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Foreigners among 24 terrorists killed in Badakhshan
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
US air strikes 'kill 40 people' in Libya	0 [11129]
Morocco: Heavily armed Terror Cell Planning Attacks Dismantled	0 [11125]
9 security personnel shot dead in Mohmand	0 [11127]
Mobster gang terrorising Benghazi district hit	2 15:30 Skidmark [11127]
Warshefana elder kidnapped	0 [11126]
Turkey hits Kurd Kommie kamps	0 [11127]
Houthis Relinquish Positions in Taiz after Siege of Sana’a	0 [11135]
Five Aid Workers Abducted In Ghazni	0 [11129]
28 Villages Cleared Of ISIS Militants In Achin	0 [11129]
Two Badakhshan Districts Run By Insurgents	0 [11129]
Turkish artillery hits northern Syrian villages	0 [11126]
Syrian rebel forces make new advances in Hasakah	0 [11125]
ISIS executes 2 in Palmyra	0 [11125]
ISIS artillery hammers Kurd held villages in northern Syria	0 [11126]
13 ISIS members killed in ambush in central Mosul	0 [11125]
Foreigners among 24 terrorists killed in Badakhshan	0 [11128]
NDS busted bomb making factory in Ghazni	0 [11125]
ICRC suspends operation in Ghazni	0 [11126]
Nigeria troops rescue 195 from Boko Haram captivity	0 [11126]
Daesh militants execute 17 young men in northern Iraq	2 11:10 gorb [11126]
Peace volunteer killed in Bara	0 [11126]
Iraq sentences 40 ISIS to death over Tikrit massacre	0 [11127]
Push-cart vendor convicted for selling hate material in Jhelum	1 15:32 Skidmark [11125]
Seven TTP, LeJ men killed in 'encounter'	1 16:28 Shipman [11130]
Jubeir: Priority of any Syria ground op must be ISIS	0 [11128]
Indian national holding Pakistani NIC arrested in Islamabad	0 [11125]
Yemen army retakes town overlooking rebel-besieged Taiz	0 [11127]
NDS prevents suicide bombing in Laghman	3 19:07 Procopius2k [11126]
3 killed in raid on health clinic: Aid group	0 [11128]
15 killed in US assassination drone strike in eastern Afghanistan	0 [11130]
Iraqi forces drive back ISIS troops in Salahuddin	0 [11126]
A mighty wiff by ISIS: Attacks wrong pipeline in Kirkuk	0 [11126]
Anbar Antics: 50 die	0 [11125]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	1 10:30 JohnQC [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas says it captured Israeli tunnel monitoring vehicle	0 [11127]
How ISIS Takes Revenge on Russia	0 [11131]
Xi Commits China to Palestine	4 19:42 JosephMendiola [11137]
Syrian government not given GPS data of clinic hit by strike	0 [11126]
Russia warns Assad on vow to retake all of Syria	4 21:34 JosephMendiola [11129]
Decision looms for Army sergeant who protected Afghan boy	5 18:48 Besoeker [11124]
Trey Gowdy probe claims 'big wins' in getting Benghazi info	12 17:21 Besoeker [11127]
Turkey closes checkpoint on Syrian border near Kobane	0 [11126]
3 schools, once used by Daesh, reopened for students in Nangarhar's Achin District	0 [11127]
Turkey helps Daesh recruit militants: Russia	0 [11124]
Turkey has turned into bloodbath after Ankara blast: Opposition	0 [11127]
Almost unregulated crossing at Torkham a security challenge	0 [11128]
JNU student union leader imprisoned in Afzal Guru's old jail cell	0 [11128]
Altaf's call causes panic in Karachi	0 [11132]
European toilets a mystery to many ~~colonists~~ refugees	7 18:01 Pappy [11132]
EU says Austrian asylum-seeker cap unlawful	1 08:16 Procopius2k [11129]
Hungary Premier Blasts Migrant Flow As Threat To Europe	1 21:37 JosephMendiola [11127]
Report: U.S. Rescue Team Was on Its Way to Benghazi, But Was Turned Back	5 15:31 Besoeker [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Today's Idiot - Suspected Thief Taken Down by Boxing Champ	4 19:48 gorb [11126]
Watch These American Tanks Slip and Slide Through the Norwegian Snow	8 22:31 JosephMendiola [11127]
Uber CEO: 'We're profitable in the US, but in China we're losing over $1 billion a year'	3 16:24 rjschwarz [11126]
Beijing is banning all foreign media from publishing online in China	2 21:28 Frank G [11131]
Bad news for Ted Cruz: his eligibility for president is going to court	8 21:24 JosephMendiola [11128]
Police Captain Clay Higgins lays down the law to thugs.	4 16:15 Besoeker [11129]
Waffle House Server Accused Of Spiking Co-Worker's Drink With Meth	6 17:06 Shipman [11128]
Uganda main opposition candidate arrested on vote day	1 09:19 Glenmore [11128]
'Conversion will not annul a Hindu marriage'	0 [11126]
F-16 aircraft can be manufactured in India, says Lockheed Martin	3 10:12 Skidmark [11127]
Marine Hero: I Was Attacked at DC McDonald's Because of My Skin Color	17 19:30 DarthVader [11131]
Veterans' hospital in Cincinnati faces scrutiny after report	1 08:07 Procopius2k [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
The Elephant in the Room	0 [11124]
Loser Pope takes on Donald Trump, suffers massive humiliation, slinks off to {walled} Vatican	6 18:49 Procopius2k [11130]
Putin's next strike could be anywhere in the world, warns Polish official	3 22:58 JosephMendiola [11130]
Manny Pacquiao sez people are 'alarmed by the truth' about gay marriage	3 20:47 49 pan [11128]
Hopeless but not Serious (Spengler)	2 18:21 Shipman [11129]
SPENGLER: A Syrian Ghost Story: Lessons from Cardinal Richelieu	1 22:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
1984....1993....2016 - Your ultimate bottom line between the FBI and Apple	1 10:11 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11128]
Another spiritual advisor: Lessons in wife-beating	2 19:28 trailing wife [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Trump: He was for war in Iraq, before he was against it.	5 13:38 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11123]
Russian TV Trashed Michelle Obama Last Night	14 21:56 JosephMendiola [11124]
CIA Has Dedicated Program to Recruit Transgender Individuals	11 16:27 rjschwarz [11123]
Ed Schultz's Super PAC to Shut Down After Only $25 in Donations	1 11:20 Frank G [11125]
Pope On Trump: Anyone Who Wants Border Walls Isn't Christian	11 22:45 3dc [11131]
David Brock's hardball tactics worry Clinton supporters	4 10:41 Deacon Blues [11126]
Tightening race rattles Clinton World's nerves	3 10:10 CrazyFool [11128]
The psychodynamics of Hillary's arf-arf	7 21:00 Alaska Paul [11132]

    
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5	Govt of Pakistan
5	Islamic State
4	Taliban
3	Commies
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
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1	Boko Haram
1	Lashkar-e-Islam
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-02-19
Foreigners among 24 terrorists killed in Badakhshan

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

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