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At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkish Army renews offensive on Kurdish-held villages in northern Aleppo	0 [1745]
ISIL terrorists storm strategic city in southern Hasakah	0 [1747]
Militants begin leaving Arsal after being forced to accept bus transport	4 12:44 Shipman [1745]
Islamist rebels launch counter-assault in eastern Damascus	0 [1743]
At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso	0 [1786]
Islamic State claims attack on US forces west of Mosul	3 12:24 AlanC [1753]
Jealous IS wife burns husband, second wife to death in Tal Afar	0 [1743]
Two policemen killed by IED in El Arish town	0 [1744]
Egyptian police kill two Hasm militants in Qalioubiya raid: Ministry	0 [1743]
Gunmen kidnap former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan	0 [1740]
US-backed Syria forces battle ISIS in Raqqa old city	0 [1745]
Iranian suicide bomber arrested by the Afghan forces in Nimroz	0 [1742]
Hezb-e-Islami reacts at deadly attack on a mosque by ex-commander loyalists in Takhar	0 [1745]
Attacks plan foiled in Kabul city, NDS arrest 3 suspects deployed by Taliban	0 [1741]
Taliban capture control of Ghormach in northern Faryab province	0 [1741]
5 Taliban insurgents critically wounded while making bombs in Nangarahr mosque	1 11:40 Pappy [1743]
Cops shoot, arrest Palestinian suspected of planning attack in Jerusalem	0 [1737]
Suspect detained after attempting to run over cop	0 [1735]
Forensic test confirms use of same pistol in two attacks on policemen in Karachi	0 [1752]
Police seal seminary in Karachi	0 [1754]
Terror Plot Against Tripoli's Mansouri Mosque Foiled	0 [1742]
Senior Afghan ISIL members killed in US air strike	0 [1742]
German NGO halts migrant rescue operations off Libya	0 [1762]
Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria	0 [1746]
SSS claims arrest of 18 suspected kidnappers, top Boko Haram commander	0 [1749]
Police detain ISIL suspect scouting in Turkish capital	0 [1745]
Fighters and Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir clash	0 [1743]
Indian Court Sentences Somali Pirates To Seven Years In Jail	0 [1739]
Al Shabaab Says It Killed Ethiopian Spy Agent In Somalia	0 [1743]
Somali Insurgent Defects	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mossad Chief warns: Iran is taking over the Middle East	7 11:50 Pappy [1741]
Egypt's investment minister inspects development projects in North Sinai	6 21:29 Zenobia Floger6220 [1778]
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr arrives in UAE on official visit	2 12:37 lord garth [1734]
Houthis seize passports of 2,000 pilgrims to block Hajj travel	0 [1739]
JuD fields candidate for NA-120 by-poll	0 [1750]
Syria investigator del Ponte says enough evidence to convict Assad of war crimes	7 16:07 magpie [1735]
Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtas claims AKP-MHP alliance will soon go to snap election	0 [1735]
Erdogan implies main opposition CHP leader's involvement in espionage case	1 01:34 newc [1735]
Iran boosts budget for missiles, Revolutionary Guards	2 19:23 Skidmark [1752]
Derna Shura Council vows to hand over body of pro-Haftar pilot	0 [1743]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Kaepernick III - Seattle DE Michael Bennett Sits For National Anthem	7 21:41 chris [1776]
Big Pharma CEO finds excuse to resign from presidential council	18 20:59 Rob Crawford [1763]
Pompeo: North Korea Moving Toward Ability to Hit U.S. With Nuclear Strike at ‘Alarming Rate'	3 09:19 Mullah Richard [1746]
Fleas in Arizona test positive for the PLAGUE	15 22:19 Zenobia Floger6220 [1760]
Thousands gather in cities across the US in solidarity with Charlottesville victims	4 15:09 trailing wife [1747]
Smoke fills London Underground train at Oxford Circus forcing evacuation (PHOTOS)	4 23:19 Zenobia Floger6220 [1762]
Nuke-free zone? UK estate agent causes Twitter fury for mapping ‘radiation impact' on property	3 23:32 Ho Chi Sheth6137 [1770]
First in Muslim world, Tunisian president seeks equal inheritance for women	0 [1734]
Zakharov on the possibility of nuclear war between the US and the DPRK: situation critical	3 11:25 JohnQC [1735]
High Levels of Activity at North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard	6 23:51 Zenobia Floger6220 [1762]
Zionist group shunned at SlutWalk Chicago	6 19:44 Skidmark [1771]
Kenya opposition vows ‘will not relent’ as eleven die in poll protests	0 [1739]
Peshawar school head denied bail in abuse case	0 [1739]
Britain Says North Korea Must Fix Crisis it Started	2 10:52 NoMoreBS [1735]
Mugabe Says No, As VP Offers to Resign Over 'Public Humiliation' By Grace	2 10:17 Frank G on the Road [1742]
Powerful Venezuelan lawmaker may have issued death order against Rubio	5 14:31 charger [1730]
Navy accused of removing attorneys to scuttle SEAL's appeal	4 16:00 trailing wife [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Conservatives Must Regulate Google And All of Silicon Valley Into Submission	22 23:15 rammer [1753]
We'll Have More Charlottesvilles	14 21:45 chris [1759]
CIA Director: Venezuela could become a risk to the United States	28 22:18 rammer [1762]
Israel-Jordan peace agreement: The emperor has no clothes	3 12:21 Skidmark [1742]
The North Korea gambit	8 16:51 Bright Pebbles [1740]
Britain will face radical Islamist threat for decades to come, says ex-MI5 boss	9 18:39 Classer [1740]
The political face of JuD	0 [1749]
How did al-Qaeda capture Idlib?	2 16:01 magpie [1744]
Dark Spring	4 09:19 g(r)omgoru [1760]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
4	Taliban
4	Arab Spring
4	Commies
3	Sublime Porte
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Pirates
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	TTP
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2017-08-14
At least 17 killed in attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso

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

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