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Iraqi offensive on Tikrit appears to stall
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	0 [5]
Anbar Activities	0 [4]
What they're reporting in Iraq about Tikrit	0 [1]
Gunmen kill intelligence officer, 4 houses explode in Baghdad	0 [3]
Meanwhile, around Kirkuk...	0 [12]
US-led coalition conducts 13 airstrikes in Iraq	0 [3]
38 men excuted in Mosul by ISIS for escaping battlefield	4 18:55 Zhang Fei [6]
IDF wounds Palestinian hurling Molotov cocktail in West Bank	1 10:20 Procopius2k [3]
Spain Arrests Eight Suspected Jihadists with IS Ties	1 16:12 Ghost of Richard Blackwell [6]
Air strikes kill nine more BIFF militants	0 [4]
Indonesian Women, Children Held in Turkey 'Heading to Join IS'	0 [1]
Bosnia Arrests Five for Planning 'Terrorist Act' in Scandinavia	0 [1]
Friends of Paris Jihadist Attacker Charged with Terrorist Conspiracy	0 [6]
Bahraini forces clamp down on anti-regime demos	0 [8]
NPA ambush kills Philippine trooper	0 [2]
East J'lem lawyer suspected of passing messages to Hamas	1 11:29 Raj [7]
Hamas claims it nabbed official who betrayed top commander	0 [6]
More than 100 Hamas members arrested by PA	0 [5]
US drone strike kills Westgate attack planner, officials say	2 20:07 Bill Clinton [8]
Report: Attack wounded three army members in Egypt's Sinai	0 [5]
Three Killed in Shebab Attack in Northern Kenya	0 [6]
Suspect in Deadly Mali Nightclub Attack Killed	0 [14]
Iraqi offensive on Tikrit appears to stall	11 16:39 Pappy [15]
GCC unruffled by Houthi military drill	0 [11]
Page 2: WoT Background
Donations to the cause from Bosnia and Turkey	0 [3]
European Jews 'bankrupted' by security costs	0 [5]
Kerry tells Abbas he’ll press Israel to transfer withheld funds	3 11:58 JohnQC [4]
State Department upgrades network security against cyber attacks	6 11:38 Pappy [1]
3 plead not guilty in NYC to Islamic State group terror plot	5 09:09 trailing wife [6]
Argentina Declassifies Files on Jewish Center Attack	0 [3]
Boko Haram 'Bomb Factory' Discovered amid Chad Troop Movement on Cameroon Border	0 [6]
Cameroon says treats Boko Haram suspects humanely despite prison deaths	1 12:14 Frank G [4]
N. Korea Fires Seven Surface-to-Air Missiles into Sea	5 12:27 Grunter [8]
Syria Kurds Urge U.S.-Led Strikes as IS Forces Mass	0 [7]
Report: Hizbullah Readying to Attack Islamist Fighters along Lebanon's Border	1 04:19 g(r)omgoru [10]
Balochistan govt to collect bio-data of Afghan clerics	0 [6]
Indian diplomat summoned over delay in trial of Samjhota Express	0 [7]
Iran backs Yemen in fighting terrorism, improving economy: Diplomat	0 [10]
Taliban hold secret talks in Pakistan to discuss Afghan peace	1 08:38 Besoeker [6]
Iran anti-terror assistance to Iraq unconditional: Iraqi commander	0 [5]
Israel treats Takfiri terrorists wounded in Syrian conflict: Report	1 13:41 Shipman [10]
Pakistan launches first indigenous armed drone	0 [7]
Misrata frees 19 pro-Qaddafi prisoners held since 2011 revolution	1 20:09 Bill Clinton [10]
Did UN food aid for Yemen go to the not-so-poor?	1 11:59 JohnQC [8]
Al Qaeda Gets Media Makeover in Yemen	0 [9]
Thinni government to reviews bottlenecks and reopening of Kharuba airport	0 [5]
Egypt’s Sissi says country in danger of collapse, blames US	6 11:49 trailing wife [6]
Video: Hamas digging, building outposts not far from border fence	0 [6]
Turkey Government Steps Back on Controversial Security Bill	0 [6]
Pakistan Court Orders Release of 2008 Mumbai Attacks Mastermind	0 [12]
Gulf states offer $12.5 billion ~~to buy~~ aid to Egypt	1 05:38 BernardZ [6]
The inside story of how the US let Iran reach the nuclear weapons threshold	8 21:00 Hupineger Glomomp52169 [11]
#AskHamas - ( their social media skills need a little work...).	2 12:32 trailing wife [6]
Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile that can hit any point in India	0 [14]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Math Dorks have been waiting a Century for Today - 3 1415	5 22:30 KBK [4]
Nazis bombed own cities for target practice	7 20:51 Hupineger Glomomp52169 [9]
Dutch central bank chief criticises EU over French deficit	0 [5]
This Week In Guns, March 14th, 2015	0 [4]
Missing Putin found in Switzerland for 'birth of love child'	6 16:27 Pappy [9]
Karachi may sink into the ocean by 2060, Senate warns	6 20:20 SR-71 [9]
Ivory Coast soldiers face trial for 2011 killing of female marchers	0 [5]
China building second aircraft carrier	7 14:47 Redneck Jim [9]
US seeking to 'split Europe away from Russia': Bruce Gagnon	3 13:14 Thing From Snowy Mountain [5]
US govt. 'only enemy' of Venezuela: Maduro	5 21:40 Mike Kozlowski [9]
Indian groom jilted by bride Lovely at the altar over bungled math quiz	7 14:41 Grunter [4]
Fox hires ex-navy seal said to have killed Bin Laden	2 08:20 Besoeker [8]
China on Brink of Heart Disease 'Epidemic'	7 12:24 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [5]
Page 4: Opinion
Israel's next 22 months	1 18:17 Iblis [10]
Free ourselves of euro 'Nazism'	0 [4]
Obama is not a liar	12 22:36 KBK [5]
Houthis come down from mountains to fill Yemen's power vacuum	1 07:09 Tholurt Snore3943 [13]
'Iranization' of Syria: Why has the conflict lasted so long?	1 12:28 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [10]
ISIS, the enemy of civilization	7 15:27 JohnQC [5]
Page 6: Politix
Valerie Jarrett: I'll stay at White House 'until the lights go off'	15 22:30 newc [3]

    
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                        22:30 newc

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                        21:40 Mike Kozlowski

                        21:00 Hupineger Glomomp52169 

                        20:51 Hupineger Glomomp52169 

                        20:20 SR-71

                        20:09 Bill Clinton

                        20:07 Bill Clinton

                        18:55 Zhang Fei

                        18:26 NoMoreBS

                        18:17 Iblis

                        17:16 Shipman

                        17:12 Rambler in Virginia

                        16:39 Pappy

                        16:27 Pappy

                        16:25 trailing wife

                        16:12 Ghost of Richard Blackwell

                        15:27 JohnQC

                        15:09 Iblis

                        14:47 Redneck Jim

                        14:41 Grunter

                        14:30 newc

                        14:06 frozen al

Who's in the News
26	[untagged]
9	Islamic State
5	Govt of Iran
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Arab Spring
3	Commies
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Houthis
2	al-Shabaab
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Hezbollah
1	al-Nusra
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2015-03-14
Iraqi offensive on Tikrit appears to stall

Fri 2015-03-13
Clashes between Assad and Nusra forces kill 50

Thu 2015-03-12
Iraqi army targets ISIS in Tikrit, regains major areas

Wed 2015-03-11
Chad and Niger launch offensive against Boko Haram

Tue 2015-03-10
Retreating ISIS blows up bridge in south Kirkuk

Mon 2015-03-09
Yemen defense minister flees Sanaa to join president in Aden

Sun 2015-03-08
Boko Haram leader pledges allegiance to IS

Sat 2015-03-07
Advancing Iraq troops enter al-Dour

Fri 2015-03-06
Blast hits Nusra Front in Syria, kills commander

Thu 2015-03-05
Pakistani man found guilty in al-Qaeda plot to attack NYC subway

Wed 2015-03-04
Turkish ISIL agent charged with running underage Syrian prostitution ring

Tue 2015-03-03
Bibi Netanyahu’s Speech: Liveblog

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

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