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Iraq Launches Offensive on ISIS North of Baghdad
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IS fed pieces of murdered man to his own mother	15 22:38 trailing wife [11134]
Obama Regime Backed Rebels in Syria Defeated By Al Qaeda	11 19:36 JosephMendiola [11133]
Radicalization Fear Forces Danish Boy into Juvenile Home	0 [11130]
IS Frees 19 Syrian Christians as Ransom Paid	2 19:39 JosephMendiola [11139]
Army Bombs Gunmen in Qaa Outskirts, Destroys Defenses near Wadi al-Hosn	0 [11129]
Samarra fights ISIS	1 06:56 Shipman [11126]
Tikriti Toetags Tallied	4 15:27 Pappy [11129]
Security men among 10 held for jailbreak	1 14:14 trailing wife [11128]
Two Afghan cops killed in Balochistan	0 [11134]
Islamabad police foil terror attack planned for Pakistan Day	0 [11137]
Leading Benghazi assassin reported arrested	0 [11130]
Benghazi protestors carry on despite a mortar attack	0 [11129]
Violence killed 70 Afghans in February	0 [11131]
Bomb blast kills at least two people in Egypt's Aswan	0 [11129]
Peshmerga repel ISIS attacks on Mahkmour front	2 20:27 Pappy [11131]
Iraq Launches Offensive on ISIS North of Baghdad	0 [11134]
Rival Yemeni Camps Entrench as Iran Flights Arrive	0 [11129]
Iraqi forces kill, wound 19 terrorists in western Baghdad	0 [11130]
3 terrorists sentenced to life time imprisonment in Thi-Qar	0 [11130]
ISIS attack on Iraqi-Saudi border foiled	0 [11131]
Anbar Antics	0 [11129]
Mob Kills Woman over Suicide Bombing Scare in Nigeria	3 12:22 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Bahrain charges 17 bombing suspects with forming militant group	0 [11130]
US-led coalition launches air strikes on Daesh targets in Iraq, Syria	0 [11127]
Fighting drives hundreds in south-western Somalia into misery	4 21:24 Besoeker [11131]
Bomb kills senior Puntland commander	0 [11134]
Phillipine troops attack 300 Abu Sayyaf militants on Basilan Island	1 21:02 JosephMendiola [11131]
26 deaths so far in five-day Mindanao assault	0 [11130]
Female defense volunteer shot in Narathiwat	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Martyrs Wanted: ISIS' Devastating Defector Problem	3 22:03 Alaska Paul [11132]
UNAMI declares 3383 Iraqis killed – wounded in violence events of last February	0 [11131]
Senior official on Netanyahu's plane: Congress must be made aware of Iran deal concessions	8 21:12 JosephMendiola [11130]
Photos of World's last active service F-14 Tomcat jets overhauled in Iran	8 20:14 USN, Ret. [11134]
50 militancy cases identified for speedy trial in Karachi	0 [11130]
Lakhvi living comfortable 'detention' life in jail: BBC report	0 [11135]
Weapons continue to flow from Turkey and Qatar to terrorists, claims Ministry of Interior	1 19:33 JosephMendiola [11138]
Canadian parliament killer buried in Libya	3 14:58 Frank G [11133]
Yemen's president declares Sanaa an 'occupied capital'	0 [11131]
Yemen's president says Saleh conspired with Iran to undermine power transfer deal	0 [11126]
'UK benefited from Saudi torture to stop attack'	4 12:15 g(r)omgoru [11133]
Shiite militia continues training activities outside Kirkuk	0 [11131]
Report: Iran's Khamenei likely to live only two years	2 20:11 USN, Ret. [11134]
PKK umbrella group welcomes Ocalan's call for peace	0 [11128]
Egypt parliamentary poll looks set for delay after court ruling	0 [11126]
More than 2,000 fighters of Diyala will take part in battle of Tikrit	0 [11131]
Egypt Army: 172 Sinai Militants Killed in February	0 [11131]
MP attributes not sending Kurdistan Region Budget by Baghdad to delay in delivering Kurdistan Region oil to Baghdad	1 00:56 newc [11129]
Residential Complex inaugurated for political prisoners in Maysan	1 14:22 trailing wife [11128]
Reports: CCTV Shows Syria-Bound UK Girls at Istanbul Bus Station	3 19:23 JosephMendiola [11133]
Mullah In Norway: Those Who Do Not Respect 30% Of The World's Population	10 17:29 JohnQC [11129]
Syria rebels reject envoy plan to freeze Aleppo fighting	0 [11132]
S. Korea, U.S. set to begin annual joint military drills	0 [11129]
N. Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into East Sea	2 13:10 Bobby [11132]
N.Korea Resumes Tests for Smaller Missile Warheads	0 [11128]
Were Chechen security personnel behind Nemtsov's death?	4 16:36 badanov [11130]
"Enough Is Enough:" Cuts To Air Force Reduce Squadrons By 75 Percent	14 21:36 JosephMendiola [11136]
Page 3: Non-WoT
False Flag in Moscow? The Boris Nemtsov Assassination, the Anti-Putin Demonization Campaign	6 23:47 Rob Crawford [11128]
Lithuania Signs Non-Binding Deal for U.S. LNG Exports	0 [11130]
Symbolism: Foreign Workers Process American Unemployment Claims	2 19:54 JosephMendiola [11131]
Spain rejects Greece accusation of anti-Athens 'axis'	1 13:14 Bobby [11131]
Sierra Leone's vice president quarantines himself for Ebola	1 09:57 Frank G [11127]
US officials called 'terrorists' mock Venezuela travel ban	0 [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
The Liberal Circus	2 20:41 newc [11132]
The Lessons of Culture, Benjamin Netanyahu Edition	0 [11128]
The Aral Sea and Green Energy; License to Kill	5 22:29 Alaska Paul [11137]
Another jailbreak	4 15:42 swksvolFF [11127]
El-Sissi leading a Churchillian fight against Hamas	3 19:33 paul [11133]
Where's Hillary? Netanyahu doesn't want you to ask	6 19:30 JosephMendiola [11126]

	
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2015-03-02
Iraq Launches Offensive on ISIS North of Baghdad

Sun 2015-03-01
Egyptian court declares Hamas a 'terrorist organization'

Sat 2015-02-28
Boko Haram Fighters Turn to Cannibalism in Nigerian Forest

Fri 2015-02-27
Third alleged accomplice in Copenhagen shootings arrested

Thu 2015-02-26
Islamic State video shows destruction of ancient Iraqi artefacts

Wed 2015-02-25
SECURITY MoD: Iraqi forces liberate most of al-Baghdadi, Anbar

Tue 2015-02-24
ISIS executes three of its leaders for cowardice in Diyali

Mon 2015-02-23
Libya: ISIS claims it bombed Iran envoy's residence

Sun 2015-02-22
Hotel staffers arrested after deadly bombing

Sat 2015-02-21
Dozens Dead in Shebab Attack on Mogadishu Hotel

Fri 2015-02-20
45 dead in eastern Libya bombings, Islamic extremists claim responsibility

Thu 2015-02-19
Rebels report death of 195 pro-Assad fighters in Aleppo

Wed 2015-02-18
IS launches attack to regain Yazidi city of Shingal

Tue 2015-02-17
Islamic State militants 'burn to death 45 in Iraq'

Mon 2015-02-16
Egypt launches air strikes against IS militias in Libya

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