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Russia foils two ISIS suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up on the subway in Moscow
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Senior IS leader, companion, killed near Salahuddin-Diyala borders	3 09:00 Frank G on the Road [1741]
Four civilians wounded in two blasts eastern Baghdad	0 [1752]
Policeman killed in armed attack northern Kirkuk	0 [1742]
Diyala Dead Guys: Four ISIS bad guys discover Paradise isn't their destination	0 [1745]
More Mosul Moslem Mayhem	0 [1749]
Anbar Antix: Coalition and Iraqi air raids do damage	0 [1745]
Infamous Abu Sayyaf sub-leader killed	0 [1750]
Majority of Boko Haram's 'suicide bombers' are actually women and children	2 16:18 trailing wife [1739]
Russia foils two ISIS suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up on the subway in Moscow	1 17:25 Skidmark [1770]
Turkish police arrest suspected killer of Syrian journalists	0 [1749]
Car Bomb Kills At Least One In Center Of Somali Capital	0 [1744]
Somali Refugee Arrested Over Pirate Attack On Italian Oil Tanker	0 [1740]
Petah Tikva resident accused of inciting violence against Arabs on Facebook	0 [1742]
Iranian UAV faces off, again, with US forces in the Gulf	7 17:14 Skidmark [1744]
Key Taliban leader assassinated by his own guards in Nangarhar	1 10:40 Pappy [1739]
Herat traffic police chief killed in gunmen ambush	1 10:11 Frank G on the Road [1744]
Taliban suffer heavy casualties as Afghan forces respond to major Faryab offensive	3 20:30 Pappy [1776]
Two injured as Indian troops target civilian van in AJK	2 17:27 Skidmark [1742]
12 civilians killed in roadside bombing in southern Yemen	0 [1751]
6 FC personnel martyred, 3 injured in IED explosion in Balochistan's Harnai district	0 [1749]
Court finds defrauding ISIS a crime in Germany	5 09:26 lord garth [1751]
Machine gun attack on UN Mali base in Timbuktu kills eight	0 [1743]
Girl killed as car rams pizzeria in village near Paris	2 23:27 Skidmark [1769]
Turkey policeman stabbed to death by suspected ISIS operative	0 [1748]
Militant linked to church bombings dies during police raid: Interior ministry	0 [1752]
IS group claims Karbala attack on Iraqi troops	0 [1750]
Two soldiers killed in attack in Turkey blamed on PKK	0 [1743]
Soldier lightly hurt by rock throwers in West Bank raid	0 [1757]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Beatings Will Continue, Iraq Edition: ISIS warns militants against cutting hair braids	8 19:38 Frank G on the Road [1765]
Paramilitary troops shelled in Syria not Iraq: Spokesperson	0 [1744]
More Than 600,000 Syrians Return Home, Mainly to Aleppo	0 [1743]
Hirshabelle State Parliament Kicks Out President Osoble	0 [1742]
Saudi coalition starving Yemen of cash	0 [1741]
Ahmadinejad compares Khamenei to Shah, launches blistering salvo	1 13:55 Snakes Guelph4405 [1733]
Yemeni executed for child rape and murder	5 23:28 Skidmark [1766]
Haftar: Army insists on extending its control over the entire Libyan territory	0 [1738]
India says to deport all Rohingya regardless of UN registration	0 [1733]
Hekmatyar concerned as several Hezb-e-Islami members arrested	0 [1743]
Musharraf’s N-technology disclosure embarrassed Pakistan: Foreign Office	0 [1741]
Pentagon cites artillery ‘mishap’ in 2 US deaths in Iraq	4 23:31 Skidmark [1766]
3 East Jerusalem residents indicted for planning terror attack	1 10:44 Frank G on the Road [1738]
Palestinian Authority to free arrested journalists, lawyer says	0 [1738]
Egypt to open Gaza crossing for four days starting Monday	2 10:39 Frank G on the Road [1737]
MSM Loses Interest in Houston Mosque Arson After Muslim Charged	5 21:48 KBK [1763]
Page 3: Non-WoT
CBS Reports Iceland Has 'Virtually Eliminated' Down Syndrome with Abortion	8 21:03 Injun Bucket8891 [1769]
White Supremacist Leader in Charlottesville Jason Kessler Was Obama Supporter – Occupy Protester	5 15:32 ed in texas [1757]
Leftest win: Texas A&M Cancels "White Lives Matter" Rally Reservation	2 17:05 Skidmark [1747]
CNN guest interview - Challenges to 'blackness' and instructions to 'shut up' (Video)	0 [1757]
Protestors Topple Confederate Statue In North Carolina [VIDEO]	8 17:09 Skidmark [1750]
Sean Hannity exposes a threat to kill President Trump	2 13:12 Abu Uluque [1749]
North Korea leader holds off on Guam plan, will watch U.S. bit longer: KCNA	11 21:09 Wizski [1766]
North Korea's Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say	6 19:07 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1762]
Nawaz’s convoy: Panel completes probe into hit-and-run incident	0 [1740]
China bans North Korean iron, seafood imports	5 14:44 Pappy [1746]
Far-right supporter arrested for planning bomb in Oklahoma City	3 14:24 Skidmark [1755]
NATO, the Med, Iran: study details extent of cyber attacks on Italy	1 13:23 Abu Uluque [1745]
Reddit Launches Counter Attack on Google Monopoly by Switching to DuckDuckGo Browser	17 21:04 Wizski [1767]
Page 4: Opinion
Law or Mob Rule--Reflections on the Cultural Was Unfolding	4 20:26 TopRev [1761]
Soldiers and Contractors lose - Court Deals Major Blow to Veterans Suing Over Burn Pits	3 14:28 Skidmark [1744]
Chicago crowd cheers as convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh calls for destruction of Israel	5 16:12 DarthVader [1733]
CNN’s Symone Sanders Calls Out White Pundit Who Told Her To ‘Shut Up’ On Live TV (Video)	4 11:35 DooDahMan [1742]
Spengler: The triumph of inequality	5 12:02 magpie [1742]
The transgender madness has got to stop	8 14:59 Iblis [1744]
Macron is the Peter Pan of Europe	1 10:56 Dale [1737]
Buchanan: If We Erase Our History, Who Are We?	10 15:26 g(r)omgoru [1747]
Charlottesville, truth, and the new cultural revolution	1 20:05 Anomalous Sources [1773]
VDH on Dunkirk - the Movie and the History	2 22:34 Procopius2k [1761]
Page 6: Politix
Sen. Bernie Sanders Tweets That Trump Has 'Some Responsibility' for Charlottesville Attack	9 20:01 magpie [1756]

    
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                        20:41 Pappy

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                        20:05 Anomalous Sources

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                        19:55 trailing wife

                        19:47 Frank G on the Road

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                        19:38 Frank G on the Road

                        19:07 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        18:57 phil_b

                        18:50 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        18:50 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        18:41 Mercutio

                        18:36 AlanC

                        17:41 Whiskey Mike

Who's in the News
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10	Islamic State
3	Commies
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Iran
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Arab Spring
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	PFLP
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Iran Proxies

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2017-08-15
Russia foils two ISIS suicide bombers who planned to blow themselves up on the subway in Moscow

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

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