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Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Hamas leader's car fire-bombed in West Bank	13 19:52 DarthVader [11133]
Good morning	0 [11127]
Nigerian military arrests Boko Haram commander, rescues 178 people	0 [11126]
Explosion Cuts Fiber Optic Cable in Nangarhar	1 00:18 Raj [11130]
Former Jihadi Leader Among 7 Dead in Samangan Clash	0 [11127]
NDS Thwarts Presidential Palace Attack, Arrest 4 Suicide Bombers	0 [11127]
Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official	5 14:05 Frank G on the road [11133]
Five militants killed in S. Waziristan	0 [11130]
Iraqi North Oil Company official assassinated in Kirkuk	0 [11128]
Soldier loses life while defusing landmine to save others in Herat	3 22:03 Richard Aubrey [11135]
Afghan forces attack Taliban gathering mourning Mullah Omar's death	2 21:22 JosephMendiola [11132]
ISIS executes 19 women	2 23:55 Sock Puppet of Doom [11131]
Iraqis kill 7 ISIS in Al Anbar	0 [11128]
Iraqi koppers kill 11 ISIS near Ramadi	0 [11129]
100 Tajik fighters die in Iraq and Syria	0 [11126]
10 Soldiers Killed in Attack on Mali Camp	0 [11128]
Six Extremist Militants Killed in North Caucasus	0 [11130]
Hezbollah, Syrian Forces Advance in Zabadani, Lay Strong Siege on Terrorists	0 [11134]
Rebel-held Yemen base captured, coalition forces enter Aden	0 [11126]
Yemeni Army, Popular Committees Capture 11 of Qaeda Terrorists in Lahj	0 [11129]
ISIS suicide attack kills Nusra Front commander in Harem near Idlib	1 21:55 Jeremiah Spash6318 [11133]
Regime tightens siege on Damascus suburbs despite truce	0 [11126]
At least 966 civilians killed in Assad airstrikes across Syria in July: SNHR	1 19:22 trailing wife [11134]
Pro-Hadi fighters, Houthis battle over Yemen's largest military base	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Farrakhan Calls for 'Retaliation' Against Whites Who Kill Blacks- Yes he is calling for their death	8 21:39 JosephMendiola [11135]
Putin to Turkey: Tell your dictator he can go to Hell with his ISIS terrorist	9 21:47 JosephMendiola [11127]
We're still strong -- Boko Haram	0 [11127]
NDS and CIA Knew Mullah Omar Was Dead: Official	0 [11129]
Gen. Dostum Visits Faryab, Calls on Locals to Support Troops	0 [11128]
Mullah Omar's Death Raises Many Questions: Abdullah	0 [11132]
Rabbani calls for policy statement on Mullah Omar's death	0 [11128]
PML-N to vote against motions to deseat PTI	0 [11125]
Nisar rejects rumours about conspiracy in army	0 [11127]
Mullah Omar was mysteriously killed in a hospital in Karachi city: NDS	3 18:42 swksvolFF [11128]
12 die in Syrian MiG crash	9 11:16 jpal [11127]
US to Defend Syria Terrorists with Airpower, including from Army	1 21:32 JosephMendiola [11127]
Houthi: Aden Developments 'not Gains',Strategic Options to Respond Become Urgent	1 08:16 Glenmore [11128]
Iraqi Army to Retake Full Control of Anbar Soon	0 [11127]
Govt quashes rumours of army chief’s replacement	0 [11127]
Saudi Defense Minister Threatens to Occupy Kuwait	3 06:52 Airandee [11126]
US calls for end to PKK attacks in Turkey	2 18:35 OldSpook [11130]
Riyadh may mull its own N-options after Iran deal	3 13:42 Shipman [11129]
Yemen government fighters get new arms	0 [11127]
No new IMF loans for Somalia till debts paid	2 07:28 M. Murcek [11126]
Puntland marks 17 years of statehood	0 [11127]
Typhoid fever spreads in Yarmouk Camp, fears of epidemic	0 [11129]
FBI Alert: Families of US Servicemen Being "Approached" At Their Homes By Middle Eastern Males	12 19:16 charger [11138]
Former Afghan warlord set to take offensive to Taliban	1 00:28 Raj [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
No Vacancy for some military retirees at the Edelweiss in Garmisch	1 12:00 OldSpook [11128]
Cabbies Strike to Protest Uber, Uber Business Spikes	6 18:34 Deacon Blues [11128]
Judge rules SWAT team liable for storming the wrong house	4 19:37 Bill Clinton [11130]
Puerto Rico has defaulted on its loan payments	4 21:55 JosephMendiola [11128]
EU pays jobless migrants to come to Britain	0 [11127]
Man killed in city ‘gunfight’	0 [11123]
5.3-Magnitude Quake Rocks Pakistan's Southwest	0 [11125]
Talks over further demilitarization in Ukraine fail	0 [11129]
Windows 10 Is Watching and Logging	18 21:39 Jeremiah Spash6318 [11131]
MTLB commander involved in March accident receives medal	0 [11128]
Ex-PM Azarov, In Moscow, Proclaims 'Salvation Committee' For Ukraine	1 11:53 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains what most people get wrong about Navy SEALs	0 [11127]
Gov. John Sununu: Hillary 'Scared Stiff', 'In Big Trouble'	10 22:37 KBK [11132]
Page 6: Politix
Senate blocks GOP bill to halt PP fed funds. Lindsey Graham AWOL.	12 20:50 Procopius2k [11132]
GOP Weekly Address:	6 12:16 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11128]

    
                23:55 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        22:37 KBK

                        22:03 Richard Aubrey

                        22:03 Richard Aubrey

                        21:55 JosephMendiola

                        21:55 Jeremiah Spash6318

                        21:47 JosephMendiola

                        21:39 JosephMendiola

                        21:39 Jeremiah Spash6318

                        21:32 JosephMendiola

                        21:22 JosephMendiola

                        20:56 Frank G on the road

                        20:50 Procopius2k

                        19:52 DarthVader

                        19:37 Bill Clinton

                        19:26 JHH

                        19:22 trailing wife

                        19:17 Fred

                        19:16 charger

                        19:11 trailing wife

                        18:42 swksvolFF

                        18:36 Deacon Blues

                        18:35 OldSpook

                        18:34 Deacon Blues

Who's in the News
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9	Taliban
4	Govt of Syria
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Houthis
1	Islamic Emirate of Caucasus
1	Islamic State
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Iraq

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Tue 2015-08-04
Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official

Mon 2015-08-03
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Sun 2015-08-02
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Sat 2015-08-01
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead, say Taliban sources

Fri 2015-07-31
Afghan Taliban confirm leader Mullah Omar's death

Thu 2015-07-30
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Wed 2015-07-29
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Tue 2015-07-28
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Mon 2015-07-27
13 Die as Bombers Target Swimming Pool in Northern Iraq

Sun 2015-07-26
Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq, ends truce of more than 2 years

Sat 2015-07-25
Two ex-Guantanamo Inmates Charged with 'Terrorism' in Belgium

Fri 2015-07-24
Senior Al-Qaida Leader Killed by US Airstrike in Afghanistan

Thu 2015-07-23
Scores of Insurgents Killed as Syrian Army, Hezbollah Advance in Zabadani

Wed 2015-07-22
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