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Drone strike kills six Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
A massive battle between US and Syrian pro-regime forces reportedly killed more than 200 Russians	5 23:06 Dale [1769]
U.S. Strikes Killed Scores of Russia Fighters in Syria, Sources Say	2 17:41 Omeger Gray6606 [1748]
Rantburg Exclusive: Afrin Dancing While Looking Death in the Face Before Battle	2 07:49 Woodrow [1741]
Rantburg Exclusive: Afrin War Balance Sheet By SDF	7 16:47 magpie [1744]
Drone strike kills six Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen	0 [1774]
Taliban infiltrator kills 16 Afghan militia fighters	0 [1749]
Mercenaries killed in Lahj	0 [1746]
Artillery shells mercenaries in Marib	0 [1740]
Dozens mercenaries killed in Jawf	0 [1748]
ISIS-linked militant in Indonesia gets 7 years in prison	0 [1746]
Iraqi forces free 11 SDF fighters from ISIS near Euphrates	0 [1741]
YPG claim downing Turkish drone amid heavy clashes in Afrin	0 [1743]
Four people killed, injured in two bomb attacks in Iraq’s Diyala	0 [1744]
Two bomb blasts rock Baghdad, leave five people killed, injured	0 [1746]
Civilian killed, two others wounded in bomb blast, west of Anbar	0 [1742]
U.S.-led coalition warplanes kill 13 Islamic State militants in Mosul	0 [1741]
Islamic State calls on fighters to disrupt Egypt’s vote with attacks	0 [1737]
Palestinian policeman arrested for throwing rocks	0 [1743]
Egypt's Criminal Court hands final death sentence to man convicted of killing Coptic priest in Cairo	3 23:55 Wholuling Phavirt6994 [1770]
Egypt's military says killed 12 terrorists on fourth day of Operation Sinai 2018	0 [1743]
Turkey probes pro-Kurdish party chief for 'terror' propaganda	0 [1749]
Lebanese man crosses into Israel, is arrested	0 [1732]
Turkish law lecturer aided Hamas, deported from Israel	0 [1758]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S. pushes motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist - financing watchlist	1 14:22 Procopius2k [1740]
Pakistan extends ban on terror groups, individuals identified by United Nations	1 07:52 Woodrow [1736]
TTP confirms commander Sajna killed in drone strike last week	0 [1743]
Turkey targets critics of Operation Olive Branch	0 [1733]
Iraqi tribesmen warn ISIL fighters' families	0 [1741]
Soldiers Defected From Somaliland Surrender To Puntland Authorities	0 [1744]
US military requests $1.4bn for Iraq, Syria train and equip in 2019	0 [1745]
‘There is nothing here,’ say Yezidis in war-battered Shingal	0 [1745]
Int’l NGOs pledge USD 330.1 million in support of Iraq at Kuwait conf.	0 [1754]
Iraqi official says wounded IS chief alive in Syria	0 [1738]
Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia	0 [1743]
Refugees in Egypt to display handicrafts at Frankfurt’s Ambiente Trade Show	0 [1743]
Palestinians ask Egypt to keep Rafah terminal open, stop humiliations at checkpoints	1 18:57 SteveS [1760]
With Russia's help, Arab states speeding up nuclear arms race	1 11:40 g(r)omgoru [1751]
US pushes for home countries to take back Islamic State detainees in Syria	0 [1751]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Justice for Gemmel Moore? Family wants answers in escort's death at Dem donor's home	0 [1740]
Trump wants to cut back on food stamps for the poor and substitute with packaged food deliveries	5 22:50 CrazyFool [1759]
Army To Combat Advisors: You Are Not Special Forces. Now Here's A Brown Beret	2 18:48 ed in texas [1769]
ABC Station In Chicago Confuses PyeongChang With P.F. Chang's	0 [1743]
Whoopi Goldberg Rips Mike Pence for Not Showing ‘Respect' to North Korea	15 16:18 Silentbrick [1750]
Katie Couric, American Idiot	22 23:14 Zenobia Floger6220 [1754]
India gets access to strategic Oman port Duqm for military use, Chabahar-Gwadar in sight	0 [1742]
Algeria lawmaker under fire over 'racist' attack on Berber language	1 02:44 Skidmark [1736]
South Africa's ANC to Order President Zuma to Quit	0 [1737]
Guilty verdict in Baltimore Police corruption case	0 [1732]
Standoff on High Seas as Cyprus Accuses Turkey of Blocking Exploratory Drillship in Eastern Mediterranean	0 [1747]
Illegal Alien accused of crashing into occupied ambulance in Winston-Salem had extremely high blood alcohol level	2 09:14 Procopius2k [1737]
2018-02-06 CEG LG to DOJ FBI (Unclassified Steele Referral)	1 12:56 S. Thaick9166 [1733]
Here's the Army's new drone Humvee with self targeting, electrically fed 7.62 machine gun \| SOFREP	1 16:15 Sock Puppet of Doom [1735]
ATC indicts prime suspect Imran Ali in Zainab rape, murder case	0 [1745]
Zimbabwe Lifts Counter-Sanctions Against Europe	0 [1738]
Oxfam's Penny Lawrence quits over charity's scandals	3 11:35 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Production begins from Egypt’s Atoll gas field seven months ahead of schedule: BP	0 [1729]
US, UK government websites among thousands infected with crypto-mining malware: Report	5 13:20 S. Thaick9166 [1750]
Page 4: Opinion
Christopher Wray's FBI Stonewall	1 14:04 S. Thaick9166 [1740]
Victor Davis Hansen: Scandal, Corruption, Lawbreaking ‐ And So What?	1 15:50 gorb [1747]
How CIA Director John Brennan Targeted James Comey	11 17:10 S. Thaick9166 [1742]
WSJ's Noonan: We Need Paper Ballots To Combat Russian Hacking (video)	17 16:24 Silentbrick [1742]
The Unmatched Genius Of Barack Obama	8 20:48 Besoeker [1770]
Sarah Sanders Brings Hurt To The WH Press Corps Over Porter Issue	7 20:52 Besoeker [1763]
Feds Collect Record Taxes in First Month Under Tax Cut; Run Surplus in January	6 13:10 Whiskey Mike [1738]
From Twitter: Perfect Response To the Obama Portrait	2 10:34 Betty Jaish4099 [1742]
Twilight of the Gods: Russia Gone A-Viking	0 [1741]
Greenfield: Make America Into Russia	1 05:53 Procopius2k [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Senate 'Pubs examining email Susan Rice sent herself confirming Obama involved in Trump spying	11 20:36 Frank G [1771]
ADL: ‘Extremely Disturbing' That Democrats Met With Iran's President And Louis Farrakhan	5 17:34 Procopius2k [1742]
Anti-Trump Harvard Professor Floats Fake Claim That Dossier Source Died In Russia Plane Crash	10 19:17 Capsu78 [1771]
Some of Obama's portrait artist's other work reported to be a bit troubling	12 19:13 Omeger Gray6606 [1763]
Remember this name: Bill Preistap. Peter Strzok's boss. Word on the street is he has flipped and is singing like a canary to investigators	12 17:13 dk70 the scantily clad [1751]

    
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8	Islamic State
7	Sublime Porte
3	Houthis
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Commies
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Tue 2018-02-13
Drone strike kills six Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Mon 2018-02-12
Sword-wielding man injures 4 worshipers at Indonesian church

Sun 2018-02-11
Jaish-e-Mohammad targets sleeping families at Sunjuwan Army camp, kills two soldiers

Sat 2018-02-10
TTP splinter group chief Khan Said ‘Sajna’ reported killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

Fri 2018-02-09
Houthi leader killed in precision strike along with 35 others

Thu 2018-02-08
US kills more than 100 Assad regime fighters in largest deliberate strike against Syrian government forces

Wed 2018-02-07
Israelis kill Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, terrorist behind murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevah

Tue 2018-02-06
Chlorine gas dropped in rebel-held territory of Idlib, Syria

Mon 2018-02-05
Russian, Syrian warplanes unleash all-out attack on ISIS in northeast Hama as army prepares to eliminate pocket

Sun 2018-02-04
Bomb blast kills top military commander in S. Yemen Zoom

Sat 2018-02-03
Ahrar Al-Sham’s top commander in northern Idlib has been assassinated

Fri 2018-02-02
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Thu 2018-02-01
Robert Mueller Requests Postponement of General Mike Flynn Sentencing… It was a set up

Wed 2018-01-31
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Tue 2018-01-30
Iraqi court sentences Al-Qaeda member to death over executing eight civilians in 2007

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