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Afghan official: Taliban capture district in Helmand
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan official: Taliban capture district in Helmand	0 [11128]
Syria conflict: 'Families leave' besieged Aleppo	0 [11124]
Belgium arrests brothers over planned attacks	1 15:20 Shipman [11129]
UN humanitarian convoy in Nigeria ambushed by Boko Haram	3 13:46 Pappy [11124]
Good morning	10 15:46 CrazyFool [11124]
Syria Refugee 1 of 3 Held in French Church Attack	0 [11125]
The fall of Iranian ‘doctor’ who forged Israeli and lots of other passports	0 [11126]
Two Paris attacks suspects extradited to France from Austria	0 [11126]
ISIS executes 24 after seizing Syrian village	0 [11128]
Hindu doctor found dead inside Civil Hospital Karachi	0 [11127]
Two dead in cross-border attack from Afghanistan	1 10:29 Frank G [11130]
Libyan forces retake Benghazi district	2 11:56 Pappy [11126]
Suspects arrested in Yemen over attack on Aden old folks’ home	3 15:14 Shipman [11123]
10 die in airstrikes in Aleppo	0 [11125]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edtion	0 [11125]
Explosion in Kabul city leaves 2 dead, 2 others wounded	0 [11127]
Five soldiers killed, eight wounded in attack in Hakkari	0 [11127]
Shaboobs kill SNA soldiers in Halgan	0 [11123]
Three Ethiopian Soldiers among 5 killed in Somalia	0 [11124]
Captured Intel Offers Deep Look Inside ISIS: Central Command	0 [11127]
Six BIFF rebels killed in Maguindanao clashes	2 20:54 Bov Flimbers [11131]
Six Abu Sayyaf militants killed in two clashes	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
UN warns of dangers as Iraqis displaced by IS return home	1 10:54 AlanC [11130]
French government considers banning foreign funding of mosques	3 09:58 Glereter Bluetooth9655 [11125]
Pakistan-based JeM's role in Pathankot terror attack exposed by US dossier	2 16:55 John Frum [11128]
LeT terrorist Saifullah met Hafiz Saeed twice	0 [11123]
Senior Tebu commander dies in UAE	1 10:11 Glereter Bluetooth9655 [11126]
Qaddafi’s son Hannibal for Lebanon release: report	0 [11124]
Erdogan wants presidential control over army	2 13:10 AlanC [11125]
Imran says allegations of support for Taliban are 'absolute nonsense'	0 [11126]
Rebels Renew Coup with Political Council	0 [11125]
Turkey says Aleppo siege ‘unacceptable’	0 [11129]
GCC countries expected to lose $100B due to low oil prices	7 19:08 Sock Puppet of Doom [11125]
Libya may run out of money in less than 4 years	1 01:26 Shipman [11126]
Erdogan slams US reaction to failed coup	0 [11123]
Philippines: Deadly NPA ambush 'disheartening'	0 [11123]
China's CH-4B Drone Looks Familiar	3 11:19 Procopius2k [11127]
Israel's had success against 'lone wolf' terrorists — here's how	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hot air balloon catches fire, crashes in Texas; 16 ~~feared~~ dead	1 15:38 Besoeker [11128]
EU death knell: Eurozone growth HALVES as French economy grinds to a halt	10 15:52 Bright Pebbles [11130]
33 earthquakes in 30 days – the town that won't stop trembling	3 11:31 3dc [11129]
Baltic Dry Index falls to 656, down 9 points	0 [11126]
Drew Peterson gets 40 extra years for plot to kill prosecutor	4 08:20 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl	3 13:41 CrazyFool [11122]
Man shoots wife, sister-in-law	1 21:42 Glenmore in Mt Vernon [11124]
Man kills his three children over fight with second wife	0 [11123]
Qandeel murder case: Police sends questionnaire to Mufti Qavi	0 [11124]
Afghan woman, 22, killed for having relations with a man over the phone	0 [11125]
Venezuela's new decree: Forced farm work for citizens	12 15:26 newc [11127]
FBI, Justice Department investigating possible hack of Clinton campaign	9 21:53 Glenmore in Mt Vernon [11131]
He was arrested for meth, but the crumbs in his car were Krispy Kreme	10 23:09 gorb [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Preggy Service Member Gets a Little Help from Her Husband	3 10:45 USN, Ret. [11129]
Baton Rouge Drug Enforcement Has Plummeted Since Police Killed Alton Sterling	2 08:15 Besoeker [11126]
A Palestinian fiction	1 20:10 phil_b [11127]
Time to walk away from US aid	3 10:31 Glereter Bluetooth9655 [11126]
Michael Flynn, former DIA chief, blasts John Allen, retired Marine general backing Clinton	4 10:44 JohnQC [11122]
Greenfield: Hillary declares war on American Liberty	2 10:45 JohnQC [11125]
Terrorist madness	0 [11124]
This Week In Guns, July 30th, 2016	3 18:25 swksvolFF [11129]
Leave ‘Martyrdom’ to the Jihadists	4 22:14 Glenmore in Mt Vernon [11126]
Comey: Defeat of ISIS Might Actually Increase Terror Attacks in the West	5 10:50 JohnQC [11122]
NIEHS Study: Common female hygienic practice may cause ovarian cancer	3 11:32 SteveS [11122]
Saul Alinsky devotee crystallizes who will be anointed -- and who will be damned.	4 14:00 charger [11123]
Virtue and the Streets: A Dummy’s Guide to Police Work	1 09:06 Procopius2k [11122]
Page 6: Politix
Swimsuit mural of Hillary Clinton creates a stir in Australia	16 23:45 Blossom Unains5562 [11131]
Carr: Ask not who’s the most qualified to be president	3 18:00 Airandee [11126]
Trump to Clinton: 'No more Mr. Nice Guy'	2 10:39 JohnQC [11124]
Gen. Allen: Hillary ‘Knows How to Use All Instruments of American Power	16 22:37 Joe of the Jungle [11129]
Court strikes down North Carolina voter ID law	5 22:18 Glenmore in Mt Vernone [11125]
Officers in Freddie Gray Case Suing Marilyn Mosby	7 19:30 CrazyFool [11130]
NARAL Absolutely Gushes Over Clinton's Extreme Abortion Positions	5 13:23 Rambler in Viginia [11128]
Wasserman Schultz: 'Sometimes you just have to take one for the team'	5 10:48 Frank G [11128]

    
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2	al-Shabaab
2	Arab Spring
2	Commies
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Sublime Porte
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1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Boko Haram
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2016-07-30
Afghan official: Taliban capture district in Helmand

Fri 2016-07-29
Houthis, Saleh Declare Formation of "Presidential Council"

Thu 2016-07-28
Morocco says 52 arrested planning to set up IS group branch

Wed 2016-07-27
Islamist Militants Kill Nine Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo

Tue 2016-07-26
Hostage Killed in French Church

Mon 2016-07-25
Bomb blast kills 1, injures 11 at German restaurant

Sun 2016-07-24
80 dead, 231 wounded as twin blasts strike Hazara demonstration in Kabul

Sat 2016-07-23
Russian Warplanes Targeted U.S., British Outpost in Syria

Fri 2016-07-22
Terror attack in Munich

Thu 2016-07-21
Breaking: Brazil arrests 10 suspected of Olympic terror plot

Wed 2016-07-20
Syrian rebels capture ISIS command center in Manbij

Tue 2016-07-19
Indonesia's ISIS-linked, most wanted terrorist dead

Mon 2016-07-18
German train 'axe attack': Many reported hurt

Sun 2016-07-17
3 officers dead after shooting near Baton Rouge PD HQ

Sat 2016-07-16
Situation largely under control after coup attempt: Turkish PM

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