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Kurds, IS in Heavy Fighting near Turkish Border
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraq forces at critical juncture as Anbar teeters	1 02:41 Skidmark [11132]
Good morning	3 20:34 SteveS [11125]
Further fierce fighting in Jebel Nafusa	0 [11129]
Palestinian Rioters Holed Up On Temple Mount	0 [11129]
Trinidadian Mother Confirms Her Son With Islamic State Group	0 [11127]
Fireworks Launched At Jewish Neighborhood In Jerusalem	0 [11130]
Kurds, IS in Heavy Fighting near Turkish Border	8 17:26 OldSpook [11141]
Jordan Charges 26 with 'Terrorism' after Market Unrest	0 [11124]
Iraq Pulls Troops from IS-Held Western City	2 23:45 Skidmark [11130]
Report: Gulf Nationals among Terrorist Suspects Rounded up by Army	0 [11126]
Taliban Ambush in Northern Afghanistan Kills 22 Police	0 [11125]
12 Condemned to Death for Attack in China's Xinjiang	1 12:30 Rupert Gromose8151 [11126]
U.S., Saudi Warplanes Strike around Syria Border Town	1 19:40 AlanC [11128]
Somali Car Bomb Attack Toll Rises to 13	0 [11127]
New Video Shows Islamic State Training Camp In Iraq	2 19:40 Pappy [11131]
Syria's Air Force Ramps Up Strikes In West As US Hits East	7 16:03 swksvolFF [11127]
Three Suicide Attacks Hit Kurdish Town On Syria-Turkey Border	0 [11127]
Thirty Killed In Three Bombings In Shi'ite Parts Of Baghdad	0 [11125]
Policeman, outlaw killed in Kohat encounter	0 [11126]
MQM leaders receiving 'extortion letters' from Taliban	0 [11126]
Rangers foil bid to break into Karachi's Central Jail	0 [11125]
Five 'gangsters of Lyari' killed in two encounters with Rangers	0 [11130]
Six schools torched in southern Thailand	0 [11127]
NPA militants kill seven Philippine soldiers	0 [11124]
Two BIFF militants killed in Mindanao	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fat Boy Turns Up	10 18:55 swksvolFF [11129]
KCNA: Pudge Purpotedly Performs Public Pantomime	1 02:49 Big Thromoth3646 [11125]
Dignity troops and civilians to link Wednesday for mass Benghazi action	0 [11127]
Three More Israeli Arabs Join Islamic State	1 19:02 Frank G [11127]
Arab Mk: Temple Mount Not Holy To Jews	1 08:55 g(r)omgoru [11126]
In Ramallah, Ban Ki-Moon Blasts Settlements, Temple Mount Strife	1 03:03 Big Thromoth3646 [11126]
Slain Hezbollah Leader's Son To Command Golan Front	1 18:40 Frank G [11127]
Yemen Names New PM in Fresh Bid to End Crisis	0 [11125]
Report: Defections Will Not Impact Army's Determination to Remain Country's Backbone	1 12:40 lord garth [11125]
Turkish Government Further Tightens Grip on Judiciary	2 08:57 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Iceland Shuts down 'Islamic State' Website	0 [11125]
Turkish President Vows Crackdown on Pro-Kurd Protests	0 [11129]
Abbas: No reconciliation with Hamas before elections	2 10:37 Pappy [11126]
Army: No plans to release results of Bergdahl investigation	4 10:36 Pappy [11128]
Displaced Mehsuds to hold jirga in Lahore to seek repatriation	0 [11124]
ISIS states its justification for the enslavement of women	11 16:35 Whereter Ebbenter4423 [11128]
Turkey denies deal with US on bombing IS militants in Syria	9 18:50 swksvolFF [11131]
Pakistan conveys concerns over border skirmishes to US delegation	0 [11132]
Anti-polio campaign launched in Balochistan to vaccinate 850,000 children	0 [11123]
Cameroon Vows to 'Totally Wipe Out' Boko Haram After Hostages' Release	1 08:59 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Qadri seeks financial and political support for revolution	0 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Parrot named Nigel with British accent disappears, returns speaking Spanish	0 [11126]
India ramps up Ebola screening at airports	4 16:05 Barbara [11124]
Poroshenko appoints Stepan Poltorak as defense chief	3 12:20 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Former Donetsk official survives assassination attempt	1 10:40 Pappy [11124]
Decision nears on Amanda Bynes' treatment; brain 'microchip' tweet is key	12 16:02 Barbara [11127]
WHO: Ebola Is Modern Era's Worst Health Emergency	12 22:33 JohnQC [11132]
PM's foreign trips: LHC orders govt to submit record of expenses	0 [11136]
Page 4: Opinion
Turkey Bombs Anti-ISIS Kurd Fighters (Within Its Own Border)	2 16:02 swksvolFF [11130]
Islamic State Isn't Winning	16 16:30 Whereter Ebbenter4423 [11129]
Modi ups the ante in border fighting	2 10:37 Grunter [11129]
Hamas Is Upping Its Prices For Return Of IDF Soldiers' Remains	4 19:48 AlanC [11127]
Fatal flooding	2 09:11 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Daniel Pipes: How Turkey went bad.	1 09:12 g(r)omgoru [11125]
There’s Russians in Them There Hills (Syria is Much More Than a Sectarian War)	2 16:39 Whereter Ebbenter4423 [11134]
Page 6: Politix
Rantburg Country Club: POTUS hits 200th game milestone.	9 22:47 JohnQC [11127]

    
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                        22:47 JohnQC

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                        20:36 Shipman

                        20:34 SteveS

                        20:17 Shipman

                        19:48 AlanC

                        19:40 Pappy

                        19:40 AlanC

                        19:03 Frank G

                        19:02 Frank G

                        18:55 swksvolFF

                        18:52 swksvolFF

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                        18:40 Frank G

                        18:38 Frank G

                        17:34 OldSpook

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                        16:39 Whereter Ebbenter4423

                        16:35 Whereter Ebbenter4423

                        16:30 Whereter Ebbenter4423

                        16:21 Alpha2c

                        16:13 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
7	Govt of Pakistan
3	Commies
3	TTP
2	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Shabaab
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	al-Nusra
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2014-10-14
Kurds, IS in Heavy Fighting near Turkish Border

Mon 2014-10-13
21 militants killed in Khyber, Waziristan strikes

Sun 2014-10-12
Al-Qaeda convoy en route to Mali 'destroyed' by French

Sat 2014-10-11
Islamic State Advances Deeper Into Syrian Town Of Kobani

Fri 2014-10-10
Operation Dignity sinks ship attempting to enter Benghazi Port

Thu 2014-10-09
Sanaa suicide bomber kills at least 40

Wed 2014-10-08
After Fierce Gun Battle: 400 Boko Haram insurgents killed in battle to retake Bazza, Michika, Madagali

Tue 2014-10-07
Derna's rival Islamist militias fall out over Caliphate allegiance

Mon 2014-10-06
Huge Explosion at Iranian Explosives Plant

Sun 2014-10-05
Patient Zero, Thomas A. Duncan is dead

Sat 2014-10-04
Zarb-e-Azb: 15 more terrorists gunned down

Fri 2014-10-03
Iraq Butcher's Bill: 40 jihadists, 17 police and army

Thu 2014-10-02
Egyptian Soldiers Kill Leader Of Sinai Jihadist Group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis

Wed 2014-10-01
Iraq Bombings, Attacks Kill Nearly 50

Tue 2014-09-30
India Police Arrest over 200 for Religious Violence in Gujarat

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