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US drone strike targets al-Shabab after Somalia's 'deadliest attack'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Swedish Pol's Call For Army to be Deployed Sanctuary, 'No-Go' Cities	7 16:00 si vis pacem, para bellum [11134]
US drone strike targets al-Shabab after Somalia's 'deadliest attack'	0 [11127]
12 killed in drone strike near Pak-Afghan border	0 [11124]
Kurdish forces clashes with Iraqi military after Kirkuk surrender	0 [11126]
Egyptian police suffer casualties in ambush	4 14:42 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Islamic State execute members escaping Anbar to Syria	0 [11126]
Teenage son fighting alongside Malaysian militant ‘commander’ in Marawi	0 [11127]
5 Al-Qaeda fighters killed in US drone strike in Yemen	0 [11127]
Iraqi forces begin final operation to destroy ISIS empire in Iraq	0 [11126]
Free Syrian Army joins ISIS extermination campaign in northeast Hama	0 [11124]
US-backed forces succeed in making Raqqa 80 percent ‘uninhabitable’	4 13:44 Skidmark [11125]
Iraqi forces seize new city from Kurdish Peshmerga	0 [11129]
Daraa rebels and ISIS suffer dreadful losses during latest round of clashes	0 [11127]
Syrian Army reaches Al-Omar Oil Field in east Deir Ezzor	0 [11127]
Homs: Syrian troops push through deadly ISIS car bomb attacks to capture key hilltop near Qaryatayn	0 [11126]
Israeli-backed terrorists reverse all Syrian Army advances in West Ghouta	0 [11125]
Two Shia mosques in Afghanistan suicide bombed - dozens killed	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iraqi seeks clarification from Rosneft about energy deal with Kurdistan region	0 [11124]
'UAE on the verge of splitting Yemen in two'	0 [11127]
Six years on: No regrets over Libya's Gaddafi demise	2 13:24 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Govt extends detention of Hafiz Saeed by another month	0 [11125]
UJC calls Zakir Musa an ‘Indian agent’	0 [11123]
Inside Islamic State's 'prison of death' in fallen Raqqa	0 [11123]
Two Karachi hospitals on ‘high-alert’ after terrorist attack threat	0 [11127]
Some blame an ISIS-linked group for Niger ambush	1 13:48 Skidmark [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Judge tosses $417M award against Johnson & Johnson	13 18:31 Mullah Richard [11136]
Obama AG Lynch refuses to discuss notorious Clinton tarmac meeting with Russia probe	4 18:06 Skidmark [11130]
Lyari ringleader Chhotu killed in Malir ‘encounter’ with Rangers	3 12:42 Glenmore [11127]
Qavi hospitalised with cardiac complaint	0 [11128]
Inmate flips middle finger and says 'I hate you' before being executed	7 17:37 Cheaderhead [11131]
Venezuela Maduro warns of repeat elections in states won by opposition	3 18:14 swiss in there too [11126]
Fusion GPS asks court to block Congress from reviewing financial records	7 13:59 Skidmark [11125]
Transgender woman is convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in women's bathroom	7 18:12 Skidmark [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
The indoctrination of pivilege and guilt (Video)	2 16:46 AlanC [11126]
My time in the rotation helps show why our approach in Afghanistan is doomed	2 14:04 Skidmark [11127]
Ken Burns and the Warped Mirror	9 18:03 Cheaderhead [11128]
John Brennan's Police State USA and The Contrived Russian Conspiracy	4 19:41 M. Murcek [11127]
Ilana Mercer: Harvey Sweinstein and Hollywood's Hos	2 15:06 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Diversity is a Weakness, Not a Strength	8 18:47 Cheaderhead [11128]
Was Dr Mahmud really the ‘new emir’?	1 08:29 Frank G [11126]
This Week in Guns, October 21st, 2017	6 17:48 Cheaderhead [11127]
Don Surber: The Cognitive Dissonance Pundit	8 14:29 charger [11125]
Xi Jinping: China to build world-class armed forces by mid-21st century	6 14:49 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Page 6: Politix
The Obama Administration's Uranium One Scandal	0 [11124]
JFK assassination: Trump to allow release of classified documents	11 18:34 Mullah Richard [11130]
Financial industry worried GOP tax plan will change 401(k)s	5 14:11 Skidmark [11123]
Melania Trump cuts bloated first lady payroll from Michelle Obama days	4 14:12 Skidmark [11124]
Breaking tradition, former presidents sparring with Trump	9 14:15 Skidmark [11128]
NOT the Onion: WHO appoints Mugabe World Health Amb!	5 19:11 charger [11128]
Senate Votes Down Effort to Block Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge	4 14:04 DarthVader [11122]
Gloria Steinem: Hillary Clinton is 'Wonder Woman'	10 18:03 newc [11126]
Dem rep on Weinstein: It’s the responsibility of the female not to behave in a way that’s ‘inviting’	4 14:31 AlanC [11125]
John McCain Denies Being BuzzFeed’s Trump Dossier Source	4 21:37 Alaska Paul [11130]
Now the Congresswoman Is Accusing John Kelly of Racism	12 15:25 newc [11132]

    
                21:37 Alaska Paul

                        19:41 M. Murcek

                        19:11 charger

                        18:47 Cheaderhead

                        18:34 Mullah Richard

                        18:31 Mullah Richard

                        18:24 Cheaderhead

                        18:14 swiss in there too

                        18:12 Skidmark

                        18:06 Skidmark

                        18:03 newc

                        18:03 Cheaderhead

                        17:48 Cheaderhead

                        17:37 Cheaderhead

                        17:08 AlanC

                        16:48 irishrageboy

                        16:46 AlanC

                        16:00 si vis pacem, para bellum

                        15:59 Iblis

                        15:57 Mike Kozlowski

                        15:36 Woodrow

                        15:32 Besoeker

                        15:25 newc

                        15:22 newc

Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Commies
2	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	al-Qaeda
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Houthis
1	al-Nusra
1	Lashkar e-Taiba

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2017-10-21
US drone strike targets al-Shabab after Somalia's 'deadliest attack'

Fri 2017-10-20
Iraq and Iran compel Kurdish withdrawal from Kirkuk

Thu 2017-10-19
TTP names successor to APS mastermind Umar Mansoor

Wed 2017-10-18
US-Backed Forces Say Have Captured Raqa from IS

Tue 2017-10-17
Terror leaders Hapilon (Abu Sayyaf), Maute (Maute Group) gunned down in Marawi

Mon 2017-10-16
The "War after ISIS" begins in Iraq

Sun 2017-10-15
Report: U.S. Coalition Cuts Islamic State Revenues over 90 Percent

Sat 2017-10-14
Iraqi forces move to begin operations against Kurds

Fri 2017-10-13
Iraq PM Denies Attack Plan as Tensions Rise with Kurds

Thu 2017-10-12
British jihadi Sally Jones killed by US drone strike fleeing ISIS hell

Wed 2017-10-11
Bangladesh arrests top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami

Tue 2017-10-10
Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria's Hama province

Mon 2017-10-09
Syrian rebels capture ISIS HQ in Deir Ezzor

Sun 2017-10-08
Two Saudi guards killed in attack on royal palace in Jeddah

Sat 2017-10-07
Driver 'deliberately mows down pedestrians' outside London Museum

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