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Libyan PM survives assassination attempt in Tripoli
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	1 23:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [11132]
Cops 'BUST' Jihadi Plans. Five teenagers arrested in London on suspicion of planning to join ISIS	1 07:15 AlanC [11125]
ISIS branch in the Golan takes control of additional areas in the vicinity of the Israeli border	0 [11123]
Two rockets from Sinai hit southern Israel, IDF says	1 07:04 Frank G [11124]
Arab Israeli charged with planning TA bus bombing, teaching IS how to make nerve gas	1 14:52 Frank G [11126]
Hundreds of Migrants Rush Border at Spain's Ceuta Again	0 [11126]
Captive ISIS militant admits raping more than 200 women	3 10:03 gorb [11124]
First video emerges of captive French ISIS militant	0 [11124]
Syrian Democratic Forces expel ISIS from four villages east Raqqa, rescue dozens of civilians	0 [11122]
ISIS executioner who beheaded Peshmerga soldiers killed in airstrike near Kirkuk	0 [11123]
Libyan PM survives assassination attempt in Tripoli	0 [11132]
Blogger Rajib murder mastermind arrested	0 [11126]
Four high-profile terrorists killed in Tank: ISPR	0 [11122]
ISIL Claims Suicide Attack by British Bomber near Mosul	6 15:35 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Four Russian Servicemen Killed, Two Wounded in Car Blast in Syria	0 [11127]
Syrian Army Kills 37 ISIL Terrorists in Hama	0 [11125]
Hezbollah Soldiers Topping Qalamoun Snowy Mountains to Protect Lebanon from Takfiri Terrorists	1 11:34 Frank G [11126]
Kurdistan says several IS senior leader killed in operations	0 [11125]
PMUs take over last village on Mosul-Tal Afar route, police kill 9 militants	0 [11125]
Iraqi troops invade IS-occupied military base west of Mosul	0 [11124]
Turkish army says killed 34 Kurdish militants in air strikes in northern Iraq	0 [11126]
Army says foiled IS attack in western Anbar, killed 7 militants	0 [11125]
IED blast kills civilian, wounds 4 in western Baghdad	0 [11127]
7 civilians dead, wounded as Islamic State drones fall down in western Mosul	1 00:27 Glenmore [11122]
Boko Haram ‘attacks Borno village, kills 3’	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
EU pushes migration talks with Egypt, Tunisia	0 [11122]
Syrian teen on trial in Germany over bomb plot	0 [11126]
22 Migrants Flee US to Seek Asylum in Canada	4 18:09 phil_b [11131]
Islamic State vows more attacks on Egypt’s Christians	0 [11125]
New wave of bomb threats at Jewish centers across US	0 [11126]
The death of the father of terrorism	0 [11129]
Saudi deputy minister of Islamic affairs: Political Islam caused much bloodshed	0 [11127]
Iran warns Turkey to avoid ‘pushing Tehran’s patience to limits’	4 12:58 Skidmark [11126]
ISIS raping, torturing, forcibly marrying Sunni Arab women: HRW	1 16:48 anon1 [11129]
Turkey dismisses 227 FETO-linked judges, prosecutors	0 [11124]
Turkey, Free Syrian Army 'could support Raqqah attack'	0 [11123]
Iraqi MPs condemn alleged Peshmerga abuses	0 [11127]
Former Philippine cop recalls working in Davao deaths squads	0 [11124]
Four months after Quetta police college tragedy, newly-built wall collapses	1 04:03 Seeking cure for ignorance [11124]
A new militant threat in Pakistan	0 [11126]
Afghanistan demands action against 85 Taliban leaders ‘present in Pakistan’	0 [11124]
Sayyed Nasrallah: US is the Source of Terror in the World	0 [11125]
Turkey Puts 47 on Trial for ‘Coup Plot to Kill Erdogan’	0 [11126]
Le Pen in Lebanon Holds First Head of State Meeting	0 [11124]
Sadr proposes post-Mosul roadmap, conditions U.S. troops pullout	1 21:46 chris [11132]
Trump's defense chief: 'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil'	2 16:05 Skidmark [11124]
Trump Causes Firestorm with Remark About 'Problems' in Sweden	11 18:31 swksvolFF [11141]
TSA allows JFK passengers to walk through security checkpoint without being screened	2 07:39 Bobby [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
TRAPPIST-1 has 7 Earth-sized planets - 6 within/close to star's habitable zone	6 20:59 charger [11130]
Spanish coppers stop gas-cylinder laden truck in Barcelona	2 16:29 M. Murcek [11127]
France's Le Pen cancels meet with Lebanon grand mufti over headscarf	3 16:52 anon1 [11127]
Update: Malaysia sez still to establish what killed Kim Jong Un	2 16:09 Skidmark [11129]
Gang member who killed a cop in CA had been released early from custody!	4 16:14 Skidmark [11125]
Ukrainian artillery temporarily shuts down water in Donetsk	0 [11124]
Famine hits South Sudan as 100,000 face starvation: UN	1 07:28 AlanC [11127]
North Korean ambassador condemns ‘political’ investigation into assassination of Kim Jong-nam	1 16:05 gorb [11127]
Two teachers beaten up over committee row	0 [11125]
Daily doze of cannabis not a far off reality for senior citizens	1 08:02 Procopius2k [11124]
Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket lands back at Cape Canaveral after delivering supplies to the International Space Station	6 17:27 swksvolFF [11133]
Melania Trump attacked for reciting 'The Lord's Prayer' at campaign rally	12 16:54 swksvolFF [11123]
Business owners stand by decision to fire workers who protested	10 18:56 swksvolFF [11128]
4 dead, 25 wounded in weekend shootings	1 04:14 Seeking cure for ignorance [11124]
College Writing Center Declares American Grammar A ‘Racist,’ ‘Unjust Language Structure’	19 22:52 Zenobia Floger6220 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Jose Canseco Issues Stern Warning Over the Rise of Robots	11 19:13 Raj [11129]
Tax Experts Bill and Melinda: Robots must also pay taxes. 'It's OK.'	12 22:23 Phaper Crugum8267 [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Update: House Dem IT guys In Security Probe Secretly Took $100K In Iraqi Money	14 18:51 phil_b [11129]
Milo Yiannopoulos Disinvited From CPAC Over Pedophilia Commentary	14 18:30 DepotGuy [11130]

    
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                        21:46 chris

                        21:17 DarthVader

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                        19:13 Raj

                        18:56 swksvolFF

                        18:51 phil_b

                        18:48 Rob Crawford

                        18:41 Crinegum Ulaigum2776

                        18:31 swksvolFF

                        18:30 DepotGuy 

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                        18:17 Rex Mundi

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                        18:11 DarthVader

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                        18:08 Nero White 3083

                        18:05 Blossom Unains5562

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                        17:51 Crusader

Who's in the News
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18	Islamic State
4	Moslem Colonists
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Sublime Porte
2	Hezbollah
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
1	Narcos
1	Salafists
1	Taliban
1	TTP
1	Ansarullah Bangla Team
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2017-02-21
Libyan PM survives assassination attempt in Tripoli

Mon 2017-02-20
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench around City of Ramadi

Sun 2017-02-19
62 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrike in Mosul

Sat 2017-02-18
Breaking: Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman Dies in Prison

Fri 2017-02-17
At least 70 dead as bomb rips through Lal Shahbaz shrine in Sehwan, Sindh

Thu 2017-02-16
Iran's Rouhani in Kuwait to soothe Gulf ties

Wed 2017-02-15
Report: Turkey arrests alleged Reina nightclub attack planner

Tue 2017-02-14
Islamic State leadership targeted in air strike, Baghdadi fate unclear: Iraqi military

Mon 2017-02-13
Tahrir al-Sham: Al-Qaeda's latest incarnation in Syria

Sun 2017-02-12
72 convicted of terrorism from 'Trump 7' mostly Muslim countries

Sat 2017-02-11
Queens ISIS wannabe pleads guilty to attacking FBI agent with a knife in the name of the terror group

Fri 2017-02-10
Members of UK sex grooming gang face deportation to Pakistan

Thu 2017-02-09
Man sentenced to 30 years for ISIS support in Texas shooting

Wed 2017-02-08
100 Syrian Refugees Rush into Country After Seattle Judge Halts Trump Executive Order

Tue 2017-02-07
Firing in Afghan consulate in Karachi leaves diplomat dead

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