [1754]
Project Afghanistan	0 [1737]
Ten years after Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah at a crossroad	2 21:18 lord garth [1775]
I’m A Black Texas Female College Professor. Should I Get a Gun?	7 21:14 Glenmore [1775]
Why Donald Trump Isn't A Real Candidate, In One Chart. Written in June 2015 by Nate Silver	4 13:55 trailing wife [1753]
Page 6: Politix
Finnish PM Breaks Promise To House Rapefugees In His Second Home	0 [1737]
Feds fight to prevent Clinton deposition in email case	1 06:42 Besoeker [1745]
The Dangers of Elected, Racist Stupidity	3 23:25 rjschwarz [1770]

    
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                        22:19 phil_b

                        22:05 rjschwarz

                        21:18 lord garth

                        21:14 Glenmore

                        21:13 Glenmore

                        21:07 Lone Ranger

                        20:46 BrerRabbit

                        20:44 Tennessee

                        19:59 Charles

                        18:02 JHH

                        17:46 Frank G

                        17:33 Jack Salami

                        17:23 Pappy

                        17:19 Procopius2k

                        17:18 Procopius2k

                        17:14 Frank G

                        17:08 Pappy

                        17:04 g(r)omgoru

                        16:43 M. Murcek

                        15:55 charger

                        15:52 Raj

                        15:41 Alaska Paul

                        15:37 Alaska Paul

Who's in the News
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10	Islamic State
7	Taliban
2	Hezbollah
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Sublime Porte
1	Haqqani Network
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Hamas
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin

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Sun 2016-05-29
Anbar Antics: 190+ die

Sat 2016-05-28
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Fri 2016-05-27
Iraqi forces, militias retake al-Karma from ISIS

Thu 2016-05-26
Mullah Haibatullah new Taliban supremo

Wed 2016-05-25
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Tue 2016-05-24
120 die in bomb attacks near Tartus

Mon 2016-05-23
Mullah Mansour carried Pak passport

Sun 2016-05-22
Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed'

Sat 2016-05-21
ISIS commander kill his 11 fighters in east of Afghanistan

Fri 2016-05-20
One of the eight killed militants in Multan was ‘Al Qaeda country head’

Thu 2016-05-19
EgyptAir Jet Disappears Over Mediterranean Sea

Wed 2016-05-18
Fighting among Syrian rebels kills more than 50

Tue 2016-05-17
Pro-Rassoul Faction Declares Jihad On Mansour Clan

Mon 2016-05-16
ISIS release execution photos of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

Sun 2016-05-15
ISIS kill 16 Real Madrid fans in massacre at supporters club headquarters

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