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Al Qaeda trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Russian Forces Flood Into The Med Ahead Of Syrian Offensive	4 22:58 Whiskey Mike [11131]
Fire breaks out in Gaza border region due to incendiary balloons	0 [11126]
Several Gazans said wounded by IDF during riot near Erez crossing	0 [11127]
Police seize NIS 18,000 in financing from Jerusalem Hamas activist	0 [11130]
10 Palestinians suspects arrested	0 [11128]
Good morning	3 14:17 Frank G [11129]
Russian Airstrikes on Syria's Idlib Resume	0 [11128]
Houthi forces fire several missiles at Saudi Aramco Oil Company	0 [11127]
Syrian Air Defense attempts to confront Israeli missiles, explosion reported in Baniyas	1 17:15 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Kurdish forces capture key ISIS commander	2 07:02 Herb McCoy [11125]
Saudi-led coalition intercepts two missiles fired towards Jizan	0 [11126]
Afghan forces and Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Paktia clashes	0 [11130]
Nangarhar nastiness: 8 turban recruiters tied up, recruits sent home, 11 Talibs turn backs on jihad	0 [11126]
Ghazni Residents Worried About Their Safety	0 [11129]
6 policemen killed in militant attacks targeting checkpoints in Afghanistan	0 [11130]
Villager killed in AJK due to cross-LoC firing by Indian troops	0 [11126]
Basra protests continue: 6 protesters shot dead, 3 maimed, ops commader requested replaced	0 [11126]
Bomb attack targets house owned by family of Islamic State militant in Anbar	1 10:14 Frank G [11125]
Baghdad bomb & bullet bulletin: 4 maimed in 2 kabooms in 2 days	0 [11130]
Iraqi court sentences four Islamic State members to life	0 [11130]
Iraqi farmer killed in bomb attack in Baqubah	0 [11132]
Five Islamic State members killed, 12 suspects arrested in Kirkuk	0 [11127]
Israel says struck Iranian targets in Syria 200 times in last two years	0 [11128]
Fizzle-bomber: US embassy in Cairo asks citizens to 'exercise caution' after arrest of suspected extremist	1 10:01 Skidmark [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Netanyahu to shut down Israeli Embassy in Paraguay	0 [11125]
Prime Minister Of Saxony: ~~The Merkel Admin Lied~~ In Chemnitz There Was No Mob, No Manhunt, No Pogrom	1 11:26 Procopius2k [11127]
UK, Spain also to boost its funding of Palestinian refugee agency	3 23:03 Whiskey Mike [11134]
German minister: Mistakes made in Chemnitz suspects’ cases	7 20:14 European Conservative [11131]
4 Million Iraqis Return Home after War on IS	1 13:55 gorb [11126]
Hundreds of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Return Home	0 [11125]
Trump wanted to ‘f***ing kill’ Assad after alleged 2017 chemical weapons attack	6 13:57 gorb [11131]
Al Qaeda trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO	0 [11131]
Europe demand for more talks does not help Iran nuclear deal, cleric says	0 [11126]
Libyan rival factions agree on ceasefire, fire at American embassy	1 09:47 Skidmark [11131]
Schoolteacher dies in Mastung bomb attack	0 [11126]
Hizb chief says Indian agencies are victimising his family	0 [11126]
Facebook definition of terrorism helps states mute dissent: UN	0 [11124]
Faisalabad communal violence: Ahmadi, Muslim communities sign accord for peace	0 [11125]
Jalaluddin Haqqani’s death not to affect the activities of the network: Nabil	0 [11127]
Taliban Block Cellphone Services in Helmand’s Lashkargah	0 [11128]
Pak govt to IMF by month-end ‘very likely’, says Citi	0 [11124]
Saudi Arabia declares online satire punishable offence	0 [11125]
'We will not bow to extremists': Govt hits back after vicious campaign targets Atif Mian	0 [11132]
PTI's Dr Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan	0 [11126]
Kurdish party to await Iraqi court verdict before seeking alliances	0 [11125]
Direct Links Between Jihadists in Afghanistan and Terror Cells in UK	1 10:50 Skidmark [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
France ready to deploy navy in scallop dispute with Britain	7 23:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
NYT Blames Roger Federer's US Open Loss On Global Warming	4 18:35 warthogswife [11127]
Salisbury poisonings: Two Russian suspects named over Novichok nerve agent attack on ex-spy and daughter	1 09:32 SteveS [11128]
Russian TV launches Putin show as his ratings fall	4 17:20 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Europe's news agencies blast Google, Facebook for 'plundering' content	0 [11125]
PTI's Babar Awan resigns from advisory position over alleged involvement in Nandipur scam	0 [11124]
'Samples of liquor were swapped in the hospital room,' remarks CJP	2 07:15 ed in texas [11127]
NYPD request 15 ambulances in THREE MINUTES for 'intoxicated and unconscious' party-goers at Brooklyn's annual Caribbean Festival that began with an early morning shooting	6 19:59 Airandee [11129]
Headset puts viewers in Lancaster cockpit for 1943 raid on Berlin with voice of real-life BBC reporter who joined epic mission	4 20:29 swksvolFF [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: The Cold War	2 19:22 trailing wife [11129]
'Well done, Colin' John Brennan praises Kaepernick for anthem protests, Nike campaign	14 21:11 Frank G [11133]
Scottish Gin Society rapped over Facebook adverts	2 14:38 Fred [11128]
Volokh: Why the American Establishment Has Lost Credibility	2 11:28 Procopius2k [11129]
Nike Stock Plunges After Tapping Kaepernick as 'Just Do It' Campaign Poster Boy	9 18:32 swksvolFF [11129]
Companies Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration	8 17:32 gorb [11128]
Americans have presented you with a Convention of States handbook, America! (PDF)	3 18:42 mossomo [11129]
On Americans Who Yearn for the Mud	0 [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Moonbat Pressley Ousts Capuano In MA-7 Congressional Primary	4 16:05 Bright Pebbles [11124]
Want to save the GOP, Republicans? Vote for every Democrat on this year’s ballot.	9 22:00 Blossom Hupager6063 [11126]
Agents Tried to Flip Russian Oligarchs. The Fallout Spread to Trump.	8 19:42 mossomo [11136]
Mueller will accept Trump's written answers to some Russia probe questions: New York Times	0 [11125]
DOJ Blows Whistle on MUELLER; Illegally Threatened Flynn with New Indictment & Prison for Helping GOP Candidates	8 19:23 Anomolous Sources [11133]
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he won't run for re-election next year	13 17:45 gorb [11126]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Taliban
4	Govt of Syria
4	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Hamas
2	Houthis
2	Moslem Colonists
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Haqqani Network
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2018-09-05
Al Qaeda trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO

Tue 2018-09-04
Jalaluddin Haqqani joins the Choir Eternal

Mon 2018-09-03
Islamists militants in northeast Nigeria kill up to 30 48 soldiers: Sources

Sun 2018-09-02
Yemen’s army imposes full control over Saada’s Al-Zaher directorate

Sat 2018-09-01
Dutch police shoot suspect after he stabs two people at an Amsterdam train station

Fri 2018-08-31
ISIS leader Yasir Khurasani killed with 5 comrades in Nangarhar drone strike

Thu 2018-08-30
Egyptian forces kill 20 militants in Sinai operation: Army

Wed 2018-08-29
Syrian Army foils ISIL breakout attempt in east Sweida

Tue 2018-08-28
Idlib: Nusra arrest 20 ISIS turbans, Gov’t closes key crossing

Mon 2018-08-27
Elite Army units moving to Idlib for major assault

Sun 2018-08-26
John McCain dies at 81

Sat 2018-08-25
Syrian Army launches powerful assault in northern Hama

Fri 2018-08-24
Arab coalition thwarts Houthi boat bomb targeting commercial ships off Yemen

Thu 2018-08-23
Syrian Army cuts all supply lines to ISIL’s last stronghold in southern Syria

Wed 2018-08-22
‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed

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