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U.S. launches cruise missiles against Assad's forces
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Russia Releases UAV footage of US Strike (Video)	3 21:41 Blossom Unains5562 [1763]
The Message (h/t Donald Sensing)	2 16:57 AlanC [1736]
Stockholm attack sees truck driven into crowd of people	10 23:57 Crusader [1772]
Russian Special Forces Vets Are Turning Against Moscow In Syria	1 16:46 Dale [1732]
Oil spikes as US strike against Syrian base roils global markets	6 16:26 lord garth [1737]
Woman who was thrown from Westminster Bridge during a terror attack on the day her boyfriend was set to propose, has died in hospital	1 13:54 Bright Pebbles [1736]
U.S. launches cruise missiles against Assad's forces	58 22:16 Procopius2k [1799]
US-educated Islamic State propagandist killed in Syria	3 11:35 Skidmark [1746]
8 people detained Thursday in connection with St. Petersburg Metro bombing – official	1 11:55 Abu Uluque [1739]
Four suspects killed after police slaying in south Russia	3 13:24 g(r)omgoru [1737]
Most senior leader of ISIS loyalists killed in East of Afghanistan	0 [1742]
Suicide attack on an NGO foiled in Kabul city	0 [1736]
Syrian Army Operations Summary, April 7th, 2017	0 [1737]
Turkey planning offensive against Kurd Kommies in Iraq	0 [1736]
Turkey increases attacks on Kurds in Kobane, Efrin	0 [1730]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Editions	0 [1746]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [1737]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 1 dead	0 [1737]
Salahuddin Combat Courier	0 [1740]
25 militants killed, vehicle packed with explosives destroyed in Uruzgan airstrike	0 [1732]
Two Suspected IS Members Arrested in Philippines	0 [1733]
Nusra Militant Dead, Another Hurt in Arsal Outskirts Blast	0 [1737]
Drone Strike Kills Qaida Suspect in Yemen	0 [1741]
Iraqi Helicopter Downed in Fight to Retake Mosul	0 [1736]
Misrata bombs Brak Al-Shatti airbase	0 [1738]
Libyan Coast Guard kills human smugglers off western coast	2 11:21 Pappy [1734]
UN-proposed government's air force air-attacks Haftar's warplanes in south Libya	0 [1737]
2 Palestinians arrested in West Bank for gun in car, car ramming	0 [1734]
Hamas hangs 3 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel	1 11:26 Pappy [1739]
Explosions heard at Hezbollah compound near Damascus — report	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes	5 21:41 Zhang Fei [1760]
'Missile strikes in Syria a serious blow to US-Russia relations'	7 19:03 Procopius2k [1768]
Human Rights Watch blasts Hamas executions	1 09:13 Cheaderhead [1734]
Russia warns of 'negative consequences' if U.S. targets Syria	1 00:35 phil_b [1733]
Crackdown hits Dutch dual citizens in Turkey	0 [1734]
Germany Investigates 20 for Alleged Spying for Turkey	0 [1728]
Beary Says UNIFIL Would Evacuate Southern Citizens in Case of Crisis	0 [1746]
Turkey Hopes U.S. Acts Militarily in Syria, Says Would Offer Help	3 21:35 Zhang Fei [1770]
Turkey Says Initial Probe Suggests Syria Attack Victims Exposed to Sarin	2 14:31 Pappy [1736]
Moscow Says US Has No Objective Data on 'Monstrous Crime' in Syria	3 13:20 gorb [1728]
Syria 'Did Not and Will Not' Use Chemical Weapons, Says Muallem	9 17:39 lord garth [1735]
French FM Says Assad Will be Judged as a War Criminal	0 [1732]
Ankara Urges Berlin to Hand Over Wanted ‘Terrorists’	0 [1737]
More than 14,000 Detained, Kidnapped by Houthi Militias in Yemen	0 [1736]
Kidnapped Sirte mayor released	0 [1737]
Sewehi re-elected president of State Council, Makhzoum defeated as deputy	0 [1735]
Tebu body rejects Rome deal with Tuareg and Awlad Suleiman	0 [1739]
Australia says has information on possible Gallipoli terror attack	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
British DJ given prison sentence for playing Muslim call to prayer remix	4 21:33 Zhang Fei [1760]
French Guyana protests	3 21:01 phil_b [1762]
Tracking Project Loon Balloons	2 13:33 Angusock Chuting6110 [1734]
Study: Most Liberal Protesters at Colleges Are Extremely Rich and Privileged	4 11:52 Raj [1734]
Mr Warmth dies at 90	8 11:55 Raj [1732]
Top Army Officer Condemns Congress's Failure to Pass Budget as ‘Professional Malpractice'	4 10:03 USN, Ret. [1737]
Inland Manufacturing's Modern Liberator .45 Pistol	2 14:01 Besoeker [1730]
Duterte Orders Philippine Troops to South China Sea Reefs	6 21:16 phil_b [1769]
JCC bomb hoaxer made millions selling forged docs online — report	4 21:12 phil_b [1760]
What Trump's Border Wall May Look Like: Here Are The Proposed Designs	13 16:35 Abu Uluque [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
'On Failure' by Dan Maurer	0 [1738]
Schwarzenegger: Trump wanting to ‘bring coal back' was deal-breaker for me	7 14:27 rjschwarz [1735]
Trump just went to war with Syria	12 14:26 rjschwarz [1737]
MICHAEL LEDEEN: The Real War in 'Syria'	5 20:17 rjschwarz [1761]
Benjamin Netanyahu's Told-You-So Moment	1 11:33 JohnQC [1738]
Muslim reform	0 [1751]
Iranian Militias in Bahrain	0 [1734]
How the intel community was turned into a political weapon against President Trump	0 [1732]
Page 6: Politix
Breaking: Gorsuch confirmed to Supreme Court, 54-45 (h/t Instapundit)	4 19:09 Procopius2k [1752]
Author of '13 Hours in Benghazi' sez Susan Rice belongs in grey bar hotel	3 11:45 JohnQC [1734]
Pubs go nuclear	3 12:30 Iblis [1731]
Zero Granted HRC Access to Highly Classified Material While She Was Running for Pres	11 18:32 rammer [1756]

    
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                        21:41 Blossom Unains5562

                        21:41 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        21:35 Zhang Fei

                        21:33 Zhang Fei

                        21:16 Omaitch Phaitch9740

                        21:16 phil_b

                        21:12 phil_b

                        21:07 Barbara

                        21:01 phil_b

                        21:01 Barbara

                        20:50 Whiskey Mike

                        20:48 Jack Salami

                        20:29 Neville Elminemp2042

                        20:17 rjschwarz

                        19:09 Procopius2k

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                        19:03 Procopius2k

                        18:48 Skidmark

                        18:32 rammer

                        18:24 Kojo Untervehr8141

                        18:17 Glenmore

Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
7	Govt of Syria
6	Sublime Porte
5	Arab Spring
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Salafists
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2017-04-07
U.S. launches cruise missiles against Assad's forces

Thu 2017-04-06
Al-Qaeda assassinates prominent Free Syrian Army commander in Idlib

Wed 2017-04-05
Global outcry over suspected Syria chemical attack

Tue 2017-04-04
ISIS raid in Yemen leaves scores of Houthi troops dead on the battlefield

Mon 2017-04-03
Reports of an explosion(3) in a metro station in central #StPetersburg, #Russia

Sun 2017-04-02
IS second-in-command killed in airstrike: Iraqi State TV

Sat 2017-04-01
South Carolina man charged with trying to join Islamic State

Fri 2017-03-31
Mortars hit near Somali Presidential Palace, 2 hurt

Thu 2017-03-30
503 militants surrender in Homs

Wed 2017-03-29
Taliban commanders among 21 killed in Helmand airstrikes: MoD

Tue 2017-03-28
33 ISIS troops die in Nangarhar airstrike

Mon 2017-03-27
Leading member of Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis killed in North Sinai raid: Egyptian army

Sun 2017-03-26
Police clash with anti-Christian mob in southern Egypt

Sat 2017-03-25
ISIL withdrawing fighters from southern Syria to concentrate on Raqqa

Fri 2017-03-24
Helmand’s Sangin district has reportedly fallen to Taliban

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