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John McCain dies at 81
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Al-Shabab Says It Killed Two AU Peacekeepers In Central Somalia	0 [1752]
Al-Shabaab Raids SNA Base Near Baidoa City, Soldiers Killed	0 [1738]
Scores of ISIS terrorists killed as Syrian troops liberate several points in southern Syria	0 [1736]
ISIS inflicts heavy casualties on Syrian troops as they launch major counter-offensive in southern Syria	1 12:05 lord garth [1739]
Battle for Al-Safa Mountain turns into blood bath as Syrian troops attempt to advance	0 [1736]
Egypt police foil attack on North Sinai checkpoint; kill four terrorists: MENA	0 [1740]
10 Islamic State members killed in Mosul security operation	0 [1739]
Three police personnel wounded in bomb explosion, southwest of Kirkuk	0 [1743]
Two IS members wearing badges of paramilitary forces busted in Fallujah	0 [1754]
New protests in Iran as economy heads for collapse	2 09:32 Hupusing Claitch6798 [1738]
Yemeni army detonates six mines planted by Houthis in Red Sea	0 [1744]
ISIS ‘war crime’ as 27 hostages still being held in southern Syria	0 [1734]
Leftists attacked by settlers near Hebron	0 [1735]
Afghan Air Force conducts airstrikes in Ghazni leaving 18 militants dead	0 [1747]
US airstrikes pound ISIS hideouts in Kunar province	0 [1748]
Explosion reported in Jalalabad city in East of Afghanistan	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
France condemns Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria	2 10:25 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Former Kenyan Police Officer Denies Trying To Join Al-Shabaab	0 [1738]
Sick refugees taken off Italy ship as health worries grow	1 12:23 charger [1739]
Jihadists preparing chemical weapons provocation in Idlib	0 [1742]
Joint Pakistan-India drills leave Sidhu critics red-faced	0 [1754]
Three Fata senators join PTI	0 [1748]
Opposition parties to announce joint candidate for presidential election tomorrow	0 [1754]
Qaradawi fatwa about Hajj draws Muslim ire	0 [1746]
Pompeo calls on Pakistan’s Khan to act against ‘terrorists’	0 [1751]
Afghanistan’s national security adviser resigns in break with president	0 [1735]
US cut in aid amounts to ‘cheap blackmail’, say Palestinian officials	7 22:57 newc [1765]
Former Turkish lawmaker seeks political asylum in Greece	0 [1740]
Russia renews claims regarding unidentified helicopters arming ISIS in Afghanistan	0 [1752]
Report: Syria Tells Hizbullah to ‘Keep Troops on Its Soil’	0 [1738]
Dutch premier distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
4 die in Fla mass shooting	3 20:07 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1759]
BIll Clinton's Supreme Court Picks were CONFIRMED While He Was Under Investigation	3 12:37 Iblis [1736]
Book of The Week: Bob Greene's 'Once Upon a Town'	3 10:44 Capsu78 [1739]
Kennesaw State Cuts 4 of 5 Cheerleaders Who Took a Knee During Anthem Last Year	3 07:53 Beavis [1738]
Peru brings into force new entry restrictions to limit the flow of Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic crisis.	0 [1731]
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Eastern 'No-Go' Zone Surrounded By Rebels	1 10:19 Mike Kozlowski [1740]
Shipping companies abandon vessels without restraint in Nigeria	0 [1740]
Congo rejects ex-warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba's presidential bid	0 [1735]
Senior PPP activist in Thar was killed ‘for honour’	0 [1748]
Lawyer attempts self immolation after failing to secure prosecutor job	1 11:54 charger [1742]
Biometrics scanner catches impostor at U.S. airport on just third day of use	4 13:25 Skidmark [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Study: ~~Deadbeats~~ Men Who Don't Work Full-Time Have a Higher Divorce Rate	5 22:22 Anomolous Sources [1748]
Sex, lies, audiotape, and that fake Apartheid Museum radio ad	2 10:51 Cesare [1731]
Meet an ivory trafficker's 'worst nightmare'	9 23:37 ruprecht [1752]
FDR's Legacy: Another Fine Mess	6 16:20 ruprecht [1736]
Dinesh D'Souza's Film 'Death of a Nation' Exposes Democrats' ‘Big Lie'	6 15:33 Skidmark [1732]
How Russian bots used Mollie Tibbetts' death to distract from Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort	1 15:55 Skidmark [1740]
Unfrozen Caveman Intellectual: Jonah Goldberg's Strangely Dark Enlightenment	8 19:16 lord garth [1763]
Petra is Mecca. And this video is imperative .	6 22:32 Zenobia Floger6220 [1756]
The Left Has A Death Wish	3 15:38 ruprecht [1732]
The division in Hamas over the agreement with Israel	0 [1758]
Carolyn Glick: A Conversation With John Bolton	0 [1736]
Page 6: Politix
The belligerent ignorance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [long winded]	13 21:31 Jeasing Jeaque5937 [1762]
U.S. Senator John McCain dies at 81	47 23:43 Raj [1786]

    
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                        22:29 DooDahMan

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                        22:22 Anomolous Sources

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                        22:09 Besoeker

                        22:04 Ebbavirt Clunk4147

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                        21:26 Threamble Darling of the Bunions4756

                        20:14 Alaska Paul

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                        19:52 Anomolous Sources

                        19:16 lord garth

                        18:16 Skidmark

                        18:13 Skidmark

                        17:41 European Conservative

                        17:28 SteveS

                        17:27 Canuckistan sniper

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8	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Commies
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Sublime Porte
1	Taliban
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iran

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Sun 2018-08-26
John McCain dies at 81

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

Fri 2018-08-24
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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

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