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Paktika Villages Collapse To The Taliban
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
From topless model to ISIS bride	10 12:22 charger [3]
Three Egyptian policemen injured while attempting to defuse bomb in Damietta	1 08:05 Richard Aubrey [4]
Turkish warplanes pound 10 PKK targets overnight: Anadolu	1 13:31 magpie [4]
Three security personnel die in Peshawar and Mohmand	0 [6]
4 facilitators of Peshawar Christian Colony attack arrested	2 01:03 newc [9]
Hindu (!!) gangster shot to death in Karachi	1 19:51 Blossom Unains5562 [11]
Turks begin new offensive in northern Syria	0 [10]
Yemeni Forces Inflict Heavy Losses Upon Saudi-backed Forces	0 [6]
15 Yemen soldiers killed in rebel attacks	0 [7]
Paktika Villages Collapse To The Taliban	0 [7]
Good morning	4 14:29 Zenobia Floger6220 [8]
ISIS security chief in Ninevah has a Very Bad Day	0 [5]
Turkish troops attack protesters in Kobane, killing 2	0 [14]
2 ISIS troops die infiltrating into Khalidiya	0 [5]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [4]
Shia militia attacks Sunni rivals in Salahuddin	0 [9]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [6]
Roadside Explosion outside Afgoye kills at least five	0 [2]
Jihadist civil war on the horizon as Jund and Ahrar battle in Idlib	0 [2]
Jund Al-Aqsa suffers insurmountable losses in northern Hama	0 [10]
ISIS-held territory shrinks and becomes a big pocket	0 [10]
Libya forces facing ‘fierce’ ISIS resistance in Sirte	0 [4]
ISIS loses last stretch of Syria-Turkey border	0 [13]
Deadly attack foiled in Kabul, 4 would-be suicide bombers arrested	0 [2]
Mastermind of attacks on Dipan, Tutul held	0 [7]
Bombers ‘planning Labraq attack’ killed in explosion	0 [5]
Train bombed in southern Thailand, worker killed	0 [5]
Turkey Ejects Islamic State Forces From Segment of Syrian Border	0 [2]
Indonesia arrests another suspect in Batam attack plot	0 [5]
IDF Fires Back at Hamas Position	0 [5]
Syrian troops recapture parts of Aleppo, severing supply line	0 [8]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran's Khamenei blasts Saudi management of holy sites	0 [5]
Norks fire missiles at Sea of Japan	5 13:45 Rambler in Virginia [4]
US and Russia fail to strike deal for ceasefire in Syria	4 21:43 SteveS [12]
Uganda says will rescue Soldier from Shaboobs	0 [5]
Turkey’s PM: We will not allow artificial state of Rojava	0 [3]
Syrian opposition seeks transitional govt body	0 [8]
Kurdistan receives $22.2m from US for Peshmerga salaries	3 19:11 Glanter Trotsky5797 [6]
Civil servants in Iraq heed Sadr’s call to go on strike	0 [7]
ISIS releases photo of suicide bomber that attacked Kurdish Kakei village	0 [3]
Hekmatyar’s party close to final declaration on peace deal with govt: Sources	2 10:00 Pappy [2]
Quasem was an executive council member of Jamaat	1 07:29 Zorba Phuck2973 [3]
Dhaka protests Pakistan reaction over Quasem’s execution	1 07:37 Zorba Phuck2973 [3]
Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan faces questions after leader's death	0 [4]
ISIS warns 100s of jihadis have snuck into Schengen to attack Europe & UK	1 10:29 Raj [6]
Five things to know about the Abu Sayyaf Group	0 [7]
‘Sabah ready to face fleeing Abu Sayyaf terrorists’	0 [4]
Top Malaysian Sunni official: Wahhabism has no place here, they split Muslim society	0 [7]
Iranian Officials Meet with Hamas, Agree to Face ‘Zionist Danger’ Together	5 20:25 Blossom Unains5562 [13]
Will turn Kashmir into graveyard for Indian forces: Hizbul chief	0 [13]
Pakistan: Islamic State Bid To Expand In Country Foiled	0 [9]
Al Qaeda Is Gaining Strength in Syria	0 [7]
Taliban Warns India Over Military Aid to Kabul	0 [1]
Foreign Connections of the MQM Exposed	0 [7]
Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian army once again close to collapse	0 [7]
Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow'	4 14:00 Bright Pebbles [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hillary's Coughing Fits Return, With A Vengeance	0 [6]
Hillary Takes Tough, Hard Hitting Questions From The Press	2 18:06 Raj [5]
Megan Rapinoe (USWNT) Latest Asshat To Kneel During Nat'l Anthem	6 19:58 Silentbrick [7]
India and Vietnam Boost Military, Commercial Ties	0 [6]
Leaked Law Enforcement Supply Catalog Shows Souped-Up Cell Tower Spoofers, Tons Of Pervasive Surveillance Options	2 08:33 AlanC [4]
Mother Teresa honored as saint	0 [3]
Will The Air Force B-21 Bring New, Next-Generation Stealth Technology?	4 17:59 magpie [8]
Delhi's ex-women's minister arrested on rape charge	1 11:21 g(r)omgoru [8]
Today's Idiot	4 10:35 Raj [5]
Two prison officers are shot by child rapist who was visiting prison	1 11:41 Skidmark [3]
How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone	0 [3]
Lemur DumbHam Triggered By Conversation In Her Own Head	6 12:56 Raj [4]
Page 4: Opinion
Trump Surging in Iowa and Virginia	6 13:17 Abu Uluque [4]
OOPS! Standing man exposes staged "drowning Muslim refugees" photo op	3 17:15 Raj [7]
Lebanon’s speaker shows his true colors	1 12:22 Grins Snese4215 [9]
It’s culture, not religion	5 21:28 Skidmark [8]
Daniel Greenfield: The Lie is Coming Apart (video)	5 15:55 Dale [11]
Has Pakistan's Zarb-e-Azb military operation failed?	0 [9]
Page 6: Politix
Hilary Clinton's Mind-Boggling FBI Interview – What Was Cheryl Mills Doing There?	10 18:32 Pappy [5]
Obama Tells Turkey U.S. Will Help Bring Coup Plotters to Justice	7 14:16 g(r)omgoru [5]
Dr. Drew loses show after discussing Hillary’s health	2 23:58 Thor Lumumba3940 [8]
The Atlantic: From Whitewater to Benghazi - A Clinton-Scandal Primer	2 02:21 Tarzan Slailet2796 [4]
G20 Summit: Barack Obama warns US-UK trade relations could unravel after Brexit	7 14:27 Bright Pebbles [7]

    
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                        21:43 SteveS

                        21:28 Skidmark

                        20:25 Blossom Unains5562

                        19:58 Silentbrick

                        19:51 Blossom Unains5562

                        19:11 Glanter Trotsky5797

                        18:32 Pappy

                        18:06 Raj

                        17:59 magpie

                        17:23 M. Murcek

                        17:15 Raj

                        16:10 NoMoreBS

                        15:55 Dale

                        15:30 Maggie Elmusoth7448

                        15:25 trailing wife

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                        15:10 Pappy

                        14:45 Raj

                        14:39 Pappy

                        14:32 Besoeker

                        14:29 Zenobia Floger6220

                        14:27 Bright Pebbles

                        14:16 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
5	Sublime Porte
3	Govt of Syria
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Nusra
2	Hamas
2	Abu Sayyaf
2	Houthis
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Commies
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Salafists
1	Ansarullah Bangla Team
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2016-09-05
Paktika Villages Collapse To The Taliban

Sun 2016-09-04
Turkey Launches New Attack Against ISIS, Kurds In Syria

Sat 2016-09-03
North Syria cleared of ISIS, Kurdish militia

Fri 2016-09-02
Thailand announces peace talks with southern Muslim rebels

Thu 2016-09-01
7 Al-Qaeda terrorists executed in Iraq by hanging

Wed 2016-08-31
The ISIS 'Attack Dog' Abu Mohammed al-Adnani Reported Dead

Tue 2016-08-30
Afghan court sentences senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani to death

Mon 2016-08-29
Iran arrests nuclear negotiator over spying

Sun 2016-08-28
Taliban fighters overrun district in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2016-08-27
ISIS Kubs of the Kaliphate execute five Kurdish captives in Raqqa

Fri 2016-08-26
Somalia: Al-Shabab gunmen attack beach restaurant

Thu 2016-08-25
Afghan forces hunt gunmen after American University attack

Wed 2016-08-24
Nigeria: Military Says Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, Wounded in Deadly Air Strike

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

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