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US-Backed Forces Say Have Captured Raqa from IS
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iranian Guards Commander Killed in Syria	5 23:53 gorb [11125]
US-Backed Forces Say Have Captured Raqa from IS	0 [11127]
Tripoli port closed in response to fighting	0 [11127]
Philippines' Duterte Says City 'Liberated' but Battle Continues	0 [11124]
Syrian Army Combat Summary	0 [11125]
4 Turkish soldiers die in N. Iraq	0 [11130]
1 wounded in mine detonation in Kabul	0 [11128]
Philippine Troops Hunt IS 'Financier' in Rebel City	0 [11126]
ANA captures district in Farah in counterattack	0 [11127]
Syrian regulars attack ISIS positions in Deir Ezzor	0 [11127]
Anbar Antix	0 [11125]
10 Held in France over Suspected Plot to Attack Politicians, Mosques	0 [11126]
Iraq Forces Take Yazidi Town of Sinjar from Kurds	0 [11127]
Suicide Bombers, Gunmen Kill 71 in Attacks on Afghan Security Forces	0 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
George Soros has given $18 billion to his pro-democracy foundation	10 21:14 irishrageboy [11125]
Pakistan wants to cooperate in bringing peace to Afghanistan, NSA Janjua tells British envoy	0 [11131]
US court rejects Guantanamo detainee’s appeal	1 09:07 Procopius2k [11125]
Hamas Says Unity Deal at Risk if Abbas Does Not End Sanctions	2 08:39 AlanC [11126]
Iran Warns Europe against New Nuke Deal Conditions	2 00:14 Raj [11123]
Britain's MI5 Says Running over 500 Terror Probes	6 13:12 g(r)omgoru [11128]
582,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh from Myanmar Since August 25, Says UN	7 17:48 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
Death Toll from US Drone Strike in Pakistan Rises to 26	1 16:49 Skidmark [11124]
IS Jihadists Sliding from Defeat to Defeat	0 [11127]
Israel Says No Talks with Palestinian Govt. that Includes Armed Hamas	0 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Man Spits on Homeless Guy for 'Making His Grandmother a Slave'	8 20:22 NoMoreBS [11127]
They Call the Wind M'Ry-ah - It's SNOPES, so it must be true.	3 17:19 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11125]
Evergreen banned criticism of Black Lives Matter through its bias response team	0 [11126]
Wounded casino security guard vanishes from Las Vegas — and surfaces on the set of 'Ellen'	5 15:35 swksvolFF [11131]
'Car Trunk' Abortionist Caught with Aborted Baby Parts in His Car Pleads ‘No Contest'	3 16:54 Zenobia Floger6220 [11127]
Is Mt. Mantap Suffering from "Tired Mountain Syndrome?"	0 [11125]
UNH Professor Calls For Gun Ban In The USA	9 22:05 KBK [11128]
Multan woman handed death sentence for husband's murder	0 [11126]
Senior separatists detained as Madrid piles pressure on Catalonia	0 [11127]
Mufti Qavi appears before court in Qandeel murder case for the first time	0 [11124]
'Hungry Bear' Crisis Grips Far East Russian Region	6 13:18 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Hottest Movie of the Year (video trailer)	2 12:42 746 [11130]
LA Times: George Soros has pumped $18 billion into Open Society Foundations	2 11:06 Skidmark [11127]
Jaguars apologize to local military for anthem demonstration	10 18:02 Alaska Paul [11136]
Michigan: Judge reverses decision giving child custody to rapist	2 14:38 gorb [11126]
Robert De Niro Series On Amazon Canceled Over Weinstein	3 17:22 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
How the drug industry triumphed over the DEA: The documents	0 [11123]
Trump's drug control pick abdicates after opioid scandal	0 [11124]
The Sky is Falling!	4 15:03 Warthog [11127]
Jane Fonda says she's not proud of America on live television, would get down on all fours to protest with NFL ‐ Video	11 23:04 JohnQC [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Quick, to the Victim-Mobile!	0 [11126]
Attack Dog Bannon becomes threat for Senate GOP on taxes	5 13:25 g(r)omgoru [11125]
After Las Vegas, we must ban high-capacity magazines	9 23:01 JohnQC [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Project Veritas: Senior Homepage Editor Reveals Biased Political Agenda at NYT	2 22:59 JohnQC [11127]
Senators reach deal to fund Obamacare subsidies after Trump says he will cut them off	5 20:42 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [11126]
Sr. Expectation Manager Mnuchin: 'Extraordinary' if tax reform gets done this year	1 03:58 Besoeker [11125]
Ohio: "Battlefield Cross" restored to national cemetery after outcry	1 13:42 Procopius2k [11126]
Haarvard professor fantasizes about how Crooked Hillary could still be president	7 22:55 JohnQC [11130]
FBI Confirms That Comey Drafted Statement On Clinton Probe Months Before Investigation Ended	4 22:52 JohnQC [11131]
Hillary Clinton appears on British TV after BREAKING her toe	14 23:54 Unomotch Sproing1590 [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran
2	Hamas
2	Taliban
1	Govt of Syria
1	Haqqani Network
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Arab Spring
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-10-18
US-Backed Forces Say Have Captured Raqa from IS

Tue 2017-10-17
Terror leaders Hapilon (Abu Sayyaf), Maute (Maute Group) gunned down in Marawi

Mon 2017-10-16
The "War after ISIS" begins in Iraq

Sun 2017-10-15
Report: U.S. Coalition Cuts Islamic State Revenues over 90 Percent

Sat 2017-10-14
Iraqi forces move to begin operations against Kurds

Fri 2017-10-13
Iraq PM Denies Attack Plan as Tensions Rise with Kurds

Thu 2017-10-12
British jihadi Sally Jones killed by US drone strike fleeing ISIS hell

Wed 2017-10-11
Bangladesh arrests top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami

Tue 2017-10-10
Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria's Hama province

Mon 2017-10-09
Syrian rebels capture ISIS HQ in Deir Ezzor

Sun 2017-10-08
Two Saudi guards killed in attack on royal palace in Jeddah

Sat 2017-10-07
Driver 'deliberately mows down pedestrians' outside London Museum

Fri 2017-10-06
Iraqi premier claims victory against Islamic State in Hawija

Thu 2017-10-05
3 Special Forces Troops Killed and 2 Are Wounded in an Ambush in Niger

Wed 2017-10-04
Daesh defense line collapses in Hawijah as Iraqi forces liberate more villages

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