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Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Gen. Joseph Votel, top U.S. commander for the ME, makes secret visit to Syria	3 17:39 SteveS [11129]
PTI councillor, brother shot dead in Dir	0 [11128]
Balochistan minister's son kidnapped	0 [11128]
2 traffic police officials shot dead in Karachi	0 [11126]
EgyptAir plane: fire in front lavatory was first sign	3 20:35 phil_b [11129]
Algerian Army Intensifies Operations to Thwart ISIS	0 [11127]
Islamic State carries out third attack on Christian district in Qamishlo	0 [11126]
Kurd forces rescue 350 in Mosul	0 [11125]
The Beatings Will Continue: Mosul Edition	0 [11128]
13 ISIS troops die in airstrikes in Kirkuk	0 [11126]
1 wounded in mortar attack in Baqubah	0 [11128]
Anbar Antics: 17 die	0 [11130]
Somalian army kills Shaboob number three	0 [11123]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11130]
Good morning	0 [11130]
Eight suspects detained after killing of traffic cops in Karachi	0 [11129]
14 militants killed in encounters were ‘in custody of agencies’	0 [11129]
6 policemen killed in a suspected insider attack in Uruzgan	0 [11125]
Suicide bomber targeted US forces convoy in Bagram	0 [11127]
Taliban judge killed during an operation in Helmand province	0 [11126]
Taliban’s IED planter, terrorist attacks organizer arrested in Nangarhar	0 [11127]
Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots	0 [11125]
SITE: ISIS claims killing of Kushtia homeopath	0 [11126]
Nigerian Army 'moving into' Boko Haram stronghold: governor	0 [11126]
Police lieutenant, soldier killed in IED explosion in North Sinai	0 [11126]
US, allies conduct 25 strikes against ISIS	0 [11127]
Five Peacekeepers Killed in Mali Ambush	0 [11127]
Over 40 suspects arrested in Nowshera	1 20:03 Percy Omeash2419 [11130]
Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed'	5 23:35 Alaska Paul [11145]
Page 2: WoT Background
CEO Abdullah confirms Mullah Mansoor killed in drone strike in Quetta	1 12:23 Frank G [11128]
Leaderships of terrorist groups based in Pakistan, MoD says	0 [11130]
Taliban Chief Mullah Mansoor had Pakistani passport?	0 [11125]
Kerry says Pakistan, Afghan leaders were notified of drone strike	0 [11126]
Bodies recovered from burnt down car in Noshki	0 [11128]
Seeking 'clarification' of US strike on Afghan Taliban leader: foreign office	0 [11128]
ISIS Had a Social Media Campaign, So We Tracked Them Down	1 20:07 Percy Omeash2419 [11133]
US sanctions alleged IS bag man in Libya	5 13:35 trailing wife [11123]
Somalia President planning to dissolve parliament	1 20:00 Percy Omeash2419 [11131]
What do we know about Baghdadi’s bodyguard?	1 17:20 trailing wife [11123]
Coming to avenge Babri, Kashmir, Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar: ISIS video	1 20:08 Percy Omeash2419 [11130]
Yemen FM: We will give talks 'last chance'	0 [11124]
Sartaj Aziz says Pakistan has no control over Afghan Taliban	0 [11125]
Minority rights campaigner Mina Thabet detained on incitement charges	0 [11122]
Syria army commander 'poses next to dead bodies'	1 19:58 Percy Omeash2419 [11127]
Nigeria: The defeat of deadly Boko Haram?	0 [11125]
Cameroonians Provide Food, Blood for Troops Fighting Boko Haram	0 [11125]
Afghan who faced charges at Guantanamo can now be released	2 02:12 Besoeker [11125]
Tunisian Islamists Ennahda move to separate politics, religion	0 [11124]
Seeking to kick jihadi threat, French warily eye martial arts clubs	1 01:28 Skidmark [11125]
Smuggling Rife as Refugees Cross Closed Balkan Route	1 09:58 Procopius2k [11127]
G7 countries pledge to clamp down on terrorist financing	1 01:30 Skidmark [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Naked man jumps into a zoo's LION enclosure in desperate 'suicide bid' and survives	6 23:03 rammer [11135]
Odds for a UK 'In' vote in EU poll cut to shortest so far	3 13:48 Dale [11127]
Drug Lord "El Chapo" Guzman To Be Extradited Per US/Mexico Agreement	2 19:12 Pappy [11133]
Terror at 30,000 feet	1 00:50 Shipman [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
The 50-Year Decline of the American Worker	1 15:23 Mike Kozlowski [11126]
Progressives Failing Poor People	5 17:55 Procopius2k [11132]
Radical tourists have been deluded pimps for Venezuela	3 17:56 Procopius2k [11130]
Media in agony as Trump makes it relive Clinton sex scandals	5 17:58 Procopius2k [11131]
EgyptAir pilot told colleagues he was 'ready to die'; Brother calls him a martyr.'	18 19:22 SteveS [11130]
Trump is Conservative Enough	16 20:40 Percy McCoy7690 [11134]
Page 6: Politix
Obama is off to Asia to ‘rebalance’ ties	14 20:07 Ho Lee fuk [11133]
'Moving to Canada': Trump fuels US relocation dreams	18 23:55 Alaska Paul [11132]
US: Foreign hackers spying on presidential candidates	5 20:12 Percy Omeash2419 [11130]

    
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                        20:40 Percy McCoy7690

                        20:37 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:35 phil_b

                        20:28 Canuckistan sniper

                        20:13 Canuckistan sniper

                        20:12 Percy Omeash2419

                        20:11 Percy Omeash2419

                        20:08 Percy Omeash2419

                        20:07 Ho Lee fuk

                        20:07 Percy Omeash2419

                        20:03 Percy Omeash2419

                        20:00 Percy Omeash2419

                        19:58 Percy Omeash2419

                        19:54 Barbara

                        19:22 SteveS

                        19:12 Pappy

                        18:40 49 pan

                        17:58 Procopius2k

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                        17:56 Iblis

                        17:55 Procopius2k

Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
9	Taliban
3	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis
1	Salafists
1	TTP
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Arab Spring

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Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed'

Sat 2016-05-21
ISIS commander kill his 11 fighters in east of Afghanistan

Fri 2016-05-20
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Thu 2016-05-19
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Wed 2016-05-18
Fighting among Syrian rebels kills more than 50

Tue 2016-05-17
Pro-Rassoul Faction Declares Jihad On Mansour Clan

Mon 2016-05-16
ISIS release execution photos of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

Sun 2016-05-15
ISIS kill 16 Real Madrid fans in massacre at supporters club headquarters

Sat 2016-05-14
Rebels kill at least 75 Quds Brigade militants north of Aleppo

Fri 2016-05-13
Top Hezbollah commander in Syria Mustafa Badreddine killed by Israel, group says

Thu 2016-05-12
ISIS says it's behind Iraq blasts that killed over 90

Wed 2016-05-11
Bangladesh executes top Jamaat leader Motiur Rahman over '1971 war crimes'

Tue 2016-05-10
US airstrike kills ISIS 'Emir of Anbar Province' in Iraq

Mon 2016-05-09
78 militants killed in latest air and ground raids of Afghan forces

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