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Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Palestinians clash with IDF on Gaza border; 189 said wounded	2 15:55 Whiskey Mike [1740]
Anbar antics: commander kaboomed, 5 turbans cross their wires, US troops reinforced, 3Iraqi troops kaboomed	1 08:38 M. Murcek [1733]
Two Iraqi soldiers wounded in bomb blast, northeast of Diyala	0 [1731]
Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama	0 [1768]
Massive convoy of Syrian Army, Palestinian forces head to northwest Hama for offensive	2 02:10 Gruque Sforza3051 [1732]
NDS Special Forces storm key ISIS hideout in Nangarhar province	0 [1736]
Video shows ANDSF suppressing militants involved in mortar attack on Kabul	0 [1733]
Al-Shabaab Claims Deputy Defense Minister Survived Bomb Attack	0 [1733]
2 men shot dead in Karachi 'after resisting robbery': police	0 [1749]
Israel: Doctors Without Borders nurse shot at troops on Gaza border	2 03:32 g(r)omgoru [1737]
PA forces said to thwart West Bank bomb attack against Israeli troops	0 [1731]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S. official says EU aid for Iran sends 'wrong message'	3 09:55 Herb McCoy [1729]
Google blocks accounts in ‘influence operation’ linked to Iran	4 20:12 Cruth Protector of the Nebraskans1105 [1740]
UN Court Will Hear Iran's Challenge against US Sanctions	5 15:48 Thrairong Thud9159 [1729]
Turkey ready to help Moscow eliminate Idlib militants -- FM	1 09:51 magpie [1727]
UK Trains Soldiers For Southwest State Of Somalia	3 10:23 ed in texas [1731]
Mexico's Lopez Obrador says military to keep crime-fighting role	1 10:24 ed in texas [1734]
Ahmadi place of worship damaged, set on fire following spat between two youth groups in Faisalabad	0 [1729]
Italy clashes with EU over migrants stranded on rescue boat	0 [1731]
UN official: Palestinian refugee issue can’t be wished away	8 14:25 ed in texas [1727]
Turkey says military solution for Syria’s Idlib would be a disaster	1 09:50 magpie [1725]
US cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million	2 03:15 g(r)omgoru [1731]
DoD: Global Nuclear Landscape 2018	0 [1727]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Moscow mystery: CIA sources disappear	2 14:42 Airandee [1729]
19 Foreign Nationals Charged With Illegally Voting In 2016 Election	8 15:22 ruprecht [1726]
French Open to ban Serena's 'catsuit'	3 11:27 746 [1740]
Chinese Communist Party Funds Washington Think Tanks	4 14:09 ed in texas [1730]
Trump calls off Pompeo's planned trip to North Korea	2 17:48 Frank G [1743]
Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Phillippine Project (video)	0 [1731]
10-year-old Narail girl fighting for life after being inhumanly abused	0 [1734]
Kenya: Police Arrest Self-Incriminating Online Sex Pest	2 16:24 Frank G [1752]
Zimbabwe court rejects opposition bid to annul election results	0 [1733]
Three men 'shoot and kill Papa John's manager who was covering a delivery shift for a sick colleague, then drive home and eat his pizza'	11 11:29 M. Murcek [1730]
Suspected gunman who fired at luxury high-rise warned: ‘I’m about to shoot somebody’	2 14:15 ed in texas [1735]
Robin Leach, 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' Host, Dies at 76	1 09:08 Mike Kozlowski [1731]
9% of new recruits in Germany are minors.	0 [1731]
Arab pilgrim commits suicide at Grand Mosque in Makkah	4 12:47 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1738]
Thomas Cook evacuates 300 from Egyptian hotel after couple’s deaths	1 17:39 Jack Salami [1750]
Scott Morrison is new Australian PM as Malcolm Turnbull ousted	0 [1731]
Russian prosecutors brand US group Pacific Environment ‘undesirable organization’	3 19:05 magpie [1747]
Forest fire in area laden with unexploded munitions prompts evacuations near Berlin	2 14:33 ed in texas [1734]
Page 4: Opinion
Trump renews attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming 'real corruption goes untouched'	7 23:28 JohnQC [1747]
Impeachment for Dummies	3 15:59 Dale [1741]
South Africa's Ramaphosa disappointingly slow to embrace private sector	3 14:21 ed in texas [1728]
‘Sorry scumbag!' – Juanita Broaddrick SLAMS Geraldo after he said this	1 09:28 Woodrow [1734]
So, Why Has U.S. Life Expectancy Declined Now Two Years In A Row?	14 14:44 Airandee [1724]
Geraldo: Damn It, We Shouldn't Be Turning This Murder By An Illegal Immigrant Into A Story About An Illegal Immigrant	7 11:21 M. Murcek [1730]
Eight women open up about being on the pill	4 13:30 Dino Guelph5507 [1732]
Is it too late to Jail John Brennan?	5 10:12 Abu Uluque [1729]
Max Boot Cites Cromwell's Military Coup In Call To Oust Trump	15 19:27 badanov [1746]
Spengler: War of Attrition Against President Trump	0 [1736]
Page 6: Politix
Move over Alexandria	1 11:22 NoMoreBS [1728]
Northeastern Prof Warns: Male Military Veterans ‘Reinforce Hegemonic Masculinity,' Sexism	10 21:59 Zenobia Floger6220 [1763]
Obama's CDC Chief Arrested For Sexual Assault	2 10:04 Skidmark [1735]
Manafort juror's message to Trump: Pardon would be 'big mistake'	10 14:34 ruprecht [1730]
Dem Rep Green: Trump Doesn't Need to Commit a Crime to Be Impeached ‐ 218 House Members Decide	9 17:29 Procopius2k [1746]
Republican declared winner of Ohio special congressional election	3 14:11 charger [1727]
Democrats run a grandson of Munich terrorist against Duncan Hunter	3 10:07 Abu Uluque [1728]
John McCain to discontinue cancer treatment	21 23:19 JohnQC [1753]

    
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                        20:34 si vis pacem, para bellum

                        20:30 Unomock Hupaiter6034

                        20:27 Omoque Jerert3516

                        20:12 Cruth Protector of the Nebraskans1105

                        19:53 Deacon Blues

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4	Islamic State
2	Govt of Syria
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
2	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2018-08-25
Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama

Fri 2018-08-24
Arab coalition thwarts Houthi boat bomb targeting commercial ships off Yemen

Thu 2018-08-23
Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria

Wed 2018-08-22
‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed

Tue 2018-08-21
U.S. Rejects Turkey's Offer to ~~Release~~ Ransom Pastor, Report Says

Mon 2018-08-20
‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police

Sun 2018-08-19
Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz

Sat 2018-08-18
HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib

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

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