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28 foreign females sentenced to death over belonging to Islamic State
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Bird takes down a Russian SU-30 SM at Hmeimim airfield	2 17:47 Mike Kozlowski [1758]
Islamic state claims responsibility for gun attack north of Baghdad	0 [1731]
Incendiary kite from Gaza causes massive fire in Be'eri Forest	1 07:18 Frank G [1739]
Prison guard wounded after Hamas-linked inmate douses him with scalding water	0 [1735]
One of two suspects behind 2016 hit on Hamas engineer said arrested in Croatia	2 22:15 trailing wife [1766]
East Jerusalemite handed 3 year sentence for terror activity on Temple Mount	0 [1738]
28 foreign females sentenced to death over belonging to Islamic State	0 [1773]
New airstrikes target militants’ hideouts in Badakhshan province	0 [1739]
Israel Arrests Hamas Cell in Jerusalem for Planning Attacks	0 [1732]
ISIS Claims Drive-by Shooting that Killed 8 in Iraq	0 [1738]
New airstrikes target militants’ hideouts in Badakhshan province	0 [1733]
Taliban militants blown up by own explosives in Baghlan province	0 [1730]
Oreo-Craving al-Qaeda Operative Becomes First Guantanamo Release in Trump Era	0 [1735]
Yemeni Ansarullah snipers kill three Saudi troops in Najran	0 [1741]
Search For Al Shabaab Recruiters Ongoing After KDF Rescues 13	0 [1739]
Gunmen attack Libya’s elections commission	0 [1737]
Syrian government officially takes over parts of Yarmouk Camp following militant evacuation	0 [1734]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turks, Saudis, UAE said to pump quarter billion dollars into East Jerusalem	2 11:48 DarthVader [1738]
Red Cross chief sees Syria aid shift towards ‘rehabilitation’	0 [1737]
Iraqi forces close Bashiqa-Bardarash mere hours after opening	0 [1732]
ISIS in Hamrin Mountains plotting election attacks: Peshmerga official	0 [1734]
109 in Custody as France Steps Up Security after May Day Violence	0 [1739]
Dangerous gang involved in major criminal incidents busted in Kabul	0 [1725]
Iran rejects Morocco’s claim of ties with Polisario Front as baseless	0 [1741]
US Congress urged to prevent sale of attack helicopters to Bahrain	0 [1737]
US-led coalition undermining Syria territorial integrity, prolonging crisis: Damascus	1 11:31 Daniel [1733]
Jailed ex-leader of pro-Kurdish party to run for Turkish presidency	0 [1737]
Iran slams Paris police attack on IRIB crew	3 10:31 Raj [1736]
Complaint filed with French Prosecutor General over crimes committed by Libya warlord Haftar	0 [1733]
Libya’s top religious cleric denounces Tripoli suicide bombing	0 [1735]
UN mission in Libya documents 4 deaths and 27 injuries in April	0 [1732]
Kurdish forces, Iraqi Army to coordinate for major assault against ISIS	0 [1733]
Rao Anwar skips hearing of Naqeebullah case after 'falling ill'	0 [1736]
Tehran terrified, U.S. expert says	0 [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Here's what would happen if an Abrams tank got hit by a battleship shell	7 23:52 Sock Puppet of Doom [1756]
Sessions Sends New Judges and Prosecutors to Handle Border Crisis	3 14:03 Raj [1730]
Iowa Is One Signature Away From Banning Abortion	3 14:57 Warthog [1732]
Waffle House Hero James Shaw May Be Headed To The White House	5 16:09 Besoeker [1735]
London: Ten hurt in Jewish festival explosion	3 22:09 trailing wife [1760]
Former Trump campaign consultant explodes at Democratic Senate aides after he loses his house to legal fees in 'witch hunt' congressional Russia probe	4 16:14 P2kontheroad [1739]
Sanctions force Russia to cut defence spending: study	1 07:32 Besoeker [1732]
Afghanistan’s first fixed-wing air force pilot granted asylum in US	0 [1733]
As Boy Scouts drop 'boys' from name, Girl Scouts of course, remain unchanged	8 18:06 Zenobia Floger6220 [1771]
~~Malia and Sasha Obama~~ Barron Trump Is Reportedly Being Bullied At School	11 15:37 AlanC [1725]
Basque Separatist ETA Group Officially Dissolves	0 [1744]
Nigeria: Three People Stole U.S.$3 Billion Under Jonathan	3 13:45 Omavinter Angomoth2433 [1743]
Particle Physics Resurrects Alexander Graham Bell’s Voice	2 09:20 Mercutio [1745]
Report Ranks Zimbabweans As Africa's Poorest Citizens	2 08:47 AlanC [1735]
‘Venezuela offered major oil discount to India to use Petro’	1 08:20 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1738]
Russian Su-27 intercepts US spy plane over Baltic	0 [1733]
Cambridge Analytica shutting down	1 02:36 Besoeker [1728]
Cambridge Analytica: Facebook data-harvest firm to shut	1 22:13 trailing wife [1755]
‘Boycott Murree’ drive launched on social media	0 [1736]
Yale rescinds the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby	1 06:41 P2kontheroad [1734]
Nawaz owned Avenfield properties while holding public office	0 [1740]
Couple shot dead in suspected 'honour killing' in Karachi	0 [1736]
Feds ID jail guard accused of sexual assault by the cut of his ~~jib~~ crank	3 21:24 Frank G [1760]
Police arrest two suspects in connection with nine-year-old girl's murder in Larkana	0 [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Possible inadvertent deletion of Rantburg posting	3 22:05 trailing wife [1760]
Students at Schools Around the Country Walk Out in Support of Second Amendment	6 17:05 g(r)omgoru [1770]
Reuters Poll: Black Male Approval For Trump Doubles In One Week	14 15:45 rjschwarz [1743]
Reuters Poll: Millennials Shifting Away From Democrats	3 15:38 rjschwarz [1732]
Former CIA Director's Broadside Against Trump Accidentally Proves Intel Agencies' Politicization	4 14:05 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1741]
The Idea That James Comey's Leaks Were Non-Criminal Is Falling Apart	1 13:36 trailing wife [1739]
The Silence of the Republican Lambs on Ronny Jackson, the Roaring Economy, and More	3 15:42 rjschwarz [1737]
Press trying to put the kibosh on President Trump's winning economy	5 21:26 Frank G [1764]
Shepard Smith: 'Concerted effort' by Fox News guests to advise Trump against Mueller interview	6 19:08 Besoeker [1764]
Don’t Get Too Excited About the Korea Summit	5 15:40 rjschwarz [1733]
Page 6: Politix
Trump's New Lawyer Likely to Cut Him Off From Mueller Interview: Source	1 12:34 DarthVader [1731]
EXCLUSIVE: Special counsel interview with Trump 'not off the table': outgoing White House attorney Ty Cobb says	6 13:23 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1742]

    
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6	Islamic State
5	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Arab Spring
2	Commies
1	Antifa
1	Sublime Porte
1	Tin Hat Dictators & Kleptocrats
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2018-05-03
28 foreign females sentenced to death over belonging to Islamic State

Wed 2018-05-02
Ellwangen, Germany: Deportation Fails, Refugees Issue Ultimatum, Police Witthdraw

Tue 2018-05-01
ISIS claim deadly suicide attacks in Kabul city, Taliban sez they didn’t do it

Mon 2018-04-30
Possible missile strike causes massive explosion in Hama

Sun 2018-04-29
Two Libyan ex-Guantanamo inmates vanish upon returning home

Sat 2018-04-28
Prosecutors Identify 416 French Islamic State Donors, Terror Group’s Cash Estimated in The Billions

Fri 2018-04-27
Strongman Haftar Back in Libya after Long Absence

Thu 2018-04-26
30 takfiris, three army personnel killed in past week of Operation Sinai 2018: Spokesperson

Wed 2018-04-25
Indonesia investigates reports top Islamic State commander killed

Tue 2018-04-24
Paris suspect Abdeslam found guilty, handed 20 years in Brussels shootout

Mon 2018-04-23
Van plows into pedestrians in Toronto ~~injuring~~ murdering nine

Sun 2018-04-22
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 48 52 57

Sat 2018-04-21
Soros foundations to quit Hungary amid political hostility

Fri 2018-04-20
In first, European Parliament condemns Hamas for terror, use of human shields

Thu 2018-04-19
Iraq sentences French female jihadist to life in jail

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