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Venezuelan fitness model bitten on bottom by wild pig (VIDEO)
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Houthi forces unleash massive missile attack on southern Saudi Arabia	4 17:25 Mullah Richard [1760]
Homs: Syrian Army steps up operations against ISIS in central Syria	0 [1740]
Islamist rebels attack strategic city in northern Hama	0 [1753]
Leb Army Captures IS Emir in Hermel	2 07:58 AlanC [1753]
Tunisian Workers Kidnapped in Libya	0 [1743]
Deir Ezzor: SDF take control of last IS enclave in east Syria	0 [1747]
Key Taliban Commander Killed In Uruzgan Airstrike	0 [1736]
22 Taliban militants killed in Uruzgan and Ghazni airstrikes	0 [1741]
Coalition airstrikes kill Taliban shadow judge in Laghman province	0 [1737]
Syrian truckers drive 600 km to bring people fleeing ISIS to camps	0 [1740]
Afrin: Elderly couple claim Turkish-backed rebels stormed, looted home	0 [1743]
Iraqi airstrike kills four Islamic State militants in Diyala	0 [1739]
Iraqi special force officer killed thwarting terrorist attack in Diyala	0 [1744]
Landmine explosion kills two shepherds in western Iraq	0 [1745]
Egypt's military kills 7 terrorists in a shootout in North Sinai	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Profile: What is Jaish-e-Muhammad?	2 07:18 Frank G [1740]
German police is hiding facts about migrant crime statistics	3 07:04 Frank G [1742]
Erdogan offers seminary exchange for Greek mosque minarets	0 [1741]
Acting Pentagon chief not decided yet on funding border wall	7 12:26 Frank G [1748]
Hezbollah denies US charges it has cells in Venezuela	0 [1745]
Here's where Trump could order up 234 miles of new border wall	0 [1736]
Dutch activist promotes BDS on an Israeli-made mobility scooter	4 08:58 SteveS [1748]
Governments ponder what to do with returning jihadists	10 19:38 DarthVader [1771]
Mexican Authorities Relocate Hundreds of Migrants From Border City	1 13:39 Procopius2k [1738]
Iran confirms second failed satellite launch, alleges possible US sabotage	5 10:43 Halberton Bad Bolt Division [1756]
Turkish meddling in Libya	0 [1756]
Sahel instability spreading to coastal West Africa: Burkina Faso	0 [1743]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Venezuelan fitness model bitten on bottom by wild pig (VIDEO)	7 19:39 Frank G [1831]
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?	5 12:56 Bright Pebbles [1741]
Bulgarian nationalists march in honor of pro-Nazi general	1 23:59 Snitle Mussolini8396 [1767]
Kurt Schlichter ‏ on Jussie Smollett	10 23:54 trailing wife [1766]
NYC grad student having a bad JetBlue day, checks into graybar hotel	3 15:31 746 [1738]
Saudi Arabia defends app that allows men to monitor wives, daughters	1 08:26 AlanC [1743]
French Jewish intellectual attacked by anti-Semites during yellow vest protest, while 41,500 protest across France	2 22:35 trailing wife [1771]
Vatican defrocks former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick over sex abuse	10 22:41 trailing wife [1765]
Heather Nauert withdraws her name from consideration for UN Ambassador job	4 09:44 Glenmore [1742]
Pat Caddell – Pollster, Populist, and Patriot – Dies at 68	4 13:09 Frank G [1741]
Smollette paid Nigerians to attack - source-says, police investigating further	18 16:39 M. Murcek [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
On Point: Russian Hostile Meddling Backfires in Northern Europe	2 17:56 Frank G [1771]
Could General Electric Be a Millionaire Maker Stock?	7 23:17 Anomalous Sources [1773]
Who Will Fill The Vacuum Left By Isis?	5 13:27 M. Murcek [1755]
Melanie Phillips:The Unique Disorder Of Hatred Now Destroying The Left	6 15:28 Alaska Paul [1755]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is destroying opportunity for fellow Democrats	10 13:35 Procopius2k [1748]
Manhattan ATMs are absolutely riddled with bacteria	4 08:29 Dale [1740]
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicts trucker riots, suicides, mahem	10 19:27 Airandee [1763]
The Maximum Practical Range of Slugs & Buckshot	5 13:27 Tyranysaurus Clavith3514 [1738]
Former Intel Officer Tony Shaffer on How the FBI Became a Political Tool Under Obama ‐ American Thought Leaders	7 16:22 Boss Spoper5850 [1738]
Mullahs Masquerading as Patriots: Will it Work?	2 05:44 gorb [1759]
Page 6: Politix
Weiner Out	6 23:03 Anomalous Sources [1776]

    
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1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Commies
1	Arab Spring

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2019-02-17
Venezuelan fitness model bitten on bottom by wild pig (VIDEO)

Sat 2019-02-16
52 Syrians Detained in Turkey over ISIS Links

Fri 2019-02-15
44 Indian security personnel killed in held Kashmir attack

Thu 2019-02-14
Deir Ezzor: ISIS nearly wiped out in eastern Euphrates region as SDF troops capture Baghouz – map

Wed 2019-02-13
Deir Ezzor: Nearly 70 human shields killed, US demands ISIS pay 40 tons of gold

Tue 2019-02-12
Germany closes Muslim kindergarten over Islamist links

Mon 2019-02-11
Nearly 50 British ISIS members refusing to surrender in Syria

Sun 2019-02-10
Jihadists Get Life for Deadly 2015 Tunisia Attacks on Tourists

Sat 2019-02-09
Unconfirmed reports that key Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Philippines

Fri 2019-02-08
Islamic State leader survives coup attempt

Thu 2019-02-07
Sanaa University launches weekly lectures to ‘analyze’ Houthi leader speeches

Wed 2019-02-06
Turkish-backed rebel groups use heavy weapons to attack one another in Afrin

Tue 2019-02-05
German ISIS terrorist that starred in mass execution video of Syrian soldiers wants to go home (video)

Mon 2019-02-04
C. Africa reaches peace deal with rebels: government

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Report: Fire in Iranian space center kills 3 scientists

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