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‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan forces rescue over 100 bus passengers abducted by Taliban	3 22:39 trailing wife [11134]
‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police	9 22:02 gorb [11138]
Gunshots fired at U.S. embassy in Turkey, no casualties	1 09:30 Frank G [11126]
Arab Coalition Destroys Houthi Air Defense System in Sanaa	2 19:46 Creremp Elmiger7585 [11129]
Three farmers killed, wounded in landmine explosion, west of Anbar	0 [11124]
Islamic State attacks security forces in Deir Ezzor	0 [11124]
Three mobilization fighters injured in explosion, east of Mosul	0 [11127]
Arson balloons from Gaza spark two fires in southern Israel	0 [11127]
Six Egyptian policemen charged with torturing prisoner to death	0 [11127]
Tension Mounts High Outside Kismayo City After Battle	0 [11125]
Somali Military Takes Control Of Town In Southern Region	0 [11127]
Taliban militants seize district in northern Faryab province	2 03:48 gorb [11129]
Taliban and ISIS militants suffer casualties in Kunar, Nangarhar airstrikes	0 [11126]
Russian Air Force hammers southern Idlib for 2nd straight day	0 [11126]
Saudi-led coalition-backed forces seize public offices south of Hodeidah	0 [11127]
Houthi missiles hit UAE-backed troops in west Yemen	0 [11129]
Mexico finds 50 tonnes of meth in mountain lab	3 10:49 Skidmark [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pres. Trump adviser Bolton on possibly privatizing US war in Afghanistan: I'm 'always open to new ideas'	5 18:07 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [11131]
Former German FM: Turkey Might Acquire Nuclear Weapons To Threaten The West	11 21:12 trailing wife [11128]
Basra Residents Plan Civil Disobedience after Eid Holiday	0 [11124]
Iranian Demands for War Reparations Give Rise to Iraqi Resentment	5 10:59 Skidmark [11125]
UAE pledges USD 50 million to reconstruct areas East of Syria	0 [11124]
Court extends detention of 3 suspects in Jerusalem attempted stabbing	0 [11125]
Meeting Netanyahu, Bolton says Iran tops list of challenges facing US, world	1 03:50 gorb [11125]
Israel closes north Gaza border crossing	1 10:46 Skidmark [11126]
Iran announces new fighter jet	7 21:43 Frank G [11132]
Usman Buzdar becomes Punjab chief minister	0 [11126]
Iraq Supreme Court ratifies result of May vote	0 [11126]
Cyprus extradites EgyptAir hijacker who took photos with hostages	0 [11133]
348 suspects arrested on various criminal charges in Kabul	0 [11123]
Hariri wont form new government if Syria ties restored	0 [11127]
Erdogan’s iPhone boycott fails to hurt Apple sales in Turkey	0 [11128]
US will remain in Syria after ISIL’s defeat -- SDF spox.	0 [11123]
Berri slams Hariri’s stance on restoring ties with Syria	0 [11127]
Lebanese president believes foreign meddling behind failed gov’t formation initiative	0 [11125]
Pakistan welcomes Afghan govt's ceasefire offer to Taliban	0 [11127]
Afghan president offers Taliban new provisional ceasefire	0 [11127]
Naqeebullah murder case IO issued notice over incessant absence	0 [11125]
Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on ‘world’	9 11:32 Frank G [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage amid heavy rain	0 [11128]
Demand For Concealed Carry Permits Is Skyrocketing	6 18:25 newc [11129]
U.S. Steel to Invest $750M at Indiana Plant Thanks to Trump Tariffs: ‘We Are Experiencing a Renaissance'	8 16:00 Mullah Richard [11132]
MeToo gets complicated:	8 18:54 gorb [11130]
The New York Times Discovers the Ancient Greek Art Of Karate	6 22:05 Whiskey Mike [11129]
US says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative	2 07:57 ed in texas [11129]
Eight to walk to gallows in Natore, Jhenaidah	0 [11126]
Indonesia: Lombok Island rocked by two major tremors within hours	2 09:36 European Conservative [11123]
More bodies found in flooded Kerala as toll hits 357	0 [11126]
Blasphemy Case	3 10:46 3dc [11123]
Transgender person attacked in Mansehra	0 [11127]
Woman gives birth in ambulance after refusal from three hospitals	1 10:36 Skidmark [11130]
Missing minor found dead in Sheikhupura	0 [11125]
Moment warplanes thunder over stunned motorists after Russian Air Force halts traffic to turn motorway into emergency runway	8 19:55 swksvolFF [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Russians are now patrolling the Golan heights ‐ and you can thank Barack Obama	5 21:18 trailing wife [11129]
Steve Bannon says GOP must rally behind Trump to survive (video)	0 [11126]
By Any Other Name	3 18:33 trailing wife [11134]
Oil Prices Are Down. Nobody Told the Gas Pumps	17 17:02 M. Murcek [11131]
Giuliani labels Brennan ‘one of the biggest frauds in the history of this country'	0 [11129]
Pirro: Mueller Is the Dems' ‘Serial Cleaner' ‐ Says Former FBI Director Played Role in Benghazi Cover-Up	4 13:17 JohnQC [11126]
Tehran: Rouhani Faces Harsh Dilemma	0 [11127]
Bolton, in Israel, suggests Brennan may have misused classified info, warns of meddling by four countries	0 [11129]
Trump is proving America's power through economic warfare	0 [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Father of Parkland Victim Demonized for Wearing Trump Shirt	1 01:06 Herb McCoy [11127]

    
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5	Islamic State
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
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2	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2018-08-20
‘Allahu Akbar!': Knife-Man Shot Dead After Attacking Spanish Police

Sun 2018-08-19
Yemeni army inflicts heavy casualties on Houthi militants in Taiz

Sat 2018-08-18
HTS executes 6 people accused of being ISIS members in Idlib

Fri 2018-08-17
American Couple Dies Tragically While Biking Through ISIS Territory Trying to Prove Evil Does Not Exist

Thu 2018-08-16
ISIS Killer Caught in Sacramento

Wed 2018-08-15
101st Airborne, US Special Forces Called Into Ghazni Battle

Tue 2018-08-14
Islamic State member sentenced to death over killing security personnel in Nineveh

Mon 2018-08-13
The FBI Finally Makes Peter Strzok Redundant

Sun 2018-08-12
Antifa to Protest ‘Alt-Right’ in D.C.: Abolish ICE, No Borders, Close Prisons

Sat 2018-08-11
Iraqi cleric "Tater" Sadr wins election vote recount

Fri 2018-08-10
Report: Ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas

Thu 2018-08-09
Dozens dead after school bus carrying "children" in Yemen hit by airstrike

Wed 2018-08-08
Israel pounds Hamas after 15 injured in rocket barrage

Tue 2018-08-07
11 Children Rescued From New Mexico Compound Run by Army Muslim Extremists

Mon 2018-08-06
Saudi Arabia declares Canadian ambassador persona non grata, orders him to leave in 24 hours

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