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Al-Shabaab Claims Blast That Killed 30 Ethiopian Soldiers In Central Somalia
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Assad forces conducted artillery shelling on Turkish Checkpoint	1 08:44 Frank G [1745]
Booby-trapped vehicle blast kills 3 persons in Aleppo	0 [1740]
Mosul clearance continues: 17 turbans tied up, another mass grave dug up	0 [1748]
Int’l coalition warplanes destroy four Islamic State caves in Anbar	0 [1749]
Four militants, involved in terrorism charges, arrested in Nineveh	0 [1748]
Baghdad bombs & bullets bulletin: 1 civilian shot dead, another kaboomed	0 [1741]
Diyala dead guys: pointless turbqn missile s3x again, big turban toes up, 2 turbans tied up, #3 bomb maker proves products work	0 [1737]
Syrian Kurds boost fight against IS group in east after setback	0 [1738]
Five dead in suspected IS attack in central Libya	0 [1744]
Turkey strikes Kurdish positions in Syria	0 [1749]
4 injured in Bajaur IED blast	0 [1752]
Taliban’s shadow district chief for Pacher Agam killed in NDS raid	0 [1737]
Militants suffer heavy casualties in separate airstrikes of Afghan, U.S. forces	0 [1740]
3 ISIS Khurasan members killed in Haska Mina district of Nangarhar	0 [1739]
Al-Shabaab Claims Blast That Killed 30 Ethiopian Soldiers In Central Somalia	0 [1767]
Elders Travel To Northern Somali Town To End Inter-Clan Fighting	0 [1743]
Nigerian pirates release 7 Filipinos, 5 other foreigners kidnapped from Swiss ship in September	0 [1739]
Female suicide bomber blows herself up, sparking panic, terror in Tunisian capital	0 [1755]
Gun attack leaves couple injured in Thai south	0 [1745]
Palestinian said killed by IDF as thousands riot on Gaza border	0 [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
United Nations: Trump Must Allow Caravan Migrants into America	32 23:59 CrazyFool [1758]
Iranian official says president’s cellphone was tapped	2 12:06 ranture [1728]
Israeli official: We’ve continued strikes in Syria since Russian plane downed	0 [1731]
Second migrant caravan storms into Mexico: 'Violent' group from Central America carrying BOMBS and guns defies a huge police presence to cross the border from Guatemala as Trump deploys 5,200 troops	7 20:08 Alaska Paul [1759]
Italy’s far-right party blocks mosque construction	1 09:39 Frank G [1736]
Bangladesh opposition leader handed new jail term as supporters cry foul	0 [1750]
Israeli minister in unprecedented visit to UAE mosque	0 [1739]
The importance of banning Iran’s regime from SWIFT	0 [1730]
Libya strongman Haftar in Rome ahead of crisis talks	0 [1736]
Nigeria: 57 Chibok Girls Seen in Cameroon - Parents	0 [1748]
Israel falsifies Palestinian curriculum in al-Quds schools: Education minister	0 [1737]
Iran’s major oil buyers set to defy US sanctions	1 11:49 Ebbaitch Squank4369 [1737]
Trump won’t sacrifice business ties with Saudis over Khashoggi murder: Journalist	0 [1732]
US-led coalition uses white phosphorus bombs against Syrian city: Damascus	1 05:03 Silentbrick [1736]
Assange says Ecuador wants to hand him over to US	0 [1740]
Merkel will not seek new term as chancellor & CDU chair as party faces support slump	2 18:53 Frank G [1761]
Seven convicted in Rotherham grooming gang trial in first MAJOR prosecution	1 00:13 Richard Aubrey [1737]
5,000 US troops to deploy to US-Mexico border, report says	2 09:22 gorb [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
BREAKING! James "Whitey" Bulger found dead	9 22:53 chris [1757]
Bills Fans Throw Sex Toy Onto Field During Patriots Game … Again	3 14:01 Skidmark [1740]
Report: More than half of immigrants on welfare	5 16:41 SteveS [1740]
Report on the Chinese Military R&D collaboration with Universities in other countries	1 09:00 charger [1750]
Lindsey Graham warns Mexico: Stop the caravan or trade deal is at risk	7 16:47 Alaska Paul [1770]
Bomb Suspect Cesar Sayoc And Stormy Daniels Worked at the Same Strip Club (VIDEO)	2 09:07 Bobby [1750]
Army seeks record of child maid torture case against its official	0 [1741]
Two Rescue 1122 workers suspended over alleged sexual assault of Sikh girl in Nankana Sahib	0 [1736]
Rights group accuses E.Guinea security forces of thrashing leader	0 [1743]
Biafra Leader Reveals Why He Skipped Bail	0 [1759]
Gabon President Ali Bongo hospitalised in Saudi Arabia	0 [1743]
Sri Lanka: Warnings of 'bloodbath' as political tensions rise	0 [1741]
Chinese vertical rocket landing test	1 12:19 Thrise Shomble3667 [1736]
China reverses 25-year ban on trade and use of rhino horns and tiger bones	3 18:40 Snavimble Bucket1794 [1771]
US troops sent Reykjavik's bars into ‘state of emergency’ after drinking all their beer	10 23:23 746 [1762]
Botched Chinese railway project in Africa is a warning to belt and road investors	4 23:20 746 [1762]
Rapper ‘Young Greatness’ killed outside New Orleans Waffle House	12 19:09 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1785]
7 victims after ‘First Purge’ party ends in shooting at California nightclub	3 09:35 gorb [1735]
‘Prepare for war’, Xi Jinping	4 16:31 Alaska Paul [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
Why American Leaders Persist In Waging Losing Wars	5 11:49 magpie [1747]
Synagogue member lectures Andrea Mitchell for trying to politicize shooting (video)	3 21:12 Frank G [1762]
Weekly Standard Founder And Editor-At-Large Bill Kristol: ‘America Has A Fox News Problem'	7 13:15 PBMcL [1737]
Shep Smith On The Caravan: There's No Invasion, No One's Coming To Get You, Nothing At All To Worry About	12 19:30 Besoeker [1763]
James Carville: 'The caravan is the Ebola (non-news event) of 2018'	5 21:53 Silentbrick [1773]
If We Aren't Careful, Tribalism Will Destroy Us	6 13:05 Mullah Richard [1744]
The Definition of Virginity is Unqueer	8 11:25 warthogswife [1753]
Connecting With Loved Ones During Deployment	3 16:40 james [1740]
Page 6: Politix
Hillary Clinton - 'I know they all look alike'	6 14:15 trailing wife [1733]
Shots Fired into GOP Campaign Office in Florida	4 11:55 Rex Mundi [1737]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iran
4	Commies
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2018-10-30
Al-Shabaab Claims Blast That Killed 30 Ethiopian Soldiers In Central Somalia

Mon 2018-10-29
U.S. drones target Taliban vehicle in Paktia leaving 5 militants dead

Sun 2018-10-28
Yemeni army unveils new domestically-built high-precision Badr P-1 ballistic missile

Sat 2018-10-27
Emergency situation at US synagogue

Fri 2018-10-26
Arrest Made In Plantation In Connection To Package Bombs

Thu 2018-10-25
4 children injured in Quetta school firing

Wed 2018-10-24
BREAKING: ‘IED' found near Bill and Hillary Clinton's Chappaqua home

Tue 2018-10-23
Firefighters extinguish day’s fifth blaze caused by incendiary balloon in southern Israel

Mon 2018-10-22
US brigadier general recovering from at least one gunshot wound in Afghanistan attack

Sun 2018-10-21
US charges Chicago man with online recruiting for Islamic State

Sat 2018-10-20
Anjem Choudary Released from Prison

Fri 2018-10-19
ISIS Returns: Sick terrorists take 700 hostage - Putin issues warning

Thu 2018-10-18
Afghan guards open fire at Afghan-NATO meeting in Kandahar, injuring 2 Americans - reports

Wed 2018-10-17
Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala, IRGC says

Tue 2018-10-16
Trump says 'rogue killers' may be behind Khashoggi disappearance

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