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Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
PHOTOS: IDF Exposes Hundreds of Palestinian Weapons in Nablus	0 [1]
Edinburgh International: Weekly Iraq Security Report	1 18:22 Geographer [2]
Signs of reprisal killings emerge in Iraq	2 22:50 Squinty [5]
Good morning	1 16:14 Shipman [1]
Kuwait scrambles to keep out Iraq tumult - Army asked to be on 'level 3' alert	6 21:00 JosephMendiola [9]
Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents	2 23:02 JosephMendiola [9]
Iraq Violence Kills 21 as Militants Press Offensive	1 15:05 Squinty []
Turkey Evacuates Consulate in Basra	3 11:23 Thing From Snowy Mountain [2]
Iraq Shiite Volunteers in Syria Head Home to Fight Rebels	1 03:47 Shipman [4]
Nigeria Vigilantes Kill Eight 'Militants' near where Girls Snatched	0 [1]
Death Penalty Demanded for Palestinian over Terrorism Charges	0 [5]
25 terrorists killed as jets bomb hideouts in North Waziristan	0 [3]
Policeman killed in Qayyumabad	0 [6]
All hell breaks loose in Lahore	2 14:59 swksvolFF [4]
Finger-Cutting Taliban Leader Killed in Herat	1 07:51 Bobby []
New video unmasks Takfiri crimes in Iraq	1 03:40 Besoeker [2]
Maliki dismisses several Iraqi commanders	0 [5]
Five dead in Benghazi over past two days	0 [2]
Jets hit militant bomb factory: military	2 21:00 Zenobia Floger6220 [11]
Captured Benghazi suspect did interviews with U.S. media outlets as authorities searched for him	12 18:03 SteveS [4]
Ukraine Suspects Terrorism in Pipeline Explosion	0 [2]
15 dead as murderous Moslems strike again on Kenyan coast	2 21:22 Zenobia Floger6220 [4]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saudis give apparent warning to Iran: don't meddle in Iraq	3 21:30 Bright Pebbles [9]
Extremists use social media to recruit would-be jihadists in the UK.	0 []
Battle-tested Kurds watch as ISIS routs Iraqi Army	8 20:32 OldSpook [1]
Turkey's AKP Spokesman: Iraq's Kurds Have Right to Decide Their Future	9 20:43 JosephMendiola [2]
UNICEF Says Qaida Sexually Abused Yemen Children	4 19:25 Procopius2k [6]
Iran Is Not an Ally in Iraq	3 20:58 JosephMendiola [2]
5,000 Iranians Sign up to Defend Iraq Holy Sites	3 20:52 JosephMendiola [6]
Nasrallah Says Hizbullah Prevented ISIL from Reaching Beirut	3 19:18 lord garth [10]
Terrorist Group Seeking to Attack Dahiyeh Hospitals	0 [5]
Iraq Cabinet: Saudi 'Responsible' for Militant Financing	1 00:42 Squinty [2]
JI asks militants to shun terrorism	0 [4]
Pakistan will no longer be terrorist haven: PM	6 18:11 Shipman [3]
Sharif urges Karzai to seal Pak-Afghan border	0 [2]
Taliban control 25pc of Karachi, claims MQM leader	0 [5]
Decision for Waziristan operation taken by Army, claims Fazl	0 [7]
ISIL, Israel plot to save Zionists: Iran cmdr.	1 00:43 Squinty [1]
Attacks in Kenya politically motivated: Kenyatta	4 11:32 Dr. Zenobia Floger6220 [2]
Over 2mn Iraqis volunteer to fight ISIL militants	1 18:39 Redneck Jim [2]
Ministry of Tourism decries vandalism to national treasures	1 23:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [2]
No role in Bukhatallah seizure: Operation Dignity	0 [2]
Taliban will burn your palaces in Islamabad, Lahore	1 23:54 AnyoneCanBlog [7]
MWM leaders join sit-in of Minhaj-ul-Quran against PML-N govt	0 [4]
Model Town mayhem: Opp takes govt to task, law minister remains adamant	0 [5]
Fight out terrorists once and for all: Senate	1 12:40 Bobby [5]
Int'l ulema conference on polio eradication concludes	0 [7]
Chief Ministe ready to resign if found responsible for Lahore clashes	0 [7]
Punjab minister says Qadri deploys private militia at his residence	0 [3]
Blowback! U.S. trained ISIS at secret Jordan base	7 16:15 Squinty [1]
Biden urges Iraqis to pull together to fight insurgents	3 16:36 Shipman []
Captured key Benghazi suspect will face U.S. criminal courts	2 18:19 Airandee [1]
ISIS $ 2 billion financial network revealed	1 12:21 Omolump Thud8081 [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Sudan's Death Row 'Apostate' Mother Unchained	0 [2]
EU Court Rules against Turkey on Press Freedom Case	0 [4]
Florida Man Hid Drugs under 'Stomach Fat'	6 17:06 Uncle Phester [1]
Man with Gun Tattoo Had Real Gun in Waistband	0 [1]
Four killed to 'avenge murder'	0 [4]
We won't pay $1.5bn to US: Cristina Fernandez	9 21:04 JosephMendiola [5]
Spanish Senate approves King Carlos abdication	2 03:31 Besoeker [2]
S Lanka police calls off Buddhist rally to stop clashes	0 []
Nekkid woman found vandalizing stranger's home	1 07:41 JohnQC []
'Satanist' arrested for ritual murder in square	0 [1]
Va. man pulled over in funeral procession, misses burial	1 11:19 Sneamp Big Foot9272 [2]
Indian teenager is worshipped because he has a seven inch TAIL - but may need it removed as he's unable to walk	1 07:06 Airandee [2]
Canada OKs Oil Pipeline To The Pacific Coast	4 16:34 SteveS [2]
Univ. of Wyoming Student Vet Banned From Reciting Pledge of Allegiance Because It Might Offend I	5 22:54 JosephMendiola [2]
India to double forces along its China border	3 11:25 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [4]
Page 4: Opinion
The conflict in the Middle East is far bigger than Isis and al-Qa'eda	11 23:12 JosephMendiola [2]
Bill O'Reilly: Champ guilty of dereliction of duty unless he bombs Iraq.	8 20:39 OldSpook []
Recon Marine's view of AFG - Undated and unconfirmed reporting.	2 03:18 Besoeker [3]
Clashes in Lahore	0 [2]
Forced into marriage	2 14:19 CrazyFool [5]
The Collapsing Obama Doctrine	12 21:34 Bright Pebbles [4]
Reclaiming North Waziristan	0 [6]
Three troubling lessons from the latest US drone strikes	1 01:15 Squinty [4]
Page 6: Politix
Obamacare Will Cost More than any Democrat Ever Admitted	3 19:30 Procopius2k [2]
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's appeals board cancels Redskins trademark	16 21:50 Muggsy Angeatle1425 [3]
U.S. Senate Provision on NASA Seen as Hurting SpaceX	17 21:41 Grampaw Snore6263 [3]
Troubled Phoenix VA Doled out $10M in Bonuses	4 20:37 OldSpook []
Harry Reid: Obama's Iraq critics are "flat wrong"	7 16:03 Squinty [1]
It's not just Lois - emails of 6 more IRS employees lost	13 20:35 OldSpook [2]
NY wants to grant citizenship to illegals.	12 16:50 SteveS [1]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Govt of Pakistan
5	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
4	Govt of Iraq
2	al-Shabaab
2	Ansar al-Sharia
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	al-Qaeda
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Boko Haram
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2014-06-18
Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents

Tue 2014-06-17
Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants

Mon 2014-06-16
Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo

Sun 2014-06-15
Iraq Rebels Stall North of Baghdad

Sat 2014-06-14
Iran sends forces to Iraq as ISIS militants press forward

Fri 2014-06-13
Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border

Thu 2014-06-12
'They have lined the streets of Mosul with the heads of police and soldiers'

Wed 2014-06-11
Maliki asks for state of emergency

Tue 2014-06-10
Mosul Falls to Insurgency

Mon 2014-06-09
Sisi Sworn in as Egypt President, Vows 'No Leniency' for Violence

Sun 2014-06-08
Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport

Sat 2014-06-07
Heavy clashes, suicide bombings kill 36 in north Iraq

Fri 2014-06-06
Boko Haram kills "hundreds" in Nigeria

Thu 2014-06-05
Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack

Wed 2014-06-04
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