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SDF capture former IS member known as Jihadi Jack
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan official: ISIS moves to seize Osama bin Laden's hideout	4 20:09 gorb [1766]
Houthi forces kill scores of Saudi soldiers near Yemeni border	2 20:27 Pappy [1768]
SDF capture former IS member known as Jihadi Jack	1 17:38 Creling Pelosi3622 [1767]
IS area ruler dies of injuries following Diyala attack	0 [1737]
Iraqi jets kill dozens of Islamic State militants in Tal Afar	0 [1752]
Two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants escape from Karachi Central Jail	0 [1736]
Gunmen kill several, take dozens of hostages in Mogadishu	1 19:18 Skidmark [1742]
Is the Philippine military destroying Marawi to save it?	4 22:41 SteveS [1761]
Bomb injures three in Thai south	1 20:49 carwin molh [1766]
Security forces kill 2 terrorists, arrest 5 in southeastern Iran	0 [1747]
Explosion targets vehicle in Kabul, no casualties reported: officials	0 [1748]
Taliban suffer casualties in retaliatory suicide attack by Mullah Rasool group	0 [1755]
Page 2: WoT Background
Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Congress: Political Islam ‘Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution'	3 10:16 Crusader [1746]
UN: 'Staggering' civilian deaths in Raqqa offensive	0 [1745]
Tensions between Muslims and Christians rise in CAR	0 [1731]
Egypt lawmakers approve island transfer to Saudi Arabia	0 [1736]
Hamas agrees with Egypt on tighter border security	0 [1733]
UN warns of Gaza's 'total collapse' amid power crisis	8 19:33 SteveS [1739]
US and Qatar seal $12bn deal for F-15 fighter jets	2 21:16 Sock Puppet of Doom [1765]
Tampering with records by govt criminal: JI	0 [1732]
Aitzaz Hasan's family seeks security from govt after Taliban threats	0 [1741]
Former deputy PM Awad Barasi denies HoR terrorist allegations	0 [1737]
ICC chief prosecutor demands handover of Saif Al-Islam	0 [1735]
UN report cites numerous sources of illegal funding for Libyan militias	0 [1734]
Asylum Seekers in Australia Win Multimillion Dollar Payout	0 [1744]
Indonesians Decry IS 'Lies' after Fleeing Syria's Raqa	1 17:44 Creling Pelosi3622 [1749]
Palestinian Authority attacks Hamas, calls Gaza 'the second Nakba'	0 [1736]
Kosovo charges 4 over terror plot at Israeli soccer game	0 [1746]
Turkish MP gets 25 years in jail for exposing MIT arms aid to Syria militants	0 [1745]
Finnish security service raises threat level after learning of terrorism plans	2 12:33 Mullah Richard [1735]
Turkey opens Syrian border crossings for Ramadan visits	0 [1744]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pipeline Environmental Review Re-opened, while the oil still flows	1 17:43 DarthVader [1742]
How BAE sold cyber-surveillance tools to Arab states	5 20:23 gorb [1768]
Women-only ‘full nudity' spa's ‘no male genitals' rule ignites transgender debate	2 20:24 Pappy [1763]
Tangled up in prose: Did Bob Dylan use student cheat-sheet website to write his Nobel Prize speech on Moby Dick?	3 14:03 Deacon Blues [1737]
We knew it was a Cesspool: New York City eases severity of laws against public urination, drunkenness	3 09:40 Skidmark [1735]
Parents of coma-stricken American college student keeping bedside vigil for their son, who has shown no signs of improvement after being 'brutalized and terrorized by the pariah regime' of North Korea	8 19:07 Skidmark [1738]
Pictured: $1million of meth lollipops seized from Texas couple after they packed their car so full of the candy its doors couldn't close	3 15:40 Frank G [1735]
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation Drops Megyn Kelly as Gala Host After Alex Jones Interview	0 [1744]
Baltimore And Chicago Are In A Race To The Bottom, Murder-Wise	8 17:57 swksvolFF [1744]
Megyn Kelly’s Second Episode Limps	5 20:35 Anomalous Sources [1771]
Officers To Be Put On 12-Hour Shifts, As City Violence Increases	7 23:55 Skidmark [1757]
Bodega worker suffers broken jaw after violent avocado attack	10 20:43 Pappy [1769]
Page 4: Opinion
At Least There's no Doubt About the Assassin's Motivation	17 19:38 swksvolFF [1738]
Comey's game.	1 10:04 JohnQC [1735]
Leftist Fantasies Of Bloody Violence Now Becoming The New Reality	2 12:33 Iblis [1728]
SNL Roasts Liberals (Lighthearted dog lover Video)	3 22:39 SteveS [1769]
Republicans Stupidly Stoic After Attempted Murder By Left	6 23:50 Ebbish Chating2114 [1767]
Transgendered Track Star Proves We're All Insane	16 21:29 lord garth [1769]
Coulter: The ‘Resistance' Goes Live-Fire	1 08:44 JohnQC [1739]
Idjits	4 21:27 Sock Puppet of Doom [1768]
Page 6: Politix
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Theresa May's approval rating plummets leaving her as unpopular as Corbyn BEFORE General Election	1 19:13 Skidmark [1731]
GOP Rep. Jones: 'Resentment and Hatred' in Political Climate 'Started with President Obama Being African-American'	9 23:23 Elmoter Henbane5019 [1759]
Mueller Now Investigating POTUS For Obstruction Of Justice	23 23:26 Elmoter Henbane5019 [1766]

    
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                        20:49 carwin molh

                        20:43 Pappy

                        20:35 Anomalous Sources

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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
3	Arab Spring
2	Hamas
2	Taliban
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Seleka
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Houthis
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2017-06-15
SDF capture former IS member known as Jihadi Jack

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

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