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Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
ISIS in Sinai planting their flag in Arish	3 15:58 DarthVader [11133]
Pro-Erdogan protesters chanted anti-Semitic slogans at Rotterdam rally Saturday night	3 13:13 rjschwarz [11129]
Nigerian troops kill two female suicide bombers, rescue 211 Boko Haram captives	0 [11130]
11 BIFFs killed, 300 families flee in Maguindanao air strikes	0 [11136]
Iraqi authorities find new mass grave of Camp Speicher victims in Tikrit	0 [11129]
Federal Police recaptures Souk al-Arbaa and Remah Square in central Mosul	0 [11131]
PMUs say killed 15 Islamic State members in western Mosul	0 [11132]
Syrian army advances in district east of Damascus-monitor	0 [11125]
Iraqi forces fully recapture district adjacent to Mosul’s Old City	0 [11133]
Army launches extensive offensive to hound IS militants in Diyala	0 [11125]
Joint forces destroy IS boat and 2 hideouts northeast of Diyala	0 [11131]
Iraqi court sentences Islamic State hacker to death in Baghdad	0 [11127]
5 Taliban insurgents killed by own bomb in South of Afghanistan	0 [11131]
32 ALP soldiers rescued from Taliban jail by Afghan Special Forces in Helmand	0 [11130]
Taliban plan to capture Laghman foiled, Taliban suffer heavy casualties	0 [11125]
Key Taliban group leader Abdul Wali killed in Laghman province	0 [11127]
1 killed, at least 8 wounded in Kabul explosion	0 [11128]
‘MQM-London’ arms cache seized	2 13:58 gorb [11126]
Shin Bet nabs 2 Palestinians allegedly planning shooting, bomb attacks	0 [11130]
Court remands relatives of Palestinian who stabbed police in Jerusalem	0 [11127]
Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul	0 [11133]
Bomb attacks kill 'at least 9' in Somali capital	0 [11137]
Blast near Tajik military court kills guard	0 [11128]
Seven linked to Daesh arrested in Malaysia	0 [11127]
Two NPA attacks sully peace talks	0 [11129]
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul’s Old City	0 [11125]
Bangla: 49 suspected militants arrested in three days	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Air Force orders anti-drone net-filled shotgun shells	1 14:50 Warthog [11127]
Sentencing delayed for accused ISIS supporter	0 [11129]
Six Jewish centers in US, Canada hit with fresh spate of bomb threats	0 [11129]
Iran sets up underground rocket factories in Lebanon — report	0 [11130]
Joint Operations Command denies arrival of 2000 US soldiers in Anbar	0 [11130]
Ata Mohammad Noor apologizes for supporting Abdullah in elections	0 [11129]
Monitor tallies over 320,000 dead after six years of war in Syria	0 [11125]
Islamabad reaffirms support to Yemeni leadership	0 [11127]
Turkey spokesman slams Swiss paper on referendum report	0 [11128]
Indonesian police warn of new Daesh-linked group	0 [11132]
Israel bars pro-boycott activist from entering country	0 [11127]
US lawmaker unapologetic over alleged racist remark	6 19:44 DarthVader [11136]
Turkey should 'reconsider' EU refugee deal	1 13:17 rjschwarz [11127]
NATO calls for 'mutual respect' after Turkish-Dutch row	0 [11130]
Russia ready to resume contacts with US on Syria	0 [11126]
King Salman: Terrorism is the greatest danger	2 11:37 Pappy [11131]
Trump wants to slash US funding for UN programs by over 50 percent	6 13:14 rjschwarz [11127]
Deported Turkish minister claims 'inhuman treatment' in Netherlands	2 19:41 Pappy [11127]
Controversial Yezidi force officially incorporated into Peshmerga army	0 [11128]
PM Barzani: KRG expects PKK to act ‘reasonably’ and leave Shingal	0 [11129]
‘Zero threat’ to Turkish security in Manbij, says coalition	0 [11133]
Swedish venue owner cancels contract with Turkish ruling party for rally	0 [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
American Exceptionalism explained: 3.5 min video	3 23:51 Zenobia Floger6220 [11132]
DOJ Requests More Time To Give Lawmakers Trump Wiretap Evidence	5 23:10 gorb [11134]
What Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander Thinks of Trump's Cyber Stance	0 [11126]
Philadelphia teen claims motel knew she was being trafficked	0 [11124]
North Korea warns of 'merciless' strikes as U.S. carrier joins South Korea drills	8 17:55 rjschwarz [11131]
Mubarak ordered released following acquittal in killing protesters case	0 [11130]
Nonprofit floats child sex dolls as treatment for pedophiles	8 14:24 AlanC [11125]
Jirga marries off 3-year-old girl to settle family dispute in Neelum Valley	4 21:14 charger [11136]
EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis	2 12:31 Besoeker [11128]
Girkin says contractors are part of rebel army in Donetsk	0 [11126]
Meet London's New Nightlife Czar!	7 20:22 Zenobia Floger6220 [11134]
Trump to visit Detroit to stop EPA's rushed auto rules	3 19:48 Pappy [11128]
Wife Of DC Lawyer Worth $1.5 Million Arrested For Taking Food Stamps, Welfare	5 14:53 Raj [11126]
Thai soap opera ‘mimicking’ Myanmar’s last dynasty angers its royal descendents	0 [11126]
Malaysia gives Kim Jong-nam's family three more weeks to claim body from morgue	0 [11126]
Japan is pulling its troops out of South Sudan	2 17:00 Skidmark [11136]
Wary of China, Duterte tells navy to build 'structures' east of Philippines	1 06:10 Cheaderhead [11130]
China presents new killer drone ‘more efficient & powerful' than American Reaper	1 10:08 lord garth [11126]
US starts deploying drones in South Korea capable of striking North Korean targets	0 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
The Trump Message and Messenger	0 [11128]
Special Report: George Soros: Godfather of the Left	6 15:59 CrazyFool [11131]
Preet Bharara proved Trump right: Glen Reynolds	1 09:52 JohnQC [11128]
Obama's Third Term is Here	7 14:37 Whavish Thusoling5684 [11132]
An Islamic system?	6 11:06 gorb [11131]
What happened to Haftar’s Libya plan?	2 12:03 Seeking cure for ignorance [11132]
Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury that Gave Me a Concussion	6 19:14 Zenobia Floger6220 [11131]
Page 6: Politix
Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch	1 18:56 Bobby [11130]
Arab-American group may have violated nonprofit ethics law	0 [11130]
Former Democrat Congressman on Trump Wiretap Claims: 'It Happened to Me'	3 11:52 Besoeker [11128]
Even the Chinese agree	0 [11128]
The war is over, and guess who won.	0 [11126]
As we knew: Trump's budget chief thinks Obama admin 'manipulated' jobs data	6 17:57 rjschwarz [11133]
Dems hold govt hostage to Planned Parenthood funding	14 15:48 Rambler in Virginia [11133]

    
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Who's in the News
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14	Islamic State
6	Commies
6	Sublime Porte
5	Taliban
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Arab Spring
2	Hamas
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Tue 2017-03-14
Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul

Mon 2017-03-13
Kenyan police nab 6 terror suspects in coastal town

Sun 2017-03-12
Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus

Sat 2017-03-11
Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed

Fri 2017-03-10
Ax attacker at Düsseldorf main train station arrested

Thu 2017-03-09
Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders

Wed 2017-03-08
IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital

Tue 2017-03-07
Mufti Hannan jailbreak attempt fails

Mon 2017-03-06
New wave of US air raids on Qaeda in Yemen

Sun 2017-03-05
Jordan hangs 15 death row prisoners at dawn in further break from moratorium on executions

Sat 2017-03-04
Kurdish YPG fighters repel treacherous Turkish attack near Syria’s Afrin

Fri 2017-03-03
Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin

Thu 2017-03-02
Islamic State supreme leader’s speech admits defeat in Mosul

Wed 2017-03-01
Two women in nerve agent attack on Kim Jong-nam charged with murder

Tue 2017-02-28
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Mon 2017-02-27
Taliban shadow governor among 21 killed in counter-terrorism operations

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