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Pirates killed while trying to hijack ship near Somalia
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Germany: Attack on Russian Embassy Foiled ‘at Last Minute'	2 11:21 trailing wife [11126]
MOAB: nearly 100 dead fighters pulled from rubble of cave complex	8 19:01 magpie [11126]
Turkish attack kills guard	0 [11129]
Egypt’s prosecution detains 3 suspects in church bombing investigation	0 [11126]
Egypt arrests 13 on suspicion of planning terror attacks	0 [11124]
Islamic State suddenly withdraws from Rawa towards Qaim	0 [11126]
Yemenis Kill 4 Saudi Troops, Attack Military Base	0 [11124]
Center of Damascus Shelled: 2 Civilians Killed, 7 Injured	0 [11126]
Jihadist rebels mourn the death of top commander in Daraa	0 [11127]
ISIS suicide bombing rocks Kurdish village north of Raqqa	0 [11123]
Syrian Air Force hammers ISIL near Iraqi border	0 [11126]
200 Syrian civilians kidnapped by Al-Qaeda faction amid evacuation deal	0 [11124]
Regime airstrikes kill and wound 11 people in Houla, Homs	0 [11126]
Mine Kills Saudi Guard on Yemen Border	0 [11123]
Lebanese Man Critically Wounded in Arsal	0 [11128]
Blast partially damages house in Bajaur	0 [11124]
Suspect shot dead in Lyari ‘encounter’	0 [11128]
‘Terrorist’ killed, wife held in Lahore encounter	0 [11125]
Air strikes kill 100 militants in southern Somalia	0 [11126]
Mortar shells land around Mogadishu Airport	0 [11128]
Pirates killed while trying to hijack ship near Somalia	2 03:08 g(r)omgoru [11133]
Al Shabaab claims bomb attack on WFP convoy	0 [11123]
2 militants killed while planting a bomb in a seminary in Logar	0 [11123]
ISIS suicide bombers and car bomb eliminated in East of Afghanistan	0 [11123]
10 rockets seized before being fired on Kabul city	0 [11127]
Algerian nurse kidnapped in Misrata, family fears by IS	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kashmir violence: Online videos 'show abuse'	0 [11123]
US sends newest F-35 stealth fighters to Europe	5 17:56 DarthVader [11127]
Turkey’s Erdogan hails ‘historic’ referendum win as opposition claims fraud	1 12:29 chris [11126]
How much the US's 'mother of all bombs' really costs	10 17:59 49 Pan [11125]
White House Inhabited by Israeli Settlers: PLO Official	1 07:57 AlanC [11127]
Gaza's sole power plant runs out of fuel	4 16:14 Frank G [11123]
Iran Is Still Using Pseudo-Civilian Airlines to Resupply Assad	0 [11127]
British MPs call for Assad's wife to lose citizenship	0 [11123]
‘Mother of all bombs’ caused damage in Kurram	4 17:33 magpie [11128]
People who cast blasphemy accusations need to be educated, says Imam-i-Kaaba	0 [11124]
Seven more suspects arrested for murder of Mardan university student	0 [11123]
Karzai’s criticism goes too far, will not serve Afghanistan’s interests: Khalilzad	0 [11125]
Misrata Municipal Council plans legal action against opponents	0 [11123]
500 Pakistanis including ISI officers blown up in mammoth Afghan bombing by US	6 12:17 SteveS [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Boeing sacks hundreds of engineers, stock jumps	1 21:09 Procopius2k [11131]
Pudgy vows to test missiles weekly	9 21:47 Besoeker [11128]
Reverse Limousine Drift (Presidential Drift)	0 [11125]
Detroit police criticize Facebook videographers who don't call 911	1 12:25 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
The Strange Case of a Nazi Who Became an Israeli Hitman	4 15:35 Mike Kozlowski [11127]
Bride and groom booted off United flight in Houston	5 15:37 Whiskey Mike [11124]
Raytheon PPT on Future Missile Defense - 'Left of Launch'	1 08:31 ed in texas [11123]
McCain raises doubts US sabotaged North Korean missile launch	6 18:21 charger [11128]
Verified: Staggering Air Firepower And *Second Aircraft Carrier Strike Group* "Armed & Ready" Against North Korea	11 22:06 trailing wife [11129]
Chadian national killed in east Libya for alleged witchcraft	2 08:24 Besoeker [11126]
Christian man tortured in Sheikhupura for 'befriending' Muslim woman	1 16:57 Mullah Richard [11124]
‘You inspire the world’: US Vice-President Mike Pence addresses South Korean military personnel	2 18:15 Crinegum Ulaigum2776 [11126]
UN child sex ring left victims but no arrests	1 06:23 Besoeker [11125]
Have your cake and eat it too!	4 16:31 Pappy [11128]
How Russia Will React to Deployment of NATO Anti-Missile Systems in Norway	4 12:47 Iblis [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
San Francisco State University Still Partnering with Terror Hotbed	0 [11128]
The deal of the century for an end to the war in Syria	3 14:26 rjschwarz [11124]
Cancer with purpose	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Al Sharpton Slams Donald Trump for Not Releasing His Tax Returns	2 19:15 JohnQC [11126]
Elizabeth Warren says Mitch McConnell refuses to speak to her	16 17:26 Whiskey Mike [11123]
Trump Hits Back at Tax Protests, Asks 'Who Paid' for Rallies	6 19:36 Nero White 3083 [11127]
The rise of left-wing, anti-Trump fake news	5 16:35 Pappy [11125]
Sweeping change at DOJ under Sessions	2 13:41 CrazyFool [11124]
Lois Lerner Fears For Her Life, Asks Federal Court To Seal Her Upcoming Deposition Testimony	11 20:19 Lone Ranger [11125]
Fresno State Professor Who Said ‘Trump Must Hang’ Apologizes Profusely, Flees Fresno	13 16:30 warthogswife [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Commies
3	Govt of Syria
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Houthis
2	Sublime Porte
2	Taliban
2	al-Nusra
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Hamas
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Pirates
1	PLO
1	Fatah
1	TTP
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Arab Spring

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2017-04-17
Pirates killed while trying to hijack ship near Somalia

Sun 2017-04-16
At least 43 killed as car bomb hits Syria evacuees

Sat 2017-04-15
Islamic State mufti killed in Mosul air strike, Iraqi forces say

Fri 2017-04-14
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul

Thu 2017-04-13
US drops MOAB on ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan

Wed 2017-04-12
Bomb attack on Dortmund team bus

Tue 2017-04-11
ISIS shells east of Mosul with chlorine gas, 10 casualties

Mon 2017-04-10
Man steers car into town hall in Germany, fire breaks out

Sun 2017-04-09
Church bombing north of Egypt's capital kills 26

Sat 2017-04-08
Iranian brigadier general killed by jihadist militants in northern Hama

Fri 2017-04-07
U.S. launches cruise missiles against Assad's forces

Thu 2017-04-06
Al-Qaeda assassinates prominent Free Syrian Army commander in Idlib

Wed 2017-04-05
Global outcry over suspected Syria chemical attack

Tue 2017-04-04
ISIS raid in Yemen leaves scores of Houthi troops dead on the battlefield

Mon 2017-04-03
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