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Rohingya Men Fight against Myanmar's Forces, 6000 stranded at Bangla border
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
VIDEO: Rebels use tanks, cannons, mortars to fight ISIS in south Daraa	0 [1745]
Syrian Army Adventures	0 [1731]
US special forces, Turkey-led rebels exchange blows in north Aleppo	3 23:13 Injun Bucket8891 [1765]
Indonesian woman jailed for suicide bomb plot at Jakarta palace	0 [1746]
Morocco Arrests Two over Catalonia Attacks	3 17:31 Zenobia Floger6220 [1735]
Egypt, Libya foil almost 1000 illegal immigrants	0 [1747]
Rohingya Men Fight against Myanmar's Forces, 6000 stranded at Bangla border	0 [1764]
3 Taliban militants die in Jawzjan	0 [1744]
4 Border Kops die in fighting in Zabul	0 [1737]
Kurds smoke 12 ISIS Bad Guys in Salahuddin	0 [1735]
11 ISIS Turbans die in Anbar airstrikes	0 [1740]
2 die in bombings in Baghdad	0 [1740]
Dignity Operation field commander escapes murder attempt	0 [1736]
ISIS releases new propaganda video from central Libya	0 [1739]
Yemeni officials say ex-president may be under house arrest	0 [1733]
Suicide bomber kills 5 near US embassy in Kabul	0 [1739]
Boko Haram leader confesses to Chibok abductions, surrenders	3 17:51 Pappy [1739]
Al Shabaab Claims Killing Kenyan Military Officer In Attack	0 [1734]
Two terror suspects gunned down in Kyrgyzstan, two more killed in Dagestan	0 [1751]
Ten would-be jihadis killed sneaking into Marawi	0 [1740]
Militants bomb police checkpoint in southern Thailand	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hama-Homs Highway reopens for humanitarian convoys	0 [1731]
Lebanese Army takes over Syrian crossings for first time in years	0 [1735]
15,000 US-backed troops in Raqqa city	0 [1735]
Lebanon rejects changes to mandate for UNIFIL peacekeeping force	0 [1740]
Iran dismisses US ‘dream’ of military site inspections	1 09:21 Frank G [1734]
Israel’s ambassador returns to Egypt after 8 months away	0 [1738]
UN chief in Jerusalem: Calls for Israel’s destruction are ‘modern anti-Semitism’	2 08:00 g(r)omgoru [1728]
Jordan border crossing with Iraq to reopen in major boost to ties	1 18:37 Skidmark [1729]
Rift widens between Awaqir tribe and Dignity Operation chief	0 [1729]
Al-Sirraj at European summit: No migrants resettlement in Libya	0 [1732]
Kirkuk votes to take part in Kurdish independence poll	0 [1741]
Israeli legislators enter al-Aqsa Mosque compound	0 [1736]
Pakistan indignant over US general’s allegations	0 [1745]
Top Afghan officials allegedly speak with Taliban nearly everyday	0 [1731]
Tillerson to abolish most special envoys, including climate	6 14:18 Raj [1735]
Talks with US suspended in protest, Senators told	1 20:22 Skidmark [1758]
Offices of six NGOs sealed in Shangla	1 20:24 Skidmark [1755]
Puntland Accused Foreign Warships Of Shelling Its Territory	0 [1744]
Burundi Sends Over 1,800 Fresh Soldiers To Somalia	0 [1733]
Kenya Blames Lamu Residents For Working With Al Shabaab	0 [1735]
US, EU To Increase Fight Against Al Shabaab Militants	0 [1729]
Seven killed in clash between Abu Sayyaf and Jul Hamidi clan	0 [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
ACORN sues California to allow more illegals to vote	6 21:06 Abu Uluque [1768]
Experiment Over: New Missouri Law Lowers Minimum Wage In St. Louis	2 17:19 Raj [1737]
US growth upgraded to 3 percent in second quarter	4 23:06 Bobby [1755]
16 U.S. Postal Service workers in Metro Atlanta arrested, charged with bribery after drug sting	7 17:42 Zenobia Floger6220 [1738]
Next target Guam, North Korea says (Opens to Video)	2 17:00 Seeking cure for ignorance [1737]
The Late Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE: The Power of Good - 'Save one life, save the world'	1 16:33 trailing wife [1732]
Bolton says 'staff changes' have prevented him from seeing Trump	3 14:47 gorb [1740]
Imran Awan Has Still-Active Secret House Account, And It's Tied To An Intelligence Staffer	17 21:41 JohnQC [1776]
Fort Hood III Corp Mobilizes For Search and Rescue Re; Hurricane Harvey	3 14:14 Skidmark [1748]
Ousted Trump adviser Bannon to speak at ZOA gala dinner	1 18:44 Skidmark [1754]
Professor sez Texas Deserves Hurricane Harvey for voting for President Turmp	10 14:14 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Houston police catch 14 armed robbers and looters amid flood emergency	6 15:22 ed in texas [1738]
China: Korean tensions at 'tipping point'	4 14:17 Skidmark [1736]
More Turkish security officials indicted for May embassy brawl	0 [1739]
Trump warns 'all options' on table after North Korea launches missiles	0 [1733]
Perfidious Albion must decide how to react to US strike on North Korea, warns thinktank	8 19:33 Pappy [1763]
Cajun Navy members met with gunfire by apparent looters, group says	6 22:04 Seeking cure for ignorance [1769]
Joel Osteen said his church is open to Harvey victims after a social media backlash	4 15:04 JohnQC [1740]
Seoul bombing raid to show ‘it could obliterate despot'	0 [1744]
Germany: Six Months in Prison for Posting a Photo of a Nazi and the Mufti Al-Husseini on Facebook	6 12:04 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Is America Now Officially Crazy?	7 22:43 Procopius2k [1768]
Danial Pipes on Angela Merkel's Historic Folly	0 [1734]
Former Ambassador John Bolton: Trump Must Triumph Over Advisers to Scrap Iran Deal	2 13:49 JohnQC [1734]
Republicans rising: GOPer finally steps in to halt Mueller hunt	1 13:43 JohnQC [1738]
Harvey victim trashes CNN during live interview: WATCH	3 13:44 swksvolFF [1734]
War between China and India postponed	2 18:59 Skidmark [1765]
FBI says lack of public interest in Hillary emails justifies withholding documents	14 21:57 Seeking cure for ignorance [1758]
Sen. Jeff Flake's Poll Numbers Are Only Getting Worse	10 23:28 Injun Bucket8891 [1760]
Page 6: Politix
SPLC Steps on Crank	4 19:36 Pappy [1764]
Robert Mugabe: ‘Why Do Whites Still Have Power In Your Country'	6 21:56 Monkey Man [1762]
Illinois Republican Governor Signs Sanctuary State Law	7 18:17 Dopey Bumble8321 [1737]
Cops must never stand down against ‘antifa’ thugs	4 11:29 rjschwarz [1747]
Trump and Melania lift spirits with visit to Texas	7 14:16 Grunter [1741]
It Only Took A Day For The March To DC To Lose Nearly All Of The Marchers	10 14:52 JohnQC [1741]
MSNBC Whines That Trump Is Going to Texas Too Quickly	4 20:54 Alaska Paul [1754]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
4	al-Shabaab (AQ)
4	Commies
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Syria
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Sublime Porte
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Harakah al-Yaqin
1	Houthis
1	Antifa

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-08-30
Rohingya Men Fight against Myanmar's Forces, 6000 stranded at Bangla border

Tue 2017-08-29
Houthi militias prevent Saleh loyalists from leaving Yemen capital

Mon 2017-08-28
Turkish Army invades northern Syria, launches attack on Kurdish-held border town

Sun 2017-08-27
Iraq forces recapture city of Tal Afar from ISIS

Sat 2017-08-26
'Terror attack’ in Brussels: Machete-waving ‘terrorist’ is shot dead as he attacks soldiers shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ near street where ISIS called for vehicle attacks

Fri 2017-08-25
'Islamist terror cell' with a hoard of bombs blow themselves up rather than surrender to Russian police

Thu 2017-08-24
Iraqi forces recapture more of Tal Afar, the last refuge

Wed 2017-08-23
Yemen: At least 30 dead as air strike hits hotel

Tue 2017-08-22
Somali extremist group confirms killing of senior commander

Mon 2017-08-21
It's over-ish: Las Ramblas van terrorist shot dead wearing explosive belt 'and screaming Allahu Akbar' west of Barcelona

Sun 2017-08-20
Kenya Says Police Killed Most Wanted Al Shabaab Commander

Sat 2017-08-19
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Fri 2017-08-18
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Wed 2017-08-16
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