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Trump announces U.S. military strikes in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Trump announces U.S. military strikes in Syria	10 23:59 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [1788]
The Times of Israel is liveblogging events at the Gaza border	1 14:43 Scooter McGruder [1743]
Known Wolfette Caught with USB Containing Identities of 2,626 French Intelligence Officials	1 03:00 Besoeker [1741]
Syria army vacates main defence buildings in Damascus: monitor	1 06:51 Frank G [1745]
Russia to deploy military police in Syria's Douma from Thursday: army	0 [1740]
Air Force hits Gaza gunmen after they shoot at plane, trigger rocket sirens	2 10:43 Skidmark [1742]
Iranian media posts photos of Syrian base allegedly bombed by Israel	0 [1740]
Pro-govt forces kill two IS militants, destroy motorbike in Iraq’s Diyala	0 [1736]
Kikuk combat chronicle: Shiite paramilitary saves family, turbans wound 4 cops,	0 [1742]
Iraq thwarts Islamic State’s plot to explode ancient citadel in Nineveh	0 [1738]
Ramadi: car kaboom wounds 2, another mass grave found	0 [1735]
District governor killed in coordinated Taliban attack in Ghazni, Talib targets arclighted	0 [1748]
4 ISIS militants blown up by own explosives in Kunar province	1 23:41 3dc [1763]
Thai insurgent gunned down in firefight	0 [1744]
Assad government forces 'take entire' Eastern Ghouta	0 [1730]
Saudi airstrike kills two at Houthi film set in western Yemen	0 [1742]
Mosul clearance continues: 6 turbans bound, another mass grave found	0 [1745]
Baghdad bomb & bullet bulletin: 2 jacket wallahs prematurely killed, soldier kaboomed	0 [1737]
On the Iraqi-Syrian border: Coalition jets loitering; mixed force of Shiite paramilitaries, Iraqi army and the border patrol guard on the ground	0 [1737]
Syrian Army’s Tiger Forces head to southern Damascus for showdown with ISIS	0 [1745]
Houthis media releases photos from missile strike on Saudi capital	0 [1740]
Salahuddin adventures: turbans attack Shiite trainees and villagers, 8 innocent casualties	0 [1744]
Palestinians say man killed along Gaza border with Israel	1 08:58 trailing wife [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syria crisis: US concerned military strike would 'escalate out of control'	11 22:36 JohnQC [1753]
Egypt to open Rafah border crossing for three days	1 02:26 g(r)omgoru [1748]
Jerusalem mufti bans selling land in ‘Palestine’ or Jerusalem	1 07:45 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Army clears sniper filmed shooting Gazan, denounces cameraman	1 02:04 g(r)omgoru [1733]
In Call to Netanyahu, Putin Urges Israel Not to Take Action in Syria	2 02:21 magpie [1733]
Qanooni compares ‘Taliban Safe Zones’ to partition of Afghanistan	0 [1731]
Hafter illness officially denied despite ongoing media reports	0 [1736]
Iran warns France not be influenced by bin Salman’s claims, warmongering	0 [1732]
War between Russia, US can't be ruled out: Moscow	6 12:30 rjschwarz [1739]
Macron says France has ‘proof’ Assad’s forces used chemical weapons	3 14:07 Alistaire Clunter7986 [1735]
US Defense Secretary says US doesn’t have proof chlorine, sarin used in Syria	5 22:52 Frank G [1753]
Iranian official says Iran can destroy Israel	1 02:19 g(r)omgoru [1734]
Iraqi cleric Sadr will assign a squad to kill former Saddam aide Douri	2 11:16 g(r)omgoru [1747]
US said planning to hit 8 sites in Syria after confirming chemical attack	1 02:28 g(r)omgoru [1732]
UK approves use of force against Syrian government	7 11:58 Skidmark [1731]
Lebanese President slams Israel for violating airspace to bomb Syria	0 [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The Indo-Pacific Quad Confronts China	1 11:42 DarthVader [1741]
Breaking: Referendum to Split Calif. Into 3 States Will Be on Ballot	11 15:59 Glenmore [1735]
Drivers using mobile phones could be fined without even knowing they've been caught	7 23:05 Snert Black6805 [1748]
Sick Bastid Booker Asks Pompeo About ‘Gay Sex' Three Times During Hearing	8 12:25 Tom [1727]
China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions	1 04:03 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Hungary: Pro-govt weekly prints list of ‘Soros mercenaries'	2 08:02 trailing wife [1735]
The F-35 Hits A Key Developmental Milestone, But With Watered-Down Requirements	5 15:57 gorb [1737]
Report: Anti-Semitism rises, but violence against Jews falls	0 [1744]
Congo-Kinshasa: The Country is Still in Crisis but There Is a Way Out	0 [1735]
Where Did Zimbabwe's Diamond Money Go?	5 09:10 Besoeker [1744]
Alabama rated top state for the gun industry, Rhode Island the worst	0 [1736]
Nun opposing Katy Perry's purchase of convent appeals to Pope Francis	6 12:26 rjschwarz [1731]
Chinese police use facial recognition technology to pick out a suspect in 60,000-strong concert crowd and arrest him	9 22:10 Zenobia Floger6220 [1761]
Page 4: Opinion
Trump Nominee Wendy Vitter Is Right: Planned Parenthood Kills At Least 150,000 Girls Every Year	4 13:33 Rambler in Virginia [1736]
My Weeklong Absence	20 23:39 CrazyFool [1750]
European Immigration: Nuns Out, Terrorists In	0 [1735]
Questions, questions	0 [1735]
We can't discuss gay "marriage" without the truth.	6 15:52 rjschwarz [1747]
The Mass Shooting You'll Never Hear About	0 [1742]
Their World, Our World	0 [1743]
Peter Thiel's Curious Ties to Cambridge Analytica Scandal Raise Eyebrows	10 15:53 rjschwarz [1745]
The Case for Bombing Assad \| World Affairs Journal	2 12:24 rjschwarz [1738]
Page 6: Politix
Comey Book: Classified Info Would Have ‘Cast Serious Doubt' On Loretta Lynch's Independence In Clinton Email Investigation	17 23:51 gorb [1748]
Hoist on Their Own Petard	1 07:06 Frank G [1747]
Horse Hockey: Justice Dept. turns over document that launched Russia probe	12 14:31 Whiskey Mike [1736]

    
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9	Govt of Syria
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
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1	Thai Insurgency
1	Tin Hat Dictators & Kleptocrats
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Salafists
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2018-04-13
Trump announces U.S. military strikes in Syria

Thu 2018-04-12
Russia threatens to shoot down any US missiles fired at Syria

Wed 2018-04-11
Ten ISIS fanatics who planned to film beheading, attack police, banks and Jooos in Barcelona jailed

Tue 2018-04-10
Iraq sentences seven key Islamic State leaders to death on genocide charges

Mon 2018-04-09
AP: Breaking the US is not attacking Syrian AFBs. Somebody else is.

Sun 2018-04-08
ISIS Khurasan leader Qari Hekmat killed in Jawzjan airstrike

Sat 2018-04-07
Jaysh Al-Islam wants to restart peace talks in Douma

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
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Fri 2018-03-30
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