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Troops kill seven Boko Haram insurgents in Borno
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
America fired its $1.4m stealth cruise missile that can hit targets from 600 miles away for the first time in Syria strikes	3 12:50 Procopius2k [1739]
Britain played second fiddle to France in Syria strikes	2 11:54 rjschwarz [1741]
Satellite images reveal how Syrian 'chemical weapons factory' was obliterated in missile strike - but buildings nearby were left unscathed	3 21:38 Frank G [1751]
Royal Navy's $1.3bn submarine was locked in a deadly game of 'hide and seek' with Russian hunter-killer ships for DAYS before air strikes on Syria	2 10:56 Mike Kozlowski [1739]
Russian reinforcements head for Syria	4 20:30 3dc [1744]
U.S.-Led Syria Strike Did Not Violate Lebanon Airspace	0 [1738]
Ten Iraqi people killed, injured in car bomb blast in Kirkuk	0 [1731]
Troops kill seven Boko Haram insurgents in Borno	0 [1773]
Syrian Air Force moves jets back to airbases after US-led attack	1 13:41 magpie [1733]
Rebels agree to leave last bastion in east Damascus	0 [1729]
Syrian Army scores new advance in southern Hama after launching big offensive near Salamiyah	0 [1724]
Gunmen open fire at Justice Ijazul Ahsan's Lahore residence in two separate incidents	0 [1737]
2 FC personnel martyred, 5 injured in attack from across Afghan border	0 [1736]
At least 2 dead, 5 injured in attack on Christian community near church in Quetta	1 02:47 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Taliban militants blow up the laboratory of a school in Nangarhar	0 [1736]
Taliban militants killed 11 members of public uprising forces in Sari Pul	0 [1727]
Airstrikes target militants preventing restoration of Kabul power	0 [1739]
One civilian wounded as locally-made bomb explodes in Baghdad	0 [1728]
Egypt upholds death sentence against 4 over plotting attacks	0 [1736]
Israel briefs: explosive kite flies over Gaza fence, 2 each West Bankers and Arab Israelis picked up for weapons possession	3 15:23 Betty Clerenter6306 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Jeremy Corbyn is slammed by his own MPs after saying he would NEVER take military action in Syria without getting approval from RUSSIA	4 13:51 M. Murcek [1739]
Russia to suspend nuclear, rocket cooperation with America, ban US tobacco & alcohol	11 23:35 3dc [1761]
Saudi Arabia to donate $200 million for Palestinians, Riyadh Arab meeting named ‘Jerusalem Summit’	2 01:03 Besoeker [1729]
Number of IS’ families on the rise in Anbar as displaced return back home	0 [1732]
France's Macron says he persuaded Trump to keep troops in Syria	4 13:19 Elmavins Hitler3235 [1731]
HoR head Saleh says he is in contact with Hafter and warns against rumours and incitement -- fails to allay rumours	1 08:46 Mercutio [1734]
Is chemical inspectors' OPCW mission in Syria still relevant?	0 [1727]
US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey	0 [1725]
Nigeria marks fourth anniversary of Chibok kidnapping	1 09:30 Raj [1732]
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence	0 [1729]
Israel reveals how it’s winning the battle against Hamas’s Gaza attack tunnels	0 [1742]
US to impose new sanctions on Russia over Syria	1 16:34 g(r)omgoru [1757]
Israeli army announces West Bank closure for memorial, independence days	0 [1729]
Draft law on sequestering Muslim Brotherhood assets approved by parliamentary committees	4 21:32 Clurong Peacock9529 [1755]
The Arab region is facing a 'serious crisis,' says Egypt's Sisi at Arab Summit	4 13:45 rjschwarz [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting	8 16:14 Besoeker [1762]
China's biggest EVER naval exercise: Huge show of force off Taiwan features 48 warships and submarines	3 18:46 Mullah Richard [1751]
Breakthrough: Researchers fix Alzheimer's gene	13 15:16 Roger [1747]
Epidemic of drug-resistant typhoid is spreading through Pakistan	0 [1732]
As if we didn't know: North Korea's secret slave gangs	0 [1734]
SW Flight 3461 from Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans, a bit rough	6 17:53 swksvolFF [1759]
'Full Metal Jacket' actor R. Lee Ermey dies at age 74	11 17:55 swksvolFF [1749]
CBS News mistakenly publishes Barbara Bush obituary	7 21:00 swksvolFF [1752]
Will the arrest of an ex-FARC leader threaten peace in Colombia?	0 [1738]
Djukanovic vows EU path after sweeping Montenegro vote	0 [1734]
ASI arrested for assaulting woman at police post	0 [1726]
Indian ruling party lawmaker sent to seven-day custody on rape charge	0 [1731]
Another arrest in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults	0 [1734]
Russian journalist's attempt at unassisted human flight ends in tragedy	2 09:01 Skidmark [1737]
Feds Want to Deport Mongolian Dinosaur	6 12:57 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
The Libby Pardon Shows Once Again that Trump Is a Stand-Up Guy	0 [1735]
Stocks Poised For More Gains As Earnings Season Officially Begins This Week	1 09:42 Raj [1723]
Comey: Trump Wouldn't Shut Up About The Inauguration Crowd To Me, Either	5 22:31 Rob Crawford [1761]
The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses	0 [1733]
Harvey, the first domino in Illinois: 400 other pension funds could trigger garnishment	16 19:40 CrazyFool [1753]
Alan Dershowitz: I'm not a defender of Donald Trump, I'm a defender of civil liberties and due process	0 [1739]
Trump court filing in Michael Cohen case: Objects to DOJ/FBI	0 [1735]
It's all downhill for Comey now	6 18:45 Besoeker [1747]
Special Prosecutorial Abuse	0 [1733]
Comey: ‘It Sucked' to Be Me in Final Days of 2016 Campaign, ‘Everybody Hated Me'	11 17:10 JohnQC [1753]
Syrian Refugee: I'd Love to Buy Trump a Beer - He Has a Bigger Heart Than Obama	2 21:06 swksvolFF [1748]
Clinton Pal Lanny Davis Reveals DOJ Will Likely Go After James Comey	4 16:04 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Comey's Last Stand	1 11:29 JohnQC [1732]
After Ghouta, Syria army eyes rebels in Daraa, on Israel’s border	2 13:35 magpie [1741]
Page 6: Politix
Is The Criminal Case Against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens About To Be Dismissed?	0 [1734]
Loretta Lynch drops the hammer on James Comey	11 16:05 g(r)omgoru [1758]
Brennan confirms he has not been interviewed by Mueller	4 11:57 Bobby [1732]
POTUS wants James Comey jailed for mishandling classified information, lying to Congress	9 11:55 g(r)omgoru [1730]

    
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9	Govt of Syria
3	Taliban
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Commies
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Hamas
1	Islamic State
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Narcos
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2018-04-16
Troops kill seven Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

Sun 2018-04-15
East Ghouta officially under the Syrian Army’s control after last militant convoy leaves Douma

Sat 2018-04-14
Day 2:Joint US, France, UK attack launched on Syria on rural Damascus

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

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