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Syria force says 'thousands' still inside last IS pocket
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Shooter on the run after suspected terror attack in Netherlands	9 19:18 Bright Pebbles [1777]
Indian Navy deploys aircraft carrier & nuclear subs to deter ‘misadventures' by Pakistan	1 20:07 M. Murcek [1774]
One person believed to have been killed in shooting on a tram in Utrecht: police	4 18:27 M. Murcek [1785]
Taliban captures 50 border police as fighting intensifies in western Afghanistan	4 16:01 Procopius2k [1755]
Mine Blasts Kill at Least 17 People in Syria	3 12:29 trailing wife [1749]
Iraqi security forces arrest Islamic State warlord near Jordan borders	1 06:48 M. Murcek [1753]
Unidentified gunmen kill Iraqi citizen near his house in Baghdad	0 [1747]
Gaza sends forth 4 batches of fire balloons plus grenade attached to toy airplane	0 [1760]
Palestinian teenager caught with knife at Tomb of the Patriarchs	0 [1744]
Manhunt Underway After Two Shooting Attacks In West Bank, Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinians	0 [1753]
Syria force says 'thousands' still inside last IS pocket	2 12:33 trailing wife [1798]
At least 8 dead as gunmen storm Mali army camp	0 [1743]
4 killed in Balochistan railway track blast	0 [1753]
Pak violates ceasefire on LoC	1 07:33 Frank G [1750]
Policeman killed in gunmen attack on Sabha patrol in southern Libya	0 [1737]
Clashes hit Libya's Tripoli once again	0 [1740]
Clashes between Iraqi army, PKK in Sinjar	0 [1751]
Sole airworthy Boeing 747-281B of Fars Air Qeshm (EP-FAB) damaged in Qatar	2 11:32 Alaska Paul [1741]
Iranians arrested in Buenos Aires with poorly forged Israeli passports	0 [1744]
Battles Intensify Amid Efforts For Peace	0 [1741]
ISIS-K commander Kateeb Ur Rehman, his 4 comrades killed in Nangarhar airstrike	0 [1748]
11 Taliban militants killed, 2 suicide vests, house-borne IED destroyed in Kunduz	0 [1741]
Guerrilla warfare commander among 8 dead, wounded in Helmand, Kandahar explosions	0 [1757]
SDF: Estimated 5,000 ISIS fighters and their families remain in Baghouz, intense clashes, 7 turbans airstruck	0 [1751]
Page 2: WoT Background
Ehud Barak's phone and computer hacked by Iranian intelligence - report	1 11:38 M. Murcek [1737]
Months After Saying US Will Withdraw, Now 1,000 Troops In Syria To Stay	7 22:31 DooDahMan [1757]
Israel to resume Egypt-mediated talks with Hamas — report	1 02:32 newc [1746]
New Zealand mosque shooting suspect reportedly visited Israel in 2016; G’ma apologizes, mum & sis in police protection	6 15:21 Mullah Richard [1746]
UN envoy says Hamas violently suppressed Gaza protests	0 [1742]
MASSOB condemns the alleged killing of Christians in parts of the country	0 [1764]
‘Shutting down seminaries post-Pulwama attack may send wrong message’	0 [1738]
Libya's Fatwa House condemns terrorist mosque attacks in New Zealand	1 11:40 M. Murcek [1749]
Highest ranking Iranian commanders visit Syria	0 [1737]
Turkey opens new border crossing with Syria’s region	0 [1740]
Pak, India threated to launch conventional missiles	0 [1741]
Jerusalem court orders closure of disputed building on Temple Mount	3 23:05 trailing wife [1773]
Security Forces Did Not Raid Zaeef’s House: MoI	0 [1759]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Controversial FBI Counterintelligence Nominee on Hold In Senate	6 22:35 DooDahMan [1764]
President Trump orders alien biometric IDs, dump 466,000 Obama green cards	7 18:43 Bright Pebbles [1771]
US detects huge meteor explosion	9 12:25 Bright Pebbles [1743]
Riots on Champs-Élysées: Why violence has become ‘legitimate' for some Yellow Vests	3 08:20 Procopius2k [1749]
DRC train derailment kills 24, mostly children, near Kananga	0 [1748]
Judge Jeanine Pirro gets it in the back from projectionists at Faux News	11 20:45 NoMoreBS [1763]
USAF gives up on sandbagging Offutt AFB!	4 10:20 USN, Ret. [1747]
Revised numbers for Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests	0 [1742]
A high school kid gets the scoop of the decade on SpaceX	7 16:26 3dc [1742]
German reporter released by Venezuela returns home	0 [1742]
Boeing 'finalizing' anti-stall update after Ethiopia crash	15 09:33 M. Murcek [1733]
Remand of suspects extended in Ramsha murder case	0 [1740]
Musharraf shifted to Dubai hospital after 'reaction' from rare disease	1 07:41 M. Murcek [1743]
A boiling volcano!	2 10:36 M. Murcek [1757]
Guaido from Vargas: We must prepare for the definitive cessation of the usurpation	1 17:42 M. Murcek [1741]
More than 100 protesters arrested in a new day of repression in Nicaragua	0 [1737]
Trump spoke to Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors about the Lordstown Ohio plant	4 12:22 Abu Uluque [1742]
There are mounting signs of military planning for Venezuela	5 09:07 DarthVader [1744]
Weed-lovers celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with cannabis-infused Manhattan brunch	1 12:15 Abu Uluque [1735]
Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died	11 17:36 swksvolFF [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
An Armed Citizenry Is A Free Citizenry, Which Is Why Liberals Want You Disarmed	3 19:43 NoMoreBS [1767]
Malia, Michelle, Barack and the College Admissions Scandal	6 12:34 JohnQC [1739]
Not merely a lone wolf attack	0 [1754]
The Qatari cash and Hamas' big mistake	0 [1757]
Page 6: Politix
NYC Bill Would Outlaw Unfair Terminations in the Fast Food Industry	16 22:41 Skidmark [1777]
Chistopher Steele deposition shows he did little of his own research on dossier product	16 14:34 CrazyFool [1752]
Dem Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke: Ban AR-15 Sales in America	14 19:46 NoMoreBS [1780]
Ocasio-Cortez: Illegal Aliens Are ‘My Constituents'	14 22:01 Vernal Hatrack2366 [1782]
CNN Intel Analyst and former Klington: Trump's ‘Neo-Nazism' Similar to Hitler	11 22:38 DooDahMan [1775]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Commies
4	Hamas
4	Govt of Iran
4	Islamic State
4	Taliban
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Arab Spring
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Sublime Porte
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2019-03-18
Syria force says 'thousands' still inside last IS pocket

Sun 2019-03-17
1 killed, another wounded in a magnetic bomb explosion in Kabul city

Sat 2019-03-16
TV details how Hamas ‘accidentally’ fired at Tel Aviv

Fri 2019-03-15
Over 40 killed as gunmen open fire in two mosques in New Zealand

Thu 2019-03-14
Niger Says It Killed 33 Boko Haram 'Terrorists'

Wed 2019-03-13
SDF close in on ISIS in Baghouz

Tue 2019-03-12
Baghouz: ISIS militants retreat underground as coalition offensive resumes

Mon 2019-03-11
Foreign ISIS brides isolated after attacking ‘infidel’ refugees at Syrian camp

Sun 2019-03-10
More than 60 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces operations and airstrikes

Sat 2019-03-09
JuD offices in Muridke, Lahore taken over

Fri 2019-03-08
Nine border tunnels uncovered, destroyed in North Sinai

Thu 2019-03-07
Blasts target major Shia ceremony in Afghanistan's Kabul

Wed 2019-03-06
Masood Azhar's son, brother detained in govt crackdown against banned organisations

Tue 2019-03-05
Indian strike on LeT camp in Muzaffarabad?

Mon 2019-03-04
Germany to strip 'Islamic State' fighters' citizenship

Sun 2019-03-03
Syrian Army kills 7 ISIS fighters attempting to escape from Euphrates bastion, SDF advancing on 5 fronts, 3 wounded

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