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ARSA open to surrender, but only under UN supervision
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
CIA ‘working to take down' WikiLeaks, al Qaeda, and Islamic State threats, agency chief says	7 19:05 AlanC [1766]
ARSA open to surrender, but only under UN supervision	0 [1780]
Yemen PM: Iranian ship seized near the coast of Socotra	1 09:51 Frank G [1735]
Houthis demand ousted President Saleh be hanged at ‘Gate of Yemen’	1 09:50 Frank G [1735]
Key ISIS leader and his fighters killed in US airstrike in Nangarhar	0 [1734]
Two Derna fighters killed in clashes with forces besieging their city	0 [1736]
ISIS pocket in northeast Deir Ezzor nearly cleared as Syrian Army liberates two towns	0 [1736]
Islamic State’s gamble pays off as they overrun rebel positions in Yarmouk Camp	0 [1740]
Jaysh Al-Islam military commander assassinated in Daraa	0 [1738]
Syrian Army Combat Summary	0 [1740]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [1734]
ISIS suicide bomber dies in Salahuddin	0 [1736]
More Mosul Moslem Mayhem	0 [1738]
Anbar Antix	0 [1740]
Iraq forces in full control of Kirkuk province	0 [1726]
Gunmen kill 12 Niger troops in attack near Mali border	0 [1746]
Man attacks people with knife in Poland shopping mall, injures 8	4 21:53 Zenobia Floger6220 [1759]
4 people injured in Munich knife attack	0 [1735]
35 Egyptian police officers killed in militant ambush	0 [1737]
15 Afghan army cadets killed in Kabul suicide attack	0 [1741]
Syrian troops recapture Qaryatayn	0 [1735]
Mutilated bodies of two police constables found in Buner district, say police	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Bowe Bergdahl: US treated me worse than the Taliban	13 17:17 Zhang Fei [1733]
US marks 16 years of war in Afghanistan	5 15:19 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [1749]
Where are the four trainers of New JMB?	0 [1737]
Tariq Ramadan denies rape accusations, pledges to sue for slander	0 [1739]
Ghani in reaction to mosque bombings: ‘Terrorists deserve total destruction’	0 [1731]
Syrian Kurds ‘don’t want partition of Syria, do not seek independence’: PYD Chairman	1 10:09 ed in texas [1741]
UN-brokered talks between Libyan rival factions fail	0 [1734]
1,000 retired US military pilots may be recalled	7 15:32 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [1726]
How a shocking reversal of fortunes unfolded in Kirkuk	7 19:27 Charles [1757]
Czech election: Landslide for Andrej Babis' ANO	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Soldiers like new ‘pinks and greens' but aren't happy about growing wardrobe	16 22:30 Injun Bucket8891 [1754]
Special Forces Hero Wants His MoH to Honor All Vietnam Vets	3 20:23 irishrageboy [1751]
"Czech Donald Trump" Wins Landslide Victory	4 17:16 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Saadam Hussein honored with statue and ceremony in Palestinian city	4 11:15 Besoeker [1741]
FBI Arrested Russian Spies Getting Close to Hillary Clinton in Lead-Up to Uranium One Deal	3 15:58 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [1736]
'Never Trumpers' at Foggy Bottom are undermining T-Rex and POTUS	4 16:31 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [1738]
Erdogan says there is no civilization in United States	6 14:53 3dc [1738]
Catalonia cannot accept control from Madrid: Regional President	1 11:53 Unaviter Jusock4194 [1736]
WHO boss 'rethinking' Mugabe goodwill ambassador post	4 21:59 John Frum [1758]
Two held over social media content	2 16:33 Black Bart Omeasing1539 [1729]
Man found hanging from tree in Rawalpindi in alleged 'honour killing'	0 [1732]
Spanish cabinet meets to revoke self-government in Catalonia	5 19:29 Charles [1752]
Could Weinstein face trial? Experts assess mogul's legal woes	2 01:06 Raj [1738]
Tortured body of transgender person found in Peshawar, say police	1 09:35 AlanC [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
New Yorker Warns Kelly's Press Briefing Was ‘Preview' of What ‘Military Coup Looks Like'	6 22:03 Besoeker [1745]
GOP Tax Framework Could Raise GDP By 5%, Wages By 7%	4 20:44 gorb [1753]
Ben Stein: NFL knee takers are a bunch of sulking big babies	3 16:13 Procopius2k [1742]
Despicable People	13 20:42 irishrageboy [1760]
New Kiwi Labor Party PM: Capitalism is a failure, 'just look at the children'	7 17:09 ed in texas [1734]
Fred Fleitz to Lou Dobbs: ‘Tillerson Should be Fired Tomorrow'	2 10:13 Threatch Jeamp8135 [1730]
The Twittermob went from Irritating to Dangerous	3 16:44 charger [1744]
Hypocritical Oaths	0 [1747]
Mapping the massacre - Vegas	7 20:08 phil_b [1748]
Page 6: Politix
Judge Jeanine: Obama and the Clintons sold us out (Video)	3 20:07 Raj [1753]
Obama criticises 'politics of division', says it takes US '50 years back'	12 17:22 g(r)omgoru [1746]

    
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                        21:35 Mike Kozlowski

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                        19:55 Choluling Glineng1506

                        19:29 Charles

                        19:27 Charles

                        19:24 AlanC

                        19:19 Anomalous Sources

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                        18:39 Anomalous Sources

                        18:39 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        18:22 Don Vito Snavish5937

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8	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Govt of Syria
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Arab Spring
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Houthis

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