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Breaking: Barcelona Van Attack on Pedestrians.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Breaking: Barcelona Van Attack on Pedestrians.	23 22:08 Crinegum Ulaigum2776 [1790]
Australia's most notorious ISIS jihadist 'killed in an air strike in Syria that also claimed the lives of his two sons, aged 11 and 12'	5 15:18 Seeking cure for ignorance [1748]
Syrian Army Kills Saudi, Kuwaiti Terrorists in Deir Ezzor	1 08:55 AlanC [1746]
Explosive boat attack foiled targeting UAE ship	0 [1732]
Syrian Army Combat Summary	0 [1742]
ANA hammering Taliban in Faryab	0 [1742]
District in Badakhstan cleared of militants	0 [1747]
Syrian forces shell Khan Shaykhun in Idlib	0 [1746]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [1750]
1 dead in IED attack in Diyala	0 [1739]
Salahuddin Kombat Kronicle	0 [1749]
US-led strikes against IS group kill 17 civilians in Syria's Raqqa: Monitor	0 [1740]
Lebanese army begins ISIS battle surrounding Ras Baalbek	0 [1739]
More Mosul Moslem Mayhem	0 [1746]
Key ISIS leaders killed during clashes in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan	0 [1743]
Police arrest 72 Palestinians suspected in Temple Mount riots	0 [1751]
IDF detains 2 Palestinians who entered Israel from Gaza	0 [1745]
Israeli forces demolish house of al-Aqsa attack suspect	0 [1744]
Two injured by shell fired from across Afghan border	0 [1752]
Rangers arrest 7 'terrorists', 20 'Afghan suspects' in Punjab operation	0 [1751]
US blacklists Kashmir's Hizbul Mujahideen as 'terrorist' group	0 [1743]
Top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Ayub Lelhari killed in an encounter; one cop injured	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al-Qaeda Urges Muslims to Derail Trains in Britain and U.S.	9 18:45 Skidmark [1742]
Turkey asks Germany for extradition of top coup suspect	0 [1743]
Hamas pledges to ‘crush’ Israel if Gaza attacked	6 21:20 bbrewer126 [1759]
Syria says US, allies supplying terrorists with toxic agents	0 [1739]
Turkey warns Iraqi Kurdish referendum risks ‘civil war’	0 [1732]
Obaid bin Daghar sez Houthis, militias close to defeat	0 [1744]
Ex-Kabul Bank shareholder Dawi jailed for 9 years for embezzling of millions of dollars	0 [1748]
Hekmatyar-led Hezb-e-Islami harshly criticizes pro-Iran media of sparking tensions	0 [1740]
Israel revokes credentials of Al Jazeera reporter	0 [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Woman Who Destroyed Durham Confederate Statue Is A Pro-North Korea Marxist	5 23:14 Zenobia Floger6220 [1765]
Meet the combat crop duster, armed and armored to join the fight (Video)	19 19:25 Mike Kozlowski [1772]
Why Was This 'Crowd Hire' Company Recruiting $25/Hr. 'Political Activists' In Charlotte Last Week?	7 20:09 gorb [1769]
LA County leaders greenlight effort to pay homeowners to house the homeless	19 19:37 Abu Uluque [1759]
At least 37 die in jail riot in southern Venezuela	2 17:19 Seeking cure for ignorance [1741]
Leb Parliament Scraps Controversial Rape-Marriage Law	0 [1744]
Amnesty sounds alarm as Indonesia slays drug suspects	0 [1730]
UN chief: Time to 'dial down rhetoric' on North Korea	9 14:51 Rambler in Virginia [1747]
Grace Mugabe seeks immunity in S Africa assault case	0 [1743]
DR Congo armed group likely killed investigators: UN	0 [1745]
Lebanon scraps controversial rape law after campaign	0 [1747]
Mass burials after devastating Sierra Leone mudslide	0 [1756]
Police arrest suspects in Multan panchayat 'forced divorce' case	0 [1741]
Supreme Court acquits three people on murder charges in 2009 case	0 [1740]
Officer arrested for influencing investigation of 'honour killing' case	0 [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
Something stinks about Charlottesville	8 16:14 KBK [1739]
Korean War Part II: Why It's Probably Going To Happen	4 20:43 Frank G on the Road [1758]
Trump Says Better Jobs and Wages Will Heal American Race Relations	7 20:15 CrazyFool [1763]
The Google archipelago	3 20:05 CrazyFool [1755]
Confederate Statues Today, Book Burnings Tomorrow?	2 08:20 Procopius2k [1743]
Violent Tribalism on Display in Charlottesville	3 08:18 Besoeker [1739]
Dear Leftists, There Are No Nazis Under Your Bed	9 15:35 Thruse Flereger9511 [1737]
Extremist ideologies bane for nation states	11 17:20 phil_b [1744]
Adios chavismo?	1 07:12 JohnQC [1751]
Google must turn over foreign-stored emails pursuant to a warrant, court rules	2 09:11 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1747]
Page 6: Politix
FBI Investigator Leaves Mueller's Russia Probe	11 20:39 Glenmore [1767]
Former Klingon Master: Trump's comments on Charlottesville are 'a national disgrace'	20 16:51 KBK [1744]
Ballot fraud won’t send elderly Miami woman to jail but she will lose right to vote	11 20:12 CrazyFool [1759]

    
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                        22:06 Hupeting Sforza8196

                        22:03 Zenobia Floger6220

                        21:20 bbrewer126

                        21:12 phil_b

                        20:43 Frank G on the Road

                        20:39 Glenmore

                        20:34 Frank G on the Road

                        20:33 Frank G on the Road

                        20:27 Cravilet Poodle5789

                        20:15 CrazyFool

                        20:12 CrazyFool

                        20:09 gorb

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                        20:05 CrazyFool

                        19:59 Frank G on the Road

                        19:37 Abu Uluque

                        19:25 Mike Kozlowski

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                        18:56 trailing wife

                        18:54 ed in texas

                        18:47 Skidmark

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8	Islamic State
4	Commies
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Houthis
2	Hamas
2	TTP
2	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2017-08-17
Breaking: Barcelona Van Attack on Pedestrians.

Wed 2017-08-16
Tunisia says IS plot to seize territory foiled

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

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