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Sayyaf commander captured in Sulu
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Baghdad Bomb & Bullet Bulletin: 2 bombs leave 5 wounded	0 [1740]
Mosul Clean Up Continues: mass grave found, 7 turbans permanently unwound	0 [1744]
Iraqi troops kill Islamic State’s slaughterer, nine companions in Anbar	0 [1744]
Nine Killed as Fighting Rages across Indian Kashmir	0 [1741]
Al Shabab attacks African Union base in Somalia: Military	0 [1746]
Three NPA, BIFF rebels killed in separate clashes	0 [1739]
Hundreds commemorate Land Day in Umm al-Fahm	0 [1740]
Israeli bus driver lightly injured after rock thrown at windscreen in West Bank	0 [1744]
Hamas health ministry: 11 Palestinians injured by IDF in fresh Gaza protests Sunday	0 [1743]
Sayyaf commander captured in Sulu	0 [1748]
Five Saudi-led airstrikes hit Krash district	0 [1741]
Army repels infiltration attempt of Saudi-paid mercenaries in Lahj province	2 10:17 Clurong Peacock9529 [1737]
Army carries attack on mercenaries' sites in Bayda	0 [1745]
Kenya: Govt Suspends Construction of Somalia Border Wall to Ease Tensions	0 [1739]
Nusra commander filled full of bullets during ambush by 5 masked gunmen in Idlib	0 [1730]
2 high-ranking Jaysh al-Islam leaders suddenly killed in Damascus’ Douma city, Jobar and FSA evacuated	0 [1733]
Nusra kidnaps tens of Jaysh al-Islam rebels amid evacuation from east Damascus to north Syria	0 [1739]
Syrian Air Force hammers militants across east Qalamoun ahead of major offensive	0 [1744]
Rival Islamist militias call temporary truce in northwest Syria after smashing each other senseless for 6 weeks	0 [1730]
Yemeni forces claim ballistic missile hit on Saudi base	0 [1747]
Syrian pro-gov’t forces claim US base attacked in Raqqa	0 [1732]
Afghan military launches large scale operations in 9 Northern provinces	0 [1741]
ISIS militants suffer casualties in Ghazni airstrike: MoD	0 [1731]
Six 'takfiris' killed in past week of Operation Sinai 2018: Egypt Armed Forces	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition	3 17:48 Spoling Hupith7299 [1755]
Iraq hands over bodies of 38 Indian workers to embassy	0 [1730]
Turkish diplomats and civil servants among asylum claimants since 2016 failed coup	0 [1722]
Noam Chomsky and John Pilger join calls demanding Ecuador stop ‘gagging’ Assange	7 18:49 magpie [1760]
'There would be no killings if Hamas told protesters to stay away from border'-- Israeli PM spokesman	2 13:52 Skidmark [1736]
Hasina: We do not want BNP-Jamaat’s terrorist acts	0 [1740]
Syrian Army to launch east Qalamoun offensive, Russian warplanes will assist operation	0 [1730]
Afghanistan could overtake Pakistan in economic development terms: Iqbal	0 [1731]
Iranians use visa-free travel to Serbia to flee to EU	1 07:23 charger [1740]
Erdogan: You Are A Terrorist, Netanyahu: You Are A Butcher	3 22:27 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [1753]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Administrative Investigation of Conflict of Interest, Nepotism, and False Statements within the VA Office of General Counsel Wash, DC	3 16:55 AlanC [1758]
Elementary students kneel for national anthem performance before Mariners game	0 [1732]
MedStar D.C. Hospital has a serious plumbing problem	0 [1738]
Bahrain's Biggest Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves	5 15:34 lord garth [1751]
Time for Knife Control? London Had a Deadlier February Than New York City	7 22:19 Zenobia Floger6220 [1766]
Air Force May Approve Enlisted Pilots for First Time in 75 Years	17 21:42 Rambler in Virginia [1762]
China hits US with new tariffs on 128 imports	4 19:05 gorb [1754]
Brooklyn Museum Sparks Outrage After Hiring White Curator for African Art Exhibit	10 21:51 irishrageboy [1761]
Tiangong 1 re-enters over South Pacific	12 23:05 trailing wife [1765]
Deutsche Post sold voter microtargeting data to CDU and FDP	0 [1731]
'US doesn't want strong & independent Brazil backing Latin America' -- Brazil's Lula da Silva	7 14:15 Skidmark [1743]
Kenya's tourism minister advocates life sentences for Ivory possession	2 14:13 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1732]
Sierra Leone temporarily shut down internet after runoff vote	0 [1735]
Botswana braves rains to swear in President Masisi	0 [1729]
Blow for Mnangagwa as Zim Ranked Among Africa's Worst Investment Destinations	1 07:41 Frank G [1724]
Russia claims Skripal poisoning to be false-flag operation	10 13:21 gorb [1735]
School Worker Accused of Threatening to 'Execute' White Men	5 12:32 Procopius2k [1726]
Russia's deadly nerve agent, explained	1 11:20 Jack Chaiter7913 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
More Crumbs: McDonald's Raises Worker Tuition Aid Citing GOP Tax Bill	3 19:13 magpie [1755]
What Kind of Victory for Russia in Syria?	1 16:55 trailing wife [1762]
Wilbur Ross Keeps Winning for Trump's Economic Nationalist Agenda	5 16:29 Procopius2k [1761]
The Tumultuous Effect of the LGBT Agenda on One Young Mind	0 [1737]
Page 6: Politix
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela dies aged 81	5 18:22 M. Murcek [1748]
They led a national march. Now Parkland students return to a school they say 'feels like jail'	6 15:49 newc [1755]
44 Dems, Including Wasserman Schultz, Exempted Pakistani IT Aides From Background Checks	9 11:17 JohnQC [1732]
Ownership changing of Novorossisk port on the Black Sea?	0 [1744]
Fauxcahontas Warren's 'Apology Tour' Of Commies	3 10:45 Abu Uluque [1737]
‘No more DACA deal!’ Trump rules out legal status for childhood arrivals	7 11:21 JohnQC [1729]
Sixth-grade teacher delivers 15-minute rant claiming Trump's MAGA slogan is a call to bring segregation back	18 21:49 Anomalous Sources [1757]
New restrictions coming up in Russian Arctic shipping	2 21:50 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1757]
Co-owner of Russia's Summa group (Russian billionaire) arrested.	0 [1735]
Duan Weihong and Wen Jiabao	0 [1732]

    
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3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
3	Tin Hat Dictators
3	al-Nusra
2	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2018-04-02
Sayyaf commander captured in Sulu

Sun 2018-04-01
Horror On Streets Of Germany: State Of Emergency Declared As 80 Men Brawl With Machetes

Sat 2018-03-31
Mohammed bin Salman: ‘The Muslim Brotherhood’ is an incubator for terrorists

Fri 2018-03-30
Hamas to Swarm Israel's Border, Sparking Fear of New ‘Passover War'

Thu 2018-03-29
ISIS launches massive offensive in Deir Ezzor

Wed 2018-03-28
China announces NKOR agrees to de-nuclearize

Tue 2018-03-27
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Mon 2018-03-26
10 injured in grenade attack at D.I. Khan cultural festival

Sun 2018-03-25
Malaysia arrests seven men with Islamic State links over attacks plot

Sat 2018-03-24
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Fri 2018-03-23
France supermarket hostage-taking: At least two killed by Trebes known wolf gunman claiming allegiance to ISIS

Thu 2018-03-22
Jordan jails two for planning Daesh embassy attacks

Wed 2018-03-21
Bodies of 39 Indian workers kidnapped by IS militants found in Iraq: minister

Tue 2018-03-20
36 takfiris killed, 345 arrested in last five days of Operation Sinai 2018: Egypt Armed Forces

Mon 2018-03-19
Turkey's Erdogan says Afrin city centre under 'total' control

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