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‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Syrian gov’t forces in major assault, preempting rebel plans in Idlib	1 21:45 Roger29 Palms [11128]
Syrian Army fully repels jihadist advance in northern Latakia, Top Turban Drops By	0 [11125]
Massive blast rocks Afrin city in northwest Aleppo	0 [11127]
ISIS militant sentenced to 4 years in prison for fighting in Syria	0 [11123]
ISIS beats back Syrian Army offensive at strategic As Sweida mountain	0 [11127]
Houthi forces foil massive Saudi military offensive in northern Yemen	0 [11127]
‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed	0 [11134]
Report: IRGC Officer Confirms Helping Houthis Fire Rockets At Saudis	2 08:32 Frank G [11126]
Killings, Abductions Feed Frustration in Syria's Rebel-Held Idlib	0 [11128]
Afghans Celebrate Eid In Relative Peace, Except In Kabul	0 [11126]
Taliban’s military chief among 102 killed in Faryab airstrikes	2 10:15 Hupaish Ghibelline2954 [11124]
Ahed Tamimi’s brother sentenced to 14 months for stone-throwing	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Outta Gas: French Energy Giant Exits Iran [VIDEO]	3 23:29 gorb [11130]
Trump adviser Bolton says Russia 'stuck' in Syria, Iran must leave	0 [11125]
Iranians charged with spying on Jews in U.S. raise specter of assassination plots here	3 17:39 SteveS [11129]
Italy allows docking of ship with migrants	1 06:41 Bright Pebbles [11124]
Govt has given state-run media full editorial control over content: information minister	0 [11126]
Qureshi stresses need to bridge trust deficit between Pakistan and United States	0 [11126]
Russia to deliver S-400 missiles to Turkey in 2019	3 23:31 gorb [11130]
Hamas: End to Israel's Gaza blockade 'around the corner'	0 [11125]
Defense experts deride Iran’s ‘new fighter jet’	9 17:20 Bobby [11125]
Trump: Turkey making ‘terrible mistake’	2 13:47 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Iraq to request 'waiver' from US on Iran sanctions: report	1 08:38 Frank G [11127]
Hekmatyar Accuses Warring Groups Of Being An ‘Enemy Of Islam’	0 [11129]
Atta Noor Threatens To Boycott Elections	0 [11127]
Knife attacker in Spain was suicidal — source	4 21:32 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
More refugees find jobs in Germany, integration going 'pretty well': Reuters report	2 23:54 Fairbanks [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Steven Tyler Wants Trump To Stop Playing Aerosmith Songs At His Rallies	5 23:32 gorb [11134]
With Love Of Tech And Beer, Couple Left IT Jobs To Open Store For Homebrewers	2 16:54 Bigfoot Elmerenter4120 [11124]
Obama Praised South African President Who Is Stealing Farm Land from Whites	2 23:34 gorb [11138]
Haunting Final Interview Surfaces of Dead Journalist Jen Moore; Her Chilling Details of Abuse of Alleged Clinton Rape Victim	3 16:26 JohnQC [11131]
Stormy Daniels To Appear At Salisbury (MA) Club	6 15:25 regular joe [11126]
"Top Gun" Sequel Starts Filming This Week	9 18:14 Anomolous Sources [11124]
McClatchy Newspapers Lay Off Nearly 4 Percent of Staff in Cost-Cutting Move	2 16:19 JohnQC [11128]
Australia Enforces Immigration Laws Against … Local Pacific Islanders	2 07:19 ed in texas [11126]
Texas Man Gets 6 Years for Attempting to Bomb Confederate Statue	6 12:35 JohnQC [11129]
Just 66 percent of millennials firmly believe that the Earth is round	10 20:33 trailing wife [11133]
India's court orders death sentence for rapists of 8-year-old girl	1 01:55 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Russia delivers fighter jets to Serbia	4 11:39 Skidmark [11129]
Czechs mark 50 years since bloody Soviet invasion	0 [11125]
Morocco moves toward return of military service	1 11:40 Skidmark [11125]
Russia is preparing to search for a nuclear-powered missile that was lost at sea months ago after a failed test	9 21:45 Shake [11132]
Venezuela hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake	3 17:39 Skidmark [11124]
IAEA Says No Indication N. Korea Nuclear Activities Stopped	3 13:33 gorb [11128]
More than Two Million Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha in Saudi	2 17:43 Skidmark [11126]
China: high speed rail Suifenhe-Vladivostok cost-effective	3 10:58 rjschwarz [11123]
Mollie Tibbetts case: Body found believed to be missing Iowa jogger; murder charge filed with Illegal migrant	6 12:16 JohnQC [11128]
Water ice just discovered on the surface of the moon, a game-changer for the cost of Moon Base Alpha.	10 18:54 SteveS [11124]
Paul Manafort Guilty of Eight Counts of Fraud	9 23:33 JohnQC [11132]
Indonesian woman imprisoned for complaining Muslim call to prayer was too loud	2 13:34 gorb [11130]
Russian hackers targeted US conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft	6 19:09 SteveS [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama Was Accused of Offering Hush Money to Jeremiah Wright... and No One Cared	4 20:23 Rob Crawford [11136]
He's Despised, He's Reviled, But Erik Prince Has A Point About Afghanistan	4 21:02 Rob Crawford [11129]
George Will Is Wrong about the Economy	5 13:01 3dc [11126]
Prisoners Demand Home Office Payment for Running Prison	4 13:03 3dc [11122]
Nancy Pelosi's Last Chance	2 10:18 trailing wife [11125]
Who Really Killed Liberalism?	1 18:43 Bobby [11126]
IMAO: The Press Is Not the Enemy	7 16:28 g(r)omgoru [11123]
Urban walking isn't just good for the soul. It could save humanity	6 23:31 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
A Third of Teenagers Don't Read Books for Pleasure Anymore	4 22:29 JohnQC [11130]
Sen. Paul Makes Another Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood	0 [11127]
'Yoni Steaming'... go ahead, tell me they're not NUTS !	8 19:43 M. Murcek [11126]
The next phase in the war against Daesh	1 03:36 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Anti-US virtue signaling in Erdogan’s Turkey	3 10:51 magpie [11129]
The ‘Red' Paved the Way for the ‘Green': Minnesota Case Study Uncovers Hard-Left Roots of Islamic Surge	3 14:03 newc [11126]
Page 6: Politix
U.S. Republicans like Netanyahu; Democrats, not so much	4 23:42 gorb [11130]
Bad Men, Good Presidents	6 21:38 SteveS [11132]
An Army of FBI Whistleblowers Are Ready To Testify Against Mueller	13 21:49 Anomolous Sources [11132]
She's got hers: Elizabeth Warren proposes ban on lawmakers owning individual stocks, in fiery speech	8 15:47 swksvolFF [11126]

    
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5	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Commies
3	Govt of Iran
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Taliban
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Houthis
1	Muslim Brotherhood

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2018-08-22
‘IS militants’ launch attacks in Chechnya; five killed

Tue 2018-08-21
U.S. Rejects Turkey's Offer to ~~Release~~ Ransom Pastor, Report Says

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

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