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American Couple Dies Tragically While Biking Through ISIS Territory Trying to Prove Evil Does Not Exist
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
American Couple Dies Tragically While Biking Through ISIS Territory Trying to Prove Evil Does Not Exist	28 20:10 trailing wife [1795]
7 suicide bombers arrested by the NDS operatives in Jalalabad city	0 [1746]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in US airstrikes in Helmand	0 [1751]
Attack On NDS Training Center Ends After 6-Hour Battle	0 [1742]
Syrian army retakes control on the last Islamic State bastion, east of As Suwaida	0 [1746]
Bomb blast leaves two paramilitary personnel injured, northeast of Diyala	0 [1746]
Six citizens injured in two bomb blasts, north of Baghdad	0 [1744]
Turkey strikes YBS vehicles in Shingal, killing local PKK leader	0 [1745]
Former Yazidi slave girl flees Germany after being confronted by her ISIS captor-turned refugee	0 [1755]
Several terrorists killed in Iraqi air raids on Daesh positions in Syria	0 [1747]
Libyan court sentences 45 to death over protest killings	0 [1740]
Kabul attack: Teens targeted, dozens killed in suicide blast	0 [1741]
Massive blast rocks Idlib after HTS ammo depot explodes	0 [1743]
Remains found at 'extremist Muslim' New Mexico compound ID'd as missing 3-year-old boy	10 16:34 Whiskey Mike [1741]
Al Qaeda's master bomb maker may be dead, UN says	1 22:13 Whiskey Mike [1774]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mediation efforts in Gaza and Yemen conflicts: A Dual focus for Egypt	4 22:52 trailing wife [1765]
Ghazni Siege Cost Private Sector $50 Million	0 [1746]
Kirkuk: Kurds removed from 47 posts since October 16	0 [1740]
Head of Egyptian intelligence visits Israel to discuss Gaza truce	1 07:15 Frank G [1739]
After Abadi’s remarks, Washington: will penalize whoever violates sanctions Iran	0 [1746]
Supporters celebrate re-election of Mali president Keita	0 [1743]
Homs governor says refugees afraid to return to Palmyra because of US presence	0 [1737]
German firms ignore EU appeal, end Iran projects	3 11:42 trailing wife [1745]
Israel to build 20,000 new settler units in occupied Quds	3 08:09 jvalentour [1734]
Turkey 'ready to talk about everything' with US to solve disputes	2 15:56 Frank G [1740]
NSA broke into secure network of Al Jazeera and others	0 [1741]
UK police given more time to quiz Parliament crash suspect	5 13:03 AlanC [1743]
Los Angeles will be the first US city to install body scanners in the subway	2 12:57 Frank G [1748]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Rattled! Horror moment US pastor is bitten by a deadly snake during a service leaving him drenched in blood	16 20:50 Woodrow [1780]
Swamped in Inflation, Venezuela Will Cut Five Zeros from Currency	14 20:37 CrazyFool [1783]
South Sudan: Chinese peacekeepers resolve conflict in Juba refugee camps	2 16:32 Whiskey Mike [1741]
Louisiana Attorney General Denies $600 Million to Citibank, Bank of America Over Gun Control	5 16:09 g(r)omgoru [1753]
PTI's Imran Ali Shah in hotter waters as stepmother alleges abuse, property theft	0 [1748]
List of white farmers facing expropriation 'exposed'	4 10:20 JohnQC [1738]
World War II-era submarine flooded by vandals in New Jersey (video)	2 14:09 SteveS [1743]
Tanzania to arrest entire village over broken water pipe	0 [1743]
NYU offers full-tuition scholarships for all medical students	0 [1743]
Judge: 'Well-planned conspiracy' to kill Kim Jong-nam	0 [1751]
Zardari aide gets aggressive with FIA officials at Karachi airport	0 [1761]
Body of missing Colorado woman found at husband's place of work, police say	2 16:32 trailing wife [1738]
Atal Behari Vajpayee: Former India PM dies at 93	0 [1744]
1 dead in double shooting outside Southwest Baltimore business park	0 [1742]
Fatal shooting reported in Baltimore's Cherry Hill	3 15:58 Frank G [1739]
Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents	1 10:25 Skidmark [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
KEK Wars, Part 2	0 [1736]
DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing -- afraid they will be exposed' (video)	1 09:25 Warthog [1743]
How Bruce Ohr Could Implicate High-Ranking Obama Officials In Spygate	2 13:08 NoMoreBS [1744]
Brennan saying Trump colluded with Russia may be an 'intelligence breach,' top Republican says	2 09:59 49 Pan [1735]
Europe watches as Turkey burns	4 21:57 DooDahMan [1773]
Kimberley Strassel: 'What was Bruce Ohr Doing'	1 03:39 Besoeker [1749]
Trump has Red China reeling	2 14:03 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1750]
VDH: The Deflation of the Academic Brand	1 07:39 Procopius2k [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Ex-intel leaders admonish Pres. Trump in joint letter	18 20:35 Woodrow [1765]
Nearly 350 US newsrooms run editorials denouncing Trump’s attacks on ‘fake news’	17 22:52 trailing wife [1775]
Frantic texts from Christopher Steele to Bruce Ohr revealed	1 05:22 g(r)omgoru [1741]
FCC targets pirate radio station that broadcasts Alex Jones	5 10:54 Abu Uluque [1738]
Keith Ellison Fights Back Tears During Interview About Abuse Allegations	8 13:07 Tom [1731]
William McRaven, commander of the Osama bin Laden raid, asks Trump to revoke his security clearance	11 17:07 Airandee [1764]
Nancy Pelosi: Maxine Waters ‘Strikes Fear in the Heart’ of Trump	8 23:30 ruprecht [1751]
Yes, Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance Raises Constitutional Concerns	26 23:22 JohnQC [1779]
Bruce Ohr May Have Broken More Than The Law By Pushing His Wife's Opposition Research To The FBI	2 10:39 M. Murcek [1740]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2018-08-17
American Couple Dies Tragically While Biking Through ISIS Territory Trying to Prove Evil Does Not Exist

Thu 2018-08-16
ISIS Killer Caught in Sacramento

Wed 2018-08-15
101st Airborne, US Special Forces Called Into Ghazni Battle

Tue 2018-08-14
Islamic State member sentenced to death over killing security personnel in Nineveh

Mon 2018-08-13
The FBI Finally Makes Peter Strzok Redundant

Sun 2018-08-12
Antifa to Protest ‘Alt-Right’ in D.C.: Abolish ICE, No Borders, Close Prisons

Sat 2018-08-11
Iraqi cleric "Tater" Sadr wins election vote recount

Fri 2018-08-10
Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas

Thu 2018-08-09
Dozens dead after school bus carrying "children" in Yemen hit by airstrike

Wed 2018-08-08
Israel pounds Hamas after 15 injured in rocket barrage

Tue 2018-08-07
11 Children Rescued From New Mexico Compound Run by Army Muslim Extremists

Mon 2018-08-06
Saudi Arabia declares Canadian ambassador persona non grata, orders him to leave in 24 hours

Sun 2018-08-05
Iran protesters attack religious school in province near Tehran

Sat 2018-08-04
Death Toll Rises To 30 In Bombings On Paktia Mosque

Fri 2018-08-03
Jordan army clashes with Islamic State militants fleeing Syrian forces

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