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Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench around City of Ramadi
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Islamic State slaughter 1500 POWs for the cameras. This is what we are up against in Mosul. The survivors?	9 22:23 trailing wife [11134]
ISIS children filmed cutting heads off prisoners while still alive, a three-year-old shooting a prisoner	3 17:08 anon1 [11124]
Islamic State in the Sinai claims five members killed in Israeli drone strike	1 12:42 Frank G [11132]
Hamas condemns 6 ‘informants for Israel’ to death by hanging	0 [11125]
2 Palestinian teens accused in West Bank shootings	0 [11127]
Good morning	1 12:42 Hupogum Angeart2579 [11127]
Syrian Army Thwarts ISIL Offensive on Panorama Area in Deir Ezzor	0 [11128]
PKK militant killed after ordering deadly attack on lodgings in Turkey’s southeast	0 [11134]
Turkey to clear ISIL from Raqqa pending agreement with US, coalition	0 [11127]
Shoot-on-sight orders over illegal entry from Afghanistan	3 12:38 Pappy [11129]
205 suspects, mostly Afghan nationals, held in Punjab	0 [11130]
Air strikes target terrorist hideout in North Waziristan, says ISPR	0 [11128]
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench around City of Ramadi	4 20:16 3dc [11137]
Kuwait Jails Senior Official for Joining IS Jihadists	0 [11130]
Army Stops Foodstuffs Truck Destined for Arsal Jihadists	0 [11128]
4 Syrians Held in Koura Town on Suspicion of Terrorist Ties	0 [11132]
Islamic State defense lines in Mosul Airport collapse amid heavy fire	0 [11132]
IS members immediately evacuate their families from western Mosul	0 [11127]
IS accuses western Mosul people of treason as call to arms defied	0 [11133]
PMUs begin west Mosul invasion, bring down IS defenses	0 [11127]
Egypt’s army says arrests 8 terrorists in central Sinai	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Trump Names Lt. Gen. HR McMaster As National Security Adviser	3 20:42 lord garth [11136]
Russian ambassador to UN dead in New York	4 15:56 Bobby [11128]
Turkish, Russian commanders control line between FSA and Syrian regime in al-Bab	0 [11127]
Yemen requests UN to designate Houthis as ‘terrorists’	0 [11128]
Al-Jubeir: Iran is the main sponsor of global terror	0 [11127]
China suspends North Korean coal imports	6 19:07 Alaska Paul [11127]
Punjab govt seeks Rangers help to combat terrorism	0 [11128]
Sehwan attacker bypassed security check in CCTV footage: police	0 [11129]
Fneish Says Resistance Complements Army's Anti-Israel Role	0 [11124]
Two Swedish trains evacuated after bomb threat pm 9th feb	0 [11128]
New Homeland Security guidelines aggressively crack down on illegal immigration	4 17:12 Besoeker [11129]
New York Times obituary for Blind Sheikh Abdel Rahman a classic of its ilk	5 18:31 Zenobia Floger6220 [11133]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Trump Names Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, Career Army Strategist, as National Security Advisor to Replace Flynn	4 17:46 M. Murcek [11128]
Nestle Leaves California to Get Away from Anti-Capitalist Lawmakers and Activists	0 [11130]
Signal Magazine: Disruptive by Design: How Pokemon Is Go-ing to Transform Cyber Training	0 [11133]
It's National Engineers Week -- Have You Hugged An Engineer Today?	1 22:08 trailing wife [11129]
Few Rogue Border Agents Resist Trump Policies	6 14:08 JohnQC [11128]
Sales of Ivanka Trump's perfume surge reaching top spot in Amazon Best Sellers	2 09:42 Procopius2k [11130]
Palestinian arrested for selling fake Israeli entry permits	0 [11127]
Southern Gas Corridor to be completed by 2020: Azerbaijan	0 [11126]
Impeached Brazil Leader Rousseff Eyes Political Return	2 09:55 Skidmark [11129]
25 Civilians Killed in DR Congo Ethnic Attack	1 08:29 Besoeker [11131]
Malaysia Seeks N. Korean Fugitives in Kim Killing	0 [11126]
Oil prices down last week	1 09:39 Procopius2k [11127]
France's Melenchon says he would hike spending by 273 billion euros	4 12:16 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Venezuela, U.S. Clash over Political Prisoners	0 [11127]
U.S. deploys carrier to contentious South China Sea	0 [11126]
Somaliland to officially transfer main port to UAE firm	6 19:52 phil_b [11131]
The Next Nuclear Incident?	3 18:39 anon1 [11130]
Ex-clinic managers for Planned Parenthood say it treats women like cattle	1 09:36 Procopius2k [11130]
Escapee Jorge Soberanis-Rumaldo was brought in, but not across his saddle	1 06:36 Thrunter Thrineng9681 [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
The End Of Identity Politics	5 19:42 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11130]
The Press is the Enemy	13 23:34 Bubba Shemble3257 [11131]
The Deep State Saga Continues ‐ the Battle Between Donald Trump and John McCain	7 20:32 Blossom Unains5562 [11135]
Page 6: Politix
Trump Should Help 'Kick Russia's Ass', Says Lindsey Graham	14 19:09 Chantry [11135]
Christie tells his staff he is taking White House job	3 08:48 jvalentour [11129]
Milo on Real Time: Democrats are ‘the party of Lena Dunham’	4 20:00 Procopius2k [11131]
Paul rips McCain: Take his press comments 'with a grain of salt'	3 17:58 Thravimp Lover of the Antelope7006 [11136]
AP Exclusive: Hundreds of Texans may have voted improperly	8 18:06 M. Murcek [11133]
Another reason to defund NPR	1 10:04 Procopius2k [11126]
Former Clinton IT Aide May Face Criminal Charges Over Email Server	7 09:53 lord garth [11129]
Obama-linked activists have a ‘training manual’ for protesting Trump	4 09:35 Rex Mundi [11129]

    
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1	Hezbollah
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1	al-Nusra
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2017-02-20
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench around City of Ramadi

Sun 2017-02-19
62 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrike in Mosul

Sat 2017-02-18
Breaking: Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman Dies in Prison

Fri 2017-02-17
At least 70 dead as bomb rips through Lal Shahbaz shrine in Sehwan, Sindh

Thu 2017-02-16
Iran's Rouhani in Kuwait to soothe Gulf ties

Wed 2017-02-15
Report: Turkey arrests alleged Reina nightclub attack planner

Tue 2017-02-14
Islamic State leadership targeted in air strike, Baghdadi fate unclear: Iraqi military

Mon 2017-02-13
Tahrir al-Sham: Al-Qaeda's latest incarnation in Syria

Sun 2017-02-12
72 convicted of terrorism from 'Trump 7' mostly Muslim countries

Sat 2017-02-11
Queens ISIS wannabe pleads guilty to attacking FBI agent with a knife in the name of the terror group

Fri 2017-02-10
Members of UK sex grooming gang face deportation to Pakistan

Thu 2017-02-09
Man sentenced to 30 years for ISIS support in Texas shooting

Wed 2017-02-08
100 Syrian Refugees Rush into Country After Seattle Judge Halts Trump Executive Order

Tue 2017-02-07
Firing in Afghan consulate in Karachi leaves diplomat dead

Mon 2017-02-06
Senior Hamas Commander Dies in ‘Work Accident’

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