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Kurdish secession bid in Iraq threat to entire region: Hezbollah chief
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Marseille train station stabbing sees knifeman shot dead - knifed two passengers dead	4 20:57 si vis pacem, para bellum [1765]
Edmonton police investigate 'acts of terrorism' after officer stabbed, pedestrians run down	4 18:51 SteveS [1764]
Abu Sayyaf rebel arrested in Basilan	0 [1749]
Qatar arrests 20 opponents from al-Thani ruling family	2 10:41 Frank G [1747]
Largest ISIS stronghold in rural Hama liberated by Syrian forces	0 [1739]
Raqqa in ruins as SDF try to finish off IS’ in former ‘capital’	1 04:57 SteveS [1737]
ISIS sent elite troops, tanks, vehicles to east Syria via Iraq for latest offensive against Syrian Army	3 18:19 Bright Pebbles [1767]
FC apprehend explosive-laden vehicle near Tore Shah, Balochistan	0 [1738]
Senior Kenyan Official Dies From Al-Shabaab Injuries	0 [1738]
Nigerian police disrupt Muharram ceremonies, arrest mourners in Sokoto	0 [1746]
Syrian army thwarts Daesh attacks on military posts in Dayr al-Zawr	0 [1738]
Syria monitor: 28 civilians killed in Idlib	1 12:06 M. Murcek [1744]
Bombing in southern Thailand carried out by six men	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kurdish parliament rejects all of Baghdad’s decisions taken against referendum	4 12:35 Alaska Paul [1746]
Hafiz Saeed sends Khawaja Asif Rs100m defamation notice	0 [1731]
IS graffiti appears in Wah	0 [1747]
Iraq to defend Kurdish people against threats: Premier	2 13:10 AlanC [1734]
Kurdish secession bid in Iraq threat to entire region: Hezbollah chief	0 [1756]
Turkey opens military base in Mogadishu	4 12:55 Rob Crawford [1737]
Mossad played role in Iraq’s Kurdish referendum: Erdogan	8 16:33 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Trump pursuing Israel first policy, not America first: Analyst	3 12:18 rjschwarz [1741]
Iran and Iraq to hold joint border drills	0 [1729]
Dozens arrested during neo-Nazi rally in Sweden	4 13:02 AlanC [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Coast Guard Releases El Faro Investigation Report: Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations	0 [1733]
Slurs Perpetrator at USAF Academy Unknown - Everyone Queued up For Stern Diversity Lecture	10 12:11 M. Murcek [1736]
Over 70 Obama Appointees are ‘Burrowed' in Government Jobs	0 [1735]
Wales rugby star Scott Baldwin bitten by lion in South Africa	5 16:22 Besoeker [1740]
U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue	4 11:19 Alaska Paul [1734]
Fed-up Illinois homeowners consider moving: 'It's not just the property taxes on my home; it's all of them'	3 17:22 magpie [1772]
Emirati woman’s uses ‘abaya’ to save driver on fire	1 15:03 gorb [1742]
Family of 15 freed from bonded labour at brick kiln	0 [1749]
N Korea detected moving missiles out of Pyongyang facility	1 00:34 Skidmark [1741]
Spanish police seal off polling stations in Catalonia	4 08:18 Bright Pebbles [1743]
ELN leader readies fighters for Colombia ceasefire	1 07:35 Victor Emmanuel Ebbaise1246 [1738]
No survivors in DRC cargo plane crash in Kinshasa	0 [1742]
Ethiopians gather for festival marred by bloodshed	0 [1738]
Puerto Rico aid is trapped in thousands of shipping containers	23 21:28 newc [1767]
Remember The Kellogg's Boycott For Funding Soros-Linked Groups? Sales DROPPED, CEO Resigned	8 17:28 Bright Pebbles [1765]
College Professor: Believing in Hard Work is White Ideology	15 20:15 charger [1767]
FS1's Sharpe: Racist U.S. Flag Is Just ‘A Piece of Cloth...Nobody Fights For’	6 18:21 Bright Pebbles [1772]
2 dead, 10 wounded in deadly start to weekend gun violence	1 08:24 Pappy [1736]
Canada to stop ticketing drunken canoeists for paddling while intoxicated	3 17:38 Skidmark [1765]
Page 4: Opinion
Pentagon Confirms Mattis Spent Experience Points to Unlock New Skill Tree	7 19:48 Frank G [1767]
Lingerie Football League Responds to NFL: ‘We Stand!'	2 19:28 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1774]
The American media and manipulative PR politicians are using President Trump as a piñata	5 16:58 SteveS [1751]
Cuban Doctors: We're Tired Of Being "Slaves" For Castro's Communist Regime	1 07:42 Procopius2k [1737]
Heather MacDonald: ‘The greatest safety that comes to blacks is from the POLICE'	5 14:30 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Sheriff Joe is comin back! He's not done with Soetoro or the NFL	2 11:50 M. Murcek [1729]
Brilliant Book About European Immigration Defines Election of Trump	3 08:17 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Rush: DC Establishment ‘Can't Afford' for Trump to Succeed	1 18:17 Bright Pebbles [1762]
Women driving and the collapse of illusions	10 12:26 rjschwarz [1734]
Fix Baghdad to stop Iraq’s partition	2 11:43 M. Murcek [1745]
The walking dead	3 14:40 Secret Master [1744]
Denial of IS footprint	0 [1751]
Puerto Rico's Untold Tale of Corruption	4 12:24 rjschwarz [1740]
Millennial Diagnosed With Tragic Inability To Even	9 18:52 Abu Uluque [1762]
Babi Yar, September 29th-30th, 1941	1 03:36 g(r)omgoru [1740]
This Week in Books, October 1, 2017	0 [1741]
Page 6: Politix
Puerto Rico mayor: Trump 'killing us with inefficiency'	18 17:38 Mike Kozlowski [1757]
GOP Sens. Blunt and Moran Offer Green Cards to Outsource More White-Collar Jobs	1 06:42 Procopius2k [1744]
The DNC Had Another Awful Fundraising Month	7 16:02 Zhang Fei [1746]
BUSTED: Anti-Trump Puerto Rican Mayor Supported Terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera	1 00:54 Zenobia Floger6220 [1737]
Democrats Struggle To Survive In Iowa	5 14:04 Shipman [1738]

    
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                        18:52 Abu Uluque

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                        18:48 Seeking cure for ignorance

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                        17:38 Mike Kozlowski

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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iraq
3	Commies
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Sublime Porte
1	Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Iran)
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2017-10-01
Kurdish secession bid in Iraq threat to entire region: Hezbollah chief

Sat 2017-09-30
Islamic State sets oil wells on fire, urges militants evacuate villages in Hawija

Fri 2017-09-29
Lebanon Military Tribunal sentences Takfiri preacher to death

Thu 2017-09-28
Al-Qaeda leadership, dozens of jihadists wiped out by Russian missile strike in Idlib

Wed 2017-09-27
Palestinians admitted Interpol membership

Tue 2017-09-26
US drone targets ISIS vehicle in Nangarhar leaving 5 dead

Mon 2017-09-25
Tennessee Church Shooter Suspect Identified As 25-Year-Old From Sudan

Sun 2017-09-24
Saudi FM: We demand Qatar abide by Riyadh agreement promises

Sat 2017-09-23
ISIS virtually annihilated in Raqqa city as Kurdish forces begin final push

Fri 2017-09-22
8 members of Pak-based Lashkar-e-Taiba killed in Helmand airstrikes

Thu 2017-09-21
Syrian Army kills Al-Qaeda emir of Aleppo in northern Hama

Wed 2017-09-20
RAF Drone Stops Islamic State Public Execution

Tue 2017-09-19
Al-Qaeda battles it out with ISIS across Idlib province

Mon 2017-09-18
Zeenat ul Islam to be new Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in Kashmir

Sun 2017-09-17
Egypt court upholds ex-president Morsi's life sentence

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