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Puntland sentences Five militants members to death
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Der Spiegel on Mosul battle	0 [4]
France's Special Forces Hunt French Militants Fighting for Islamic State	5 12:56 Skidmark [4]
Two boys from Jabel Mukaber apprehended with a school bag full of Molotov cocktails	0 [4]
In Damascus the last group of opposition fighters evacuated Barzeh	0 [10]
Tunisian security forces kill IS fugitive who planned Ramadan terror attacks	1 03:00 g(r)omgoru [5]
1 dead in SW Libya attacks	0 [4]
Iran reinforcing troops in Syria	5 16:14 Pappy [6]
Raqqa being hammered with airstrikes, artillery	0 [7]
8 die in suicide bombing attack in Baghdad	0 [9]
7 Taliban insurgents die in Sangin	0 [4]
Taliban shadow officials dies in Herat	0 [1]
Residents flee Kunduz village	0 [5]
Syrian rebels capture 3 villages near western Raqqa	0 [7]
Russian, Syrian warbirds hit ISIS convoy in Homs	0 [9]
Puntland sentences Five militants members to death	1 18:13 Frank G [6]
Iranian militia captures ISIS leader in Baaj	0 [5]
Syrian artillery attacks continue in Daraa	0 [6]
Iranian militias capture towns along Syria/Iraqi border	0 [6]
Two ‘militants’ killed in Kech encounter	0 [3]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [6]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [11]
ISIS attacks in Diyala repelled	0 [3]
ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrikes in Anbar	0 [2]
Court arrests HDP MP Besime Konca on terror charges	0 [6]
US drone strike kills ISIS leader and his 2 fighters in East of Afghanistan	0 [2]
NSC reacts at Zubair Massoud’s remarks about ISIS plans in Afghanistan	0 [3]
37 Afghan interior ministry personnel arrested on corruption, espionage	0 [4]
Chemical engineering student and his brother held over the Manchester terror attack	3 12:00 Rob Crawford [3]
RT: Philippines' special op against ISIS-affiliated militants in Marawi City	0 []
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran going to fund Hamas again?	1 04:59 gorb [2]
In shadow of Mosul fight, Iran establishes Nineveh foothold	0 [3]
Millions in Counterfeit Currency Run by Coup Militias	1 08:27 Skidmark [13]
Galmudug President set to be inaugurated in Adado	0 []
Kenya takes measures to prevent Al shabaab attacks	0 [1]
PIA officials arrested for abetting human trafficking	0 [7]
Kulbhushan Jadhav continues to provide 'crucial intelligence', says FO spokesperson	1 00:46 Skidmark [9]
More than 154,000 faced legal probe over Gülen links since coup attempt	0 [1]
Former head of Turkey’s top religious body slams TV evangelists	0 [1]
Shafi dumbfounded by reinstallation of Lady Justice	1 15:29 JHH [9]
Afghan government suspends mayors of Jalalabad and Herat	0 [1]
No documents available to prove landing of unidentified helicopters: Waziri	0 [3]
'I am a Muslim, ask me anything'	17 16:48 Crusader [9]
Palestinians paid terrorists $1b in past 4 years, Knesset panel hears	1 02:56 g(r)omgoru [6]
Lawfare: Terror-hunting attorney sets her sights on Western Union and Boeing	0 [2]
Abbas appoints jailed Israeli Arab terrorist to Fatah Central Committee	0 [8]
Australia to send 30 more military advisers to Afghanistan	0 [1]
Cop Calls in Reinforcements, Helicopter After ‘Taking Offense' at Song Mocking Bin Laden at Party	12 21:02 Frank G [5]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Farmer Faces $2.8 Million Fine For Plowing His Own Field	8 21:31 gorb [12]
Australia plans to ban pedophiles from traveling overseas	2 09:04 JohnQC [5]
Transgender Professor in South Carolina Attacks Feminists as ‘Cockroaches'	7 18:48 ed in texas [7]
UK PM May says prepared to leave EU without a Brexit deal	3 12:58 R [3]
Cholera death toll increases in Yemen	5 16:06 Seeking cure for ignorance [12]
Feudal lord arrested for 'settling' rape of 12-year-old	0 [5]
PIA IT system 'malfunction' brings operations to a standstill	2 07:41 Mullah Richard [7]
Deadly ending of a young boy and girl’s intimacy in Kabul	1 02:47 g(r)omgoru [2]
Clash over ice blocks leaves 4 dead in Nangarhar	4 07:59 AlanC [1]
Paris black feminist festival 'prohibited' to whites sparks outrage	1 09:02 JohnQC [3]
British Airways could face £100m compensation bill over IT meltdown	1 11:42 Abu Uluque [1]
Pakistanis protest lack of electricity by burning electrical power station	9 16:51 Crusader [6]
D1: Pentagon Accelerates Work on Multi-Warhead Interceptor	3 12:08 magpie [1]
Page 4: Opinion
CNN's Zakaria: Liberals Aren't Tolerant and Suffer from 'Anti-Intellectualism'	5 14:08 Tom [6]
Bloody Hands in Manchester	3 13:55 AlanC [3]
Spengler: Merkel throws Trump in the briar patch	8 14:57 DarthVader [6]
‘This is not the end': Using immunotherapy and a genetic glitch to give cancer patients hope	7 10:03 Seeking cure for ignorance [1]
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rides With Rolling Thunder (Video)…	3 12:08 trailing wife [2]
What is freedom good for?	2 08:53 JohnQC [4]
John Bolton weighs in on Chancellor Merkel's remarks [VIDEO]	10 13:01 rjschwarz [1]
The New Puritanism	4 20:32 Silentbrick [9]
Arab leaders did plan to eliminate Israel in Six-Day War	4 09:32 JohnQC [4]
Page 6: Politix
Portland mayor calls for feds to revoke permits allowing Pro-Trump rallies. "Hate speech is not protected"	9 17:38 Threatch Jeamp8135 [9]
RU ambo told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin	10 14:01 AlanC [6]
Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, Tango Uniform at 83	6 11:58 magpie [5]
Senator McCain says Putin bigger threat than ISIS	17 16:59 Crusader [6]
Lindsey Graham says James Comey was 'incredibly incompetent' to 'interfere in election over fake Russian intelligence'	8 14:13 Tom [3]
Maxine Waters: American Public ‘Getting Weary’ That Trump Not Impeached Yet	26 22:48 Procopius2k [5]

    
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                        16:14 Pappy

                        16:06 Seeking cure for ignorance

                        15:37 Abu Uluque

Who's in the News
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17	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Taliban
4	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Fatah
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Hamas
1	Hefajat-e-Islam

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2017-05-30
Puntland sentences Five militants members to death

Mon 2017-05-29
52 LNA soldiers die in Tripoli fighting

Sun 2017-05-28
Russian airstrikes smoke 120 ISIS Bad Guys in Raqqa

Sat 2017-05-27
Student sentenced to 15 years for planting bomb on London tube

Fri 2017-05-26
31 Maute group members killed in Marawi gunbattles

Thu 2017-05-25
Younger brother of Manchester bomber was planning terrorist attack in Tripoli, SDF says

Wed 2017-05-24
ISIS takes control of its first city in the Philippines

Tue 2017-05-23
Egypt orders military trial for 48 'Islamic State' suspects over church attacks

Mon 2017-05-22
Manchester 'explosions': Police warn people to stay away from arena after loud bangs heard at Ariana Grande concert

Sun 2017-05-21
Police arrest knife-wielding 14-year-old girl in West Bank

Sat 2017-05-20
Saudi Arabia confirms Yemen’s missile strike on Riyadh

Fri 2017-05-19
ICJ orders Pakistan to stay Jadhav execution

Thu 2017-05-18
Blasts heard inside Afghan state TV compound in Jalalabad after gunmen attack

Wed 2017-05-17
Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two

Tue 2017-05-16
Accused bomber Rahimi seeks reduced charges in New Jersey case

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