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Caucasus Islamist Leader Killed in Russian Raid
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Caucasus Islamist Leader Killed in Russian Raid	0 [39]
Truck bomb kills at least 60 in Sadr City	4 20:24 Pappy [13]
Boko Haram Has Been 'Decapitated', Says Chadian Leader	3 10:11 Pappy [9]
Armed men kill one policeman in Egypt's Fayoum	0 [8]
US, allies conduct 19 air strikes in Syria, Iraq	3 18:40 Shipman [15]
Spain: Police arrest man suspected of promoting jihad	0 [10]
Gulf-backed government loyalists advance in Yemen	0 [8]
Pakistani doctor treating Taliban detained in Nangarhar	0 [8]
Police probe admits Niloy visited police station before murder	1 09:05 Frank G [9]
KDP official: ISIS mass grave found in Mosul	1 12:16 Redneck Jim [9]
Activists: 'huge' ISIS reinforcements in Syria's Deir Ezzor	0 [11]
IS loses heavy weapons depots in joint Peshmerga-Coalition attacks	1 22:13 Richard Aubrey [16]
Peshmerga: ISIS may have used chemical weapons in Makhmur	1 18:38 Shipman [18]
ISIL Claims to Have Beheaded Croatian Hostage in Egypt	0 [5]
US Strikes Kill 5 Taliban Militants in Afghanistan	0 [7]
Pakistan Foils Independence Day Bomb Plot	0 [14]
Martyrs, Injuries in Rocket Attacks on Damascus	0 [11]
Syrian Army, Popular Committees Foil Terrorists' Attack on Kfarya, Foua in Idlib	0 [13]
Four cops gunned down in Karachi's Korangi area	0 [10]
IED attack in Khyber Agency kills three security personnel	0 [12]
Turkey detains more suspected ISIL members	3 17:42 lord garth [10]
Iran closes key crossing with Turkey	0 [21]
One soldier killed, five wounded in another armed conflict in Turkey's southeast	0 [8]
Abu Sayyaf hostage beheaded, left on highway	0 [8]
Page 2: WoT Background
Inside the Secret U.S.-Iran Diplomacy That Sealed Nuke Deal	0 [11]
Egypt's cabinet reduces curfew hours in North Sinai's Al-Arish city	0 [5]
Asir mosque blast: 4 foreigners among 34 terror suspects held	0 [11]
Pakistan Leads War in Southern Afghanistan: Gen. Raziq	0 [7]
German state takes in Yezidi victims of ISIS for emotional treatment	0 [5]
YPG denies it forcefully evicted Arabs in Sirin	0 [16]
UN: Thousands of Somalis Flee Home from Yemen War	2 18:02 swksvolFF [14]
Libya PM Resigns Live on TV Hours after Peace Talks Restart	0 [7]
Afghan President Urges Pakistan to Stop Supporting Taliban	2 12:12 Redneck Jim [6]
IOF Bar Palestinian Women, Children from Entering Al-Aqsa	0 [8]
Banned outfits operating under different names undermine state's credibility: Babar	0 [11]
Taliban leadership struggle fuels wave of attacks in Afghanistan	0 [11]
Hyderabad ATC issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Altaf	0 [12]
Ensure terrorists remain cut off from friends, army chief orders commanders	0 [6]
Afghan intel claims Pakistan implicated in Kabul attacks	0 [7]
MQM lawmakers tender resignations	2 12:14 Redneck Jim [9]
U.S. denies reaching agreement with Turkey on Syria 'safe zone'	1 10:03 Clomp Omagum5939 [6]
Turkey: Hamas leader Arouri not in Turkey	1 09:40 Frank G [10]
'We won't let you become president' campaign was created to stop Turkey's rise: Erdogan	0 [9]
Turkey says it took part in brokering rare truce in Syria	1 18:42 Shipman [8]
Iran, Russia stage joint naval exercise	0 [16]
Page 3: Non-WoT
State Department-intelligence community turf war looms over review of Beest's emails	0 [7]
Castro to US: Thanks for the normal relations. Now screw you and you owe us millions	4 18:24 Blossom Unains5562 [13]
British troops learn what it's like to face Russian forces as they train Ukrainians	2 10:43 Bright Pebbles [9]
Sudan says received $1 bln in deposits from Saudi Arabia over past two months	2 10:52 trailing wife [7]
Wisconsin man accused of going into home to remove Confederate flag	4 13:27 Besoeker [4]
Doctors hopeful about bullet-hit baby	0 [6]
So How Hard Is It to Shoot Down a Stealth Bomber?	5 18:47 Shipman [10]
17 photos that show why the F-14 Tomcat is one of the greatest fighter jets of all time	0 [7]
James O'Keefe Hassled By Customs Officers Over Project Veritas Work [VIDEO]	0 [10]
A-10 replacement? USAF strategy calls for 'future CAS platform'	8 17:45 Bright Pebbles [16]
Page 4: Opinion
Departing U.S. Army chief says Iraq may have to be partitioned	8 13:41 Rex Mundi [3]
Ugly and utterly pointless: Tattoos prove that the human race is going backwards	7 18:51 Shipman [8]
Can the Planet Support 11 Billion People?	5 19:59 charger [16]
Ben Carson: Planned Parenthood Clinics Put in Black Neighborhoods to 'Control That Population'	3 19:43 Ebbart Glererong5900 [11]
Donald Trump Is Winning The Polls ‐ And Losing The Nomination	1 09:34 Procopius2k [4]
Sign of a course correction?	0 [10]
Imran's Marxism	0 [12]
Tipping point in Karachi	0 [8]
Erdogan will not allow a coalition	0 [9]
What the West Gets Wrong About Russia	1 05:47 g(r)omgoru [10]
Page 6: Politix
Klintonerdämmerung (video)	1 18:03 swksvolFF [8]
Surprise: Beest's Email Server Is Blank	5 22:37 SteveS [10]
One of the Clinton email scapegoats may have been identified.	4 19:36 dk70 the scantily clad [9]
Netanyahu: I pulled off her wig	3 10:42 Besoeker [5]
Gen. Ray Odierno: I disagree with Donald Trump on Iraq	1 09:43 Clomp Omagum5939 [7]
Clinton emails contain signals intelligence from spy satellites	1 08:23 Hupineger Glomomp52169 [11]
Judge Orders Clinton, Aides Not to Delete Emails	3 20:00 charger [9]
Whistleblower: Beest's Chief of Staff Quashed State Dept. Scandal Investigation	9 15:32 g(r)omgoru [7]
Gowdy Statement on the Beest's Decision to Turn over Server to the DoJ	5 15:47 Besoeker [11]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Govt of Pakistan
10	Islamic State
3	Taliban
3	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
2	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Iran
2	Houthis
1	Arab Spring
1	Hamas
1	TTP
1	al-Nusra
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Boko Haram

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2015-08-13
Caucasus Islamist Leader Killed in Russian Raid

Wed 2015-08-12
Nabbed Hamas man reveals new Gaza war plans

Tue 2015-08-11
Egypt govt takes over 16 hospitals linked to banned Brotherhood

Mon 2015-08-10
Yemen Loyalists Retake Southern Provincial Capital

Sun 2015-08-09
Yemen pro-govt forces launch offensive

Sat 2015-08-08
Prominent Bangladeshi secular blogger murdered

Fri 2015-08-07
'Father of Taliban' Sami ul-Haq pledge allegiance to Mullah Mansoor

Thu 2015-08-06
66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike

Wed 2015-08-05
Head of Taliban's Qatar-based political office Tayeb Agha quits as leadership rift deepens

Tue 2015-08-04
Mullah Omar's Son Yaqub Reportedly Killed: Official

Mon 2015-08-03
Clash between Afghan Taliban fighters leaves nine dead

Sun 2015-08-02
Official: Nearly 800 ISIS militants killed in Mosul last month

Sat 2015-08-01
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead, say Taliban sources

Fri 2015-07-31
Afghan Taliban confirm leader Mullah Omar's death

Thu 2015-07-30
Belgium Jails Syria Jihad Recruiters for Up to 20 Years

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