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French authorities arrest ‘Godfather of Belgian Jihad’ for sending fighters to Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Watch live: Protesters hold mass tire burning on Gaza border	6 20:47 Alaska Paul [1767]
Khan's London: Lead Surgeon Says Hospital Like Afghan War Zone, Two More Killed Overnight	5 18:21 Abu Uluque [1765]
French, Malian troops kill 30 insurgents in Mali gun battle	2 14:03 trailing wife [1733]
Turkey: Deputy PM touts success of MIT's Gulen dragnet	0 [1741]
ISIS leader Abu Ali’s four militants killed in Nangarhar operations	0 [1737]
Munitions cache of heavy weapons discovered in Kabul city	0 [1737]
Afghan government warns Pakistan after Kunar airstrike	0 [1735]
Explosives hurled at IDF troops guarding Jewish worshipers in Nablus	0 [1737]
Assad regime places tanks, artillery in buffer zone with Israel	0 [1734]
Israeli Fire Kills Palestinian At Gaza Border, With More Protests Ahead	0 [1745]
Missile fired by Houthis on Jazan intercepted, says Saudi Arabia	0 [1743]
French authorities arrest ‘Godfather of Belgian Jihad’ for sending fighters to Syria	0 [1765]
Islamist war in northwest Syria about to reach new level of violence as Nusra, Turkish-backed rebels muster big reinforcements	0 [1743]
Foiled August 15 attack: Main financier arrested	0 [1739]
IED Explosion Kills 3, Wounds 9 At Busy Junction In Mogadishu	0 [1735]
Soldier, two ‘militants’ killed in operation in Kech district	0 [1734]
Militant accused of demolishing Timbuktu’s shrines faces crimes court	0 [1748]
Three people wounded in bomb blast, north of Baghdad	0 [1738]
Diyala Dead Dudes Documented: turbans murder busload, army kills turban hideouts	3 15:33 Bright Pebbles [1729]
Four Islamic State members killed in operation on borders between Iraq, Syria	0 [1739]
Remains of tens of security personnel found in mass grave, south of Mosul	0 [1740]
UN intensifies inspection of aid ships to Yemen	0 [1736]
Yemen loyalist army retrieves strategic sites in Bayda	0 [1747]
Explosive device detonates in California Sam's Club; suspect in custody after brief chase	0 [1736]
MILF welcomes presence of US forces in Mindanao	4 12:59 Frank G [1738]
Police investigator gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1734]
Saudi Supertanker Attacked in Southern Red Sea; Tanker Reported Safe After ‘Explosion’	0 [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fascinating interactive map reveals just how much migration has increased across the world in the last three decades	8 16:45 Skidmark [1752]
Record Number of Afghans Reaching Turkey Without Papers	4 15:33 Bright Pebbles [1742]
ISIS could be readying for very powerful offensive to recapture Abu Kamal in southeast Syria	0 [1729]
Russia told Turkey that all YPG forces have left Tal Rifaat	0 [1741]
Philippines’ Duterte cites genocide in Myanmar, says will take refugees	4 16:20 magpie [1748]
Somali Parliament Speaker Urged Again To Resign Amid Political Stand-Off	0 [1735]
Both ‘guarantors’, govt seek 48 hours to enforce Faizabad agreement, claims TLP	0 [1731]
LHC bars govt from 'harassing' Hafiz Saeed over welfare activities	0 [1737]
Twitter says it has suspended over a million accounts for 'promotion of terrorism'	4 16:22 trailing wife [1763]
Erdogan Supporters Sentenced Over Washington Attacks	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pakistan seeks bailout from China and Saudis, rather than the IMF	0 [1734]
Ex-top CIA official: Brennan is doing Putin's 'bidding' by speculating about Trump blackmail	3 15:43 Herb McCoy [1736]
Talks over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) FAIL.	1 21:27 USN, Ret. [1758]
FB sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data (opens to video)	11 18:10 JohnQC [1763]
Largest Batch of US Deportees Arrive in Cambodia	2 15:41 Herb McCoy [1740]
Humans produce new brain cells throughout their lives, say researchers	2 01:49 SteveS [1736]
Teletubbies star, 53, froze to death in the street 'where he was sleeping rough' after sinking into alcoholism	4 15:34 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Update: Nunes demands DoJ hand over unredacted letter	5 15:46 Bright Pebbles [1732]
Trump threatens further $100bn in tariffs against China	0 [1738]
PM Hasina for real teaching of Islam in Bangladesh	1 05:46 M. Murcek [1736]
FIA arrests 'fake pir' in Haripur for assaulting, blackmailing women	0 [1730]
Domestic worker accuses Islamabad police official of rape	0 [1751]
Mother of four gunned down by brother over in suspected 'honour killing'	0 [1756]
Rape-accused Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan ‘paid woman for silence’ in 2015	1 05:53 M. Murcek [1735]
President Trump Proposes Additional $100 Billion in Chinese Trade Tariffs…	0 [1741]
NeverTrumper Kevin Williamson Shitcanned By Shithole Rag	11 19:15 AlanC [1760]
Home Secretary Amber Rudd under fire for blaming SOCIAL MEDIA for rising gang violence behind London's wave of murders while the number of police officers have been cut	6 15:37 Bright Pebbles [1739]
Police force severs all ties with its own male voice choir because it does not promote gender equality	2 02:31 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
The Conspiracy Theory That Says Trump Is a Genius--NYTs	4 16:18 Procopius2k [1761]
Why Does The Left Get A Pass On Anti-Semitism?	4 15:04 Clem [1752]
Masters of the Universe Town Hall: Schweizer Explains ‘You Don't Know What Information You're Not Getting' in the News	6 15:39 Bright Pebbles [1735]
Why we need social housing in the US	16 18:35 rjschwarz [1758]
Senator Mark Warner: On Second Thought, Maybe We Need A Gun Ban	5 17:45 JohnQC [1757]
Genetics Is Undercutting the Case for Racial Quotas	6 17:53 Procopius2k [1775]
The man who thinks Europe has been invaded	2 16:30 Clem [1827]
By blaming 1979 for Saudi Arabia’s problems, MBS is peddling revisionist history	2 12:17 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Saudi-Israel thaw?	3 09:53 jpal [1734]
William Jacobson on Kevin Williamson	2 05:25 M. Murcek [1744]
Page 6: Politix
Arrest warrant issued for Brazil ex-President Lula da Silva	1 17:25 Mike Kozlowski [1760]
Dem Sen Kamala Harris Jokes About Killing Trump, Pence, Sessions	6 15:59 JohnQC [1750]
Texas councilwoman charged after yelling at girls wearing Trump 'MAGA' shirt	13 15:26 Bright Pebbles [1734]
Zuckerberg: ‘Three-Year Project' to ‘Fix' Elections, Fake News, Misinformation – Just in Time for 2020	10 16:05 JohnQC [1752]
HILARIOUS: Guess Who Created Andrew McCabe's GoFundMe Drive	4 09:42 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1742]

    
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                        18:21 Abu Uluque

                        18:10 JohnQC

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                        17:53 Procopius2k

                        17:53 KBK

                        17:45 JohnQC

                        17:25 Mike Kozlowski

                        16:45 Skidmark

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                        16:26 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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                        16:19 Mullah Richard

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Who's in the News
35	[untagged]
6	Islamic State
4	Houthis
3	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Commies
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Mali/Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Govt of Syria
1	Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	TTP

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2018-04-06
French authorities arrest ‘Godfather of Belgian Jihad’ for sending fighters to Syria

Thu 2018-04-05
Somalia: Troops Loyal To Embattled Speaker Seize Parliament Building

Wed 2018-04-04
Four members of Christian family shot dead in Quetta

Tue 2018-04-03
Iraq sentences seven Turkish females to death, life over joining Islamic State

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
Five Killed by Boko Haram in Niger Attack

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
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