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Nigeria claims it killed Boko Haram's Shekau in raid
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US Service Member Killed by IED in Afghanistan	0 [6]
Nigeria claims it killed Boko Haram's Shekau in raid	0 [9]
Lone Wolf stabbing in Roanoke investigated by FBI	3 14:31 Raj [5]
Turkish Intelligence Now Has More Agents In Germany Than The Stasi Ever Did	4 15:12 Iblis [3]
Robert Langdon: Last Western prisoner held in Afghanistan pardoned, flown home to Australia	2 09:39 Bobby [5]
Colonist news: Boy in Sweden killed by grenade tossed into apartment	5 10:22 swksvolFF [4]
Good morning	7 14:08 Besoeker [3]
Pentagon: US ready to down Syrian, Russian jets	13 17:40 Besoeker [11]
Lyari gang-war leader among two suspects arrested in Karachi	1 11:38 Glairong Sforza7574 [6]
40 terrorists killed since launch of Khyber 3 operation	0 [5]
ISIS Executes 2 ‘Gay’ Islamic State Militants	2 16:01 Skidmark [6]
Marine gunships enter the fight against the Islamic State in Libya	10 15:01 USN,Ret. [8]
EXCLUSIVE: Full video of Kirkuk police catching and defusing juvenile suicide bomber	3 15:45 swksvolFF [3]
Associate of LeT operative booked for theft	0 [6]
4 prominent Taliban commanders killed in East of Afghanistan	0 [7]
1 dead in bombing in northern Jawzjan	0 [4]
Taliban forces consolidate gains around Kunduz	0 [5]
Rangers seal MQM stronghold Nine Zero	0 [5]
Rangers take Sattar, Amir Liaquat into custody	0 [4]
1 dead, 5 injured in attack on ARY News Karachi office	0 [6]
IS abandons treasure hoard in Sirte	1 15:02 USN,Ret. [6]
Kurds launch attack on Hasaka	0 [8]
Helmand's Nad Ali Still Under Siege By Taliban	0 [1]
Baghlan-Kunduz Highway Under Taliban Threat	0 [8]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Edtions	0 [4]
Turkish artillery pounds Syrian rebel positions in Manbij	0 [10]
Good Guys hit Syrian missile launcher in the Golan	0 [4]
Syrian rebels dismantle ISIS mines in Manbij	1 00:11 Tennessee [9]
Ninevah Nightmares	0 [4]
Baloch leaders booked for 'support' of Modi's comments: police	0 [5]
Anbar Antics	0 [5]
Hezbollah destroys jihadist HQ in western Damascus	0 [10]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 5 die	0 [4]
'Explosives found at Lebanon border were part of Hezbollah terror plot'	0 [5]
US Sends 100 Troops to Key Afghan City Under Taliban Siege	4 11:29 magpie [5]
Page 2: WoT Background
Russia publicizing Iranian bases was ‘kind of show-off’	1 09:11 Shipman [11]
New deal reached for Hasakah in Hmeimim Base	0 [9]
Libya’s parliament rejected UN-brokered unity government	0 [5]
India preparing to install Israeli radar technology along LoC	0 [4]
Turkey vows to 'cleanse' border of Islamic State after wedding attack that killed 54	0 [5]
Malaysia wants Guantanamo to reject militant Hambali's release request	1 16:50 swksvolFF [13]
Kerry Told Kenya Plans to Start Withdrawal From Somalia in 2018	0 [5]
26/11:'financier' gave Rs 4 mn to LeT; sent to JC	0 [4]
Al-Qaeda-linked Mali militant admits destroying Timbuktu shrines	0 [6]
Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri Calls On Supporters To Reject ISIS And Support Taliban	0 [3]
Houthi Insurgents Violate Laws and Recruit Children	0 [6]
Israeli NGO to US: Get Turkey to extradite Hamas mastermind amid Gulen debate	0 [3]
US struggles to sideline Hezbollah in Lebanon	4 13:13 Pappy [9]
Page 3: Non-WoT
FBI files linking Hillary Clinton to the 'suicide' of White House counsel Vince Foster have vanished from the National Archives	3 17:52 JohnQC [6]
Soldier Dies During Live Fire Exercise In Northumberland U.K.	0 [2]
Leo DiCaprio ditches Hillary fundraiser under shady circumstances	1 09:39 Bright Pebbles [5]
Germans told to stockpile food and water for civil defence	9 21:20 swksvolFF [6]
Fox News referenced in order to edit State Department video (video}	2 09:41 AlmostAnonymous5839 [4]
Francine Stein - No One Left Behind, 30 Strangers Came To Pay Their Respects	3 09:28 Bright Pebbles [3]
Honduras to get technology from Israel to fight organized crime	1 10:32 Skidmark [5]
Congress Subpoenas Tech Companies That Handled Hillary's Private Emails	3 06:50 Besoeker [6]
Finland says it is nearing security deal with US amid concerns over Russia	3 14:36 swksvolFF [4]
Ever wondered what Wise Intelligent Supreme God Allah looks like?	13 22:37 Bov Flimbers [8]
Today's Idiot	5 10:35 Skidmark [4]
Page 4: Opinion
Japan ramping up defense spending	4 22:42 Procopius2k [9]
A Clinton Presidency Would Be the Political Equivalent of an Extinction Level Event	8 19:14 Procopius2k [4]
Trump on immigration: 'We are going to obey the existing laws'	8 14:54 Iblis [3]
Daily News' Wildly Dishonest Story About The Crown Heights Pogrom	0 [5]
Are you in for a treat: SJW pursues a sexual harasser	7 11:24 Abu Uluque [5]
Registering madressahs	0 [4]
Just a bit about Huma Abedin's Mooslim World League from Joe Klein	2 11:29 Glairong Sforza7574 [8]
Page 6: Politix
Emails: Clinton aide arranged meeting with foundation donor	1 20:06 Blossom Unains5562 [7]
Obama visit could focus needed attention on Louisiana flood damage	9 19:10 Procopius2k [10]
Trump calls for special prosecutor to look at Clinton Foundation, clarifies immigration stance	1 17:15 JohnQC [13]
Election Lawyer Blasts ‘Lunacy’ of MSNBC Denying Voter Fraud	6 16:10 swksvolFF [5]
FBI uncovers 15K undisclosed emails in Clinton probe	5 17:53 swksvolFF [7]

    
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                        22:03 Nguard

                        21:20 swksvolFF

                        20:46 European Conservative

                        20:06 Blossom Unains5562

                        19:52 Pappy

                        19:25 swksvolFF

                        19:14 Procopius2k

                        19:10 Procopius2k

                        17:53 swksvolFF

                        17:52 JohnQC

                        17:51 JohnQC

                        17:40 Besoeker

                        17:39 Frank G

                        17:33 European Conservative

                        17:32 JohnQC

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                        16:50 swksvolFF

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                        16:10 swksvolFF

                        16:01 Skidmark

                        16:00 Skidmark

                        15:49 swksvolFF

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
5	Taliban
4	Govt of Syria
3	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Sublime Porte
2	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Houthis
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Lashkar-e-Islam
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Qaeda
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2016-08-23
Nigeria claims it killed Boko Haram's Shekau in raid

Mon 2016-08-22
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014

Sun 2016-08-21
~~Eight~~ 30 50 killed in blast at wedding in southeast Turkey: state media

Sat 2016-08-20
Hambali Receives Guantanamo Review Board Hearing

Fri 2016-08-19
Egypt’s Islamic State group affiliate confirms killing of its chief

Thu 2016-08-18
Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station

Wed 2016-08-17
Anjem Choudary Convicted of Supporting ISIS

Tue 2016-08-16
Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria

Mon 2016-08-15
Taliban takes control of Dahana-e-Ghori in North of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-08-14
ISIS Member Beheads His Father in Mosul

Sat 2016-08-13
Terror on Swiss train as passengers are attacked by passenger with fire and knife

Fri 2016-08-12
Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.

Thu 2016-08-11
Canadian authorities foil ISIS suicide bombing, suspect killed

Wed 2016-08-10
Hezbollah drone carries out airstrike over southern Aleppo

Tue 2016-08-09
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar claims hospital bomb attack that killed 70

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