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Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Gaza: A broader offensive	8 18:55 Shipman [11129]
Iranians Launch Cyber-Attack On Israel During Gaza Op	0 [11130]
Arab-Israeli MK Haneen Zoabi Visits Qatar — Hamas' Patron	0 [11126]
Good morning	1 15:29 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [11126]
Four Jamaat leaders arrested in Barisal, Ctg	0 [11129]
Air Raids Kill 31 Jihadists in Syria's Raqa	0 [11126]
Govt soldier killed in Beledweyne Gun Attack	0 [11127]
Three Houses Destroyed in Kunar by Pakistan's Military	0 [11126]
Six suspected militants, three Yemen troops killed in clashes	0 [11131]
Border Guards nab wanted men	3 21:00 Frank G [11128]
Iraqi Kurdish fighters retake full control of Mosul dam	2 18:49 Shipman [11128]
Kurds Advance on Key Iraq Dam, Sunnis Hit Jihadists	0 [11129]
Death toll from Israel war on Gaza exceeds 2000: Medics	7 12:22 Rob Crawford [11126]
Twitter suspends Islamic State accounts	0 [11126]
Hamas Rejects 'Final' Ceasefire Proposal: 'Death For Allah Is Our Most Exalted Wish'	6 19:16 Procopius2k [11140]
Liveblogging Gaza: Day 42	0 [11126]
Report: 12 Jihadists Arrested in Army Ambush in Arsal	0 [11128]
Report: Syrian Troops Warn Tufail Residents to Evacuate Village ahead of Shelling it	0 [11127]
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel	11 18:43 Rambler in Virginia [11134]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al-Qaeda: US Must Act Or Captive Warren Weinstein Will Die	6 12:43 gorb [11127]
UN Releases Gaza Crisis Atlas Documenting Damage To Strip	2 23:05 Snaiger Flerert4529 [11136]
Australia to Take 4,400 Refugees from Syria, Iraq	0 [11125]
Shabelle Chairman severely tortured and in critical condition inside NISA jail	0 [11125]
Salafist preacher Borhamy questioned over Christianity insult	0 [11126]
Day 4: Imran launches 'don't pay taxes' movement	0 [11126]
PML-N meeting rejects Imran Khan's demands	0 [11125]
Quamrul: Militancy originated at Hawa Bhaban	0 [11132]
Pak opposition gives Sharif 48 hours to quit	0 [11130]
Saudi envoy backs UN push against IS militants	0 [11129]
UN condemns fresh round of clashes in Libyan capital	3 07:55 Steve White [11126]
ISIL tweet for US could be Mossad, FBI creation: Paul Street	5 21:38 Frank G [11134]
Iran missile capability not negotiable at all: Rouhani	2 23:12 JosephMendiola [11132]
Pakistan's Imran Khan urges civil disobedience	0 [11126]
Two Security Forces Members Abducted in Arsal Released by Islamists	0 [11127]
Nigeria committing 'war crimes' to defeat Boko Haram	1 01:32 Bill Clinton [11124]
APC slams DSS for linking party with Boko Haram	0 [11127]
Arab Rock-Throwers Ambush Visiting NYC Congress Hopeful Di Iorio	1 10:08 JohnQC [11128]
Hundreds Of Fatah Members Under Hamas House Arrest In Gaza	0 [11127]
Deputy mufti gunned down in North Ossetia	0 [11124]
Gaza Negotiators Not Budging Ahead of Midnight Deadline	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
France: Gunmen Ambush Saudi Prince's Motorcade	0 [11125]
Autopsy: Michael Brown shot at least 6 times	42 19:46 Squinty Spavilet4564 [11130]
Ferguson PD Chief sez offier was aware Brown was strong-arm robber	0 [11127]
Ukrainian MiG-29 shot down near Lugansk	1 01:46 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Four found dead in three districts	2 09:17 trailing wife [11128]
Statue of slain PKK commander unveiled in southeast Turkey	0 [11123]
Iowa Students to Wear Heart Rate Monitors	3 19:28 Squinty Spavilet4564 [11132]
Police tell Detroiters to buy guns in city riven by race issues and crime	2 12:09 JohnQC [11125]
Lashes for Saudi woman who called morality police liars:	0 [11127]
29 Shot in Spate of Weekend Chicago Violence	8 12:50 gorb [11127]
Florida homeowners, child survive shootout with intruder	4 13:23 Frozen Al [11126]
New, Larger Ebola Center Opens in Liberia	2 21:37 Frank G [11136]
Ukraine Says Army Controls Center of Luhansk	0 [11128]
Son Tay Raider COL Elliott P. Sydnor Jr. passes away.	1 09:49 JohnQC [11126]
Liberian Mob Destroys Ebola Center Two Days After It Opens	12 21:08 James [11136]
Page 4: Opinion
How to Write About Israel	0 [11124]
Why I Stand With Israel	2 09:41 JohnQC [11125]
Reuters releases shockingly honest Venn diagram of their values	3 12:17 Rob Crawford [11127]
Why Did Hamas Change Its Tune?	2 12:06 JohnQC [11127]
In heated war of words, my money is on Mark Steyn	4 19:21 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [11140]
Page 6: Politix
Nixon criticizes Ferguson police for releasing Michael Brown 'robbery' video	14 20:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
A Medicare scam that just kept rolling	7 22:53 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Obama Heading Back To DC In Rare Vacation Break	7 19:21 Squinty Spavilet4564 [11134]
Who is really leveling "cronyism" charges at Perry	9 21:09 OldSpook [11134]
Ferguson: Attorney general orders third autopsy	9 19:40 Squinty Spavilet4564 [11133]

    
                23:12 JosephMendiola

                        23:05 Snaiger Flerert4529

                        22:53 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:29 SteveS

                        21:38 Frank G

                        21:38 Frank G

                        21:37 Frank G

                        21:20 James

                        21:09 OldSpook

                        21:08 James

                        21:00 Frank G

                        20:54 JosephMendiola

                        20:47 Pappy

                        20:43 Pappy

                        20:00 JosephMendiola

                        19:46 Squinty Spavilet4564

                        19:44 jono39

                        19:40 Squinty Spavilet4564

                        19:28 Squinty Spavilet4564

                        19:21 Squinty Spavilet4564

                        19:21 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division

                        19:16 Procopius2k

                        19:10 Rob Crawford

                        19:04 swksvolFF

Who's in the News
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7	Hamas
6	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Iran
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Govt of Syria
1	Salafists
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab
1	Arab Spring
1	Fatah

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2014-08-18
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel

Sun 2014-08-17
Jihadists kill dozens in north Iraq 'massacre': officials

Sat 2014-08-16
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists

Fri 2014-08-15
ISIS jihadist poses with severed head as Caliphate seize more key towns

Thu 2014-08-14
Boko Haram Appoints New Emir for Gwoza

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

Tue 2014-08-12
"Convert by noon today or we will kill all of you"

Mon 2014-08-11
Iraq PM to sue president, security forces deploy across Baghdad

Sun 2014-08-10
Al-Qaida Militants Kill 15 Yemeni Soldiers

Sat 2014-08-09
Gazans back in UN schools as Israel resumes blitz

Fri 2014-08-08
Widening of Zarb-i-Azb operation likely

Thu 2014-08-07
Iraq forces, Peshmerga kill 240 ISIL terrorists

Wed 2014-08-06
Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists

Tue 2014-08-05
American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy

Mon 2014-08-04
Woman Kills Four Taliban Before Dying

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