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Top Iranian officer beheaded in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	0 [11131]
Muslim Rebels Attack Catholic Church	0 [11126]
Abu Sayyaf hostage freed	0 [11129]
Top Iranian officer beheaded in Syria	7 21:51 lord garth [11138]
American jacket walla dead in Syria	2 20:13 Barbara [11131]
Hospital bombing injures ten in southern Thailand	0 [11130]
Washington tells US citizens to leave Libya	9 14:55 Abu Uluque [11129]
Ansar Al-Sharia denounces Operation Dignity as a crusade against Islam	2 14:19 g(r)omgoru [11127]
At Least 10 Killed in Bangui Fighting	0 [11128]
Jordan Jails 11 Islamists over U.S. Embassy Plot	2 20:52 Frank G [11127]
Air Raids on Syria's Aleppo Kill over 40 in 24 Hours	0 [11127]
Key Pakistani Taliban faction breaks away	2 07:27 Frank G [11124]
Iraq attacks kill 14 as 2014 toll tops 4,000	0 [11126]
Haftar Forces Bomb Jihadist Camp In Benghazi	1 02:44 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Report: IDF Raids Pro-Hamas Newspapers' Printer	1 04:55 Shipman [11128]
Nine Palestinians Arrested For Suspected Terror Activities	0 [11125]
Arab Israeli Arrested For Helping Kin Fight In Syria	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Shipping Firms Shy Away From Iran Despite Deal To Ease Sanctions	2 21:14 Pappy [11139]
Pakistan should focus on economic progress, not defence: Nawaz	8 17:32 Squinty [11134]
Syria Opposition Welcomes Obama Plan to Ramp Up Support	5 19:51 Barbara [11132]
Obama to Up Support for Syrian Rebels	3 21:52 Squinty [11129]
U.N. Warns against New European, Arab Extremist Networks	0 [11129]
Assad's re-Election Assured in War-Ravaged Syria	0 [11132]
Obama Warns U.S. Must Not Rush to War	18 20:52 Frank G [11129]
Taliban condemn US exit strategy from Afghanistan	2 23:40 JosephMendiola [11137]
Edward Snowden says he was trained 'as a spy'	6 21:31 Besoeker [11134]
Palestinian unity govt tomorrow	6 13:57 Raj [11129]
Pakistan fully capable of defending itself, PM Nawaz	2 18:41 Squinty [11127]
Nawaz orders probe into desecration of religious sites	1 15:03 Snusort Spomose2148 [11128]
Over 850 schools in Thatta, Sujawal closed	0 [11127]
Obama Tells West Point Cadets U.S. Must Refocus on Terrorism	15 18:36 Glenmore [11128]
Sisi Gains 93.4% Of Votes Cast In 2,000 Polling Stations	0 [11127]
US Investigates Reports Of American Suicide Bomber In Syria	1 12:54 Bobby [11128]
Kansas City Jewish Leaders To Drill Disarming Gunmen	5 20:12 Barbara [11133]
Lebanese Patriarch Prays In Israel With Exiled Ex-Militia	0 [11126]
Syrians Storm Embassy In Lebanon To Vote For Assad	0 [11126]
Iran Urges West To Resist Outside Pressure On Nuclear Deal	1 07:28 ed in texas [11123]
Netanyahu: Jerusalem Will Never Be Divided	0 [11125]
Saudi Royal Snubs Invite To Jerusalem By Israeli Ex-Intel Boss	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
London's Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing's	0 [11128]
Central American migrants in Texas flown to Arizona and released	1 21:26 Warthog [11131]
Vietnam accuses Chinese ships of gun threats	0 [11127]
[Indian] Govt moves to hike defence FDI up to 100%	1 20:02 Squinty [11130]
SpaceX Boca Chica TX site passes EPA Impact Statement!	3 17:05 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11130]
Metal thieves pillage French wind turbines	12 16:17 Steve White [11129]
Narendra Modi's new NSA, Ajit Kumar Doval starts big, has bigger goals	3 09:21 g(r)omgoru [11132]
EU Vote Final Results Shake Bulgaria's Govenment	0 [11129]
Thai junta appoints anti-Thaksin advisers	0 [11124]
Poroshenko in action; 50 rebels killed	1 16:47 Grunter [11130]
Anglican leader says Pakistan's minorities should have equal rights	8 23:19 Squinty [11133]
Five Hindu children abducted in Balochistan	0 [11127]
Israel Rescues Ukrainian Jews Stranded By Fighting	1 07:37 ed in texas [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
A 1914 Novel's Prescient Vision of Londonistan	0 [11127]
Russia's Hand Exposed in Ukraine	1 18:28 OldSpook [11128]
'Mystery' banners	0 [11128]
Revenge as strategy	1 18:46 Airandee [11130]
Hezbollah's Foreign [Iranian] Origins	0 [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Pelosi: "Fix" ObamaCare!!! with Single Payer	9 17:42 Bright Pebbles [11126]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Syria
2	Arab Spring
2	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	Seleka
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	TTP
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2014-05-29
Top Iranian officer beheaded in Syria

Wed 2014-05-28
Wanted Hizbullah Commander Killed in Syria

Tue 2014-05-27
23 Terror, Religious Extremism Groups Busted In Xinjiang

Mon 2014-05-26
New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"

Sun 2014-05-25
Toll from Syria rebel attack on Daraa rally up to 37

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

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