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SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IDF cyber warriors thwart major aviation terror attack	4 18:09 trailing wife [11125]
3 detained in southern France over 2017 Barcelona attacks	0 [11131]
Islamic State leaders killed in U.S.-Coalition airstrike, east of Diyala	0 [11126]
Two Iraqi civilians killed in landmine blast in western Mosul	0 [11128]
SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi	0 [11132]
Five people wounded in bomb blast in central Baghdad	0 [11126]
Greece jails Palestinian over migrant smuggling	3 15:02 SteveS [11128]
Turkey orders detention of 170 soldiers for links to coup plotters: Anadolu	0 [11126]
Rantburg Exclusive: Day 30 of Erdogan's "3 day Invasion" of Afrin, Syria	12 20:24 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [11132]
Explosion in Jalalabad city in East of Afghanistan	0 [11124]
9 Afghan policemen, 13 militants killed in Farah clash	0 [11124]
Suspect Arrested After Al Shabaab Attack On Wajir Teachers	0 [11129]
Somali Army Repels Al Shabaab After Attack In Qoryooley District	0 [11128]
Somalia Military Court Sentences Army Officer To Death	0 [11125]
3 civilians injured in 40 aggression airstrikes over 24 hours	0 [11126]
Army kills, wounds Saudi soldiers, mercenaries on Monday	0 [11127]
8 policemen killed in overnight insurgent attack: Afghan officials	0 [11127]
School administration allegedly attacks polio team in Karachi, refuses to vaccinate students	0 [11125]
Over 160 civilians to leave besieged Shiite towns in new deal with Yarmouk Camp rebels	0 [11127]
US-led Coalition airstrikes near Deir Ez-Zor kill at least 16 people	0 [11126]
Afrin Activities: Turks kill FSA fighters and Kurdish civilians, FSA returns the favour, Assad’s troops are/are not involved	3 19:04 magpie [11127]
E. Ghouta Adventures: Russian center and hospitals bombed, 167 innocent civilians assume room temp.	0 [11131]
Boko Haram Attacks Girls' School in Yobe	0 [11130]
Over 200 Boko Haram suspects convicted in Nigeria	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon Hopes Guantanamo Inmate Will 'Soon' Go to Saudi Arabia	2 07:30 Woodrow [11131]
Turkey Releases Leading Pro-Kurdish Politician	0 [11126]
Pressure on EU's southern borders from African migrants seen persisting in 2018	2 18:51 jpal [11129]
Egypt places opposition figure Abul-Fotouh on terrorism list	0 [11125]
Egypt to open Rafah border crossing with Gaza for second time in two weeks	2 15:50 Seeking cure for ignorance [11127]
Agitator at large: Tahirul Qadri	0 [11129]
Tens of Russian and CIS citizens killed in Syria were not military -- Moscow	6 19:23 newc [11126]
Five Iranian officers killed, hundreds of Sufi protesters held in recent clashes	0 [11125]
Abbas to UN Security Council: Israel has thwarted all attempts for negotiations	1 19:21 Sock Puppet of Doom [11129]
Palestine urges creation of int'l peace mechanism	9 19:55 swksvolFF [11125]
Turkey will eradicate FETO all over world, Erdogan says	0 [11128]
Erdogan: Pro-regime groups in Afrin issue 'closed'	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Perhaps they are aware of the fate that awaits them.	2 15:26 USN, Ret. [11123]
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir 'Canadian Facelift' (Olympic video)	3 11:58 Bobby [11128]
Road-rage suspect busted after shoving woman to ground	6 19:29 swksvolFF [11130]
Dust storm blankets Australian town in orange	6 18:46 swksvolFF [11128]
State Department says NKorea passed up meeting with Pence	0 [11127]
GOP Rep Introduces Legislation to Revoke Citizenship From MS-13 Gang Members	1 01:44 Besoeker [11123]
FBI Might Avoid Turning Over Documents in Texas Attack Lawsuit	4 14:08 Woodrow [11125]
Butler County Update: 250 Teachers Sign Up for 50 Seats at Concealed Carry Tng Session	2 16:00 Procopius2k [11129]
Kazakhstan Changes its Alphabet. Again	2 15:04 jpal [11132]
Man sent to jail for accusing toddler in land dispute case	1 08:56 Skidmark [11128]
Nurses beat up doctor facing sexual harassment probe	1 08:57 Skidmark [11129]
Pakistan has world's highest newborn mortality rate, reveals Unicef report	2 08:58 Skidmark [11128]
Saudi Arabia will host its first fashion week in Riyadh next month	1 21:13 Mike Kozlowski [11126]
Man booked for ‘blasphemy’	0 [11129]
What is Venezuela's new petro cryptocurrency?	9 21:02 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11128]
Congo: Thousands flee amid surge in 'horrific violence'	7 19:30 newc [11127]
West Point Posthumously Accepts JROTC Student Killed in Florida Shooting	5 19:15 Glenmore [11125]
Pakistan: Lawyer shoots dead 2 colleagues in court	2 16:59 Mercutio [11125]
S. Korea to resume joint military drills with US	1 09:03 Skidmark [11126]
Trump orders probe of Russian ballistic missile	1 09:05 Skidmark [11127]
Police: Good Samaritan with a gun saved mother, daughter	3 13:44 trailing wife [11126]
American Who Stole Terracotta Warrior's Thumb Must be 'Severly Punished' Sez China	13 21:49 Frank G [11130]
When guns save lives	0 [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Racial Profiling and Police Brutality Against Hispanics	19 23:49 Richard Aubrey [11127]
Nikolas de Jesús Cruz and the PC 'Broward County Solution'	0 [11129]
John Brennan butt hurt over POTUS 'Tougher on Russians' comment	9 19:33 newc [11134]
America's Global Competitions: The Gray Zone in Context	0 [11127]
To Rail Gun or Not to Rail Gun	14 19:09 swksvolFF [11127]
New ‘Hybrid’ Plots Revealed in Russian Anti-Western Policy	4 20:37 Glenmore [11132]
The Islamist confusion of branding religion as political system	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Embattled VA secretary says he's not quitting over travel abuses	3 15:23 irishrageboy [11128]
Congressional Investigators Struggling To Find Alleged Dossier Source	11 16:41 KBK [11129]
POTUS Directs Justice Department To Take Steps To Ban Bump Stocks	21 20:38 newc [11128]

    
                23:49 Richard Aubrey

                        21:49 Frank G

                        21:13 Mike Kozlowski

                        21:02 Elmerert Hupens2660

                        20:38 newc

                        20:37 Glenmore

                        20:30 Bobby

                        20:24 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056

                        20:07 Zhang Fei

                        19:55 swksvolFF

                        19:53 Zenobia Floger6220

                        19:52 newc

                        19:51 newc

                        19:51 Besoeker

                        19:51 Rob Crawford

                        19:48 Besoeker

                        19:33 newc

                        19:30 newc

                        19:29 swksvolFF

                        19:29 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        19:23 newc

                        19:21 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        19:18 OldSpook

                        19:15 Glenmore

Who's in the News
31	[untagged]
7	Islamic State
6	Sublime Porte
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Houthis
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Iran
1	Commies
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Haqqani Network

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2018-02-21
SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi

Tue 2018-02-20
9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan

Mon 2018-02-19
Syrian Army deploys entire artillery division of howitzers, field guns, mortars and Grad rocket launchers for east Damascus battle

Sun 2018-02-18
Drone strike kills 2 al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Sat 2018-02-17
Senior IS Leader Returned to Iraq from Turkey

Fri 2018-02-16
Syria's Idlib IS-Free after 'Surrender' Tuesday

Thu 2018-02-15
Rebels strike western Syria’s primary power grid to leave millions without electricity

Wed 2018-02-14
'White powder' sent to Pres.Obama's DC office just 24 hours after Don & Vanessa Trump got similar package

Tue 2018-02-13
Drone strike kills six Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Mon 2018-02-12
Sword-wielding man injures 4 worshipers at Indonesian church

Sun 2018-02-11
Jaish-e-Mohammad targets sleeping families at Sunjuwan Army camp, kills two soldiers

Sat 2018-02-10
TTP splinter group chief Khan Said ‘Sajna’ reported killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

Fri 2018-02-09
Houthi leader killed in precision strike along with 35 others

Thu 2018-02-08
US kills more than 100 Assad regime fighters in largest deliberate strike against Syrian government forces

Wed 2018-02-07
Israelis kill Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, terrorist behind murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevah

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