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Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Boko Haram Islamists: Military
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Boko Haram Islamists: Military	2 20:13 Barbara [11132]
Ever wondered what it looks like to look directly into an RPG backblast?	10 22:23 JosephMendiola [11129]
Bomb Kills District Governor in Laghman	0 [11125]
Afghan Spy Agency Foils Kabul Suicide Attack, Arrests 5 Insurgents	0 [11125]
Four Policemen Killed in Paktia Blast	0 [11125]
Nato Airstrike Kills 16 Insurgents	0 [11126]
Iranian shelling injures two in Washuk	0 [11126]
Lebanon Indicts Syrians As Bomb Plot Uncovered	0 [11132]
Local Governor: Kurdish Militants Kidnap Turkish MP	0 [11127]
14 Pakistanis who joined Afghan police return home	0 [11132]
Bannu blast injures 2 soldiers	0 [11126]
Gunmen Kill Egyptian Tribal Leader And Son In Sinai	0 [11124]
Five killed in Baghdad attacks	0 [11128]
2 Syrian journalists killed in Damascus	0 [11125]
Islamist Terrorists Attack Police Station In North Sinai	0 [11125]
Afghan officials met key Taleban figure in Pakistan	0 [11130]
Armed Men Attack Peacekeeping Troops In Egypt's Sinai	0 [11130]
Police arrest 20 over Mumbai violence	0 [11132]
Syrian Army presses assault on Aleppo	1 17:12 phil_b [11126]
Iranians captured in Syria are IRGC officers - Iranian opposition	1 07:36 Admiral Allan Ackbar [11126]
North Sinai clashes 'kill 7 gunmen'	0 [11126]
Egypt president orders military chief to retire	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
No Future in France: Dire Times for French Jews	4 20:24 trailing wife [11130]
Who Need Congress when you have Executive Authority?	0 [11126]
Darrell Issa to Sue Eric Holder Today	3 15:47 JohnQC [11126]
Washington not concerned over Morsis moves in Cairo	3 14:50 JohnQC [11126]
New virus may be US, Israeli digital strike against Hezbollah	1 23:01 JosephMendiola [11129]
Afghan Officials Met Key Taliban Prisoner	0 [11126]
Taliban Attacks Rise During Ramadan: Sediqi	0 [11126]
Sinai Imam Calls On Egyptians To Support Border Attack	1 00:52 JosephMendiola [11126]
PPP Leader: Gaza Is An Essential Part Of Palestine	3 11:27 newc [11125]
Nork First Lady Sports Dior Purse Despite Nationwide Food Shortages	5 19:31 European Conservative [11127]
An Uneventful Olympics, Thank God	0 [11124]
N. Korea, U.S. had informal New York meeting in July	0 [11125]
Hamas: We Will Close Tunnels If Egypt Opens Rafah	5 13:28 newc [11128]
Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone	0 [11128]
Saudi Arabia Gives $50m Aid To Myanmar Muslims	1 06:10 American Delight [11126]
US, Egypt Discuss Aid Package For Sinai Security	1 23:23 USN, ret. [11127]
UN continues to natter on Syria	0 [11127]
OIC to expel murderous Syrian regime	1 23:11 JosephMendiola [11129]
Tantawi's sack strengthens Mursi	1 00:56 JosephMendiola [11128]
Venezuela plans a 'guerrilla army' against US invasion	7 17:06 tu3031 [11130]
Larry Eckhardt 'The Flagman' - CBS Sunday Morning	2 14:28 JohnQC [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Egyptian "scientist" claims NASA hiding proof of Quranic miracle	9 21:07 European Conservative [11126]
Iran Quake Kills 306, Search For Dead Continues	1 22:10 Redneck Jim [11130]
Wikileaks: Our Site's Been Hit By Weeklong Attack	6 22:37 JosephMendiola [11127]
Bailed US businessman detained in Yemen, again	0 [11128]
CO of USS Pittsburgh fired	8 18:20 Rambler in Virginia [11124]
Pentagon Envisions New Air Force One	10 23:34 USN, ret. [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Major "Sky is falling" rant at Debka. It might be and it might not but its a classic.	3 22:15 Enver and Company9608 [11127]
Has the Muslim Brotherhood staged a coup against Egypt's military?	3 20:15 Barbara [11125]
Tatarstan's pragmatic jihadis	1 07:57 Glenmore [11125]
Request for Ideas	12 22:03 Barbara [11129]
Pilots Despise Flying UAVs	15 23:36 USN, ret. [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Champ Photo Removed Just Days After Book Exposes Agenda To Eliminate Suburbs	17 23:52 trailing wife [11129]

    
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1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2012-08-13
Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Boko Haram Islamists: Military

Sun 2012-08-12
Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area

Sat 2012-08-11
More Than 100 Dead in Syria as Fierce Clashes Rage in Aleppo

Fri 2012-08-10
Syrian rebels retreat Aleppo district amid heavy shelling

Thu 2012-08-09
Yemen Strike Kills Key Al-Qaeda Leader, Foreign Militants

Wed 2012-08-08
Muslim Terrorists Tell Nigeria's Christian President: 'Convert or Resign'

Tue 2012-08-07
Libyas interim authorities to hand over power to congress

Mon 2012-08-06
Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects

Sun 2012-08-05
Kidnapped Syrian teevee host executed

Sat 2012-08-04
IMU Emir Abu Usman Adil has Died

Fri 2012-08-03
67 Killed in Syria as Rebels Use Tanks to Shell Aleppo Airbase

Thu 2012-08-02
Kofi Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy

Wed 2012-08-01
Mexican Marines bag five, detain four in firefight in Veracruz

Tue 2012-07-31
Unconfirmed: Saudi spy chief Prince Bandar assassinated, report says

Mon 2012-07-30
Nine dead after Dagestani raid

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