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Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Man Arrested For JCC Threats Was Previously Fired For Reporting Fake News	2 19:53 Zenobia Floger6220 [11130]
Arrest made in probe of bomb threats to US Jewish groups	3 13:33 lord garth [11125]
ISIS presents: Israeli collaborators in Sinai	0 [11124]
Brussels Quarter Sealed after Gas Canisters Found in Car	0 [11125]
Gaza gunfire hits IDF vehicle, prompting tank shelling	0 [11125]
Two Abu Sayyaf rebels suspected in beheading slain	0 [11130]
Airstrike target Taliban training camp in Helmand leaving 20 dead	0 [11125]
Taliban capture Tala Barfak district in Baghlan province	0 [11126]
Kabul attacks casualties toll rise to 22 dead, 120 wounded	0 [11125]
Key Taliban leader among 6 killed in US drone strike in Nangarhar	0 [11126]
Joint forces thwart IS plan to attack Samarra	0 [11126]
Islamic State kidnaps 25 civilians attempting to flee its Kirkuk stronghold	0 [11122]
Cameraman from Baghdadi’s landmark ISIS inception sermon killed in Mosul	0 [11123]
Islamic State execute two in Anbar for collaboration with security	0 [11126]
Soldier killed, 4 wounded in southern Baghdad gunfire, bombing	0 [11130]
IS shells liberated areas in eastern Mosul with chlorine gas	0 [11126]
Family of four gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [11127]
Security forces kill IS official of Mosques Diwan west of Mosul	0 [11127]
20 IS checkpoints disappeared west of Mosul	0 [11122]
Iraq Forces Meet ‘Fierce’ Resistance in Southwest Mosul: Commander	0 [11122]
Tunisia Troops Kill Two Suspected ‘Jihadists’	0 [11126]
Palestinian Shot Dead after Stabbing Israeli Settler	0 [11128]
Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin	0 [11131]
More Than 20 US Strikes Targeted Al-Qaeda in Yemen: Pentagon	1 11:22 Lampedusa Glose1765 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Calls for probe against Montreal imam for anti-Semitic sermon	2 08:00 Skidmark [11126]
Orlando Shooter's Widow to be Released on Bail	2 08:46 Frank G [11127]
Gaza rocket attacks sparked by Hamas crackdown on pro-IS groups – report	0 [11126]
YPG no threat to Turkey, US top general argues	1 04:46 Besoeker [11124]
Turkey’s wall on Syria border sharply reduces illegal crossings	1 12:46 Pappy [11127]
US military test shows the A-10 'Warthog' can obliterate the small boat swarms that Iran uses	21 23:54 Tiny and Company8334 [11128]
Uighur Islamic State fighters vow blood will 'flow in rivers' in China	6 22:21 Zhang Fei [11125]
Refugees want houses, refuse to stay in flats	9 20:11 Frank G [11131]
Rasool Sayyaf hospitalized in Kabul due to heart attack	2 09:02 Skidmark [11127]
Taliban attacks in Kabul aimed to boost fighters’ morale after Mullah Salam death: Ghani	1 09:03 Skidmark [11126]
Coalition commander says most of Islamic State’s top brass killed	1 09:04 Skidmark [11130]
Oil flows resume from Iraq’s Kirkuk fields after Kurdish forces storm facility	0 [11123]
Peshmerga official: We will not withdraw from areas we liberated in Mosul	0 [11127]
U.S.-allied militia agrees to hand villages to Syrian govt	1 08:03 Crinegum Ulaigum2776 [11125]
Congresswoman Calls on US Gov’t to Stop Supporting Terrorist Groups	5 20:22 Silentbrick [11130]
Turkey to Strike Syrian Kurd Militia Unless It Leaves Manbij: FM	0 [11126]
Iran Warns Denmark of Damage to Ties after Fresh Embassy Attack	2 09:09 Skidmark [11129]
Erdogan: US Has No Clear Idea How to Liberate Syria’s Raqqa From ISIL	2 15:47 magpie [11131]
Syria Delegation Says Armed Groups Representatives Taking Peace Talks ‘Hostage’	0 [11126]
General Mattis livid at reports disputing value of Yemen raid	6 18:29 Skidmark [11130]
Terror Threat to U.S. Airports Said to Grow as al-Qaeda Rebounds	0 [11126]
Egypt airport authorities nab Russian passenger with explosive device	1 11:04 Frank G [11126]
AU warned it faces donor fatigue as mission reviews budget	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
NASA seeks ...	1 18:48 Skidmark [11127]
Former first daughter Barbara Bush Keynote Speaker at TX Planned Parenthood	10 15:49 Zenobia Floger6220 [11130]
Israel becomes a gas exporter with first delivery to Jordan	0 [11126]
Mubarak free to go after final acquittal in 2011 killing protesters case retrial	4 16:08 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Tunisia on Verge of Bankruptcy as IMF Freezes Loan	1 12:58 M. Murcek [11127]
Ukrainian sappers clear area around Avdievka water plant as fighting continues	0 [11124]
How North Korea dodges sanctions to keep nuclear program going	2 17:09 ed in texas [11128]
Malaysia to free North Korean arrested in Kim killing	1 09:14 Skidmark [11131]
MS-13 Gang Members Indicted For 2016 Murders Of Three Brentwood High School Students	6 15:21 JHH [11125]
Alabama Teen indicted in fatal stabbing, burning of elderly Korean War veteran	9 18:50 Skidmark [11128]
Teamsters' Pension Fund Runs out of Money, as predicted	8 17:19 AlanC [11127]
Judge Under Investigation for Allegedly Helping Illegal Immigrant Escape ICE Through Her Private Entrance	3 09:39 g(r)omgoru [11130]
ICE Arrests Immigrant After She Reveals Her Illegal Status at Press Conference	4 12:05 Abu Uluque [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
The Elites Are Not Elite - with commentary from Ace	1 23:48 Tiny and Company8334 [11135]
AFL-CIO Signals Support for Trump's Legal Immigration Overhaul	1 08:21 Bobby [11131]
Krauthammer to GOP: 'Pick a Damn Plan' for ObamaCare Replacement	16 17:40 rjschwarz [11133]
Page 6: Politix
Study Find Losers Fall for Media Hoaxes	16 19:32 Zenobia Floger6220 [11130]
Russian Spokesperson to CNN: 'Stop Spreading Lie and False News'	4 16:14 Blinky Ulains1437 [11127]
Ben Carson confirmed as HUD secretary	3 21:47 trailing wife [11127]
The Rules of Congressional Investigations and Trump's Growing Russia Problem	3 09:22 Skidmark [11127]
Rick Perry confirmed as Energy secretary	3 17:15 ed in texas [11124]
Former U.S. Attorney Claims FBI Has Names of CIA Leakers	6 21:46 CrazyFool [11126]
Marine Le Pen Declares War on Merkel	3 17:18 ed in texas [11123]
Report Says US Attorney General did not divulge contact with Russian ambassador	14 18:02 Pappy [11130]

    
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                        20:22 Silentbrick

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                        19:53 Zenobia Floger6220

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Who's in the News
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14	Islamic State
5	Taliban
4	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Arab Spring
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda
1	Ansar al-Sharia

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2017-03-03
Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin

Thu 2017-03-02
Islamic State supreme leader’s speech admits defeat in Mosul

Wed 2017-03-01
Two women in nerve agent attack on Kim Jong-nam charged with murder

Tue 2017-02-28
Islamic State claims attempted bombing in Algeria -AMAQ

Mon 2017-02-27
Taliban shadow governor among 21 killed in counter-terrorism operations

Sun 2017-02-26
Hamas Diggers Dead in Gaza Tunnel ‘Work Accident'

Sat 2017-02-25
Iraq Forces Enter First West Mosul Neighborhood

Fri 2017-02-24
German police arrest 26-year-old over terror plot

Thu 2017-02-23
Pakistan Army launches 'Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad' across the country

Wed 2017-02-22
Suicide bombers attack Pakistani court, killing seven, as wave of violence continues

Tue 2017-02-21
Libyan PM survives assassination attempt in Tripoli

Mon 2017-02-20
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench around City of Ramadi

Sun 2017-02-19
62 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrike in Mosul

Sat 2017-02-18
Breaking: Blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman Dies in Prison

Fri 2017-02-17
At least 70 dead as bomb rips through Lal Shahbaz shrine in Sehwan, Sindh

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