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Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Two border troops personnel killed, three others injured, western Anbar	0 [11123]
SDF and elite forces advance into several areas in countryside of Raqqa	0 [11125]
Car bombs kill at least six in Syrian camp near Jordan border	0 [11125]
Heavy rocket shelling on eastern Ghouta, 20 casualties	0 [11129]
Turkish airstrikes destroy large agricultural area on Kurdistan borders	0 [11127]
Western Mosul Reconquest	0 [11125]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin	0 [11124]
Man in Custody over Links to Champs-Elysees Gunman	1 19:38 Blossom Unains5562 [11132]
Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two	4 23:39 Zenobia Floger6220 [11140]
Suspected al Shabaab gunmen kill official in northern Kenya: Police	0 [11126]
Would-be IS girl recruit planned school bombings, Danish court finds	0 [11124]
France charges 'IS scout'	1 10:11 Skidmark [11131]
Grenade kills Saudi policeman in Shia town	0 [11128]
IS 'on brink of defeat' after losing 90% of west Mosul	1 10:13 Skidmark [11125]
15 militants killed during ongoing Silab-5 operations in Laghman	0 [11125]
Afghan forces retake control of Qala-e-Zal district in Kunduz	0 [11125]
Taliban suffer casualties after launching major attack on Kunar districts	0 [11127]
Explosion in a house leaves 2 civilians dead in Jalalabad city	5 12:15 swksvolFF [11126]
Fighter jets target Taliban insurgents in Nangarhar, leaving 4 dead	2 12:55 trailing wife [11126]
Twin explosions rock Kandahar city in South of Afghanistan	0 [11124]
Raids at militant dens in Jhenaidah suspended for low visibility	0 [11125]
Al-Shabab kill chief, abduct two reservists in Mandera	0 [11126]
Four FC men injured in landmine blast	0 [11128]
Four ‘terrorists’ killed in encounter	0 [11127]
British authorities say heroin found on Islamabad-London PIA flight	1 11:04 Skidmark [11131]
Report: Israel sentences man to 14 years for spying for Syria	3 16:15 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Shin Bet breaks up Islamic Movement terror cell	2 10:18 Skidmark [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Army plans to aquire new rifle with bigger bullets	5 22:07 james [11126]
D1: China's massive DNA database	0 [11129]
Turkey PM says Germany must choose between Ankara and alleged coup plotters	2 10:40 SteveS [11128]
Khalifa Haftar used hundreds of men as cannon fodder in Benghazi	0 [11129]
US Consulate’s political counselor named as official who told Israelis: Western Wall is not yours	10 19:48 Injun Bucket8891 [11131]
Executions Increase in Somalia	3 10:35 Pappy [11128]
Lal Masjid cleric set to stir another controversy	2 11:02 Skidmark [11129]
PTI accuses govt of softening its stance on Jadhav's execution	0 [11129]
PA lawmaker photographed throwing rocks at Israeli troops	4 19:38 Gomez Unereter7983 [11126]
Turkey orders arrest of 85 ministry staff in post-coup probe - CNN Turk	1 10:54 Skidmark [11130]
Terror mastermind’s assassins confessed to working for Israel, says Hamas	0 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Rupert Murdoch Calls Special Meeting as Fox News Ratings Falter	7 18:26 Blossom Unains5562 [11126]
RT: Warship, snipers & troops: Unprecedented security as star-studded Cannes film festival begins	4 23:02 CrazyFool [11131]
(Wo)manning is outed	0 [11126]
North Korea's closest major US city, Seattle, wants to plan for possible nuclear attack	1 20:01 Injun Bucket8891 [11132]
Sen. Thom Tillis (NC) not a racist	1 20:31 charger [11126]
"Destroy Labour", Britain's Conservatives given election orders	0 [11128]
Venezuela death toll hits 42: Prosecutors	4 20:49 Frank G [11133]
Pakistani man arrested for killing Afghan boy over 25 rupees	4 20:48 Frank G [11127]
'Faith healer' accused of raping two women in Rahim Yar Khan	0 [11130]
Seth Rich sent 44,053 DNC emails to WikiLeaks	9 23:09 jvalentour [11130]
Four 'smash-grab' perps evade police, flip car into pond, only one is swimmer	5 14:53 Frank G [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
NYT's Comey Memo Story Doesn't Pass The Smell Test	4 21:25 Slens Thrirt9819 [11135]
John Kasich: Hate to say ‘I told you so' about Trump	8 20:50 Frank G [11127]
Rex Tillerson Denies WaPO report	5 11:12 Abu Uluque [11124]
Trey Gowdy Stops Just Short Of Calling Collusion On The Clintons And The DOJ [VIDEO]	7 15:20 JohnQC [11126]
Sanctuary City Mayor Trashes American Hero Robert E. Lee	8 23:44 746 [11128]
Entitlement Person Wants Apology from AA for being sent to the Back of the Plane	3 16:52 Frank G [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Sen. Carlos Uresti indicted for wire fraud, other crimes	5 14:46 Frank G [11127]
First FISA Request on Trump Tower Came After Bill Clinton, Obama's AG Loretta Lynch Had Private Meeting On Plane	11 20:02 Injun Bucket8891 [11133]
Washington DC: Allegedly Erdoğan Security Details Attacks Armenian Protesters	5 16:32 Silentbrick [11127]
White House will not say if Israel provided info Trump discussed with Lavrov	9 14:59 JohnQC [11128]
Last Night's Tucker Carlson and Prof Stephen Cohen Explosive Interview (Video)	4 14:43 Besoeker [11129]

    
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9	Islamic State
6	Taliban
4	Sublime Porte
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Commies
2	Hamas
1	Govt of Syria
1	Fatah
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Narcos
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-05-17
Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two

Tue 2017-05-16
Accused bomber Rahimi seeks reduced charges in New Jersey case

Mon 2017-05-15
Kurdish forces reach the northern gates of Raqqa after liberating four more villages

Sun 2017-05-14
Iraq: ISIS leaders killed during ‘meeting’ in al-Qaim

Sat 2017-05-13
Syrian Army Makes Gains in Rebel Area of Damascus

Fri 2017-05-12
Turkish court sentences notorious British ISIS member wanted by US, UK

Thu 2017-05-11
Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy

Wed 2017-05-10
US ignores Turkey’s objection, approves arming Kurdish forces in Syria

Tue 2017-05-09
Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief

Mon 2017-05-08
Confirmed: Head of ISIS In Afghanistan Killed In Raid By 50 U.S. Special Ops, 40 Afghan Commandos

Sun 2017-05-07
Ismail Haniyeh elected new head of Hamas

Sat 2017-05-06
New Jersey Man Charged With Attempting to Support ISIS, Planning NYC Bombing

Fri 2017-05-05
US drone strike leaves 7 ISIS-K militants dead in East of Afghanistan

Thu 2017-05-04
Kurd, Turkish army troops fighting near Rojava

Wed 2017-05-03
Taliban kill 27 ISIS militants in East of Afghanistan

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