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Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkish forces ‘surround’ Syrian Kurdish city	2 13:49 Zhang Fei [11127]
Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism	1 18:22 Skidmark [11130]
Man had rifle with scope and bump stock outside downtown Indy hotel on day of Women's March	10 20:44 swksvolFF [11132]
Kirkuk clearances continue: Shiite paramilitaries cleverly kill 15 turbans, for realsies	0 [11124]
Anbar Antix: Arclights permanently unwind 9 turbans and a truck	0 [11122]
Five civilians killed, injured in northern Baghdad bombing	0 [11122]
Salahuddin Adventures: turbans kaboom innocent mosque, 4 turbans permanently unwound, Shiite paramilitaries kill general in fracas	4 14:46 trailing wife [11123]
Morocco finds hash shipment disguised as orange juice	3 23:24 3dc [11127]
Palestinian PM escapes Gaza bomb attack	0 [11123]
Kunar province comes under heavy artillery shelling	0 [11123]
Taliban take key Afghan district	0 [11125]
5 detained in France in counterterrorism probe	0 [11125]
Vienna Knife-man Shot Dead Had ‘Islamist Sympathies’	3 20:12 Frank G [11125]
Syrian Army takes control of 70 percent of southern Damascus district despite ISIS attack	0 [11122]
Rangers man martyred, 3 injured in militant attack in Karachi's Lyari	0 [11124]
Two Abu Sayyaf militants arrested in Zamboanga	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey seeks life term for US pastor over failed coup	2 16:49 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11127]
Parsons Green Tube 'bomber' lied about being kidnapped by ISIS so he could claim asylum in Britain and become the new David Attenborough 'after being coached in Calais Jungle'	1 11:43 Bright Pebbles [11123]
Chemical weapons watchdog says Iraq eliminated arms stock	4 10:09 KBK [11126]
Iraqi security denies 11.000 people missing in Nineveh	0 [11129]
IDF uniforms found being smuggled into Gaza	3 15:55 gorb [11125]
Exercise Junipre Cobra: IDF paratroopers teach US marines ‘lost art’ of tunnel combat	8 21:20 magpie [11128]
Iran jails Ahmadinejad’s vice president over graft	0 [11124]
Yemeni Interior Minister: We will give all support to the new UN envoy to achieve his mission	0 [11126]
Lebanese actor accused of spying for Israel freed	0 [11128]
After Gaza summit, White House says ready to pursue projects there without PA	2 23:16 Skidmark [11129]
Free Gaza spox admits activist initiated fatal 2010 violence aboard Mavi Marmara	0 [11126]
Libya Mufti slams UAE, Saudi Arabia as sponsors of war in Libya	0 [11127]
Balkh gets new governor after months of govt and Jamiat-e-Islami controversies	0 [11123]
Bangladesh court grants bail to former PM Khaleda Zia	0 [11124]
'Cannot even think of replacing Nawaz': Shahbaz Sharif appointed PML-N president	0 [11126]
US gives Philippine air force first drones	0 [11125]
Baghdad ends air blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan	0 [11130]
ICE 'testing our defenses,' San Francisco sheriff says, after federal agents manage to interview inmate in sanctuary city	7 11:13 Mullah Richard [11127]
What remains of ISIS’s global terror network? Map reveals fanatics still have strongholds in ‘safe havens’ all over the planet	1 08:07 AlanC [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Andrew McCabe, a Symbol of Trump's F.B.I. Ire, Faces Possible Firing	1 21:15 3dc [11129]
UCLA Hecklers Accuse Treasury Sec. Mnuchin of Sentencing ‘9 Billion Children' to Death	4 23:22 Skidmark [11125]
immigration and asylum Australia considers fast-track visas for white South African farmers	0 [11125]
Andrew McCabe To Be Fired Days Ahead Of Retirement: NYT	4 19:09 Throter Spock4390 [11124]
Here's Why Russia Is Delivering Loads Of Natural Gas To Massachusetts	17 23:26 Skidmark [11126]
Pew: Sub-Saharan Africa Is Fastest Growing Region for ‘Exporting' Migrants	1 06:07 Besoeker [11125]
Researchers find 'critical' security flaws in AMD chips	8 19:11 Seeking cure for ignorance [11125]
Spy poisoning: why Putin may have engineered gruesome calling card	11 23:30 Skidmark [11128]
Stephen Hawking passes away at age 76	3 11:57 Skidmark [11129]
Current Russian demographics and charts.	4 19:30 Throter Spock4390 [11128]
T-Rex not all bad - Had Foggy Bottom people sobbing in their cars	13 23:33 Skidmark [11132]
Critics Label Trump's New CIA Director a 'War Criminal'	11 23:35 Skidmark [11131]
World's largest alumina factory flooded and down for now for the count.	2 08:44 Bright Pebbles [11127]
Russian Commodity Investor Is Hoarding the World’s Cobalt Supply	0 [11124]
Bezo's little toy for ULA and Blue Origin	1 12:20 Skidmark [11126]
Nepal transfers six air traffic officers after crash	0 [11127]
39 to die for killing Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul	0 [11127]
7-year-old boy raped	0 [11124]
8-year-old hearing-impaired girl raped in Mardan: police	0 [11125]
Woman gives birth in bathroom after being denied entry by Raiwind hospital	1 23:41 Skidmark [11130]
Verbal divorce has no legal value, SC tells petitioner	0 [11126]
Dog dies on United flight after flight attendant forced passenger to put carrier in overhead bin	5 13:54 lord garth [11127]
Will Islamists gain in Indonesian, Malaysian elections?	1 08:44 Frank G [11125]
New York City 'wastes' Alabama	6 11:52 Procopius2k [11127]
Counter-terror police take away body of anti-Putin friend of late oligarch Boris Berezovsky	3 16:29 magpie [11129]
Massive solar storm that will slam Earth TODAY could knockout power supplies, damage satellites and trigger stunning auroras	10 23:55 trailing wife [11128]
Texas Antics: Police report 150 calls as deadly package bombings put Austin on edge	5 11:54 Abu Uluque [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Memri reveals Muslim call to arms to form joint ISLAMIC ARMY to invade Israel!	7 23:45 Skidmark [11131]
Page 6: Politix
New Jersey Prepares To Raise Taxes On "Almost Everything" As It Nears Financial Disaster	5 23:48 Skidmark [11126]
Soetoro aide started Christopher Steele-FBI alliance - Brennan worked media	4 07:13 Frank G [11127]
Star Wars? President Trump proposes military space force	5 23:51 Skidmark [11126]
US did not ‘deserve’ Trump presidency, says Hillary Clinton during India visit	23 18:04 Blackbeard Bumble5724 [11126]
Mueller’s New Star Witness Against Trump Caught Partying at Exclusive Island Resort with Bill Clinton	11 23:54 trailing wife [11129]
CIA Agents Running As Democrats In 2018 Elections	4 09:39 JohnQC [11124]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Hamas
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
2	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda
1	Houthis
1	TTP
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2018-03-14
Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism

Tue 2018-03-13
Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaces him with CIA boss Mike Pompeo

Mon 2018-03-12
Syrian Army surrounds Jaysh Al-Islam stronghold in East Ghouta

Sun 2018-03-11
First group of militants surrender arms & leave East Ghouta after Russia-brokered talks

Sat 2018-03-10
Tuareg militias again clash with Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali

Fri 2018-03-09
Mullah Fazlullah's kid killed in drone strike in Afghanistan

Thu 2018-03-08
Accomplice of Paris attacks mastermind held in Poland

Wed 2018-03-07
Kirkuk Klean up: 33 turbans permanently unwound

Tue 2018-03-06
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel

Mon 2018-03-05
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija

Sun 2018-03-04
Teacher found guilty of grooming children to launch terror attacks in London

Sat 2018-03-03
Mosul Clearances Continue: 30 turbans tied up or permanently unwound, ISIS chemicals concern, Saddam Hussein mass grave found

Fri 2018-03-02
Attack underway in Burkina Faso's capital, police say

Thu 2018-03-01
Nigerian-Cameroonian Troops Eliminate 35 Boko Haram fighters, Recover Large Weapons

Wed 2018-02-28
US designates 'Daesh-Egypt', other ISIS affiliates as terrorist groups

Tue 2018-02-27
Drone strike kill 3 militants, injures 3 more in Laghman province

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