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Exodus from last IS enclave overwhelms Syria force
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
More than 20 militants killed in Afghan Special Forces raids across the country	2 21:18 Besoeker [11128]
Taliban’s shadow district chief killed in NDS Special Forces raid in Nangarhar	4 20:41 Besoeker [11132]
Afghan forces repulse Taliban attacks in Laghman and Nangarhar provinces	0 [11128]
4 militants killed, 6 wounded in Afghan Air Force airstrikes in Takhar province	0 [11124]
Israel says plot to smuggle guns across Jordan border thwarted	0 [11129]
Two unarmed Palestinians nabbed crossing from Gaza into Israel	0 [11126]
2 Palestinian women arrested at checkpoint north of Jerusalem	0 [11131]
Mine left by Islamic State kills 20 civilians in Syria	0 [11130]
Iraqi military intelligence capture two senior ISIS members	0 [11132]
Somali Police Detain Two Suspects Over MP’s Assassination	0 [11128]
Fighter Jets Carry Out Airstrike On Al-Shabaab Strongholds	0 [11130]
Kashmir: Gunfight between rebels and Indian soldiers kills five	0 [11128]
Exodus from last IS enclave overwhelms Syria force	3 10:40 Chesney Crusoling7096 [11132]
Burkina forces kill nearly 30 'terrorists' in operation: military	0 [11125]
Govt appoints administrator for JeM-linked seminary	0 [11128]
Sudan declares state of emergency, disbands cabinet	0 [11130]
1 dead, 9 injured in Balochistan IED blast	0 [11128]
Retarded Pak woman dies after being shot by BSF	4 22:59 Captain Unereling3957 [11138]
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed	0 [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Venezuela's Maduro says rival Guaido ‘serves the interests of US and Zionists'	8 18:01 chris [11128]
UK to ban Lebanon's 'terrorist' Hezbollah's political wing - adds to terrorist list	2 13:28 trailing wife [11130]
UN Reports Record Number Of Civilian Deaths In 2018	7 09:35 AlanC [11132]
Yemen's Houthis to quit two ports Monday under peace deal: Sources	0 [11126]
Iran says detained American not held on security charges, releases Frenchwoman	0 [11130]
Prisons service bracing for disturbances from Hamas inmates	1 10:53 Chesney Crusoling7096 [11127]
Israel-Hamas prisoner swap talks collapse due to demands by Gaza — report	0 [11126]
Iran says bid by ‘enemies’ to sabotage missiles foiled	3 10:57 Chesney Crusoling7096 [11126]
UN envoy tells pro-Haftar TV channel "military operations won't resolve Libya's crisis"	2 07:24 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Lavrov: Russian military could police Syria-Turkey ‘buffer zone’	2 09:49 DarthVader [11132]
Yezidi children rescued from ISIS say they were trained to use weaponry	0 [11128]
Erdogan lashes out at Sisi over Egypt executions	4 16:39 magpie [11129]
35 people reportedly killed during Nigeria's general elections	1 12:36 trailing wife [11128]
Fazl hints at launching anti-govt campaign	1 10:51 Chesney Crusoling7096 [11126]
Iran's president faces calls to resign over economic crisis	1 12:24 Bevis [11125]
PAF ready to 'thwart any misadventure by the enemy', says air chief	1 10:54 Chesney Crusoling7096 [11130]
Venezuela Ex-Spy Chief Reveals Maduro’s Ties To Hezbollah, Drugs	3 09:56 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Homes for $1 in St. Louis' new homesteading program	11 16:27 Procopius2k [11126]
Bernie says Maduro should let aid in. Roger Waters goes after Bernie	5 18:44 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11133]
U.S., North Korea could agree to end Korean War at Vietnam summit: Yonhap	1 08:51 Uleck Spererong9442 [11126]
Special ops to turn focus from war on terror to China, Russia	0 [11128]
Israeli lunar spacecraft successfully completes first maneuver	1 08:21 George Oming4006 [11125]
Colombia reports 100+ venezualian troops defect	2 19:40 Procopius2k [11127]
Polls close and counting begins in Senegal presidential vote	0 [11128]
N. Korea state media slams US critics of Trump-Kim summit	1 08:29 Uleck Spererong9442 [11125]
UN condemns the "excessive use" of force by military and "progovernment" groups in Venezuela	1 08:26 Slusons Fillmore8974 [11129]
'Robbers' booked for murder of medical student Nimra in Karachi	1 08:24 Herb Grundy4403 [11130]
Colonel of the Brazilian Army stares down two Venezuelan armored vehicles	1 14:56 49 Pan [11129]
~~Boys~~ Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships	11 18:01 Glealing Turkeyneck5620 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Yes, ‘This Is America, 2019'	3 23:31 Chunky Sleating6286 [11134]
First came the home DNA kits. Now come the support groups	11 23:10 rjschwarz [11137]
Celebrities Attending Most Secure Event Of The Year Condemn Borders, Walls	1 09:41 Deacon Blues [11126]
The Lost History of FDR's Court-Packing Scandal	2 16:37 magpie [11125]
The Jussie Smollett Hoax Illustrates The Dangers Of Tribalism	5 16:23 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11127]
The Democrats' 2020 Census Goal: Turn Purple States Irreversibly Blue	1 10:16 rjschwarz [11127]
UCLA students signed a petition to send Trump supporters to re-education camps!!	7 21:30 Besoeker [11130]
That's A Hard Pass On Socialism, Millennial Suckers	16 23:34 al aSha-med [11130]
Politicized Schools Are Radically Transforming Our Nation	8 20:38 Frank G [11134]
Kurds must network proactively to weather coming storms	2 08:49 Frank G [11128]
Ghettoed by degrees	2 12:11 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
FATF warning	0 [11125]
A militant-free Pakistan	0 [11128]
Military Elites: Screw Your Rights!	15 20:12 Anomalous Sources [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Getting Her Own Comic Book	25 20:36 Frank G [11128]
Virginia's Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims	4 12:14 Besoeker [11124]
Video: ‘For the price of a comb': Fundraising ask for Sen. Amy Klobuchar's staff is making the rounds	8 15:55 Woodrow [11125]
Andrew McCabe Concedes James Comey ‘Eroded the Credibility of the FBI’	4 18:03 746 [11126]

    
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                        21:30 Besoeker

                        21:29 trailing wife

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                        21:18 Graving Omavick1039

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                        20:38 Frank G

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                        20:12 Anomalous Sources

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                        19:41 Vespasian Unairt7733

                        19:40 Procopius2k

                        19:20 trailing wife

                        19:02 Glenmore

                        18:44 AlmostAnonymous5839

                        18:41 magpie

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Islamic State
4	Commies
4	Taliban
3	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
2	Jaish-e-Mohammad
2	Sublime Porte
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Houthis
1	Baloch Liberation Army

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Mon 2019-02-25
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Sat 2019-02-23
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Fri 2019-02-22
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Thu 2019-02-21
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Tue 2019-02-19
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Mon 2019-02-18
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Sun 2019-02-17
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Sat 2019-02-16
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Fri 2019-02-15
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Thu 2019-02-14
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