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Senior Republican politician and several aides shot at baseball practice near Washington
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
BREAKING: Senior Republican politician and several aides shot at baseball practice near Washington	70 23:56 newc [1809]
Confirmed (again): Hamas used hospitals to launch rockets during 2014 Gaza conflict	0 [1741]
At least 150 riot police arrive in Calais after gangs of armed migrants set up road blocks	10 16:01 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Turkish army says 20 Kurdish militants killed in air strikes in southeast, Iraq's north	0 [1745]
Benghazi’s iconic Tahrir Square taken by LNA as Suq Al-Hout hit by airstrikes	0 [1748]
38 Taliban and ISIS militants killed in Nangarhar airstrikes and infightings	0 [1753]
Two members of ‘Cubs of the Caliphate’ killed as booby-trapped cooking pot explodes	5 16:48 USN, Ret. [1736]
Twenty IS militants killed in heavy shelling on Diyala-Salahuddin borders	0 [1745]
Ten suspects arrested, Islamic State rest houses destroyed, northwest of Baqubah	0 [1742]
SDF shells Raqqa City using heavy artillery and army aviation	0 [1740]
Iraqi forces kill 23 IS militants inside Mosul’s Old City, 21 militants’ bodies found	0 [1736]
Militants claim Philippine troops have failed to regain control of besieged Marawi	0 [1742]
Four people killed in central Somalia over clan revenge	0 [1742]
Int’l naval coalition step up fight against Somali Pirates	0 [1735]
Yemeni retaliatory attack leaves four Saudi soldiers dead	0 [1741]
Syrian army, allied forces capture key towns west of Raqqah	0 [1745]
US drone strike kills two militants in Pakistan	0 [1743]
Border Police say they thwarted Hebron stabbing	0 [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel to test fire anti-missile system.... in Alaska	3 21:02 Skidmark [1761]
The Siege of Gaza: PA slashes medical funds, Egypt offers trade	3 14:18 Pappy [1743]
US: Palestinians ~~will~~ should stop paying families of terrorists	1 02:04 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Abdullah Senussi holds court at Tripoli’s Radisson Blu Mahari Hotel	1 19:06 One Eyed Flaper9214 [1739]
Saif Al-Islam’s former jailer defends himself after LNA orders his brigade to disband	0 [1742]
Top Afghan army generals and officers jailed over deadly base attack	0 [1732]
More than 1200 IS militants killed in western Mosul since February	0 [1735]
Man who shot at Somalis gets 39-year prison term	1 02:05 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Turkey: UAE paid $3bn to finance coup attempt	1 12:49 Bobby [1734]
Turkey: Isolation of Qatar is not Islamic	0 [1734]
Cholera death toll in Yemen doubles in two weeks	0 [1740]
Hungary tightens rules on foreign-funded NGOs	0 [1735]
Iran accuses Saudis of supporting terrorist groups	1 18:18 Jomong Bourbon9156 [1735]
Men storm NSW cinema shouting Allahu Akbar	1 03:39 Skidmark [1733]
Protester hit a police horse with a flagpole that had a nail sticking out	2 11:12 Frank G [1731]
8 more areas in Sweden added to list of so-called 'no-go zones'	2 13:14 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Red Crescent: Hamas tried to stop humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Palantir software fella goes from Pentagon outsider to Mattis' inner circle	3 23:03 Tennessee [1759]
Photos released of inmates sought in killing of guards in Putnam County, GA.	1 08:38 Procopius2k [1736]
Trump's travel ban sees surge in migrants sending money back to their home countries	0 [1736]
'IT WENT UP IN 15 MINUTES' London fire – Residents confirmed dead in Grenfell Tower apartment block blaze that left trapped families screaming for help as police warn building could COLLAPSE	16 20:11 Regular joe [1753]
Michigan Vietnam vet is President Trump's 1st Medal of Honor recipient	3 19:10 Frank G [1734]
'General Sam,' Who Helped Create Delta Force, Dies at 93	3 20:57 JohnQC [1753]
Kohat girl ‘strangled’ by father, brother for honour	1 08:31 Procopius2k [1733]
Ghizer girl dies of alleged torture by teacher	1 14:28 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Cow vigilantes arrested for assault on Indian officials	0 [1732]
Panama Papers JIT levels startling allegations against govt, seeks strict court action	0 [1732]
Thai police raid WeChat ‘click farm’, find 347,200 SIM cards, arrest three Chinese men	2 12:22 Whavish Thusoling5684 [1733]
Culling feral hogs from the sky in Texas takes off	12 17:40 Shipman [1728]
Sex in Space: The Final Frontier for Mars Colonization?	8 19:25 Zenobia Floger6220 [1729]
New Hickey King Has Been Crowned	3 19:18 Classer [1728]
Russian Exercise Will Soon Put 100,000 Troops on NATO's Border.	0 [1735]
NYPD agrees $75mn payout over illegal ‘broken windows' policy	3 08:53 JohnQC [1730]
Otto Warmbier coming home...	7 22:01 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1761]
Page 4: Opinion
Jim DeMint: Washington Will Never Fix Itself, So Here's What We Do	12 18:15 Jomong Bourbon9156 [1732]
Page 6: Politix
Azania? Sounds like an over the counter decongestant	13 23:59 Zenobia Floger6220 [1757]
California gov named special adviser to UN climate conference	7 19:51 Classer [1736]
Kamala Harris Silenced During Sessions Meeting [VIDEO]	14 15:06 trailing wife [1741]
Jeff Sessions calls Russia claims a 'detestable lie'	1 14:26 g(r)omgoru [1727]
House Democrats battle behind the scenes over impeachment	12 21:21 JohnQC [1764]

    
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1	Govt of Iran
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-06-14
Senior Republican politician and several aides shot at baseball practice near Washington

Tue 2017-06-13
Taliban’s military commission chief killed in Helmand drone strike

Mon 2017-06-12
London Police Chief: Terror Victims Show How Diverse We Are

Sun 2017-06-11
Libyan group says it has freed Gaddafi son Seif al-Islam

Sat 2017-06-10
Islamic State claims it killed two Chinese in Pakistan

Fri 2017-06-09
Nearly 70 dead in Al-Shabaab attack on Puntland military base

Thu 2017-06-08
Syrian government, rebel forces fighting in Aleppo

Wed 2017-06-07
Iran's parliament and Khomeini mausoleum attacked by gunmen

Tue 2017-06-06
Shaboobs go into that good night softly after attempt to raid KDF camp

Mon 2017-06-05
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE sever ties to Qatar over 'terrorism'

Sun 2017-06-04
20 die in funeral attack in Kabul

Sat 2017-06-03
BREAKING: Terror attacks reported at, around London Bridge

Fri 2017-06-02
ISIS-loving Air Force vet gets 35 years at weepy sentencing

Thu 2017-06-01
Philippines hotel on lockdown after suspected ISIS attack

Wed 2017-05-31
Kabul Blast in Diplomatic Area Kills 80

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