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Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide returns to former career
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pentagon tells Russia where US commandos are based in Syria	0 [11123]
Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide returns to former career	6 19:53 Sven the pelter [11135]
Kenya army says it has killed Shebab intelligence chief	3 20:09 swksvolFF [11129]
Iraq sentences 40 to death over Islamic State's mass killing of captured soldiers	4 22:46 Bov Flimbers [11127]
2 Levies men, boy gunned down	1 22:43 Bov Flimbers [11123]
Bomb hoax at Karachi University causes panic	0 [11124]
Tawergha woman killed by militiamen in Tripoli camp	0 [11123]
Three killed by Qaddafi sympathisers in Revolution Day clashes in Sebha	0 [11122]
Houthis begin recruiting drive in Tihamah	0 [11128]
World Food progam owns ships seized in Yemen	0 [11123]
Drone attack on Al Qaeda kills 3	0 [11122]
Kurd, Arab troops take 2 villages in Hasakah	0 [11125]
ISIS engineers destroy bridge near Kobane	2 07:24 Frank G [11123]
ISIS executes boy for having dirty pics on phone	2 22:51 Bov Flimbers [11126]
10 ISIS Bad Guys die in Tikrit	0 [11124]
Kirkuk Korpse Kount: 14 die	0 [11125]
ISIS Top Dawg detained in Diyala	0 [11122]
Anbar Antics: 15 die	0 [11125]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11125]
Cop's killer, three accomplices killed in Tank 'encounter'	0 [11126]
Two policemen shot dead in Lahore	0 [11125]
Panama detains Lebanese over laundering and trafficking for Hezbollah	0 [11126]
NDS detains Taliban commander 'dressed like a woman' in Paktika	2 14:47 Sven the pelter [11123]
Nigerian Army Launches Brutal Attacks On Boko Haram Camps	0 [11124]
Aid reaches residents of besieged Syrian towns - U.N.	0 [11124]
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 recruits at Yemeni army camp	0 [11122]
Police probe 3 Shaboobs over Kenyan murders	0 [11127]
Ankara rocked by deadly car bomb explosion	2 13:59 Shipman [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Seoul's spy service says North Korea is preparing attacks	1 21:38 Whiskey Mike [11130]
Israeli soldier dead in West Bank Palestinian stabbing attack	0 [11123]
Obama Refuses to Hit ISIS's Libyan Capital	0 [11127]
Hildebeest's unsecured email likely had info on Klingon Afghan source	5 12:18 gorb [11124]
Kurdish woman leaves her husband in Istanbul to join Kurd force	0 [11125]
Mukhtar Belmokhtar may not be dead yet	3 15:05 Skidmark [11123]
Convicted terrorists shifted to Adiala	0 [11122]
Aafia's family moves IHC to meet her in US	0 [11123]
S. Korean president says it's time to get tough with North	3 01:43 JosephMendiola [11124]
Minister claims PPP let Maulana Abdul Aziz off the hook	0 [11124]
Banned groups using name of IS: Nisar	0 [11123]
Britain bans public-sector boycotts of Israeli suppliers	0 [11126]
Russia, Iran to reinforce military cooperation	3 15:06 Skidmark [11127]
Hadi reveals evidence of Hezbollah's involvement in Yemen	0 [11128]
Obama: Syria 'not a contest between me and Putin'	9 20:56 swksvolFF [11125]
Human Rights Watch says Taliban child soldier recruitment surges	0 [11124]
Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security concerns	2 14:17 Shipman [11124]
Turkey says wants secure strip on Syrian side of border, including Azaz	2 15:09 Skidmark [11123]
Iran interested in cooperation with Japan to build small N. power plants	1 13:39 Skidmark [11123]
Hillary ordered aide to remove heading: hid Sid Blumenthal as sender	4 14:56 Skidmark [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ben Carson Called Muslim Americans "Schizophrenic" for Loving Islam and American Values	0 [11125]
Jihadist run over by ex-girlfriend - Caution, very graphic video	7 16:53 USN, Ret. [11123]
Feckless liberal farmers feed Central African refugees, hoping to be eaten last.	4 23:47 Bov Flimbers [11127]
University of Cape Town chaos caught in pictures	3 09:48 Procopius2k [11123]
Bulgarian PM to Meet Afrikaner Farmers	0 [11123]
Kops surround Montana family home after reports about firearms	5 14:50 Skidmark [11123]
'Use of tobacco not permitted in Islam'	5 19:17 lord garth [11124]
Apple encryption case risks influencing Russia and China, privacy experts say	12 23:31 Bov Flimbers [11130]
19 sent to jail in six-year-old girl's rape, murder case in Karachi	0 [11124]
'Pakistan, a nuclear power that can't operate a small steel mill?'	3 14:53 Skidmark [11125]
Jesus does not want you to be hit men, pope tells Mexican youth	7 20:54 Procopius2k [11127]
White students undergo weekly 'deconstructing whiteness' program at Northwestern University	13 22:56 newc [11128]
Panel denies parole to Sirhan, assassin of Robert F. Kennedy	3 11:55 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11123]
ABC programming head exits; successor is a network TV first	5 14:03 Skidmark [11125]
Venezuela hikes gas prices for first time in nearly 17 years	5 14:39 Shipman [11123]
Teen accused of impersonating doctor, stealing from patient	5 20:24 Glenmore [11127]
China: Missiles have been on South China Sea island for years	5 21:27 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11128]
Pope Francis warns that 'God will hold accountable the enslavers of our day'	7 23:59 charger [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Multiple sources raise serious questions about Hillary Clinton's physical health	4 20:03 swksvolFF [11131]
SF brouhaha erupts over letter complaining homeless "riff raff" were turning the city into an "unsafe" and filthy "shanty town."	8 19:58 regular joe [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Donald Trump: Since RNC 'In Default,' Pledge Now Voided, I 'Can Do What' I 'Have to Do' to Win	22 22:49 SteveS [11131]
Watchdog: It's 'Hard To Believe' Top State Dept. Official Was Unaware Of Hillary's Email Server	8 20:31 Blossom Unains5562 [11126]
Obama to skip Scalia's funeral	16 17:25 gorb [11122]

    
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                        23:47 Bov Flimbers

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                        22:56 newc

                        22:51 Bov Flimbers

                        22:49 SteveS

                        22:46 Bov Flimbers

                        22:43 Bov Flimbers

                        21:38 Whiskey Mike

                        21:27 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        20:56 swksvolFF

                        20:55 Procopius2k

                        20:54 Procopius2k

                        20:32 Glenmore

                        20:31 Blossom Unains5562

                        20:24 Glenmore

                        20:15 Dale

                        20:14 swksvolFF

                        20:09 swksvolFF

                        20:03 swksvolFF

                        19:58 regular joe

                        19:53 Sven the pelter

                        19:45 swksvolFF

                        19:36 james

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1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Qaeda
1	Mourabitounes
1	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Islamic State
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2016-02-18
Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide returns to former career

Wed 2016-02-17
44 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar's Achin District

Tue 2016-02-16
British Sniper Decapitates ISIS Executioner

Mon 2016-02-15
Taliban confirm losing 13 fighters in Paktika drone strikes

Sun 2016-02-14
Boko Haram kills at least 30 people in northeastern Nigeria

Sat 2016-02-13
Turkish artillery hammers airfield near Aleppo

Fri 2016-02-12
Syrian rebels launch offensive on pro Syrian troops in Latakia

Thu 2016-02-11
Female Suicide Bombers Kill 58 in Nigeria

Wed 2016-02-10
New Hampshire primary: Trump, Sanders win

Tue 2016-02-09
Russian police arrest 7 Islamic State militants

Mon 2016-02-08
ISIS executes 300+ in Mosul

Sun 2016-02-07
North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings

Sat 2016-02-06
Yemeni Army's Tochka Strikes Saudi-US Aggression Camp in Marib, Kills 104

Fri 2016-02-05
6 al Qaeda operatives die in Yemen drone strike

Thu 2016-02-04
Head of AQAP killed in Yemen drone strikes: residents

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