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ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with 5 comrades in Nangarhar drone strike
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Kredo Describes ‘Long-Ignored' Story of Iranian Spy Operations in U.S.	2 21:31 Skidmark [1764]
Dutch Police Shoot Knifeman After Two Stabbed at Amsterdam Station	2 22:01 trailing wife [1770]
Greek Police Arrest NGO Workers Involved in Illegal Migration Assistance Network	4 11:45 Skidmark [1740]
Good morning	6 21:33 Skidmark [1759]
Satellite photos said to show new Iranian missile factory in Syria	6 22:46 trailing wife [1771]
Syrian beaten with iron chain in racist attack in north German city	5 17:35 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Incendiary balloon from Gaza sparks fire near kibbutz	0 [1741]
Deadly clashes resume near Libya’s capital	0 [1741]
Soldiers nab 3 Palestinians with pipe bombs in northern West Bank, 6 nabbed in E. Jerusalem	0 [1745]
More than 100 migrants storm border of North African Spanish enclave	0 [1743]
ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with 5 comrades in Nangarhar drone strike	0 [1765]
Militants suffer heavy casualties during separate clashes in Ghazni	0 [1745]
Syrian Army unleashes powerful assault in northern Hama	0 [1738]
ISIS prepares to make last stand on volcano in southern Syria	8 22:49 trailing wife [1768]
Coalition airstrikes kill 11 ISIS militants in Iraq’s Makhmour	0 [1744]
US soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State	0 [1746]
US Navy seizes weapons shipment from dhow in waters off Yemen	2 09:27 Skidmark [1744]
Bahrain charges 13 with ‘terrorism’	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Jordan PM who signed Israel peace deal: Haifa should be taken by force if we can	9 22:44 trailing wife [1757]
Liberman: International agreements on ending Syrian civil war don’t apply to us	0 [1738]
Iraq PM sacks paramilitary chief	0 [1741]
Colombia’s Duque again orders ELN rebels to release hostages	0 [1742]
Lavrov warns West ‘don’t play with fire’ in Syria	1 02:39 newc [1729]
Interpol not ready to issue red warrants for Musharraf	0 [1757]
Arrest of Iranian Spies in U.S. Just ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Lawmaker Warns	3 09:32 Skidmark [1746]
Syrian opposition rejects UN’s plan of Idlib evacuation	0 [1741]
China Holding One Million Muslims in Internment Camps	13 16:22 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1743]
France says Iran ‘cannot avoid’ expanded talks on nuclear issue	0 [1747]
Yemeni minister says ‘disastrous’ UN report described Houthi as leader of the revolution	0 [1740]
Wilders cancels offensive cartoon contest	0 [1745]
China blames local officials for protest over mosque razing	0 [1748]
Iraq sending team to US to seek deal on transactions with Iran	2 09:39 Skidmark [1738]
Against The Backdrop Of The U.S.-Turkey Crisis, Qatar Mobilizes To Help Turkey	1 09:41 Skidmark [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Reuters Misleads (Again) In Headline About Trump / McCain Funeral	3 21:40 KBK [1766]
IBM Laid Off 20K Older Americans, Sought to Import 37K Foreign Workers	7 21:38 Skidmark [1767]
Former 'ER' actress Vanessa Marquez pulls BB gun on cops for last time	3 17:58 Raj [1727]
Actress Tried To Use Acid And Alligators To Dispose Of Husband's Ex-Wife	1 18:49 SteveS [1754]
White Trash caught on camera illegally dumping white trash in Hocking County wildlife preserve	1 13:41 Raj [1740]
UK To Spend $100+ Million to Explore GPS/Galileo Post Brexit Alternative	4 16:40 trailing wife [1726]
Will lame duck Jerry Brown commute sentences of every single death row inmate in one of his last acts as California governor?	7 11:55 Procopius2k [1742]
Venezuela arrests 131 accused of economic sabotage	1 17:34 Procopius2k [1731]
Coca-Cola takes plunge into coffee with $5.1 billion Costa deal	0 [1730]
Texas Company Must Forfeit Over $5 Million for Hiring Illegal Aliens	5 14:10 Woodrow [1732]
This Man Had to Have His Arm Amputated After Eating Raw Seafood (foto caution)	2 08:02 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1740]
Vietnam Veteran Who Was Shot by Police While Defending his Grandson Given a Hero's Burial	7 17:42 Glenmore [1737]
Belgium Steel exec mysteriously falls to his death within view of Kremlin	4 13:42 Skidmark [1745]
Probe Clears State Dept of Wrongdoing in Cuba Sonic Attacks	3 12:00 Procopius2k [1736]
Egypt appoints first-ever Christian woman as governor	3 09:58 Skidmark [1743]
Students storm out of exam hall in South Africa, say questions too tough	10 16:32 Zenobia Floger6220 [1736]
Jirga rulings on criminal cases 'against fundamental human rights': CJP	0 [1735]
14-year-old girl kidnapped, raped in Karachi's Surjani	0 [1747]
Oil-rich South Sudan to resume production in war-hit region	1 05:50 3dc [1741]
Sessions Is Safe at Least Until November Elections, Trump Says	4 12:01 Procopius2k [1735]
Pres. Trump eliminates pay raises for civilian federal employees	6 16:16 Rambler in Virginia [1736]
Outsourcing Lobby Tied to Dairy Farm that Hired, Housed Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts	7 23:35 3dc [1757]
Argentina's currency collapses	2 11:03 3dc [1735]
Study claims red meat, cheese aren't as bad for your diet as previously thought	2 20:49 Rex Mundi [1756]
Page 4: Opinion
Apartheid In Black And White: Truth About The Afrikaner, Part 1	1 12:04 Procopius2k [1735]
Rudy Giuliani Sez Bruce Ohr Should Be Investigated For Possible Felony	3 21:41 Skidmark [1760]
Clinton lawyer Bob Bennett backs Judge Kavanaugh's appointment	0 [1745]
DOJ Sides with Plaintiffs Alleging Harvard Discriminates against Asians	1 10:12 Skidmark [1740]
Did Sarah Palin really deserve that?	9 18:54 SteveS [1773]
Carter Page: The FBI ruined my ~~sex~~ life and more.	3 05:56 3dc [1735]
Kim Strassel: What Bruce Ohr Told Congress He warned the FBI that Steele had credibility problems. The bureau forged ahead anyhow.	1 12:14 Abu Uluque [1736]
Why is Abbas staunchly opposed to a possible Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal?	0 [1739]
Iranian expansionism likely to be first victim of US sanctions	1 03:08 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Does an organized opposition to Tehran regime exist?	2 10:16 Skidmark [1739]
EU must help heal the sick man of Europe	5 14:19 3dc [1756]
Is the Pope Catholic?	14 22:07 trailing wife [1759]
Page 6: Politix
Police Report: Beto O'Rourke Tried to Flee Scene of Drunk-Driving Crash	8 20:43 Silentbrick [1762]
Bill Clinton Gawks At Singer's Butt During Aretha Franklin's Funeral	8 20:46 Besoeker [1751]
St. Louis Prosecutor refuses to take on cases from 28 Police Officers ‐ She Made a List	6 15:43 Tom [1740]
How The Pederasty Cover-Up Will Make Civil War Within The Catholic Church	3 14:52 Zenobia Floger6220 [1737]
DOJ's Bruce Ohr kept Mueller deputy 'in the loop' about anti-Trump dossier, sources say	4 12:15 JohnQC [1734]
University of Illinois to Honor Obama with ‘Ethics in Government' Award	12 17:00 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Democrat vows to impeach Clarence Thomas if elected	7 17:05 ed in texas [1739]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Iran
3	Islamic State
3	Commies
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
2	Houthis
2	Human Trafficking
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Arab Spring
1	PLO
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Salafists
1	Hamas
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Fri 2018-08-31
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Tue 2018-08-28
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Sun 2018-08-26
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Sat 2018-08-25
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Fri 2018-08-24
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Thu 2018-08-23
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Wed 2018-08-22
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Tue 2018-08-21
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Mon 2018-08-20
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