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Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Obama Is Sending 275 US Troops To Iraq	9 20:44 Mugsy Glink [3]
Iraq crisis pulls in U.S. and Iran as violent militants capture more cities	10 22:30 JosephMendiola [4]
In Drive Against Taliban, Pakistani Airstrikes Hit Strongholds	0 [15]
Xinjiang militants among foreign fighters killed in Pakistan raids	2 22:03 JosephMendiola [7]
Eight Suspects Arrested In Europe For Recruiting ISIL Jihad Fighters	0 [2]
Good morning	0 [2]
Iraqi attack helicopters "get some" vs ISIS	10 20:30 Uncle Phester [3]
Palestinian President's Wife Treated in Israel Hospital	1 18:41 gorb [1]
Syria Pounds ISIL Bases 'in Coordination with Iraq'	6 20:25 Thing From Snowy Mountain [10]
New Clashes in Libya's Benghazi Kill at Least Four	3 12:48 Pappy [3]
Clashes End Truce between Yemen Army and Huthi Rebels	0 [8]
French 'Syria Fighter' Arrested in Germany	4 12:49 Pappy [4]
Islamists attack hotels along the Kenyan coast	2 22:08 JosephMendiola [6]
Report: Hizbullah Ups Number of Fighters in Syria after Iraq Turmoil	1 22:27 JosephMendiola [12]
Gunmen Abduct Lebanese Man in Libya's Benghazi	0 [1]
Gunmen Cross Arsal Checkpoint, Flee as Troops Open Fire	0 [9]
Iraq: Tel Afar falls; "apostates heading to their hole of doom"	2 02:32 Besoeker [2]
Pakistan Begins 'Comprehensive Operation' against Taliban, Qaida as Air Raids Kill 80+	1 12:25 Squinty [11]
Syria Govt Retakes Strategic Town on Turkey Border	2 02:42 OldSpook [3]
Iraq Forces Kill '279 Terrorists' in 24 Hours as Kurds Take Border Crossing with Syria	0 [4]
BREAKING: Baghdad International Airport Under Attack	7 15:27 lord garth [2]
Enhanced U.S. security for Baghdad embassy includes fewer than 100 soldiers	6 22:24 JosephMendiola [4]
Mostly Uzbeks among 105 killed in air strikes in Wazoo	0 [5]
Railway track blown up in Quetta	0 [7]
Mighty Pak Army takes over Islamabad security	0 [6]
Taliban infighting kills seven in NWA	0 [9]
Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo	0 [9]
Iran sends troops into Iraq	5 21:30 Besoeker [3]
Philippine soldier killed in clash with commies	1 03:11 JosephMendiola [2]
Militants post images of mass killing in Iraq	2 22:33 JosephMendiola [6]
Shaboobs attack soldiers on Hiran-Bakool border	0 [3]
US to start evacuation of Baghdad embassy	4 16:27 Uncle Phester [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
iran and its shiite militias mobilize - backgrounder	1 22:36 JosephMendiola [7]
Pentagon and US State Department at odds over Iran coordination.	4 20:35 Shipman [5]
UK's Cameron Signals Tougher Line On Home-Grown Islamist Radicalism	2 22:26 trailing wife [1]
U.S. Doesn't Know Who to Hit in Iraq	10 22:56 JosephMendiola [7]
Report: U.S., Iran Near talks on Iraq Militants	12 13:37 Squinty [2]
Mali Armed Groups Say They Agree to Peace Talks	0 [1]
U.S. Lawmakers Warn of 'Next 9/11' Threat in Iraq	0 [1]
Pakistani Shiites Protest against Ban on Iran Road Travel	0 [5]
Syria Frees Horse Rider Who Rivaled Assad Brother	0 [4]
Kerry Says 'Indications' Hamas Involved in Israelis' Kidnapping	0 [1]
Worsening situation in Iraq should be taken seriously: Turkish PM	17 20:26 Shipman []
Beirut Security Plan to Include Bourj Hammoud Area	0 [5]
Arabi Cites 'Arab Consensus' over Assisting Lebanese Army	0 [4]
Syria: Drinking water and war profiteers in Aleppo	2 14:30 Squinty [5]
Abdullah slams Afghan election officials for 'fraud'	0 []
Arab League rejects interference in Iraq	2 20:28 Shipman []
Yemen troops encircle ex-president mosque amid coup fears	0 [7]
Presbyterian Church (USA) to vote on BDS	7 19:46 Lowspark [5]
Egypt police confiscate rights group's publication	0 [4]
Somaliland Forces take control of Taleh without resistance	0 []
Recent Special Forces deaths in AFG fuel A-10 debate.	23 22:45 rammer [3]
Daughter of first CIA operative killed in AFG weighs in on GITMO release.	3 08:38 JohnQC []
Page 3: Non-WoT
Vegas shooters also part of #Occupy movement	1 13:46 DarthVader [1]
Ukraine crisis: Russia halts gas supplies to Kiev	2 18:46 Besoeker []
Study: U.S. Teens are Drinking Less, Texting More	7 22:31 49 Pan [4]
EU-Brokered Russia-Ukraine Gas Talks Resume in Kiev	0 [3]
Sri Lanka Curfew Extended as Religious Clashes Spread	0 []
Texas Guard and US Army In Dispute over Border Lakotas	16 15:36 Deacon Blues [2]
Sudan Opposition Leader al-Mahdi Freed after Month's Detention	0 [2]
Firefighters Prevent Blaze from Reaching Gas Firm in Akkar Town	0 [7]
Poachers kill one of the world's largest elephants in Kenya	10 22:24 trailing wife [4]
Canister-based trial of Agni-V ICBM after monsoon	2 20:09 John Frum [7]
A Small Reason For Hope: Israeli Books Become Hot Commodity In Arab World	0 [3]
Study: Human male face shaped by millions of years of fighting	10 21:14 Frank G [4]
Page 4: Opinion
ISIS's battle plan	1 14:01 JohnQC []
Dinesh D'Souza: Obama Mobilizes Resentment Toward America To Grow His Power	0 [2]
Russia on Iraq: 'We told you so'	12 19:45 Squinty [1]
The Iraqi Shi'a Mobilization to Counter the ISIS Offensive	6 10:35 Besoeker []
Page 6: Politix
Champ's Bush hangover	10 21:51 Frank G [7]
CNN Asks Cantor If Loss Due to Anti-Semitism	8 16:34 Old Patriot [2]
Mitt Romney labels the 'Hildebeast' clueless.	11 16:57 Skidmark [1]

    
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                        21:47 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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                        20:47 Shipman

Who's in the News
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4	Islamic State of Iraq
4	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	TTP
1	Abdullah Azzam Brigades
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Commies
1	East Turkestan Islamic Movement

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Two weeks of WOT

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
At Least 120 Dead in Clashes in Yemen

Tue 2014-06-03
Somali gummint claims to have whacked 74 Shaboobs

Mon 2014-06-02
5 Gitmo Terrorists Arrive in Qatar "With No Sign They Are -- Under Custody"

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