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Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	0 [6]
Petraeus issues warning on Iraq: U.S. can not be 'the air force for Shia militias'	32 23:54 newc [9]
IAF respond to rocket fire with Gaza attack	1 09:47 Skidmark [2]
IPS To Implement Crackdown On Hamas Prisoners	0 [3]
US has assets in Iraq region as B.O. considers action	5 12:01 Shipman [5]
Big-name arrest, but Abu Sayyaf resiliant	0 [5]
Spain Holds 10 For Suspected Jihadist Recruitment	0 [6]
Civil Administration Raids Hamas-Affiliated Institutions In Hebron	0 [5]
Police Fire At Stone Throwers, Palestinian Wounded	0 [5]
Iraq sending 59 officers to court for abandoning Mosul	0 [5]
Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery	5 17:11 Shipman [11]
Iraq requests US air strikes on militants	2 23:30 Squinty [6]
MNA Tahira Asif's condition out of danger: Rasheed Godil	0 [9]
Boko Haram suspected after football screening venue bombed in Nigeria	2 18:49 mossomo [8]
One killed, seven injured in four bombings in southern Thailand	0 [4]
Security Forces Kill 55 Insurgents in Operations	0 [3]
Sunni slaughter continues in Iraq	0 [2]
Another US drone attack strikes Afghanistan, kills 12	8 21:47 trailing wife [13]
ISIL militants kidnap 100 foreign nationals in Iraq	0 [5]
Scores killed in battle for Baquba	0 [4]
AQIM kidnapper escapes Mali prison	0 [2]
Two in Texas charged with providing support to terrorists	3 01:35 DarthVader [3]
Afghanistan assures Pakistan of full support in NWA operation	0 [3]
14 dead in bombing of World Cup view site in Nigeria	0 [3]
Syria bombing kills 20 in refugee camp near Jordan border	0 [6]
Iraq Official Says Iran's Military Mastermind Is In Charge	1 00:09 Squinty [7]
Shaboobs kill 10 in Mpeketoni	0 [11]
Man arrested in Marka after bomb attack	0 [7]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Monster of Mosul: How a Sadistic General Helped ISIS Win	1 13:40 Bobby [3]
Twitter Snitch Spills ISIS's Secrets	5 22:30 Squinty [6]
Israel Approves 172 New Settler	1 05:23 Besoeker [1]
Nasrallah: We Will Sacrifice Five Times As Much For Iraq Than Syria	4 17:13 Shipman [6]
Do you know where Benghazi is? Prove it	10 17:55 Snusort Spomose2148 [6]
Families Of Shalit-Deal Palestinian Prisoners Urge Egypt To Intervene	0 [4]
Model Town tragedy: LHC Tribunal begins work	0 [10]
Imran demands resignation of Shahbaz, Sanaullah over Model town incident	0 [7]
PAT Chief says, will not cooperate with Judicial Inquiry	0 [10]
Abdullah demands halt to Afghan vote count over 'fraud'	0 [3]
Will not hesitate to defend Iraq holy sites: Iran	0 [8]
Islamists Mock Michelle Obama: #BringBackOurHumvee	6 18:35 swksvolFF [3]
ISIL to turn against KSA, Qatar: Maliki	0 [2]
Kenyan Muslims urge authorities to foster unity	0 [6]
Libyans welcome Boukhtala arrest	0 [4]
Morocco protects mosques from religious extremism	0 [2]
Saadi Kadhafi faces murder trial	0 [4]
Lahore clash: Who caused the bloodshed?	0 [12]
Polio debacle	1 07:30 Glenmore [6]
12 sentenced to death for killing Egypt officer	0 [1]
Indian workers abducted in Mosul	0 [3]
Libyan election to go ahead next week despite political chaos	0 [3]
Shaboobs: "We've opened strongholds in Kenya"	0 [3]
Islamists Mock Michelle Obama: #BringBackOurHumvee	1 09:38 Uncle Phester [5]
Page 3: Non-WoT
'Jammer Coat' Blocks Electronic Spying	4 15:18 Champ the Flatulent1600-PA-ave [2]
Russia's Gazprom signs 3.5-million-ton LNG supply deal with India's GAIL	3 18:24 Frank G [8]
Sheriff Arpaio Sued For Arresting Illegals With Stolen or Fake IDs	1 00:56 DarthVader [2]
Turkey sentences 1980 coup leaders to life in prison	1 01:07 3dc [4]
Ukraine president to order unilateral ceasefire 'shortly'	0 [4]
First US execution carried out since botched lethal injection	3 09:37 JFM [3]
17 Chinese soldiers killed in weapons facility blast: Xinhua	2 22:56 Squinty [5]
King Juan Carlos signs into law his abdication	0 [2]
Handcuffed man shoots at officers after pulling gun out of his butt	0 [2]
54,200 newspaper, magazine jobs axed since 2003	4 17:17 Shipman [3]
Desert Hot Springs Debates Police Versus Bankruptcy Path	2 18:42 Frank G [5]
Man Caught Selling 'Laughing Gas' Balloons Outside Irving Plaza, Police Say	5 16:18 Shipman [1]
Reporter's purse swiped from TV truck -- near police HQ	0 [4]
Couple To Stand Trial Over Girl's Smiley Face, and Derogatory Word Tattoo	0 [5]
Pro-Russians reject Kiev's ceasefire offer	0 [3]
US about to become titan of the oil market with 20% of world exports	6 16:29 Shipman [1]
Mexican Embassy: Mexicans 'Illegally' Crossing U.S. Border 'Are Not Committing a Crime'	6 22:38 JosephMendiola [7]
Page 4: Opinion
Danial Pipes: Turkish Support for ISIS	1 18:58 mossomo [3]
Iraq: Why It's Worse Than You Think	3 14:31 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1]
The enemy within	0 [11]
Mississippi Political Elites Can't Believe Voters Turning Against 'King Of Pork' Cochran: NY Times	6 12:09 Charles [2]
Pervasive thana culture	0 [7]
Let North Korea Collapse	5 16:40 Shipman [2]
Page 6: Politix
CO governor tries to apologize for gun control measures, blames staff, then curses	2 15:44 Redneck Jim [4]
Lois Lerner's IRS computer has been recycled, hard-drive gone forever.	17 16:59 Squinty [6]
California Mayor Curbs Self Over Dog Poop Incident	1 08:24 Redneck Jim [3]
Cal Health Department A No-Show At Yuba County Mobile Home Park With Flammable Water	6 16:51 Shipman [4]
Jindal issues orders to sever Common Core ties	0 [2]
Jay Carney: Obama 'Paying Close Attention' To Iraq While Golfing	11 20:01 Frank G [7]
Director of National Intelligence Celebrates LGBT Pride Month: 'What The Intel Community Is About'	4 17:44 Squinty [5]
Democrat says he's leading black GOTV effort for Cochran	5 14:58 Iblis [2]
John Boehner 'controlled by Zionists': Ex-US presidential candidate	3 16:31 Squinty [2]
American society glorifies, enshrines violence: Researcher	2 19:26 mossomo [7]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Govt of Pakistan
7	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
4	Hamas
2	Islamic State of Iraq
2	Arab Spring
2	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2014-06-19
Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery

Wed 2014-06-18
Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents

Tue 2014-06-17
Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants

Mon 2014-06-16
Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo

Sun 2014-06-15
Iraq Rebels Stall North of Baghdad

Sat 2014-06-14
Iran sends forces to Iraq as ISIS militants press forward

Fri 2014-06-13
Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border

Thu 2014-06-12
'They have lined the streets of Mosul with the heads of police and soldiers'

Wed 2014-06-11
Maliki asks for state of emergency

Tue 2014-06-10
Mosul Falls to Insurgency

Mon 2014-06-09
Sisi Sworn in as Egypt President, Vows 'No Leniency' for Violence

Sun 2014-06-08
Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport

Sat 2014-06-07
Heavy clashes, suicide bombings kill 36 in north Iraq

Fri 2014-06-06
Boko Haram kills "hundreds" in Nigeria

Thu 2014-06-05
Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack

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