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44 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar's Achin District
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Palestinian forces foil bombing near Jenin	2 11:13 Sven the pelter [11124]
Dutch fighter jets strike first ISIS targets in Syria	0 [11128]
Pentagon: Saudi Arabia took part in weekend air strikes against Islamic State	2 08:26 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Fighting the conquest: raids and arrests in Germany and Belgium	1 22:22 JosephMendiola [11130]
Jerusalem Police catches knife-carrying Palestinian near Damascus Gate	0 [11127]
Security forces recover heavy ammunition in search operation	1 14:37 Frank G [11125]
1 dead in court shooting	0 [11123]
Homemade bomb found near girls school	1 01:07 Raj [11125]
Yemeni Army, Committees Crush Saudi-Led Mercenaries in Mede	0 [11124]
Top Yemeni officials escape assassination attempt	0 [11125]
Western-backed Syrian forces make new gains in Aleppo	6 21:26 Barbara [11131]
ISIS extremists publicly behead Iraqi teenager for listening to western music	5 18:46 swksvolFF [11125]
Iraqi helo goes down in Wasit, pilot dies	0 [11122]
Security forces arrest man wanted on charges of terrorism in Diyala	0 [11127]
ISIS publishes names of 1,065 people executed in Mosul	3 11:42 Sven the pelter [11124]
Anbar Antics: 15 die	0 [11125]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 1 dead	0 [11123]
Somalia ex-Defence Minister killed in Mogadishu blast	1 00:12 Nguard [11124]
Shaboobs seize wreckage of drone crashed near Bardere	0 [11126]
Taliban militants kill dozens of Afghan forces in Helmand	0 [11124]
US-led airstrikes in NE Syria kill 15 civilians: Monitoring group	1 19:49 james [11130]
44 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar's Achin District	0 [11130]
Unknown armed men gun down religious scholar in Nangarhar	6 17:55 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]
Deadly clashes erupting between rival Taliban groups in Ghazni	0 [11124]
Cameroon forces kill 162 Boko Haram extremists, retake town	3 11:40 Bangkok Billy [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Warnings about politicized ISIS intel went all the way to ODNI	7 22:24 JosephMendiola [11126]
Judge orders Apple to help unlock iPhone used by Kalifornia Killers	11 20:56 Whiskey Mike [11124]
Hamas says Egypt sealed border after rare 3-day opening	1 06:46 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Ohio diner owned by Arab-Israeli reopens after machete attack	8 21:24 Barbara [11127]
Soddy report documents war crimes by Houthis	0 [11130]
North Korea Forms New Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Unit	0 [11126]
Pentagon: THAAD deployment 'appropriate step' at this point	0 [11125]
Pudgy Misses Event Marking Father's Birthday	3 16:26 swksvolFF [11124]
F-22 Fighter Jets Arriving in Korea	9 22:34 JosephMendiola [11123]
More than 8,000 Somali refugee deported from Kenya	0 [11127]
Israel seeks government change in Syria to undermine resistance: Nasrallah	0 [11127]
British MP shows solidarity with India, says Pak's claims on so called 'Azad Kashmir' false	0 [11124]
Geelani sent to police custody	0 [11127]
Atmar: Afghan Air Force needs more support from the U.S.	0 [11124]
Ismail Khan urges government to implement Mujahideen's suggestions for security	0 [11125]
OPEC powers agree to oil output freeze	3 10:58 Sven the pelter [11127]
Libya MPs postpone vote on new unity government	0 [11127]
Denmark confiscating migrant valuables brings in 'nothing'	3 09:30 Procopius2k [11124]
Austria to step up border controls with Italy, Slovenia, Hungary	0 [11123]
Iran claims Saudi embassy attackers 'on trial'	0 [11127]
Iran sticking to nuclear deal so far, says U.S.	3 22:43 JosephMendiola [11127]
Defiant Iran ignores UN ban, hits up Putin for high-tech tanks, fighter jets	4 19:56 JosephMendiola [11126]
ISIS, facing cash shortage, cuts back on perks and salaries	2 22:27 JosephMendiola [11126]
South Korea's leader warns of North Korea collapse	3 11:48 Sven the pelter [11126]
Turkey calls on US, allies to launch ground operation in Syria	3 16:39 Skidmark [11124]
Assad casts doubt on Syria ceasefire prospects	0 [11125]
U.N. envoy wins Syria government green light for aid convoys: U.N.	0 [11122]
Saudi, Turkey boots in Syria may trigger regional war: Ex-soviet states	3 09:23 Procopius2k [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Man who claims a third of Egyptian women cheat on their husbands faces arrest	1 07:05 phil_b [11122]
Hildebeest Has ~~Barking~~ Coughing Fit During Race Speech	11 23:05 gorb [11125]
Artillery attacks continue in Donetsk, Lugansk	0 [11125]
UN peacekeepers accused of sex abuse in Central Africa	3 18:01 CrazyFool [11122]
China sends surface-to-air missiles to contested island	5 13:54 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11125]
U.S. and Cuba sign civil aviation accord	1 00:56 USN, Ret. [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Kanye West Misleads His Fan Base	5 22:58 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
Proposed Location for the New Border Fence	1 19:05 Procopius2k [11131]
Washington Times Michael Savage: 'Was Scalia murdered?'	5 13:11 Halliburton - Foreign Affairs Division [11126]
Why are the Patriarch and Pope coming together on Levant crisis now?	3 22:50 JosephMendiola [11124]
Why Yemen is more than a war project	1 22:56 JosephMendiola [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Browndoggle High Speed Rail Costs to Rise	10 18:30 Elminetle Ebbaling4985 [11130]
Hillary Barks Like a Dog at Nevada Campaign Event	12 20:28 CrazyFool [11126]
Obama blasts Trump, 'unserious' GOP presidential candidates	16 15:48 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11124]
Boutros-Ghali, first UN chief from Africa, dies	1 18:13 Rex Mundi [11125]
Anger Builds Where Obama Seeks Shelter for Immigrant Children	8 19:07 Barbara [11128]
Fed's Kashkari Floats Breaking Up Big Banks to Avert Meltdown	3 12:39 AlanC [11125]
Detectives question lack of autopsy in Scalia death	10 17:18 Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 [11123]

    
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                        21:26 Barbara

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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
5	Commies
4	Govt of Syria
3	Govt of Iran
3	Houthis
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Boko Haram
1	Hamas
1	Haqqani Network
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Shabaab
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Nusra

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