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ISIS Beheads Elderly Archeologist In Palmyra, Syrian Official Says
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
SFC Terry Gilden, USA is Being Poshumously Honored by DoS, Bureau of Diplomatic Security.	0 [11127]
Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul Attacked With Grenade, Guns	0 [11125]
Little girl with robotic hand throws first pitch at Orioles game	6 22:03 badanov [11134]
IS beheads 82-year-old archaeologist in Palmyra	2 20:20 Shuting Gurly-Brown7975 [11124]
The PDF announces the killing of 35 Turkish soldiers southeast Turkey	0 [11129]
US, allies target Islamic State with 20 air strikes in Syria, Iraq	0 [11125]
ISIS Beheads Elderly Archeologist In Palmyra, Syrian Official Says	19 23:03 JohnQC [11129]
Egypt detains Hamas official at Cairo airport: security sources	2 01:45 newc [11123]
Rebels execute, crucify ISIS fighter north of Aleppo	0 [11126]
Gunmen kill Nusra Front's security official in Daraa	0 [11126]
31 Insurgents Killed in Baghlan Operation	0 [11126]
Up to 150 Drowned, Shot Fleeing Boko Haram Ambush in NE Nigeria	0 [11124]
Yemeni Army, Committees Destroy Saudi, UAE Tanks in Border areas	0 [11125]
Syrian Army Recaptures Four Villages, Kills al-Nusra Leaders in Daraa	0 [11125]
Afghanistan summons Pak ambassador after 8 policemen martyred in heavy shelling	0 [11128]
Chhatra League enforced dead in shootout	0 [11125]
PKK clashes spread to towns amid curfews	0 [11124]
Turkish police capture drone, weapons en route to ISIL	0 [11124]
Three IEDs defused in Peshawar	0 [11128]
ASWJ big turban shot dead	0 [11126]
Five 'militants' killed in Manghopir encounter	0 [11127]
Policeman, civilian killed in India-held Kashmir shooting	0 [11125]
One killed, six wounded by Indian shelling across LoC	0 [11125]
18 terrorists killed in North Waziristan air raids: ISPR	0 [11126]
MQM's Rashid Godil critical after Karachi attack	0 [11125]
Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen 'aid port' Hodeida	0 [11124]
Attack helicopters destroy Al Shabaab technicals in central Somalia	0 [11132]
Four Shaboobs killed in Somalia clashes	0 [11127]
Beledweyne bodies buried	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
US weighs more security, withdrawal option for Sinai forces	3 21:46 JosephMendiola [11128]
Baiji mayor says troops in place for 'final push'	0 [11123]
Official: ISIS in-fighting kills 16 extremists in Mosul	0 [11124]
Barzani to Remain in Office for 2 more Years	0 [11125]
Iraqi PM Abadi Reduces Ministerial Adviser Positions	0 [11124]
Pakistan exposed Mullah Omar's death for its own interests: Kandahar clerics	0 [11123]
23 BNP men charge-sheeted over Magura bomb attack	0 [11123]
HDP calls for referendum on Erdogan's ambition for presidential system	0 [11124]
Turkey's religious body calls for anti-ISIL unity	0 [11124]
ISIL calls for 'conquest of Istanbul,' slams Erdogan	4 22:06 rjschwarz [11127]
Turkish PM returns mandate, Erdogan faces gov't puzzle for snap polls	0 [11122]
Daesh posters in tribal areas	0 [11124]
PTI urges govt to take action against banned outfits	0 [11125]
Punjab vows to take terror fight to the finish	0 [11124]
Qaim displeased at prosecution of anti-terror cases	0 [11123]
Possibility of 'insider involvement' traumatises Attock's Shadi Khan	0 [11123]
Iraq's Maliki rejects blame for fall of Mosul	0 [11124]
Menendez to oppose Iran deal	0 [11123]
Egypt passes anti-terrorism law	0 [11125]
Libya asks Arab states to help arm its military to fight Daesh	0 [11124]
Six Russian MiG-31 interceptor aircraft land in Damascus to rescue Assad regime	2 16:30 swksvolFF [11127]
Maliki calls Mosul fall report 'worthless'	0 [11124]
Some Ethiopian troops in Somalia not under AU mission	0 [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Federal Judge Moves Up Hearing for Hildebeest's Email Case	5 19:25 Chantry [11123]
Scientists find evidence of prehistoric massacre in Europe	13 20:12 Nimble Spemble [11123]
Stolen Ashley Madison user data published by hackers	4 21:14 Chuck [11127]
Four released amid 'sex scandal' at AKP branch in northwestern Turkey	0 [11126]
Probe launched into prosecutors for declaring assassination plot against Erdogan's daughter as 'fake'	0 [11125]
OSCE sez it was rebel artillery that hit Sartana	0 [11123]
FIA arrests JUP-linked man on money laundering charges	1 16:54 Shipman [11123]
Cecil the lion: Zimbabwe court charges game park owner Honest Ndlovu over illegal hunt	1 16:49 Shipman [11125]
First almost fully-formed human brain grown in lab, researchers claim	12 23:06 JohnQC [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
PP is Likely Keeping Some Aborted Babies Alive for parts	11 22:50 OldSpook [11127]
Mark Levin: Congress can end 'Birth Right' citizenship without amending the Constitution.	3 12:43 Bobby [11123]
Hameed Gul	2 21:53 Frank G [11131]
Page 6: Politix
Black Lives Matter Director is another pretend black	12 20:46 CrazyFool [11123]
Latest Hillary server sighting: Bathroom in a Colorado loft apartment; Updated	12 21:19 trailing wife [11124]
Rubio 'not in favor of repealing' birthright citizenship	5 21:57 rjschwarz [11127]
The Obama White House is reportedly ready for Hillary ‐ not Joe Biden	6 21:56 rjschwarz [11132]

    
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Who's in the News
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10	Govt of Pakistan
9	Islamic State
4	al-Shabaab
3	Govt of Iraq
2	Houthis
2	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	TTP
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2015-08-19
ISIS Beheads Elderly Archeologist In Palmyra, Syrian Official Says

Tue 2015-08-18
Yemen: More than 80 dead in 24 hours of fighting for Taiz

Mon 2015-08-17
Punjab home minister Shuja Khanzada killed in terror attack

Sun 2015-08-16
God strikes Hamid Gul dead

Sat 2015-08-15
Infighting Kills 15 Taliban In Herat

Fri 2015-08-14
Zawahiri pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader

Thu 2015-08-13
Caucasus Islamist Leader Killed in Russian Raid

Wed 2015-08-12
Nabbed Hamas man reveals new Gaza war plans

Tue 2015-08-11
Egypt govt takes over 16 hospitals linked to banned Brotherhood

Mon 2015-08-10
Yemen Loyalists Retake Southern Provincial Capital

Sun 2015-08-09
Yemen pro-govt forces launch offensive

Sat 2015-08-08
Prominent Bangladeshi secular blogger murdered

Fri 2015-08-07
'Father of Taliban' Sami ul-Haq pledge allegiance to Mullah Mansoor

Thu 2015-08-06
66 Taliban and Daesh Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Drone Strike

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