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Militants attack Somali parliament
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Militants attack Somali parliament	0 [11130]
Good morning	5 20:38 Secret Asian Man [11128]
French Jihadist Dies in Iraq Suicide Attack	0 [11122]
UPDATE: Militants Killed and Four ANSF Wounded	0 [11123]
Rocket attack injures 20 in Libya's Benghazi	0 [11125]
Fresh Takfiri infighting leaves 50 militants dead in Syria	0 [11124]
Bahrainis hold anti-government demo	0 [11132]
Clashes across Egypt leave at least four people dead	0 [11124]
Rebel attack during Syrian election campaigning kills more than 20	0 [11126]
Chlorine gas attack in Hama province	2 07:33 Bright Pebbles [11130]
AMISOM convoy attacked in IED blast	0 [11127]
Jubba official wounded in Dhobley attack	0 [11124]
Assistant commander of military intelligence murdered in Benghazi	0 [11125]
Shaboobs invade AMISOM military base in Afmadow	0 [11127]
Police officer, civilian injured in Mombasa explosion	0 [11125]
Sikhs protest attacks on religious sites, desecration of holy book	0 [11125]
Two brothers killed in 'sectarian attack'	0 [11125]
America sends PREDATOR drone to find Nigerian schoolgirls	5 15:46 Shipman [11127]
North Waziristan assault intensifies; death toll crosses 80	0 [11125]
Indian consulate attacked in western Afghanistan	1 08:25 Pappy [11126]
Two ASWJ members killed	1 11:01 Squinty [11126]
Two Israelis, British National Arrested In Jordan	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Billboards with hanging mannequins warning cops to choose 'silver over lead' appear in Texas	3 23:03 Bubba Graiting8281 [11124]
Herat strike timed to scuttle Nawaz Sharif's trip	0 [11124]
Nigeria's Islamic Leader to Host Day of Prayer over Boko Haram	0 [11125]
Jumblat: I Will Add the Syrian Lawsuit to the File I Have	1 04:28 Shipman [11127]
MPs Angered Over Karzai's Action Against Three Police Commanders	0 [11127]
US recording 'nearly all' phone calls in Afghanistan: WikiLeaks	7 13:09 Shipman [11127]
Thousands of Libyans rally in support of General Haftar	0 [11127]
Xinjiang starts crackdown	2 17:00 AlanC [11124]
Chairman of Libya's state-oil resigns	0 [11126]
Lebanon presidential vote put off indefinitely	0 [11125]
Tunisia secures Libya border	0 [11126]
Sorry, John Kerry Can't Testify About Benghazi; He Is Just Too Busy	1 03:19 Besoeker [11125]
The government's 'martial' security plan	0 [11122]
Attack casts shadow on Modi's Saarc party	0 [11127]
Lt. Gen. William Boykin, past Delta Force commander, hit with Army reprimand	5 10:04 Besoeker [11123]
How Al-Qaeda Uses Encryption Post-Snowden (Part 1)	0 [11126]
Russia May Build Eight Nuclear Reactors For Iran	1 01:17 Squinty [11125]
Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court	0 [11125]
Poll: Only Slight Majority In Egypt Backs Al-Sissi	0 [11129]
US Steps Up Scrutiny Of Americans Fighting In Syrian Civil War	0 [11126]
Israel's Edge: Intelligence on the Ground	1 03:30 Besoeker [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Illegal Flood Shifts from AZ to TX	1 23:48 Bubba Graiting8281 [11127]
7 die in Santa Barbara drive-by shooting	11 19:48 badanov [11127]
Obama blames Founding Fathers' 'structural' design of Congress for gridlock	17 23:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [11128]
Tennessee Brings Back Old Sparky	11 23:44 Bubba Graiting8281 [11125]
Rev. Graham: 'Christians Are Under Attack by Islam'	2 08:53 Elmains Flineger6072 [11124]
Ed Schultz Ends Radio Show, Moves to Web-Based Broadcast	4 14:05 Frank G [11127]
This Week in Guns, May 24th, 2014	2 11:29 swksvolFF [11127]
Russia Military Says Troops to Quit Ukraine Border in 20 Days	5 21:57 SteveS [11132]
Turkey begins exporting Iraqi Kurdistan oil	0 [11127]
Jealous husband castrates and kills French mayor	3 19:39 Shipman [11133]
Thai military 'detains' ex-premier	1 09:33 Procopius2k [11123]
Algeria jails foreign drug 'mules'	1 17:44 ed in texas [11123]
Twitter blocks 'blasphemous' tweets in Pakistan upon requests	0 [11125]
Adm. Sam Locklear Warns about the China-Vietnam standoff	0 [11124]
Rooshun mafia at the center of prescription drug scam	0 [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Arabicising Pakistan	0 [11125]
Ethics in Islam	2 08:44 AlanC [11125]
Irrelevant CII	0 [11124]
North Waziristan attacks	1 11:13 Squinty [11127]
Veterans Administration set to investigate Veterans Administration.	12 21:06 Skunky and Tenille1759 [11125]
Increasing Russian, Iranian Involvement Helps Assad Make Great Strides In Syria War	0 [11125]
THE MILANKOVICH THEORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE vs GLOBAL WARMING	10 22:31 Sonny Omavitle6490 [11135]
Page 6: Politix
SASC Adopts Amendment Prohibiting Russian Rocket Engine	3 11:13 3dc [11122]
No more get-out-of-jail-free cards for Minnesota legislators	0 [11122]
Conyers camp celebrates federal judge's ruling putting him on ballot	9 16:04 Procopius2k [11125]
DoJ pushed Lois Lerner to help build criminal case against nonprofits.	11 22:56 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]

    
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                        23:48 Bubba Graiting8281

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                        22:56 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:31 Sonny Omavitle6490

                        21:57 SteveS

                        21:27 Skunky and Tenille1759

                        21:19 SteveS

                        21:17 SteveS

                        21:06 Skunky and Tenille1759

                        20:38 Secret Asian Man

                        19:48 badanov

                        19:46 Besoeker

                        19:45 Zenobia Floger6220

                        19:45 Besoeker

                        19:45 linker

                        19:42 Shipman

                        19:39 Shipman

                        19:39 Shipman

                        19:38 Shipman

                        19:24 CrazyFool

                        19:21 Alaska Paul

                        18:51 OldSpook

Who's in the News
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7	Arab Spring
6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Govt of Syria
2	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
2	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Narcos
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Taliban
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	TTP
1	al-Shabaab
1	East Turkestan Islamic Movement

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2014-05-24
Militants attack Somali parliament

Fri 2014-05-23
Militias stream into Libyan capital, Tripoli

Thu 2014-05-22
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'

Wed 2014-05-21
Syrian Army Missile Kills 23, Including 8 Kids

Tue 2014-05-20
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM

Mon 2014-05-19
36 Dead, 30 Hostages in Mali Clashes, PM Says 'at War with Terrorists'

Sun 2014-05-18
Belmokhtar loses another top deputy

Sat 2014-05-17
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

Fri 2014-05-16
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border

Thu 2014-05-15
Syria Rebels Detonate Tunnel Bomb under Idlib Army Base

Wed 2014-05-14
13 People Burned Alive in C. Africa at the Weekend

Tue 2014-05-13
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali

Mon 2014-05-12
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

Sun 2014-05-11
Almost 90 %t vote for self-rule for east Ukraine region

Sat 2014-05-10
11 Killed as Iraq Forces Launch Assault near Fallujah

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