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IS Defends Final Pocket of dying Caliphate' in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IS Defends Final Pocket of dying Caliphate' in Syria	3 19:19 AlanC [11136]
Iran Arrests 3 'Terrorists' over Suicide Bomb Attack	0 [11130]
Swede Fined for Delaying Afghan's Expulsion	1 11:06 M. Murcek [11130]
One Killed In IED Explosion In Kabul	1 08:27 Frank G [11130]
9 militants killed, wounded in Ghazni province: 203 Thunder Corps	0 [11127]
32 killed, wounded during a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban in Faryab	0 [11126]
Islamic State militants abduct 12 Iraqi people in Anbar	0 [11124]
Iraqi child killed, two wounded as landmine explodes in western Iraq	0 [11125]
Iraqi mobilization forces kill two Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province	0 [11129]
Iraqi troops kill seven Islamic State militants in Nineveh	0 [11126]
Four FC men martyred in Panjgur attack	0 [11129]
3 Kashmiris, 4 Indian soldiers killed in Pulwama gunbattle: reports	0 [11124]
Double attack in Syrian city of Idlib leaves at least 24 dead	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pakistan urges U.N. to intervene over Kashmir tension with India	1 08:18 Mullah Richard [11129]
U.S. Taxpayers Fund Border Walls in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle East	1 10:38 JohnQC [11128]
Britain Rejects Trump's Jihadist Repatriation Call	11 19:25 swksvolFF [11135]
Germany preparing to prosecute dozens of IS fighters: report	0 [11125]
Former 'IsIamic State' fighters return home to northern Syria	0 [11127]
Why are trucks from Duhok still prevented from entering Nineveh?	0 [11127]
SDF commander calls for 1,500 coalition troops to remain in Syria	0 [11127]
Don’t abandon us, Syrian Kurds tell Europe	1 08:56 Shoth Schwarzeneggar3463 [11128]
Erdogan: NATO gives arms to 'terrorists' but not to Turkey	5 19:21 AlanC [11127]
Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms, says CJCSC	3 12:59 Hellfish [11126]
Sahiwal killings: Khalil’s brother to appear in court for judicial inquiry today	0 [11128]
Flawed foreign policy leading country to isolation: Fazl	1 17:05 Shoth Schwarzeneggar3463 [11128]
Saudi minister calls out Iran for 'accusing others' while being 'world's chief sponsor of terrorism'	0 [11129]
ATC rejects TLP chief Khadim Rizvi's request for bail	0 [11129]
PSP leader shot dead in suspected targeted attack in Karachi	0 [11130]
Qureshi asks UN chief to play role for 'de-escalation' after Indian rhetoric on Pulwama attack	0 [11126]
Shamima Begum warned: 'If you back terror, there must be consequences'	1 04:44 Beldar Glusose6687 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Illinois may tax private retirement funds to pay public worker pensions	7 20:33 Frank G [11133]
USAID mulls proposal to train aid workers as special forces	4 19:27 AlanC [11131]
On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred. The Media Only Covered The Fake One. Here's Why.	1 10:59 JohnQC [11128]
Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein to step down in March: official	6 11:46 Frank G [11127]
16 States file lawsuit seeking to block Trump's national emergency declaration	14 14:51 CrazyFool [11127]
Utah House Approves Ban on Down Syndrome Abortions	2 17:04 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Police forces dismantle illegal alcohol distillation plant in Kandahar city	0 [11129]
North Korea may try to emulate Vietnamese economic reform	7 17:06 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Religious teacher arrested in Wah for attempting to rape minor girl	1 04:03 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Iván Duque improves his image by standing firm against Maduro	0 [11126]
Two police officers killed in attack on the Colombian border with Venezuela	0 [11126]
Is A Batch Of Russia's Most Advanced Surface To Air Missiles Sitting On The Sea Floor?	5 16:03 swksvolFF [11132]
Foreign ownership of thousands of U.S. aircraft cloaked in secrecy	5 22:16 JohnQC [11133]
NFL - One Step Down from a Dumpster Fire	6 10:50 JohnQC [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Merciless Sympathy	0 [11128]
Senator Lindsey Graham on 25th Amendment Revelations (video interview)	1 15:29 Airandee [11129]
African Cardinal: Abortion Is ‘THE Hate Crime of Our Era'	0 [11132]
Stupid Midwesterners Don't Understand AOC's Job-Killing Joy	2 09:40 g(r)omgoru [11134]
Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to 'clean out D.C.'	3 21:37 Anomalous Sources [11131]
Investigators Know Why Jussie Smollett Faked His Attack, Report Claims; But Did He Stage Even More?	9 17:46 Bright Pebbles [11126]
Left To State Supreme Court Candidate: You Can't Be A Good Judge Because You're A Christian	3 09:00 Spairt Hatrack1612 [11131]
The FBI's Trump Panic - McCabe reveals how officials contemplated a bureaucratic coup.	1 10:41 JohnQC [11131]
Syria cannot be Europe's Guantanamo Bay prison	5 19:21 swksvolFF [11134]
60 Minutes Lara Logan Defects	10 17:21 Warthog [11130]
Page 6: Politix
McCabe Refuses to Answer Question About Lying Under Oath, Cites ‘Ongoing Legal Issues'	1 15:15 DarthVader [11129]
Hypnotizing the World: Rep. Omar Has Ties to Rad Anti-Israel, Anti-American Group	1 10:44 JohnQC [11125]
Kamala: Change Columbus Day to ‘Indigenous Peoples' Day'‐ US ‘Scene of a Crime'	8 22:10 rjschwarz [11135]
Amazon’s exit could scare off tech companies from New York	13 16:45 Procopius2k [11125]
SLS costs	5 16:46 Bright Pebbles [11128]
VDH: Autopsy of a Dead Coup	4 15:25 Airandee [11132]
Autopsy of a Dead Coup	1 00:42 charger [11124]

    
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                        19:27 AlanC

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                        19:25 swksvolFF

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                        19:24 AlanC

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                        19:16 DarthVader

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                        17:21 Warthog

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10	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Commies
3	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Taliban
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Jundullah
1	Moslem Colonists

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2019-02-19
IS Defends Final Pocket of dying Caliphate' in Syria

Mon 2019-02-18
India withdraws security for Kashmiri separatists stoking fears

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
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