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20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	1 13:01 gorb [11125]
Rantburg Exclusive: SDF Battlefield Combat 3/4/2018 - U.S. Embassy Ankara, Turkey Closed - Warns Americans Keep Low Profile	18 22:14 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [11130]
Two security personnel wounded in bomb blast near Iraqi-Saudi borders	0 [11127]
Police repel armed attack against patrol transferring inmates in Ramadi	0 [11128]
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija	0 [11131]
Four policemen killed, injured in bomb attack in Iraq’s Mosul	0 [11123]
Two citizens injured in eastern Baghdad bomb blast	0 [11123]
Police officer assassinated by unknown gunmen in Iraq’s Tuz Khurmatu	0 [11124]
Boko Haram Attack Halts Aid in Remote Nigerian Town	0 [11125]
Syria Regime Retakes Quarter of Rebel Enclave, Rebels Impose Curfew	0 [11126]
Six members of Daesh-linked terror cell arrested in Egypt's Minya: Source	0 [11127]
Security forces kill 10 'extremely dangerous armed takfiris' in North Sinai's Al-Arish: Military	0 [11124]
German national arrested for throwing rocks at IDF during West Bank protest	7 15:17 Procopius2k [11127]
Forces nab 40 Palestinians trying to enter Israel without permits	0 [11125]
Hamas praises ‘heroic’ Acre car-ramming attack	0 [11125]
Activists of religious outfit ransack press club in Mirpurkhas	0 [11127]
Renowned Bangla writer stabbed at seminar	2 07:32 Skidmark [11128]
Yemeni army reclaims sites west of Taiz	0 [11123]
NDS arrest ISIS members involved in deadly Kabul mosque attack	0 [11127]
Afghan forces confiscated 21 rockets in Nangarhar province	0 [11127]
Janzour-Maya coastal road stretch reopened by Presidency Council police	0 [11124]
Antifa protesters set Genoa streets ablaze, face off with police	0 [11125]
Turkish military and FSA ‘advances in Afrin, claiming third town center’	0 [11127]
Abu Sayyaf leader gunned down in Malaysia	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
In overture to Hamas, PA includes 20,000 of its employees in 2018 budget	4 14:56 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
Guatemala president tells AIPAC he’ll move embassy to Jerusalem in May	0 [11125]
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks	0 [11127]
Lebanese official arrested for framing actor as Israeli agent	0 [11127]
PM: Zafar Iqbal’s attackers are fanatics	0 [11126]
‘I attacked Zafar Iqbal because he is an enemy of Islam’	0 [11130]
Turkish female-only news site fights ‘terror propaganda’ ban	0 [11126]
US, Afghan leaders agree on peace push, Taliban don’t	0 [11126]
Iraq’s paramilitary troops angered after budget snub	0 [11125]
Pakistan loses 50 percent market share in Afghanistan: Pak official	0 [11126]
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan’s senate in historic first	1 05:53 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Turkey wants to ‘walk with Africa,’ says Erdogan after four-country trip	2 15:28 DarthVader [11129]
Iran defends right to missiles after France warns of possible sanctions	0 [11126]
Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden’s Middle Class	3 13:09 gorb [11134]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Oscars TV Ratings Sets A Record - Potential All-Time Low!	5 16:52 Besoeker [11126]
NFL Scouting takes 'Virtue Signalling' into the End Zone with One Handed Tight End	4 13:49 Frank G [11127]
Texas sets early voting record in nonpresidential year	6 19:41 ed in texas [11130]
One gets death, three life in girl’s murder case	1 07:42 Skidmark [11125]
3 children die in Nawabshah allegedly after being administered expired anti-measles vaccines	0 [11129]
At least 17 PTI lawmakers in KP allegedly sold votes in Senate election	0 [11124]
Syrian man confesses to killing his wife in Facebook Live video	1 05:59 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Social Democrat members approve ‘grand coalition’ with Merkel, pave way for her 4th term	1 00:12 newc [11126]
Gamers over grenaders: Congress mulls fitness waivers for military recruits with ‘in demand’ skills	2 13:31 magpie [11129]
Topless FEMEN protester confronts Berlusconi at Milan polling site	3 14:16 European Conservative [11127]
Accused S.C. teen wanted to outdo other school shootings. The problem, he explained, was the weapon.	2 19:53 JohnQC [11130]
Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88	2 13:18 Bman [11126]
'Some men have a uterus' tweet lands Planned Parenthood in a storm	9 19:00 Rob Crawford [11126]
US to keep diplomatic staff in Cuba at minimum as questions remain about 'health attacks' on employees	0 [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
This New Technology Could Transform The Oil Industry	4 14:22 European Conservative [11129]
Wait. How Did Kobe Bryant Win An Oscar?	12 18:00 Zhang Fei [11127]
Time for the New Untouchables	6 17:25 Besoeker [11127]
Mark Levin's New Fox News Show Raises the Bar with Rep. Nunes Interview	2 11:27 JohnQC [11128]
Jeff Sessions -- Ninja or Nincompoop?	11 15:09 Alaska Paul [11130]
UN adds uncertainty to Turkey’s Afrin operation	0 [11127]
From Twitter: The Welfare State And The Rapefugee/Invasion Crisis Summed Up In A Video Clip	2 13:05 Sock Puppet of Doom [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Sexed up allegations of Russia’s US election meddling	0 [11125]
$15bn diamond scandal: Zim parliament to summon Mugabe?	4 13:21 Frank G [11127]
Maxine Waters promises reparations in ‘stump speech for 2020'	9 16:22 newc [11128]
Did The Dossier Have To Be ‘Verified' For FBI To Use It For Carter Page FISA?	5 17:55 Besoeker [11124]
Colorado lawmaker switches parties after being ousted as Democrat on sexual misconduct allegations	0 [11125]
Biden Family Drama Has Everything: Sex, Hookers, Debt, Cocaine And A Son Sleeping With His Dead Bro’s Wife	6 19:46 JohnQC [11129]
Maxine Waters: Trump Is ‘Racist’ For Questioning My IQ	9 14:28 Heriberto Omurong9441 [11124]
'This is not going to end well': Trump's friends and allies are worried he's spiraling out of control ‐ and they say this time is different	17 23:12 European Conservative [11129]
How a Texas House primary erupted into a full-blown Democratic war	0 [11126]
Trey Gowdy: A Second Special Counsel ‘May Be Unavoidable	6 15:21 M. Murcek [11124]
Obama makes pitch for his center in Jackson Park: 'Too much development' has not been the problem for South Side	1 17:51 USN, Ret. [11129]
Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin ‘Extremely Paranoid' Ahead of Damning New Investigation, Sources Say	0 [11123]
Russians Used Reddit and Tumblr to Troll the 2016 Election	2 08:08 JohnQC [11124]
Twitter 'censorship of Seth Rich tweets'	3 20:04 gorb [11124]
Statue of Marion Barry, controversial former mayor, unveiled in Washington	7 20:06 gorb [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Salafists
4	Sublime Porte
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Hamas
1	Haqqani Network
1	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Antifa
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2018-03-05
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija

Sun 2018-03-04
Teacher found guilty of grooming children to launch terror attacks in London

Sat 2018-03-03
Mosul Clearances Continue: 30 turbans tied up or permanently unwound, ISIS chemicals concern, Saddam Hussein mass grave found

Fri 2018-03-02
Attack underway in Burkina Faso's capital, police say

Thu 2018-03-01
Nigerian-Cameroonian Troops Eliminate 35 Boko Haram fighters, Recover Large Weapons

Wed 2018-02-28
US designates 'Daesh-Egypt', other ISIS affiliates as terrorist groups

Tue 2018-02-27
Drone strike kill 3 militants, injures 3 more in Laghman province

Mon 2018-02-26
Police arrest widow of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Marwan

Sun 2018-02-25
UN Security Council unanimously votes in favor of Syria ceasefire resolution

Sat 2018-02-24
US says Jerusalem embassy to open in May, Palestinians furious

Fri 2018-02-23
Deputy of Islamic State’s Baghdadi killed in Iraqi airstrike: Intelligence source

Thu 2018-02-22
Mali Blast Kills Two French Soldiers

Wed 2018-02-21
SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi

Tue 2018-02-20
9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan

Mon 2018-02-19
Syrian Army deploys entire artillery division of howitzers, field guns, mortars and Grad rocket launchers for east Damascus battle

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