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Air strikes kill 15 militants in North Waziristan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Islamic State seizes Syria's last border crossing with Iraq	1 21:22 JosephMendiola [11125]
Leb Army Arrests 3 for Conducting 'Major Financial Operations' for Syria Militants	0 [11127]
London Cabbie Bombmaker 'Murdered U.S. Soldier in Iraq' in 2007	3 21:34 Mullah Richard [11128]
Police: Jerusalem car attacker related to 2008 yeshiva shooter	2 09:37 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Suspected militants kill Puntland security commander	0 [11125]
Military court executes alleged militant in Baidoa	0 [11125]
Reinforcement Troops Drive Back Taliban from Shindand, Herat	0 [11124]
Nangarhar Under Daesh Control Warns Locals	0 [11125]
Yemen Tribal Fighters Seize Saudi Border Area: Soldiers Killed, Others Flee	2 21:28 JosephMendiola [11126]
ISIS in Egypt vows to attack judges over executions	0 [11124]
Turkey: Leftist militant suspected in Kurdish party attacks	0 [11124]
Suicide car bomber kills two near Libya's Misrata	0 [11127]
Tunisian govt: 60 citizens released in Libya, many remain	0 [11126]
40 Syria rebels dead in Aleppo air raid: activists	1 03:35 g(r)omgoru [11122]
3 arrested in Lebanon for 'financing Syrian armed groups': Army	0 [11129]
Indian forces try to stop separatists' march in Kashmir	0 [11124]
Air strikes kill 15 militants in North Waziristan	0 [11133]
Germany charges 2 alleged members of Islamic State group	0 [11127]
We are fighting terrorism to secure future generations, says Gen Raheel	0 [11128]
Gaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya	1 09:20 Frank G [11125]
Islamic State fighters overrun Iraqi govt lines east of Ramadi	5 19:47 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Saudi shells hit Yemen aid office, killing 5: local official	0 [11122]
Apache helicopters hammer ISIS on Makhmour front	1 10:56 gorb [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
NKorean defectors ask women activists to be stopped at border	1 21:29 Mullah Richard [11127]
U.S. to Sell Bombs to Israel, Helicopters to Saudis	1 13:32 Bobby [11128]
Reports: Nusra Front Readies to Rip into Arsal as U.S. Drones Offer Assistance to Leb Army	0 [11126]
Report: Clinton Emails Reveal Benghazi Militant Fears	2 07:56 Pappy [11129]
Clinton Foundation reveals up to $26 million in additional payments	2 10:57 gorb [11125]
Wimmins cancel plan to cross DMZ via Panmunjom	7 21:06 Frank G [11125]
‘Jubba River offensive’ to liberate Al Shabaab-held areas in Jubaland	0 [11125]
Israelis Seize 120 ISIS Rings Bound For Palestinian Authority	7 16:09 tu3031 [11126]
Harf: No Final Agreement with Iran If Access to Nuclear Sites Denied	8 19:54 JosephMendiola [11128]
US gives anti-tanks guns to stop ISIS car bombs	15 22:30 Richard Aubrey [11127]
Anbar council urges locals to enlist in Iraqi Army	0 [11123]
PM Abadi calls for probe into Ramadi's collapse	0 [11124]
EU foreign affairs chief warns ISIS against killings, destruction of heritage	2 08:52 Rambler in Virginia [11123]
Malaysia orders rescue of migrant boats, Thailand says no to shelters	0 [11125]
Zahran Alloush in another show off in Istanbul	0 [11124]
Egypt's Copts praise Sisi but await more tangible support	0 [11127]
Nusra Front frees 27 Islamic State fighters in Qalamoun	0 [11123]
One-third of Palmyra's 200,000 residents may have fled: U.N.	1 21:33 JosephMendiola [11127]
No wing of foreign agencies, IS present in KP: Durrani	0 [11127]
Sectarianism is a curse, says SC judge	0 [11122]
Christian couple lynching: ATC indicts 106 suspects	0 [11125]
From IBA graduate to 'terror suspect'?	3 12:34 ed in texas [11124]
White House Denies Isis Has Established A Caliphate	13 21:45 JosephMendiola [11124]
ICRC steps up aid in Lake Chad area as Boko Haram conflict goes on	0 [11123]
Nigerian army 'relocates' 275 Boko Haram survivors	0 [11122]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The bin Laden library the U.S. government doesn't want you to see: The pron stash.	6 19:45 JosephMendiola [11130]
Rebels say Ukrainians prepare new offensive	1 07:03 g(r)omgoru [11123]
Merkel Says Russia's Return to G7 'Unimaginable' for Now	0 [11126]
Another brain-eating amoeba case emerges in Sindh	5 16:38 SteveS [11123]
US has raised no concern over Axact issue: Foreign Office	2 09:15 ed in texas [11128]
Man strips naked at Charlotte airport	3 09:16 ed in texas [11125]
China sees ethnic bias in US cyber espionage accusations	3 22:30 Zenobia Floger6220 [11124]
2 shot dead in protests against Burundi president's 3rd term	0 [11124]
EU Offers Eastern Neighbors Solidarity at Summit, but Little Else	1 12:35 ed in texas [11122]
China says concerned over Indonesia's blowing up of fishing boat	0 [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Special Ops to Obama: Let Us Fight ISIS, Already	4 19:42 JosephMendiola [11129]
Nye Lied, I Sighed	10 23:11 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Does The New York Times (and Haaretz) Have A Right To Exist?	2 12:44 frozen al [11124]
When will we examine our heavily armed culture?	12 22:15 Procopius2k [11129]
Rohingya tragedy	2 07:36 ed in texas [11125]
Fake degree scandal	2 07:38 ed in texas [11124]
Militants on campus	1 02:37 g(r)omgoru [11123]
What Syrian Chemical Weapons Reveal about Obama	7 08:22 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Page 6: Politix
Public outcry forces FEC Democrats to junk bid to regulate Internet, Drudge	3 19:31 Airandee [11126]
Most Voters Expect Biased News Coverage of 2016 Presidential Race	2 19:25 Airandee [11123]
Baltimore's mayor: Spike in crime 'disheartening'	18 23:49 newc [11125]

    
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                        22:30 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:30 Richard Aubrey

                        22:15 Procopius2k

                        21:45 JosephMendiola

                        21:34 Mullah Richard

                        21:33 JosephMendiola

                        21:29 Mullah Richard

                        21:28 JosephMendiola

                        21:26 swksvolFF

                        21:25 Silentbrick

                        21:22 JosephMendiola

                        21:06 Frank G

                        19:54 JosephMendiola

                        19:47 g(r)omgoru

                        19:45 JosephMendiola

                        19:42 JosephMendiola

                        19:41 Silentbrick

                        19:41 Pappy

                        19:35 Pappy

                        19:34 Airandee

                        19:31 Airandee

                        19:25 Airandee

Who's in the News
29	[untagged]
10	Islamic State
7	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Iraq
3	al-Shabaab
2	Arab Spring
2	Houthis
2	Boko Haram
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	al-Nusra
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Salafists

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2015-05-22
Air strikes kill 15 militants in North Waziristan

Thu 2015-05-21
Kurds advance against Islamic State in northeastern Syria

Wed 2015-05-20
IS Attacks Syria Druze Village, Battles for Palmyra

Tue 2015-05-19
US drone strike in North Waziristan leaves six 'militants' dead

Mon 2015-05-18
ISIS confirms Ramadi capture

Sun 2015-05-17
US special forces kill senior IS leader in Syria: Pentagon

Sat 2015-05-16
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack

Fri 2015-05-15
Belmokhtar's Jihadist Group in N. Africa Pledges Allegiance to IS

Thu 2015-05-14
ISIS acting leader al-Afri killed by US-led airstrike

Wed 2015-05-13
Iraq Blast Kills Four including Peshmerga General

Tue 2015-05-12
Drone Strike Kills 4 Qaida Suspects in Yemen's Mukalla

Mon 2015-05-11
Terror recruiter with roots in Minn. linked to Texas shooting

Sun 2015-05-10
Houthis agree to five-day cease-fire in Yemen

Sat 2015-05-09
Pakistani Chopper Crashes into School, 2 Ambassadors Killed

Fri 2015-05-08
ISIS controls 80% of Baiji refinery in Salahuddin

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