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Ninevah Nightmares: 235 die
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
"I've been shot!': A bumbling ISIS fighter's final moments	7 22:29 Whiskey Mike [11128]
3 conscripts dead, 8 policemen injured in North Sinai roadside bombing	0 [11124]
IDF arrests 2 Palestinians suspected of instigating violence	0 [11129]
U.S. Kills ISIS Operatives Linked to Europe Attacks	1 10:02 Skidmark [11126]
Good morning	2 14:28 JHH [11124]
Paleo siblings attack border guards, are shot dead	2 09:57 Rambler in Virginia [11126]
2 die in Panjgur district	0 [11125]
17 die in smuggling case	0 [11125]
27 Yemeni soldiers die entering Mukalla	0 [11125]
Talibunnies capture checkpoints in Baghlan province	0 [11126]
Syrian rebel factions slug it out in Aleppo	0 [11127]
ISIS troops take more villages in northern Syria	0 [11127]
ISIS troops hit Syrian rebels with chemical weapons	0 [11125]
8 ISIS troops die in airstrikes in Salahudddin	0 [11130]
Iraqi forces seize munitions cache in Diyala	0 [11126]
Ninevah Nightmares: 235 die	0 [11128]
Russian warplanes attack Syria field hospital, kill 30	3 10:10 Skidmark [11123]
Anbar Antics: 36 die	0 [11124]
Baghdad bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11124]
Taliban militants disguised as married couple arrested in north of Afghanistan	1 17:29 Pappy [11129]
Three killed in clash with Maoist militants	0 [11126]
Philippine president says Abu Sayyaf plotted to kill him	0 [11126]
Two bombs injure 13 in southern Thailand	0 [11123]
Terror suspect Abdeslam appears in French court after extradition	0 [11127]
Suicide bomb attack in Turkey's Bursa wounds 13	0 [11127]
Al shabaab retakes town vacated by AU troops	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Nablus governor fired by Abbas lashes out	0 [11124]
Executed Uighur's family hounded by surveillance, arrests	0 [11125]
Egypt court sentences 76 more pro-Morsi supporters	0 [11124]
Russian police detain recruiter for extremist groups	0 [11124]
Racist attacks against refugees in Greece show rise	4 12:58 AlanC [11128]
Turkey to not step back from fighting terror: Davutoglu	0 [11126]
Egyptian migrants killed in clash with Libyan smugglers	0 [11128]
Pakistan helped US get Osama, insists Hersh	2 19:14 Besoeker [11128]
UN envoy urges Obama, Putin to save Syria ceasefire, talks	0 [11124]
Iraq bans Al Jizz over WoT coverage	0 [11123]
Concealed truth: What is wrong with madrasas?	0 [11124]
US war on terror failed because sanctuaries in Pakistan remained intact: Karzai	5 21:25 Glenmore [11128]
ANSF still waging Jihad, defending Afghanistan, region, world against terror: Ghani	0 [11124]
US Embassy warns citizens in Turkey about ‘credible’ terrorist threats	0 [11127]
Israel’s controversial ‘roof knocking’ tactic appears in Iraq	4 16:56 Thomotch Hupaiper8266 [11127]
Paris terror suspect is ‘a little jerk,’ his lawyer says	1 12:22 Pappy [11123]
German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says	0 [11126]
Austria plans fence to stop migrants at major border crossing with Italy	1 08:52 Frank G [11126]
Saudi Arabia will struggle to kick its addiction to oil	6 14:52 SteveS [11124]
Nuclear-materials smuggling from Armenia to increase	0 [11125]
Iran to get a few Airbus planes this year	0 [11129]
EU defends its 20 per cent cut to AMISOM funding	0 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Chinese Spy U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr Edward Lin, too big to fail	1 19:10 Wholuck Threque4669 [11126]
Economy slows as Fed halts rate change	12 20:21 Capsu78 [11126]
Uzbek 'Minister of Singers' tells female performer to cover up	1 16:39 Abu Uluque [11130]
N.Korea Clamps Down on Escape Routes	1 12:42 Pappy [11122]
Spain heads to new election after talks fail to form gov’t	0 [11125]
Venezuela declares a 2-day workweek because of dire energy shortages	8 21:16 trailing wife [11127]
High School Basketball Player Says He Didn’t Know He Was 29 Years Old	4 22:40 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]
SpaceX planning to be first private company to land on Mars by 2018	2 19:14 Pearl Big Foot3043 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
It's Hard to Tell War Heroes From Paper-Pushers	5 18:41 Canuckistan sniper [11128]
Lawsuit In China Could Be A Tripwire To Watch	0 [11126]
Ireland treads the path from austerity to prosperity	1 07:22 Andy Elmoting7772 [11126]
Is Hillary really the super-hawk she's said to be?	6 14:49 NoMoreBS [11126]
The cloudy future of Israel's nuclear reactor	3 14:35 Skidmark [11128]
Page 6: Politix
'Pervasive Army' Of Gov't Lawyers Hits 25,000 Strong, Costs Staggering $26.2 Billion	1 18:56 Glusock Omomock3107 [11127]
McCain Fundraiser busted for "suspicion of drug charges"	3 13:45 DarthVader [11126]
Ted Cruz is crumbling before our very eyes	32 20:56 Snakes Unailet8574 [11130]
De Blasio on Defense	1 09:21 Glenmore [11126]
The European Union always was a CIA project	10 14:26 SteveS [11126]
Cruz names Fiorina as running mate	2 15:18 rjschwarz [11125]
MSNBC ignores Chris Matthews' wife losing her congressional race	2 09:08 Frank G [11133]
Judge Sentences Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert To 15 Months In Prison In Hush-Money Case	9 16:19 P2Kontheroad [11124]

    
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                        19:14 Pearl Big Foot3043

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                        19:10 Wholuck Threque4669

                        19:08 Gleresing Fleagum3201

                        19:07 Fester McGurque4390

                        19:06 Grampaw Schwarzeneggar1356

                        18:56 Glusock Omomock3107

                        18:41 Canuckistan sniper

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                        18:10 Bigfoot Stalin7808

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                        17:53 Pappy

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                        16:56 Thomotch Hupaiper8266

                        16:47 Abu Uluque

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Who's in the News
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10	Islamic State
3	Commies
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
1	Arab Spring
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Shabaab
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2016-04-28
Ninevah Nightmares: 235 die

Wed 2016-04-27
Turkish artillery shells missile launchers, kills 11 ISIL militants

Tue 2016-04-26
Islamist militants behead Canadian man in Philippines

Mon 2016-04-25
Top Taliban leader killed in a special military operation in north of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-04-24
Islamist militants suspected in slaying of professor in Bangladesh

Sat 2016-04-23
Mali arrests suspected criminal mastermind of hotel terror attack

Fri 2016-04-22
U.S. Ups Pressure on IS with first B-52 Bomber Strike

Thu 2016-04-21
Taliban military commission chief killed in Afghan intelligence operatives raid

Wed 2016-04-20
Chotoo gang surrenders to Army, releases hostages

Tue 2016-04-19
Hundreds wounded in Kabul suicide attack

Mon 2016-04-18
Ivory Coast Attacks 'Number Two' Arrested in Mali

Sun 2016-04-17
Dozens of Hezbollah militants 'accidentally' killed in chemical attack

Sat 2016-04-16
UK police arrest 5 in terror probe

Fri 2016-04-15
Sharia police preacher faces terrorism charges

Thu 2016-04-14
SSS announces arrest of another ‘top Boko Haram terrorist’

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