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Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraq has executed 100 since January, 8,000 on death row: official	5 11:07 Dron66046 [10325]
Two wounded after Turkish airstrikes in Sulaimani	0 [10326]
Erbil: 5 PKK airstruck, American base on fire	0 [10327]
Iraqi police destroy three Islamic State hotbeds in Diyala	0 [10325]
Anbar antics: car bomb airstruck, 5 deep desert sites raided	0 [10324]
Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer	2 15:06 AlanC [10325]
Human head found in Benghazi	12 19:42 Woodrow [10324]
At Least 10 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Burkina Faso Army Unit	0 [10325]
Libya's Coast Guard rescues 37 Illegal immigrants off the coast of Khoms city	0 [10324]
Syria strongly condemns passage of Turkish resupply of alNusra at Khan Sheikhoun	0 [10325]
Special Forces destroy large weapons cache of Taliban in Helmand	0 [10324]
IDF Forces Arrest 23 Suspects In West Bank Overnight	0 [10327]
Turkish police detain 418 people in Kurdish militant probe, replace pro-Kurd mayors in SE	0 [10324]
Jordanian citizen indicted in Israel for plot to kill IDF soldier	0 [10324]
Multiple people wounded as back to back explosions rock Jalalabad city of Afghanistan	0 [10326]
Kabul: ISIS-K, Talib, Haqqani turbans tied up, 3 Talibs toes up	3 11:46 Frank G [10325]
Afghan Air Force conduct airstrikes in Logar and Ghazni killing 9 Taliban militants	0 [10324]
Page 2: WoT Background
Opposition parties hold multi-party conference on Maulana Fazlur Rehman's call	0 [10325]
The rise of the militant Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan	0 [10327]
Iran says it has warned US against seizing oil tanker	4 11:09 Frank G [10325]
Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack	3 17:19 Woodrow [10328]
Dance parties return to Baghdad	4 15:27 trailing wife [10324]
Libyan Navy Says More than 300 Migrants Rescued	0 [10325]
EU Boosts Aid for Bosnia to Manage Migrant Influx	0 [10324]
Bangladesh ready to repatriate 3,500 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar	1 11:41 Dron66046 [10324]
Zintan Revolutionary Gathering rejects "the coup" of the interim government	0 [10325]
Israeli official: Israel willing to pay for flights for emigrating Gazans	8 14:16 Bright Pebbles [10326]
Canada slams UK for stripping ISIS jihadist of British citizenship	3 17:22 Woodrow [10324]
Qatari Cash Grants To Be Distributed In Gaza On Thursday - Report	1 13:13 Dron66046 [10324]
Abbas fires all his advisers amid PA cash crunch	0 [10324]
Bahrain joins US-led naval security mission in Gulf	0 [10328]
Kabul Attack: Surviving Groom Says He Was ‘Devastated Forever’	2 02:53 Dron66046 [10324]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The US Army 'Been There Badges' continue	6 19:23 gorb [10324]
A $25B US counter-drug smuggling operation quietly thrives far south of the border	7 12:24 M. Murcek [10327]
Why US firms are desperate to retain ageing workers	12 12:55 M. Murcek [10324]
Mississippi ICE Raids: No Employers Charged Yet for Hiring Illegal Aliens	1 07:06 Woodrow [10324]
Florida man wildly swings sword at jogger in fight over trash	4 19:52 Procopius2k [10326]
Elton John Defends Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's Private Jet Use	4 09:39 charger [10325]
Pro PRChina demostrators bully worshippers in Canada	9 17:29 Woodrow [10325]
Chicago Teachers Union group's trip to Venezuela, praise of socialist leader slammed as ‘propaganda tour'	5 13:25 swksvolFF [10325]
Police, soldiers patrol Zimbabwe's Bulawayo as opposition protest thwarted	0 [10324]
Gateway Pundit: New Report Shows Leprosy on the Rise in Los Angeles County	10 19:25 gorb [10324]
Man with mental illness kills four in Romania hospital	1 09:45 Lex [10324]
US extends ban on passports for North Korea travel	0 [10324]
Shopper finds dead man in her pickup truck as she loads groceries	4 11:58 Lex [10324]
Man who lost job, girlfriend threatens mass shooting of ‘good 100 kills’	6 10:52 M. Murcek [10324]
Page 4: Opinion
Dementia care: Doing this activity for longer than normal could be a sign of the disease	5 16:32 ed in texas [10324]
Nation's Apple Orchards Brace For Horde Of White People	5 15:23 SteveS [10325]
Portland Police: 'We Wish There Were Some Kind Of Organized, Armed Force That Could Fight Back Against Antifa'	11 20:30 Frank G [10324]
Epstein sex abuse victims to face 'Financal Trust' hurdles in seeking compensation	6 19:56 Procopius2k [10324]
'Fox has not changed': Bret Baier defends network against Trump attacks	4 12:34 Procopius2k [10324]
John Solomon: FBI Knowingly Misled FISA Court (video)	4 22:08 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [10324]
Palestinian Authority just banned LGBTQ activities! Where are AOC, Omar, and Tlaib?	3 10:24 Tom [10324]
Portland Protests: The Antifa Violence Is A Feature, Not A Bug	5 14:53 ruprecht [10324]
Color-Coded Theory of Crime and Suicide Creates White Male Misery?	5 13:04 Dron66046 [10324]
'Antifa' Activist Unable To Join Protest After Forgetting Ski Mask In Mom's Car	2 10:03 M. Murcek [10324]
Russia's bloody message to Turkey in Syria	1 00:59 Rex Mundi [10325]
Graham: IG Report On Russiagate Will Be "Ugly And Damning"	11 15:48 JohnQC [10324]
Page 6: Politix
Rep. Pete King off the reservation again, this time about firearms	8 20:35 Frank G [10326]
Hillary Fires Back at Trump Over Google Allegation – Brags About How Many People in Trump's Camp Who Have Been Indicted	9 15:16 Phaick Uneretle6310 [10324]
56 shot in Chicago over the weekend not the problem - Ex-FBI official sez right-wing extremism is biggest challenge	10 19:50 Woodrow [10324]
Judge orders FBI to compile Steele communications	0 [10325]
Mrs. Biden: You may have to swallow a little bit (versus Keep America Great)	7 20:01 SteveS [10324]
Elizabeth Warren admits to ‘mistakes’ regarding Native American ancestry claims	18 20:01 Procopius2k [10326]
Prisons ~~warden~~ head replaced after Jeffrey Epstein suicide	4 09:57 Lex [10326]
28 Shot, 5 Fatally, over Weekend in Democrat-Controlled Chicago	7 10:16 M. Murcek [10325]

    
                22:08 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

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                        20:01 Procopius2k

                        20:01 SteveS

                        19:58 Procopius2k

                        19:56 Procopius2k

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                        19:50 Woodrow

                        19:45 Woodrow

                        19:42 Woodrow

                        19:32 Rambler in Virginia

                        19:25 gorb

                        19:23 gorb

                        19:18 gorb

                        19:03 trailing wife

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                        18:52 swksvolFF

                        18:03 Mike Kozlowski

                        17:29 Woodrow

                        17:26 Woodrow

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                        17:19 Woodrow

                        17:15 The peanut gallery

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5	Sublime Porte
3	Commies
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran
1	TTP
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2019-08-20
Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer

Mon 2019-08-19
Another prayer leader killed near Quetta

Sun 2019-08-18
Explosion Targets Wedding Hall In Kabul; Casualties Feared UPDATE: 63 dead, ISIS claims it

Sat 2019-08-17
Two killed in Pakistan mosque bomb blast

Fri 2019-08-16
Special Forces arrest Khalifa Daud, Haqqani network’s key member in Kabul

Thu 2019-08-15
Iraq anti-terrorism troops kill 10 IS militants, capture 5 others in Anbar

Wed 2019-08-14
On beyond Veritas: Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Of Docs And Laptop To DOJ

Tue 2019-08-13
North Macedonia police find 22 migrants packed into SUV

Mon 2019-08-12
UAE-backed forces expel Saudi-backed troops from Yemeni Presidential Palace

Sun 2019-08-11
Southern Transitional Council stages an attempted coup, says Yemeni government

Sat 2019-08-10
Jeffrey Epstein dead in Arkancide

Fri 2019-08-09
US slaps Hezbollah financier with 5-year prison sentence, $50m. fine

Thu 2019-08-08
Clashes erupt between Indian, Pakistani forces in Kashmir

Wed 2019-08-07
Algeria: court issues arrest warrant on Khaled Nezzar, ex-General accused of alleged mass killings in the 1990s

Tue 2019-08-06
Benghazi flight to Mitiga Tripoli survives rocket attack while landing

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