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22 Released from 'Islamic State Kidnapping' in DR Congo
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Special Forces raid, airstrikes in Paktiya	15 21:06 Zhang Fei [11129]
NDS Special Forces seize 2500 kilograms of explosives in Kabul	0 [11132]
22 Released from 'Islamic State Kidnapping' in DR Congo	0 [11135]
Iraq sentences 2 more French IS members to death, 6 so far	0 [11131]
Iraqi airstrike kills 10 Islamic State militants in Salahuddin	0 [11129]
Bomb attack kills two paramilitary fighters in Iraq’s Anbar	0 [11127]
Fire breaks out in forest near Gaza due to incendiary balloon	0 [11130]
IDF Arrests 17 Palestinians In The West Bank, Weapons And Money Seized	0 [11131]
Turkish military launches operation against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq	0 [11126]
Libyan National Army hands wanted terrorist Hesham El-Ashmawy to Egypt	0 [11131]
Lyon Bomb Suspect Mohamed Hichem M. Alleged Illegal Immigrant	0 [11125]
U.S. Military Says Kills 3 Militants In Northern Somalia	2 09:48 Woodrow [11132]
Saudi jihadist rebel commander killed by Syrian military in Hama	0 [11126]
Syrian Air Force bombs strategic base in southwest Aleppo	0 [11129]
Syrian Air Force lets loose massive assault across southern Idlib	0 [11128]
147 dead as Islamist gunmen target Christian students	6 17:12 Woodrow [11135]
Court remands former Palestinian terror leader charged in recent attacks	0 [11130]
At least 12 casualties in Khan Sibel, half children	1 16:15 Skidmark [11127]
Another hospital bombed in Syria and more clinic staff killed	1 12:08 SteveS [11124]
Police find ‘suicide vest’ along route of procession	0 [11130]
Two arrested as CTD foils terror plan on Youm-i-Ali	0 [11127]
Taliban attacks kill 10 Afghan troops, four policemen	0 [11128]
France has 'indication' of chemical attack in Syria	0 [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
France Says Around 450 IS-Linked Nationals Detained in Syria	1 18:22 M. Murcek [11133]
Iran to provide salaries to 1,500 families of killed terrorists in Gaza	2 16:27 Dron66046 [11129]
Ramadan Rage – Casualties Exceed 1,000 at End of 3rd Week: 531 Deaths, 556 Injuries	5 17:55 JohnQC [11131]
Australian Terrorist Planned To Kill Kippah-Wearing Jewish Students	2 17:14 Woodrow [11125]
Pro-gov’t Assyrian forces to remain armed in northeast Syria	0 [11129]
Yemen's Houthi Rebels Begin Raising Funds For Cash-Strapped Hezbollah	0 [11130]
'Hamas Fired More Than One Anti-Tank Missile During Last Round Of Fighting'	0 [11126]
German Intel: Iran Wants To Expand To Weapons Of Mass Destruction	3 20:02 Alaska Paul [11126]
Section 144 imposed in South Waziristan for 'public safety'	0 [11130]
Riots erupt as Mirpurkhas vet booked in blasphemy case	0 [11125]
Senior Afghan Taliban leader says insurgents want peace	0 [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
From Colombia, Venezuelan defectors arm themselves to 'liberate' their homeland	2 17:54 M. Murcek [11136]
Problems with the design of Chinese carrier aircraft?	11 19:45 Rob Crawford [11128]
Netflix Executive: ‘We'd Rethink Our Entire Investment in Georgia' If Heartbeat Bill Upheld	5 16:10 Varmint Splat1454 [11127]
Justice Thomas Issues Fiery Condemnation of Eugenic Abortion	0 [11125]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Pregnant Woman Is Not a ‘Mother'	9 17:16 Woodrow [11132]
Yamil Sued Demonstrates the Springfield Armory SAINT Victor .308	2 16:56 SteveS [11123]
Poland to buy 32 F-35 jets to replace Soviet-era fleet	4 09:35 Skidmark [11126]
Serbian military placed on high alert after Kosovo police cross border	2 15:55 Skidmark [11125]
Forty prisoners strangled to death in Brazil prisons	3 11:13 Dron66046 [11126]
Former Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najaf has confessed to murdering his second wife	1 15:57 Skidmark [11128]
Russian Ivan Rogov-class landing ship Mitrofan Moskalenko has burned down in Severomorsk	4 07:55 Procopius2k [11129]
Call to build more prisons, equip inmates with life skills	2 09:37 Skidmark [11131]
Fiat Chrysler wants merger with Renault	7 15:59 Skidmark [11128]
Britney Spears' family seeks to extend restraining order against former manager	0 [11125]
Two dead, including schoolgirl, after Japan mass stabbing	2 11:27 Dron66046 [11128]
CII consults religious scholars over moonsighting 'controversy'	4 16:25 Dron66046 [11132]
Man dies on flight after swallowing 246 cocaine packets	4 11:34 Dron66046 [11130]
A Foreign Navy Screwed Up Its New $3 Billion Nuclear Missile Sub By Leaving Its Hatch Open	9 20:20 Dopey Sheque3974 [11131]
Air Force cadet conquered cancer to get lieutenant's bars	1 16:03 Skidmark [11126]
Seattle is overwhelmed by garbage and filth, but the city's leaders won't admit it.	11 22:36 Phaick Uneretle6310 [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
AOC Disappointed To Learn The 'Free Market' Isn't A Grocery Store Where You Don't Have To Pay For Anything	5 23:35 Richard Aubrey [11132]
Questions Remain After Israel Strikes Syrian Air-Defense System	8 19:26 Frank G [11133]
The Day Collusion Died (video)	5 21:06 Tyranysaurus Clavith3514 [11124]
Page 6: Politix
British ex-spy will not talk to U.S. prosecutor examining Trump probe origins	13 18:21 NoMoreBS [11133]
Biden Praises 10-Year-Old Girl as ‘Good Looking' and Holds Her Shoulders	9 18:20 M. Murcek [11130]
Joe DiGenova blows the lid off the real scandal: The Russia hoax was a cover-up effort for Obama's political spying since 2012	9 17:39 Besoeker [11127]
KKK Tries To Stage A Rally In Dayton, Ohio. Only 9 People Show Up	13 18:58 charger [11128]

    
                23:35 Richard Aubrey

                        22:36 Phaick Uneretle6310

                        21:06 Zhang Fei

                        21:06 Tyranysaurus Clavith3514

                        20:42 Frank G

                        20:28 trailing wife

                        20:20 Dopey Sheque3974

                        20:02 Alaska Paul

                        19:50 Unolung Noodleman5405

                        19:45 Rob Crawford

                        19:26 Frank G

                        19:25 Raj

                        19:17 Alaska Paul

                        18:58 charger

                        18:50 SteveS

                        18:40 Herb McCoy 

                        18:24 Bangkok Billy

                        18:22 Abu Uluque

                        18:22 M. Murcek

                        18:21 NoMoreBS

                        18:20 M. Murcek

                        18:15 M. Murcek

                        17:55 JohnQC

                        17:54 M. Murcek

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Syria
4	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	al-Nusra
2	Commies
2	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hezbollah
1	Narcos
1	Sublime Porte
1	Fatah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2019-05-29
22 Released from 'Islamic State Kidnapping' in DR Congo

Tue 2019-05-28
IS claims responsibility for a Bangladesh explosion

Mon 2019-05-27
Gunmen raid Burkina Faso church, kill four

Sun 2019-05-26
Sri Lanka Troops Launch Major Hunt for Islamists Linked to Suicide Attacks

Sat 2019-05-25
3 killed, 19 wounded in blast inside Quetta mosque ahead of Friday prayers

Fri 2019-05-24
Emir of Al-Qaeda allied Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, Zakir Musa, has been officially killed

Thu 2019-05-23
Algeria Army Chief Says Has ‘No Political’ Ambition

Wed 2019-05-22
'American Taliban' released

Tue 2019-05-21
8-10 Somali Teens Armed With Hammers Attack Bystanders at East Bank Rail Station in MN

Mon 2019-05-20
Houthi's launch IRBM at Mecca!

Sun 2019-05-19
Islamic State in West Africa Forming ‘Jihadist Proto-State’ in Nigeria

Sat 2019-05-18
Drone strike kills notorious ISIS leader and his fighters in East of Afghanistan

Fri 2019-05-17
Fighting grips Hodeidah port, complicates peace moves

Thu 2019-05-16
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Wed 2019-05-15
Iranian ballistic missile platforms in Basra city directed towards the Gulf, Exxon evacuating, German mil. trainers evacuating

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