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Damascus airport rocked after 'Israel air strike' on arms depot
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Damascus airport rocked after 'Israel air strike' on arms depot	8 23:11 Richard Aubrey [11135]
Islamic State in talks for terrifying merger with al Qaeda as battlefield defeats mount	0 [11129]
Russia says it thwarted terror attack, arrested 2 suspects	0 [11130]
Sinai Bedouin burn Islamic State militant alive, officials say	1 01:21 Jeasing Creque5352 [11130]
Palestinian shot trying to stab soldiers, IDF says	0 [11134]
Explosion in Gaza injures 2 at reported Hamas military site	5 16:56 DonM [11137]
France detains 10 in weapons probe from 2015 Hyper Cacher killings	0 [11132]
Turkey detains 1,000 in new anti-Gulen crackdown	0 [11128]
Spain holds Egyptian, Spaniard with suspected Islamic State links	3 22:21 Procopius2k [11136]
91 militants die in northern Afghanistan	2 13:40 Pappy [11135]
28 Bad Guys die in eastern Nangarhar province operations	0 [11131]
Lebanese Army continue operations in Arsal	0 [11132]
Syrian Army operations continue in Deir Ezzor, Hama	0 [11131]
4 militants die in Kunduz	0 [11130]
Fighting intensifies in northern Syria	0 [11133]
Anbar Antix	0 [11132]
15 ISIS Bad Guys die in Iraqi clearing operation in Diyala	0 [11133]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [11130]
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi cuts off road between al-Hadher and Rawa	0 [11130]
Kuwait Suspect Says IS Planned Attacks	0 [11129]
UAE Hands Iranian 10-Year Sentence over Sanctions Breach	0 [11130]
Two IS Militants with Ties to Senior Group Leaders Arrested	0 [11130]
At least 8 Iran guards dead in clash on Pakistan border	1 08:19 Pappy [11128]
Seven-hour gun battle leaves four Jandullah militants dead	0 [11132]
Several suspected militants killed in Khyber Agency air strikes, claims ISPR	0 [11135]
Al-Shabaab and AU troops clash in central Somalia	0 [11132]
Al Shabaab raids KDF army base in Southern Somalia	0 [11127]
Puntland seizes Explosives and Al Shabaab suspects	0 [11134]
Five dead, 11 injured as Boko Haram bombers attack Maiduguri again	0 [11132]
ISIS suffer heavy casualties in Zabul province of Afghanistan	0 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mexican Drug Lord's Assets Could Pay for Trump's Border Wall – US Senator Cruz	0 [11128]
London Tube bomb accused Damon Smith claims it was a prank	3 14:51 gorb [11130]
Saudi Shake-Up Strengthens King's Powerful Son	0 [11129]
French Intelligence Blames Syrian Regime for 'Chemical Attack'	0 [11130]
Saudi-led coalition warned against assault on Yemen’s lifeline port	1 12:18 Frank G [11131]
Amjad Sabri's murder case recommended for trial before military court	0 [11129]
Former TTP, JuA spox claims terrorist organisations being 'used' by India, Afghanistan	0 [11134]
Suspected Somali pirates on trial in India	1 07:28 AlanC [11131]
AQIS statement confirms top Bangaldeshi jihadist’s death	0 [11130]
The Pentagon Has a ‘Ghost Soldiers' Problem (Video)	5 19:00 Crinegum Ulaigum2776 [11132]
AntiFa Threatens Violence If Portland Oregon GOP And Trump Supporters Don’t Pull Out Of Annual Parade	20 23:34 3dc [11135]
Antifa Activist Punches Journalist on Camera, Then Claims Self-Defense	3 13:15 Abu Uluque [11128]
Continuing saga of Facebook Swedish rapists	4 16:55 Bobby [11136]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pakistani Girl Kidnapped and Sold into Sex Slavery is Found and Returned Home Where She Is Honor-Killed By Brother for Being Whore	2 19:35 trailing wife [11139]
VIDEO: Maxine Waters suffers brain freeze during rant on North Korea	6 22:11 Procopius2k [11132]
Russian Warship Sinks After Collision Off Istanbul Coast, 78 Soldiers Rescued	6 16:33 Frank G [11130]
Here's what Ronald Reagan did when college kids went ape at UC-Berkeley	3 12:01 magpie [11130]
Dartmouth Study Finds Democrats Are The Least Tolerant Students On Campus	3 09:17 DarthVader [11134]
Police ID would-be robber killed by employee on smoke break outside St. Louis 7-Eleven	7 22:05 bbrewer126 [11139]
To counter North Korea, admiral says the U.S. should consider adding ballistic missile interceptors in Hawaii	3 22:14 Shipman [11134]
Passenger kicked off Delta flight for going to bathroom during runway delay (Video)	9 20:19 AlanC [11133]
POTUS signs EO, States soon back in control of land Soetoro stole from them (Video)	3 09:01 g(r)omgoru [11128]
UC President Janet Napolitano hid $175 million while raising tuition, paying excessive salaries	2 16:31 Sgt.D.T. [11134]
US SAMs deployed to South korea	3 21:16 james [11134]
China launches domestic CV	5 19:45 3dc [11137]
12 die in Venezuela prison riot	0 [11128]
New Anti-Maduro March Planned in Crisis-Hit Venezuela	1 03:37 Skidmark [11128]
US test-fires ICBM traveling 4,000 miles to South Pacific	5 18:18 Solomon Thinegum7019 [11135]
'Psychic' accidentally stabs himself in the heart with a sword and dies in front of horrified spectators while demonstrating his immortality	14 19:08 Crinegum Ulaigum2776 [11136]
2% Of Counties Have 51% Of The Murders	8 15:13 ed in texas [11130]
Meeting an organ trafficker who preys on Syrian refugees	1 15:16 g(r)omgoru [11130]
VIDEO: Pelosi breakdown? Garbles words, mispronounces countries in short speech	12 16:04 Glalet Sproing1307 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Cruz Introduces "El Chapo Act": Use $14B Asset Forfeiture to Pay for Border Wall	6 21:00 newc [11137]
The Real Story Behind ESPN’s Wednesday Massacre	8 16:32 Frank G [11129]
The Guardian view on Venezuela: a country in pain	12 15:07 USN, Ret. [11126]
NYTimes op ed supports censorship by calling it something else	6 12:40 Abu Uluque [11132]
Page 6: Politix
U.N. Tells United States To Stop Obamacare Repeal Or Violate International Law [VIDEO]	15 22:49 Nero White 3083 [11130]

	
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Who's in the News
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13	Islamic State
6	Commies
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar-e-Islam (TTP)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Pirates
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Hamas
1	Jamaat ul-Ahrar
1	Jundullah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2017-04-27
Damascus airport rocked after 'Israel air strike' on arms depot

Wed 2017-04-26
Abu Sayyaf beheads captive Philippine soldier

Tue 2017-04-25
Sweden arrests second suspect over deadly truck attack

Mon 2017-04-24
Drone strike kills 5 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Sun 2017-04-23
5 terrorist suspects arrested in Brussels after arms, ammo & drugs seized in police raids

Sat 2017-04-22
~~Dozens of~~ About 140 Afghan troops dead in Taliban base attack

Fri 2017-04-21
ISIS Media Chief dies in airstrike

Thu 2017-04-20
Paris - cops shot, 1 killed. Suspect dead, Suspicious package left

Wed 2017-04-19
US: Man screams 'Allahu akbar!' and kills three civilians

Tue 2017-04-18
Pakistani Taliban leader Ehsanullah Ehsan 'surrenders'

Mon 2017-04-17
Pirates killed while trying to hijack ship near Somalia

Sun 2017-04-16
At least 43 killed as car bomb hits Syria evacuees

Sat 2017-04-15
Islamic State mufti killed in Mosul air strike, Iraqi forces say

Fri 2017-04-14
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul

Thu 2017-04-13
US drops MOAB on ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan

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