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Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Rocket fire targets southern Israel hours before temporary cease-fire deadline	0 [11122]
Good morning	0 [11127]
Egyptian army says it killed 9 'militants' in Sinai	3 20:32 Pappy [11127]
NATO Soldier Killed in Insurgent Attack in Eastern Afghanistan	0 [11125]
137 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Offensive	1 10:16 gorb [11125]
'Terror' tunnel found near Yemen former president's home	1 09:44 Joger Splat9763 [11133]
Iraq Kurds laud Iran support in confronting ISIL	4 19:58 JosephMendiola [11129]
Bizerte salafists besiege beaches	1 00:18 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
Tripoli police chief shot dead	0 [11125]
Notorious sea robber Baishya Dakat held	0 [11126]
Doctor among two shot dead in 'sectarian attacks'	0 [11126]
Military wives block husbands' deployment against Boko Haram	3 14:19 Pappy [11125]
Senior Puntland official survives assassination attempts	2 13:21 trailing wife [11125]
Shaboobs ambush Puntland forces in Galgala Mountain	1 14:14 Pappy [11126]
Moroccan Activist Jailed for 'False Torture Claim'	0 [11126]
Emir Still Missing Five Days After Boko Haram Attack	0 [11138]
Al-Basha'er Association Head Killed in Shelling on Qalamun	0 [11126]
Army Mourns New Martyr in Arsal Violence, Qahwaji Rejects 'Bargaining' over Kidnapped Soldiers' Freedom	1 13:58 Bill Thirt9896 [11126]
U.S. Drones Strike Iraq Militant Mortar Team as UK Says to 'Transport' Military Supplies to Kurdish Forces	2 09:00 JohnQC [11126]
US Deploys Military Advisers to Northern Iraq	9 17:52 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11132]
Times Reporter Injured in Iraq Helicopter Crash; Pilot Is Killed	1 06:21 Besoeker [11127]
Gaza Active Conflict: Day 37	2 16:47 trailing wife [11130]
Photo surfaces of abducted German yachters held by Abu Sayyaf	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Having Schabas lead UN Gaza probe akin to ISIS hosting religious tolerance event	3 13:45 OldSpook [11125]
HRW says Rabaa dispersal was planned, Egypt gov't calls report 'biased'	0 [11125]
Iraq Christians fleeing jihadists long for exile	11 22:54 JosephMendiola [11130]
Egypt's Grand Mufti refuses to call Jihadists in Iraq as Islamic State	3 14:38 AlanC [11122]
Two in Five Afghan Youths Suffer from Mental Illness	8 17:15 abu do you love [11130]
'Sri Lanka violates international refugee law'	0 [11128]
Miteb: No foreign troops on northern KSA border	0 [11123]
King hopes new Iraqi PM will promote unity	0 [11124]
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense	10 14:37 rjschwarz [11131]
Gaza truce enters 3rd day as negotiations continue	1 11:24 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11125]
OIC censures Israel for 'war crimes' against Gaza	0 [11127]
Tunisia regulates associations suspected of terrorism	0 [11125]
Government sticking to its decision on trying Jamaat-e-Islami	0 [11125]
Fazl rules out midterm polls, imposition of martial law	0 [11127]
Around 50 PTI workers rounded up in crackdown	0 [11126]
PTI long march: Govt to avoid arresting leaders	0 [11127]
UK drops more aid in Iraq, readies jets for surveillance	0 [11126]
Nawaz Sharif calls on SC to investigate rigging allegations	0 [11126]
Lebanon parliament fails again to elect new president	0 [11127]
JI not to support attempt against democracy	0 [11125]
Bloodletting likely during PAT march, PM told	0 [11126]
U.S. to Provide $180 mn in South Sudan Food Aid	5 23:28 borgboy [11126]
Egypt's Sisi Visits Putin for Arms Purchase Talks	4 16:12 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11127]
Backgrounder on Haidar al-Abadi: From Exile to Iraq PM Designate	0 [11125]
Yazidi MP Wounded in Iraq Helicopter Crash on Mount Sinjar	0 [11126]
Israel Furious as U.N. Unveils Gaza Probe Team	1 14:39 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11124]
Pentagon Cites Progress Destroying Syria Chemical Arms	1 13:02 JohnQC [11124]
Canada unhappy with UN's choice of Gaza war crimes lead investigator	0 [11129]
India's Modi accuses Pakistan of waging a proxy war	0 [11125]
Egypt presents proposal to end war in Gaza	0 [11126]
Frankfurt Jews Quit Interfaith Council Over Anti-Israel Statements	1 03:26 borgboy [11123]
Week Of Anti-Semitism In Scotland Comparable To Entire 2013	3 15:04 trailing wife [11126]
Pro-Palestinians in Belfast storm supermarket, remove Israeli products	6 16:08 JohnQC [11124]
Kurdish Forces And Others Aiding Escape From Iraqi Mountain	1 13:40 OldSpook [11129]
Turkish Satellite Documents Gaza Destruction	3 22:53 trailing wife [11127]
UK Says To Suspend Some Israel Arms Exports If Gaza Truce Fails	8 18:09 SteveS [11130]
US air drops to surrounded Yazidis lacked parachutes, exploded on impact	10 21:31 newc [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Death Penalty to a Man Accused of Immolation	1 08:56 JohnQC [11123]
BNP backtracks from tough movement strategy	0 [11125]
'BNP a platform of evil forces'	0 [11123]
Gullu Butt granted bail	0 [11124]
Seven polio cases detected as year's toll rises to 115	0 [11124]
Russia to allocate $500 million assistance to Kyrgyzstan	1 06:35 Besoeker [11123]
Obama congratulates Erdogan on phone	3 13:58 regular joe [11128]
Doubts over Russian 'aid' as convoy nears Ukraine	3 13:52 SteveS [11126]
Guinea-Bissau Shuts Border with Ebola-Hit Guinea	0 [11126]
Chinese Zoo Unveils World's 'First' Surviving Panda Triplets	3 14:27 rjschwarz [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and Gaza are falling apart and John Kerry's not helping	13 22:45 JosephMendiola [11125]
March of folly	0 [11125]
Running out of options	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Bloomberg backed candidate loses... again	1 19:52 DarthVader [11124]
The Lightbringer 'uncreates' 1100 + jobs	7 18:55 gorb [11126]

    
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                        21:41 Old Patriot

                        21:31 newc

                        20:32 Pappy

                        19:58 JosephMendiola

                        19:52 DarthVader

                        18:55 gorb

                        18:43 Hupolush Grundy1293

                        18:25 3dc

                        18:09 SteveS

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                        17:52 Ebbang Uluque6305

                        17:38 Snavise Cholurt4299

                        17:21 Iblis

                        17:15 abu do you love

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                        16:47 trailing wife

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                        16:23 irishrageboy

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Who's in the News
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9	Govt of Pakistan
5	Islamic State
4	Hamas
3	Arab Spring
2	Taliban
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	al-Shabaab
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Pirates
1	Salafists
1	Abu Sayyaf

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

Tue 2014-08-12
"Convert by noon today or we will kill all of you"

Mon 2014-08-11
Iraq PM to sue president, security forces deploy across Baghdad

Sun 2014-08-10
Al-Qaida Militants Kill 15 Yemeni Soldiers

Sat 2014-08-09
Gazans back in UN schools as Israel resumes blitz

Fri 2014-08-08
Widening of Zarb-i-Azb operation likely

Thu 2014-08-07
Iraq forces, Peshmerga kill 240 ISIL terrorists

Wed 2014-08-06
Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists

Tue 2014-08-05
American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy

Mon 2014-08-04
Woman Kills Four Taliban Before Dying

Sun 2014-08-03
Islamic State seize town of Sinjar, pushing out Kurds and sending Yazidis fleeing

Sat 2014-08-02
Islamic State Withdraws from Deir Ezzor Villages

Fri 2014-08-01
Woman wearing explosive belt arrested in N. Lebanon

Thu 2014-07-31
Female Bomber Kills 6 in Nigeria, 10-Year-Old with Explosives Held

Wed 2014-07-30
Saiqa forced to abandon Benghazi headquarters to Ansar

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