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Afghan court sentences senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani to death
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Islamic State buried thousands in 72 mass graves	0 [11127]
FBI arrests man who allegedly plotted to kill President Obama	6 20:23 Blossom Unains5562 [11130]
Woman Fighting For Life After Knifeman Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar' Attacked Couple At German Music Festival	8 16:18 Glenmore [11122]
Good morning	5 19:00 Whiskey Mike [11128]
Fighting erupts among Iraqi militia groups in Diyala	3 14:13 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11123]
Turkish, Syrian forces close in on Taqba	0 [11125]
Turkish warbirds hit Kurd positions at Hasakah	0 [11125]
Airstrikes hit Homs	0 [11129]
More Efforts Sought To Secure Kunduz	0 [11127]
The Beatings Will Continue: Syrian Edtion	0 [11127]
Turkish backed rebels detain US backed rebels at al-Kusa	0 [11123]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11125]
ISIS Claims Karbala bombing	0 [11127]
Syrian Army counterattacks in northern Hama	0 [11124]
Houthi ballistic missiles pound Saudi military airport	0 [11122]
Afghan intelligence rescued Australian aid worker during a special raid	0 [11126]
Explosion in Ghor province leaves 3 dead, 8 others wounded	0 [11124]
Deadly attack foiled in North of Afghanistan, 5 suicide bombers killed	0 [11125]
Libyan forces say Islamic State down to one district in Sirte	0 [11124]
Hafiz Saeed led JuD sets up camps in Pakistan, seeking donations for Kashmiris	0 [11125]
Afghan court sentences senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani to death	1 18:36 Frank G [11127]
Terrorists involved in Sri Lankan cricket team attack killed in Lahore raid	0 [11126]
ISIS claims suicide bombing at Yemeni military training camp	0 [11127]
Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters reinforcing Syria's Manbij - security sources	1 06:12 Glairong Sforza7574 [11128]
Jani Khel district, located along a strategic supply route, is overrun after a prolonged siege.	0 [11122]
Abu Sayyaf kill 12 soldiers in ongoing Sulu clash	0 [11124]
Video of ATGM hitting a Turkish tank in Jarablus	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
US urges halt to Turkish, Kurdish clashes in northern Syria	6 17:34 Zorba Dark Lord of the Bunions4161 [11127]
DHS immigration detention centers	1 21:04 USN, Ret. [11129]
PKK vows to defend YPG from Turkish invasion into northern Syria	1 21:31 swksvolFF [11127]
Jaysh Al-Islam spokesman unexpectedly steps down	0 [11125]
Ghazni police chief Aminullah Amarkhel has reportedly resigned	0 [11126]
400 tons of Libyan chemical weapons transferred to Germany	2 07:42 AlanC [11123]
How to distinguish Muslim Brotherhood followers in Libya according to Dignity Operation's latest bizarre criteria	2 14:37 Sock Puppet of Doom [11122]
Government Investigates Death of Abu Sayyaf Top Officer	0 [11125]
Mo Farah's brother 'faces being deported from Britain to Somalia'	3 00:32 Crusader [11127]
US hands over proof of Pakistan's involvement in Pathankot terror attack	0 [11125]
Breakaway Taliban faction mired in uncertainty	0 [11123]
Rebranded Al-Qaeda Cell In Syria Receiving US Weapons	0 [11125]
Trial date set for first Malaysian student in al-Qaeda	0 [11127]
Hezbollah Official Blames Riyadh for Aggravating Lebanon’s Political Crisis	2 21:07 USN, Ret. [11128]
Samui car bomber linked to Hua Hin attacks	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
HuffPoo Terminates Contributor, Deletes Articles After He Questions HRC's Health	5 18:22 Lone Ranger [11127]
	1 10:40 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Mother watched while daughter raped and murdered	7 20:14 swksvolFF [11131]
Woman shoots drone: "It hovered for a second and I blasted it to smithereens."	11 19:15 james [11130]
EXCLUSIVE: Meet Bell's V-247, Armed Tiltrotor Drone For Marines	0 [11125]
Husain Haqqani gets passport after being forced to give up Pakistani citizenship	0 [11128]
World's oldest human being discovered in Indonesia	4 09:16 Shipman [11124]
Former UNDP director takes aim at Pakistan's elite in scathing final interview	2 11:52 Pappy [11125]
Bumped shoulder may have prompted deadly attack on Brooklyn college student	5 10:47 Raj [11123]
Baltimore Residents Beg Police To Protect Their Neighborhoods	10 18:55 SteveS [11129]
A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories	6 20:26 ed in texas [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
Gene Wilder's Best Joke	5 19:59 European Conservative [11127]
Larry The Cable Guy: ‘Hillary Clinton Will Be The End Of The Country'	5 17:05 M. Murcek [11128]
US Slams Turkish Bombing Of American Coalition Partners As "Unacceptable And A Source Of Deep Concern"	7 14:46 Sock Puppet of Doom [11127]
Erdogan Goes Full Autocrat, Press Freedom Extinct in Turkey	0 [11124]
Page 6: Politix
Leaked Memo Reveals Soros Plan for Federally Controlled Police	10 21:45 gorb [11128]
Hackers hit Arizona, Illinois voter databases	8 19:38 Procopius2k [11133]
Obama will bypass Senate, ratify Paris climate accord himself during trip to China	8 18:44 Frank G [11130]
Donald Trump will speak at African-American church in Detroit	11 20:18 Blossom Unains5562 [11125]
Clinton's use of BleachBit avoided 'money trail' in email destruction	9 21:01 Blossom Unains5562 [11132]

    
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                        20:14 swksvolFF

                        19:59 European Conservative

                        19:38 Procopius2k

                        19:31 charger

                        19:22 james

                        19:15 james

                        19:12 Frank G

                        19:00 Whiskey Mike

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                        18:52 swksvolFF

                        18:44 Frank G

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                        18:37 Snake Plissken

                        18:36 Frank G

                        18:24 Steve White

                        18:22 Lone Ranger

Who's in the News
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7	Sublime Porte
5	Islamic State
5	Taliban
2	Haqqani Network
2	Abu Sayyaf
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Syria
1	Arab Spring
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Iraq

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