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IS executes its Legal Judge in Hawija for attempting to secede
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Al Shabaab publicly executes two men accused of spying	0 [1737]
Hekmatyar asks violence pursuers not to repeat bitter experiences of the past	1 12:12 Pappy [1737]
Taliban’s deputy military chief surrenders in Baghlan province	2 12:14 Pappy [1742]
US airstrike leaves 9 militants dead in Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan	0 [1745]
Kuwaiti security forces capture 12 ‘Abdali cell’ extremist suspects	0 [1738]
Coalition forces destroy booby-trapped boat targeting Al Mokha port	0 [1741]
Yemeni naval forces, allies sink vessel of Saudi-led coalition off Mukha	0 [1745]
Major blast kills 15 in capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province	0 [1738]
Seven Civil Defense members assassinated near Idlib	0 [1739]
IS executes its Legal Judge in Hawija for attempting to secede	0 [1771]
Blast kills four, wounds nine civilians while fleeing IS near Salahuddin	0 [1743]
Four NPA militants nabbed with weapons	0 [1749]
Three captives escape from Abu Sayyaf	0 [1750]
Ambushed Thai soldiers survive double bombing, gunmen	0 [1738]
Turkey arrests 3 suspected Islamic State 'executioners'	0 [1739]
Nigeria army raids U.N. compound in city at center of Boko Haram conflict	0 [1747]
Man stabbed in east Jerusalem, terrorist neutralized	0 [1757]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	2 12:15 Pappy [1743]
At least 3 Palestinians said wounded in riots along Gaza border	0 [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Derna officials: The city is dying	2 09:43 USN, Ret. [1737]
Saudi Arabia and UAE 'tried to host' Taliban first	0 [1738]
Islamabad High Court suggests making blasphemy law tougher to check its misuse	0 [1741]
US denies Afghan claim of civilian deaths in Nangarhar	4 13:37 Skidmark [1740]
Muqtada al-Sadr: Riyadh serves as regional ‘father figure’	6 12:37 newc [1735]
Iraq’s Kurds stick to independence vote despite US call to delay it	3 10:20 newc [1737]
300 Israelis desert military service in occupied lands	7 20:24 trailing wife [1766]
Masoud's list: From IS victim to terrorist hunter	0 [1759]
Mohammad Dahlan’s plan to take over Gaza—and Ramallah	2 12:57 Frank G on the Road [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hundreds protest in Oakland over deadly Virginia rally	13 21:46 Zenobia Floger6220 [1769]
Kaepernick Jr. - Marshawn Lynch Sits Down During Nat'l Anthem	5 21:10 Glenmore [1758]
Defiant lawyer skips contempt proceedings despite promise	4 23:41 Seeking cure for ignorance [1791]
Nawaz Sharif riles up Lahore crowd for 'revolution', promises new 'programme' on Independence Day	0 [1741]
Lawsuit dismissed in Taylor Swift trial, but ordeal isn't over	5 17:53 Whiskey Mike [1740]
Exclusive: Arabs in Guam in the face of North Korea’s threat	7 23:42 Zebulon Phomble3856 [1757]
South Sudan rebels retake strategic town along Ethiopia border	0 [1730]
People in Barcelona angry at burgeoning tourist arrivals	1 11:06 Procopius2k [1741]
GOP senator takes shot at Trump for threatening Venezuela with war	7 20:11 DarthVader [1768]
UK police investigate hate mail sent to mosques	4 21:25 Zenobia Floger6220 [1768]
All people are rising up to retaliate against the US: North Korea	2 06:47 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Two killed in Habiganj clash over mosque committee formation	0 [1740]
Sifiso Lungelo Thabete's attempt to entertain the crowd goes very badly	1 21:10 Zenobia Floger6220 [1774]
1 Killed After Car Plows Into Protesters	4 13:34 Skidmark [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
H. R. McMaster may have changed his mind on Susan Rice after NORK nuke comment	4 20:10 DarthVader [1758]
State Police Helo crash deaths now linked to Charlottesville White Nationalists	26 18:56 swksvolFF [1779]
Soetoro shares convicted terrorist Mandela quote after deadly white supremacist rally	8 17:42 rjschwarz [1738]
Charlottesville AAR	18 18:46 Anomalous Sources [1765]
British Sex Bots become self aware	24 19:32 Zenobia Floger6220 [1770]
Chicago Soda Tax A Bigger Hot Mess Than Predicted	6 19:25 swksvolFF [1760]
Chinese Mom Theory of NK/China drama	33 22:32 Pappy [1762]

    
                23:42 Zebulon Phomble3856

                        23:41 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        22:32 Pappy

                        22:21 trailing wife

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                        21:46 Zenobia Floger6220

                        21:38 Zenobia Floger6220

                        21:26 Skidmark

                        21:25 Zenobia Floger6220

                        21:10 Glenmore

                        21:10 Zenobia Floger6220

                        20:24 trailing wife

                        20:11 DarthVader

                        20:10 DarthVader

                        20:01 Iblis

                        20:00 JohnQC

                        19:34 Harcourt Angoluting9366

                        19:32 Zenobia Floger6220

                        19:25 swksvolFF

                        19:11 Zenobia Floger6220

                        19:08 swksvolFF

                        18:56 swksvolFF

                        18:46 Anomalous Sources

                        18:41 Anomalous Sources

Who's in the News
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5	Islamic State
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Commies
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2017-08-13
IS executes its Legal Judge in Hawija for attempting to secede

Sat 2017-08-12
30 Taliban insurgents killed as suicide vests explodes in Farah gathering

Fri 2017-08-11
Theft and kidnapping ravages north Aleppo as Erdogan’s Syrian caliphate experiment fails

Thu 2017-08-10
Gang convicted of sex offences against vulnerable girls in England

Wed 2017-08-09
Police hunt BMW driver who mowed down six French soldiers in Paris

Tue 2017-08-08
Kurdish authorities arrest 1700 Islamic State militants among displaced civilians

Mon 2017-08-07
Taliban kill 30 villagers in Afghanistan's Sari Pul province

Sun 2017-08-06
Governor of Galgaduud region shot dead in Somali capital

Sat 2017-08-05
US confirms airstrike killed al-Shabab commander in Somalia

Fri 2017-08-04
Al Qaeda frees South African hostage after six years

Thu 2017-08-03
Police Make Arrest in 2003 Case of Grooming Gang Victim Believed Ground Up and Sold as Kebab Meat

Wed 2017-08-02
Gang who called themselves 'Musketeers' guilty of plotting UK bomb attack

Tue 2017-08-01
IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul

Mon 2017-07-31
Besieged IS mufti blows himself up in northern Baghdad

Sun 2017-07-30
Four arrested in plot to bomb plane over Sydney

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