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Islamists militants in northeast Nigeria kill up to 30 48 soldiers: Sources
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	6 21:01 SteveS [1756]
Iranian convoy hit in strike near US base in Syria, monitor says	4 13:19 trailing wife [1733]
West Bank: Palestinian man tries to attack settler with metal rod, woman has knife	0 [1737]
Al Shabaab car bomb kills at least six in central Mogadishu	0 [1737]
Islamists militants in northeast Nigeria kill up to 30 48 soldiers: Sources	0 [1755]
Local Taliban commander 7 killed in separate clashes in Kandahar province	0 [1737]
4 Taliban militants killed an attempt to attack Bagram airbase with rockets	0 [1737]
2 ISIS militants hailing from Pakistan surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar	0 [1744]
31 militants killed, wounded in AAF airstrikes in Ghazni	0 [1738]
90 people killed, 117 others injured due to violence, terrorism in August: UN	1 13:36 Skidmark [1726]
Iraqi court sentences four men to life in jail over Islamic State links	0 [1748]
Three civilians killed in bomb explosion in Salahuddin	0 [1735]
Four Islamic State members killed, southwest of Kirkuk: Federal Police	0 [1746]
Yemeni forces fire missile at Saudi military forces in Jizan border region	0 [1739]
Dozens of Palestinian boats hold sea march along Gaza Strip against fishing limits	3 20:42 Zenobia Floger6220 [1766]
Two senior rebel commanders assassinated in Syria’s Idlib	0 [1734]
ASF arrests British national at Islamabad airport	0 [1735]
FC personnel martyred in cross-border attack in Kurram	0 [1740]
18 injured in German protests for and against migrants	0 [1736]
Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 12	0 [1731]
Two killed in market attack in southern Thailand	0 [1728]
Page 2: WoT Background
Department Of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Mattis and General Dunford in the Pentagon Briefing Room	3 14:48 3dc [1725]
Iranian rial hits record low at 128,000 to the dollar	4 16:01 M. Murcek [1736]
Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq	2 10:55 Procopius2k [1728]
Palestinians reportedly send intel delegation to Washington for talks with CIA	4 14:12 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1728]
Iraq says no ‘armed groups’ received ballistic missiles from Iran	2 22:09 Skidmark [1760]
Saudi Grand Mufti Lauds MWL Efforts on Preserving Islamic Unity	0 [1736]
Turkey will pursue non-dollar transactions in trade: Erdogan	4 15:45 SteveS [1731]
US views Afghan war as ‘cash cow,’ will never leave Afghanistan: Analyst	6 09:31 Herb McCoy [1734]
Palestine Considers Resorting to Security Council over UNRWA Funding Cut	11 22:41 Old Patriot [1751]
Yemen's Hadi to head to US for ‘treatment’	0 [1733]
Philippines eyes more Israeli weapons	2 02:46 Bugs Thud4877 [1737]
Abbas ‘completely rejects’ Jordanian-Palestinian confederation	1 17:13 newc [1753]
Iraq factions announce alliances to form new government	0 [1744]
Far-right poised for big wins in Sweden election	4 13:48 charger [1736]
Turkey should understand Idlib belongs to Syria -- Muallem	0 [1743]
Syrian Army moves in position to strike southeast Idlib	0 [1733]
French Foreign Minister says Assad has won the war	1 08:40 ed in texas [1733]
Turkey hikes gas, power prices by 14pc as lira crisis deepens	0 [1731]
US commando takes helm of forces in Afghanistan	1 17:54 Skidmark [1765]
'We are ready for presidential battle': Mullah Diesel	0 [1743]
Coalition to ‘review rules of engagement to ensure mistakes not repeated’	0 [1736]
Suspected MS-13 member broke into sleeping girl’s bedroom, raped her: cops	4 11:12 gorb [1744]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Federal civil service abuses bigger than just the VA	0 [1729]
Roseanne Barr Cuts Record In Nashville, Says She's Moving To Israel	1 15:28 ed in texas [1736]
POOF HE'S GONE! MSNBC and ABC crop out Louis Farrakhan from Aretha Franklin funeral photo	2 14:46 Sonny Dribble1184 [1732]
Follow up on ISS Soyuz Leak - Russian worker error	5 14:59 Kojo Schwarzeneggar7324 [1734]
Activists Plan to Shut Down O'Hare Airport on Labor Day to Protest Chicago Violence	17 20:37 Airandee [1770]
China's Xi promotes ‘Belt and Road' as Africa growth tool	3 07:35 Dale [1738]
A top SpaceX engineer has revealed new details — and questions — about the company's plans to reach Mars in 6 years	2 15:17 Cheaderhead [1729]
Protesters stage mass demonstrations in Basra, block border exit with Iran	0 [1730]
Founder of China’s #2 E-Commerce Firm Arrested in US for Sexual Misconduct	4 12:51 trailing wife [1738]
Balloon poking fun at Mayor Sadiq Khan flies over London	1 12:50 trailing wife [1738]
Tech talk: Housing for all	4 15:25 BrerRabbit [1740]
For some injuries, ambulance transport can decrease chances of survival	6 17:27 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1767]
Britain's smallest baby who weighed the same as a COKE CAN at just 12oz survives against the odds	0 [1733]
How The Pederasty Cover-Up Will Make Civil War Within The Catholic Church	3 06:31 Elmerert Hupens2660 [1730]
Sir Paul McCartney tells of the moment he ‘saw God'	4 13:54 Cheaderhead [1724]
Bank Tells South African Farmers They Will Have to Pay Debts for Property Seized by the State	8 18:00 Anomolous Sources [1766]
Embassy 'sonic attacks' may have been microwave blasts	1 03:36 Besoeker [1734]
Taiwan to make English an official language	2 09:28 Frank G [1729]
‘Essentially a Fraud'	2 17:50 lord garth [1752]
Page 4: Opinion
Ted Cruz on Hollywood erasing US flag from moon landing.	7 16:05 M. Murcek [1737]
Trump Has Hurt American Workers, Charges AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka	14 15:47 Raj [1736]
Pope says 'something must be done about rape.... of the Earth with plastic products	6 17:18 newc [1763]
Is it over yet?	5 18:21 Anomolous Sources [1766]
National Security Implications of Unresolved Grievances	2 23:51 trailing wife [1766]
Diplomad 2.0: Winning and Silliness	3 15:33 Sonny Dribble1184 [1743]
Idlib Awaits the Great Massacre	2 11:36 magpie [1752]
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm - Odds are these historical coincidences will strike you as unlikely.	5 17:15 Besoeker [1762]
The Phobia(s) That May Destroy America	7 16:00 Procopius2k [1729]
Page 6: Politix
Ethnicity Not A Factor In Elizabeth Warren's Rise In Law	8 19:31 CrazyFool [1766]
Congress waits, waits, waits for Sally Yates documents	0 [1732]

    
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Who's in the News
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4	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Palestinian Authority
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Syria
2	Antifa
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Sublime Porte
2	Commies
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Narcos
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Nusra

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