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Afghan forces hunt gunmen after American University attack
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Georgia man arrested after firing at police officer	1 22:28 Blossom Unains5562 [1765]
Turkey's purge: More arrests, confiscations, and a Clinton donor	2 12:30 gorb [1737]
Peak Evil; ISIS almost established its own DMV in Sirte, Libya	5 21:59 trailing wife [1760]
Unknown Gunmen Kill ISIS Commander Responsible for Recruitment of Children	2 10:56 Pappy [1739]
Daraya to be handed to the Syrian Army following agreement	0 [1743]
Shaboobs Attack Somali Military Base near Baidoa	0 [1735]
Another Talibunny shadow official dies in Faryab province	0 [1740]
CTD guns down militant police style	0 [1730]
12 injured in grenade attack targeting Balochistan's Awaran district	0 [1752]
ISIS attacks Syrian rebel camp near Jordan	0 [1741]
7 al-Qaeda operatives die in Yemen drone strike	0 [1735]
Saudi foils fresh attack on a restaurant	0 [1740]
Taiz siege: Deadly battles rage	0 [1736]
Clashes Ongoing In Kunduz	0 [1746]
Rebel factions fighting south of Jarabulus	0 [1738]
Ninevah Nightmares	0 [1742]
Iraq forces advance in town south of Mosul	0 [1739]
U.S. Supports Turkish conquest of Jarablus	1 09:47 Shipman [1744]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [1740]
Afghan forces hunt gunmen after American University attack	1 23:12 trailing wife [1788]
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, pushing Islamic State out of key border town	0 [1741]
Six detained in anti-ISIL operation in Istanbul	0 [1743]
Six soldiers killed in separate PKK attacks	0 [1741]
Iranian boats harassed U.S. destroyer in Persian Gulf	6 19:02 Crusader [1768]
Terrified crowds flee for lives as shots fired at London bus stop	2 16:20 mossomo [1747]
Houthis destroys Soddy convoy with RPG fire	4 16:50 swksvolFF [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
RT: Erdogan Wants To Be ‘Sultan Of Islamic State,' Former Model-Turned-Fighter Tells RT	2 14:28 swksvolFF [1737]
Biden snubbbed during Turkey Trip	4 13:46 Pappy [1737]
Prime Minister Daghr says ‘Yemen needs to maintain its unity’	2 16:05 SteveS [1734]
Kurds could ‘lose US support if they don’t retreat,’ says Biden	3 15:43 Hupaiting Glaling3980 [1730]
Egyptian ‘guilty of treason’ for leaking classified Saudi document to Iran	1 10:01 Skidmark [1730]
ICC prosecutors urge ‘nine to 11 years’ for Timbuktu attacks	0 [1737]
Egypt’s Sisi may run for re-election	0 [1741]
U.N./OPCW inquiry blames Syria government for gas attacks, likely sanctions fight looms	0 [1729]
Zintan and Janzour in talks on reconciliation and return of the displaced	0 [1729]
EU to train Libyan seamen to tackle people-smugglers	0 [1737]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Veteran Denied ER Service, Kills Himself in Parking Lot of Long Island V.A. Hospital	5 21:18 Blossom Unains5562 [1761]
RT: Russian ‘Traitor' Who Exposed Anna Chapman's Spy Ring Dead In US	4 21:08 Cravirt Flusong7056 [1766]
Norks Lose Submarine Amid Largest US-South Korean Drill	6 19:51 Rex Mundi [1762]
Mom never came to pick up kindergartener in North Carolina	1 21:15 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Teen sisters charged after bus pepper-spray incident	0 [1730]
Hajj stoning ritual to be shortened after 2015’s deadly stampede	7 11:48 trailing wife [1738]
Powerful quake hits Myanmar, damaging famed Bagan temples	0 [1734]
NSA CTO outsources self	0 [1747]
Warnings of rate hikes as Oregon becomes 1st state to kill coal	4 19:14 Crusader [1765]
Ten Minutes To Tokyo	2 11:46 Skidmark [1738]
Wikileaks: 67 Emails Between HRC and “Diane Reynolds”	8 18:17 ed in texas [1757]
Israel sold weapons to Argentina at height of Falklands War	9 17:50 Tarzan Slailet2796 [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
Political Correctness takes down an amazingly successful athlete - Hope Solo	8 19:19 Bobby Brady [1755]
Liberty Great Britain: 'HRC, Islam's whore.'	3 13:34 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Page 6: Politix
Sen. Harry Reid Calls Benghazi Mother ‘Crazy'	6 19:15 Crusader [1753]
WikiLeaks Medical Shock: Hillary Emailed Details Of New Implantable Heart Defibrillator	1 21:10 Blossom Unains5562 [1759]
RT: Biden, the gas expert	0 [1728]
Farage Frames U.S. Election as ‘Decent People' vs. Globalist Elite	1 08:43 JohnQC [1735]
Hibernating Hillary Running Out the Clock	7 19:46 Angaimble Elminemble1032 [1758]
Judges Put Election Reforms in Wisconsin on Hold, Except for Voter ID	3 17:52 magpie [1733]
Democratic PAC Founder Charged With Fraud, Turns To Lobbying	1 08:27 JohnQC [1737]
Trump drives agenda while Hillary hides behind jokes	6 16:35 Raj [1736]
CEO Who Raised Prices on EpiPen Is Joe Manchin's Daughter	8 13:33 Mullah Richard [1738]
Emails Show Top HRC Aide Researched Alzheimer's Drug	7 22:20 trailing wife [1757]
Hilarity gets her brief Saturday, if she can make it to the office.	10 18:07 Frank G [1766]

    
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2	Arab Spring
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1	al-Shabaab
1	Commies
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Human Trafficking
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Thu 2016-08-25
Afghan forces hunt gunmen after American University attack

Wed 2016-08-24
Nigeria: Military Says Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, Wounded in Deadly Air Strike

Tue 2016-08-23
Nigeria claims it killed Boko Haram's Shekau in raid

Mon 2016-08-22
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014

Sun 2016-08-21
~~Eight~~ 30 50 killed in blast at wedding in southeast Turkey: state media

Sat 2016-08-20
Hambali Receives Guantanamo Review Board Hearing

Fri 2016-08-19
Egypt’s Islamic State group affiliate confirms killing of its chief

Thu 2016-08-18
Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station

Wed 2016-08-17
Anjem Choudary Convicted of Supporting ISIS

Tue 2016-08-16
Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria

Mon 2016-08-15
Taliban takes control of Dahana-e-Ghori in North of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-08-14
ISIS Member Beheads His Father in Mosul

Sat 2016-08-13
Terror on Swiss train as passengers are attacked by passenger with fire and knife

Fri 2016-08-12
Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.

Thu 2016-08-11
Canadian authorities foil ISIS suicide bombing, suspect killed

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