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Taliban Shadow Governor, Military Head Killed in Helmand Drone Strike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers	2 21:48 Procopius2k [1763]
D.C. Metro Transit Cop Charged with Trying to Aid ISIS	2 14:36 USN, Ret. [1750]
Soldiers arrest relatives of rabbi’s killer in raid	1 07:24 JohnQC [1739]
Palestinian civil engineering student planned bombing in Jerusalem	3 18:39 gorb [1773]
Good morning	17 17:49 Shipman [1743]
LNA planes bomb Derna as local MP tries for ceasefire	0 [1743]
Rooshun warbirds hit rebel troops near Aleppo	0 [1735]
US warbirds hammer al-Qaeda positions in Yemen	0 [1742]
Nad Ali Siege Ends But Troops Still Trapped	0 [1737]
The Beatings Will Continue: Syrian Edtion	1 02:35 Bov Flimbers [1746]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 13 detained	0 [1744]
Kurd Kommies kill 21 Turkish soldiers in Julmirk	0 [1750]
Ninevah Nightmares: 6 die	0 [1748]
Anbar Antics	0 [1746]
3 die in small arms attack in Hayy al-Nasr	0 [1749]
Taliban’s special forces commander arrested in Baghlan province	0 [1745]
Afghan intelligence foil coordinated attack in Mehtarlam city	0 [1752]
Reports of chemical gas attacks in 2 Syrian cities	0 [1747]
Benghazi explosion: Suicide bomb kills 18 in Libyan city	0 [1740]
Taliban Shadow Governor, Military Head Killed in Helmand Drone Strike	0 [1780]
CRPF Company Cmdr among 28 injured;Kashmir stands still as restrictions continued	0 [1742]
Two conscripts injured in armed attack on police vehicle in greater Cairo	0 [1738]
5 Islamists Killed as Nigeria Army Foils Boko Haram Attack	2 13:10 Shipman [1745]
Four policemen, cyclist injured by bombs in southern Thailand	0 [1735]
Maoist militant killed in Surigao encounter	0 [1746]
Boy killed by stray bullet in ongoing Basilan operation	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed	15 20:31 Blossom Unains5562 [1760]
Erdogan says Gulen a pawn backed by a 'mastermind'	10 17:47 phil_b [1733]
Taliban publicly execute 19-year-old girl in North of Afghanistan	2 07:40 AlanC [1735]
Iranian hackers break into Telegram accounts	0 [1735]
Indian woman arrested before joining militants in Afghanistan	0 [1743]
Islamic State Answers Pope Francis: Ours Is a Religious War and We Hate You	2 12:06 gorb [1735]
Somalia furious at Raila's call for Somaliland independence	0 [1742]
Hamas and Fatah battle over arrests ahead of municipal elections	0 [1729]
Haniyeh seeks to pay Hamas ‘military personnel’ with Qatar’s money	4 21:40 trailing wife [1765]
Taliban delegation visited Beijing seeking help to fight aliens in Af-Pak region	1 18:10 Shipman [1759]
'Al-Qaeda asked for my CV': Meet the man who filmed suicide bombers in Syria	0 [1737]
Turkey post-"coup" brief roundup: Wednesday August 3rd	0 [1740]
Geopolitical Futures: Troubling Signs out of Germany and Saudi Arabia	1 18:20 Shipman [1768]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Real Clear Politics Poll Numbers: 7/25 - 8/2	1 15:11 rjschwarz [1750]
Just a little something from Khizr Khan's now deleted website	6 12:15 Besoeker [1740]
IDF's First Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier Unveiled	2 12:47 CrazyFool [1746]
HP CEO Meg Whitman: I will vote for, and donate to, Hillary Clinton	7 18:42 Shipman [1768]
Samia’s former husband has ‘criminal record’	0 [1739]
Video of Chitral students being beaten by teacher goes viral	0 [1741]
Somalia urged to pass law banning "horrendous" FGM	0 [1742]
Luke Aikins 25,000 foot High Altitude Net Jump (Video)	6 21:47 Cheaderhead [1771]
US Border Patrol self-help	1 05:30 Besoeker [1734]
China built armed sandpiles, then tested rockets over CA, now live fire drills	0 [1738]
RT: US upgrading B61 nukes	5 12:24 Besoeker [1744]
Venezuela's top officials sport luxury watches while the rest of country starves	11 22:00 Procopius2k [1768]
Page 4: Opinion
Clinton's Billionaire Donors Could Fund Planned Parenthood For The Next 120 Years	2 10:38 Abu Uluque [1739]
Khizr Con: U.S. Constitution ‘Must Always Be Subordinated to the Sharia'	9 18:59 swksvolFF [1763]
To fight Trump, journalists have dispensed with objectivity	7 10:44 swksvolFF [1731]
Children at risk	0 [1734]
Other honour killings	2 12:26 gorb [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Fewer Jobs Roadbuilding = Less Climate Change	1 16:13 magpie [1738]
Democrats pile on, urge GOP to dump Trump	5 14:53 rjschwarz [1740]
Undercover Video Exposes Eye-Popping Ease Of Voter Fraud	1 08:58 Procopius2k [1727]
Heads roll at the DNC	9 13:47 swksvolFF [1735]
First House Republican announces he's voting for Hillary Clinton	7 16:49 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1734]
Trump refuses to support Paul Ryan, John McCain in upcoming Republican primaries	15 20:38 DepotGuy [1765]
Obama says Trump 'unfit' for presidency	10 18:54 Shipman [1766]
NYPD Top Cop Bill Bratton Resigns, Critics Say Good Riddance	7 19:44 JohnQC [1762]
Hillary Clinton bikini mural covered with niqab after public decency complaints	3 10:56 swksvolFF [1747]
The Donald sits down to a KFC family bucket meal on his private jet.... but chooses to eat it with a knife and fork	14 23:09 KBK [1777]
K9 handler says nasty encounter with Hillary led him to never vote for her	10 18:11 BrerRabbit [1771]

    
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7	Islamic State
6	Taliban
4	Hamas
3	Sublime Porte
3	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2016-08-03
Taliban Shadow Governor, Military Head Killed in Helmand Drone Strike

Tue 2016-08-02
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Mon 2016-08-01
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Sat 2016-07-30
Afghan official: Taliban capture district in Helmand

Fri 2016-07-29
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Thu 2016-07-28
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Wed 2016-07-27
Islamist Militants Kill Nine Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo

Tue 2016-07-26
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Mon 2016-07-25
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Sun 2016-07-24
80 dead, 231 wounded as twin blasts strike Hazara demonstration in Kabul

Sat 2016-07-23
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