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Egyptian forces kill 20 militants in Sinai operation: Army
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Combatants for Peace see trained Zionist wild swine	4 16:50 ed in texas [1743]
Kenya: Roadside bomb kills five soldiers in Lamu county	0 [1740]
Iran says it has arrested dozens of foreign spies	5 16:52 ed in texas [1736]
Good morning	3 12:43 Abu Uluque [1741]
Bomb attack leaves two civilians wounded in Baghdad	0 [1743]
Iraqi court sentences 3 persons to death over links with Islamic State	0 [1735]
Eleven Islamic State members killed in operation by Peshmerga in Nineveh	0 [1732]
Diyala dead dudes: 2 colonels cut down, 100 turbansdon curley-toed slippers, 1 cop kaboomed	0 [1736]
War correspondent injured in armed attack against house in Salahuddin	0 [1743]
Dutch police arrest man said plotting to kill Geert Wilders over Muhammad images	0 [1742]
Egyptian forces kill 20 militants in Sinai operation: Army	0 [1762]
Five Kenyan Soldiers Killed, 10 Others Injured In Lamu Blast	0 [1732]
US Military Airstrike In Somalia Against Al-Shabab Kills 3	0 [1742]
Turkish military convoy enters northern Syria	0 [1742]
Sweida Reconquered: Syrian Army scores major advance in southern Syria, kills 15 turbans	0 [1737]
Jihadist rebels assemble largest force since 2015 Idlib offensive	0 [1750]
36 militants killed, wounded in Ghazni airstrikes and ground operations	0 [1742]
Drone strikes target ISIS Khurasan hideouts in Nangarhar province	0 [1739]
Perpetrators involved in looting Ghazni city to be arrested: Ghazni Police	0 [1736]
4 ISIS Khurasan members arrested in Kabul city	1 08:41 M. Murcek [1736]
Four police officials killed in India-held Kashmir ahead of key court case	0 [1747]
Saudi military reinforcements join Arab coalition in Yemen’s Hajjah	0 [1737]
Eight killed in car-bomb attack at Iraqi checkpoint	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fellow Travelers.	1 15:45 gorb [1730]
Will Russia force Iran out of Syria?	0 [1733]
NM Judge Dismisses Charges Against Most Of The School-Shooting Camp Jihadis	10 21:17 Injun Bucket8891 [1753]
Iraq receives first shipment of Russian BMP-3 infantry vehicles	4 20:54 swksvolFF [1754]
Iran’s online ‘influence operation’ more widespread than previously thought	1 02:20 Herb McCoy [1748]
Bad news for golden Erdogan statue in Germany - first defaced, now gets removed	6 23:43 trailing wife [1756]
Jihadists crack down on Idlib civilians as battles looms, Russia warns of provocation	0 [1731]
Turkish lira weakens against dollar, minister warns on sanctions	5 12:46 lord garth [1728]
Aitzaz Ahsan hopeful of winning presidential election with 'vote of conscience'	0 [1736]
Court to explore options to try Musharraf in absentia in high treason case	0 [1729]
TLP's rally against blasphemous caricatures on its way to ~~Amsterdam~~ Islamabad	0 [1738]
UN urges Facebook to 'proactively' fight hate speech	0 [1737]
'No regrets' about killing wounded Palestinian, says Israeli soldier	2 10:52 magpie [1739]
Cameroon to recruit 2600 soldiers amidst tension in Anglophone regions	4 20:25 Skidmark [1759]
Iran’s Khamenei says Europe cannot save nuclear deal, help economy	6 20:24 These Sinatra3854 [1758]
Israel renews threat to attack Iran targets in Syria	1 09:32 Skidmark [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
This is a big moment in the history of anti-racism	0 [1731]
Leak on Soyuz attached to Space Station	5 21:28 Cheaderhead [1766]
L.A's Newest Street: Barack Obama Boulevard	10 19:16 JohnQC [1777]
Feminist Research Less Likely to Get Funding Than Race Theory Research	9 16:04 swksvolFF [1733]
Lagos 'Madwoman' Caught With Human Parts, Corpses	5 22:37 Unuque Panda3386 [1750]
Kenya Police Arrest Garissa Governor Over Shooting Of Ex-Minister	0 [1739]
PPP activist’s son shot dead, relatives wounded in firing on hotel in Jacobabad	0 [1739]
Shock in Tunisia after abduction and gang rape of 15-year-old girl	1 08:39 M. Murcek [1732]
Indian Supreme Court orders house arrest for activists	0 [1740]
Trump believes no need for US-South Korea war games at this time	2 13:17 Procopius2k [1728]
Page 4: Opinion
What Chick-Fil-A is planning to do with it's employees during a remodel says everything about what it stands for	2 11:22 Rambler in Virginia [1731]
Barack Obama in 2008: Both Parties ‘Have Monkeyed Around With Elections'	10 19:34 Zenobia Floger6220 [1764]
South Africa's Afriforum and Trump's kiss of death	5 18:41 Frank G [1748]
Forget the previous 40,000 years - How progressive neo-colonialism seeks to keep Africans in poverty	4 21:31 Cheaderhead [1770]
China and Clinton Emails: Chinese money laundry ?	4 15:48 JohnQC [1739]
The Rule of Law Is a Sick Joke	5 14:44 JohnQC [1731]
Guess Who Just Paid For Wall? Mexico!	5 17:27 g(r)omgoru [1728]
When the Brotherhood’s ‘bankrupt’ speaks!	0 [1749]
Ahmadinejad’s preoccupation with Serena Williams outfit	4 18:41 Frank G [1760]
Page 6: Politix
Cuomo got contribution from law firm representing Weinstein before halting probe into his case	6 15:19 JohnQC [1733]
Letter from Africa: Should Ghanaian women be limited to three babies?	3 09:37 Skidmark [1733]
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Implicated In $84 Million Campaign Finance Scandal	5 14:54 JohnQC [1734]
Sarah Palin Excluded from John McCain's Funeral.	20 21:20 Injun Bucket8891 [1759]
From the VG Bookshelf: "The Russia Hoax"	0 [1738]
Critics chide CNN for refusing to retract false Trump-Cohen ‘bombshell’ report	9 18:04 Spike Cleter6139 [1760]
Report: Andrew Gillum scheduled meeting with undercover FBI agents during Costa Rica trip with lobbyists	0 [1730]
Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years	13 20:28 KBK [1765]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
5	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Sublime Porte
2	Commies
2	Taliban
2	al-Nusra
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Houthis
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2018-08-30
Egyptian forces kill 20 militants in Sinai operation: Army

Wed 2018-08-29
Syrian Army foils ISIL breakout attempt in east Sweida

Tue 2018-08-28
Idlib: Nusra arrest 20 ISIS turbans, Gov’t closes key crossing

Mon 2018-08-27
Elite Army units moving to Idlib for major assault

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
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

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