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Third Drone Strike In 24 Hours Kills Two In North Waziristan
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Blue on Green incident at the Spin Boldak, Kandahar Provence	5 21:34 USN, ret [11131]
Suicide bomber identified as Ingushetia mourns	1 17:40 JohnQC [11129]
Good Morning	2 17:38 JohnQC [11126]
PKK attacks hit southeastern Turkish provinces	1 19:25 JosephMendiola [11129]
Railway Terror Bid Foiled Near Kolpur	0 [11125]
Twin explosions in Tripoli, two dead	0 [11126]
Suicide Bomber Kills Yemen Pro-army Militia Chief	0 [11127]
Mastermind of Kamra Airbase attack arrested	3 22:20 JosephMendiola [11128]
Third Drone Strike In 24 Hours Kills Two In North Waziristan	1 22:16 Raider [11130]
Report: Egypt airports to refuse access for Palestinians	2 21:26 Mullah Richard [11129]
Egypt forces wounded after Sinai arrest raid	0 [11123]
2 Insurgents Gunned Down in Kapisa Mosque	0 [11126]
Three Isaf Soldiers Killed in IED Blast	0 [11123]
Kunar Air Strike Kills 52 Insurgents, Taliban Commander	0 [11126]
Helmand Blast Kills 2, Injures 7 Civilians	0 [11124]
Herat Blast Kills 4 Civilians	0 [11125]
Senior Taliban Leader Captured in Balkh	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama warns Syria chemical weapons use may spark US action	2 22:21 Raider [11128]
USMC checks out robotic trucks	3 21:23 Mullah Richard [11128]
Egypt to send aircraft and tanks into Sinai	0 [11124]
The Original Shabiha	1 11:23 lotp [11125]
Afghanistan 'insider' attacks pose threat to West's exit strategy	2 08:53 Procopius2k [11124]
Egypt To Plant A Million Acres, Settle A Million Citizens In Sinai	16 21:33 swksvolFF [11126]
Malik Issues Eid Terror Alert: Cellphones Go Silent In Cities	1 22:36 JosephMendiola [11125]
Polarisation in Turkish politics	0 [11128]
Army morale declines in survey	3 12:49 NoMoreBS [11128]
Terrorism trumps military taboos in Germany	1 19:35 JosephMendiola [11124]
IDF stations Iron Dome battery in Eilat amid Grad threat	0 [11124]
Suicide of Deloitte partner Daniel Pirron linked to Standard Chartered's Iran scandal	2 22:17 Pappy [11127]
Report: US labels settler violence as terrorism for first time	1 09:05 Besoeker [11126]
Egypt Reportedly Sets up Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Sinai Desert	5 22:26 JosephMendiola [11128]
Pakistan: Afghan Security Directorate Planned Attacks	2 09:40 Bright Pebbles [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
French-Jewish mother in custody battle dies in fall	0 [11124]
Pakistan president orders probe into Christian girl	5 22:27 Frank G [11129]
Health system ready to adapt to changes (30-40 million over 5 years cuts)	3 17:57 JohnQC [11129]
No Horses, But Detroit Water Department Employs 'Horseshoer'	9 21:32 Mullah Richard [11122]
Chicago to use Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages	15 22:46 JosephMendiola [11127]
Chinese to Invest a Billion in Texas Clean Energy	2 13:42 Threart Hupusorong9769 [11127]
Parents held over genital mutilation	1 10:52 Glenmore [11123]
2 injured by plastic bullets during Id al-Fitr festivities	3 15:32 Pappy [11126]
Debt crisis: Greece must remain in eurozone, minister warns	4 17:43 DarthVader [11128]
Anti-Japan protests erupt in China following island demonstration	15 23:23 JosephMendiola [11128]
Afghanistan Has Bumper Corn Harvest	3 20:30 Alaska Paul [11130]
Anti-UN rally in Rangoon over Rohingya aid	1 06:12 American Delight [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Homicide war in Ciudad Juarez Mexico tapering off	4 17:31 JohnQC [11128]
No Islam in 'Islamist'	8 18:58 Barbara [11127]
The Mirage of Moderate Islam	5 18:19 swksvolFF [11122]
Pakistain's Blighted Generation	0 [11127]
A Palestinese Lexicon	1 17:19 JohnQC [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Obama Directs Unspent Earmarks to His Projects	1 17:35 Procopius2k [11125]
Champ Springs $3.5 B for Columbia River Crossing	5 22:32 Frank G [11126]
Denver company has city award rescinded for bucking Obama health law	1 07:31 Besoeker [11123]
Youth Vote Slipping from Obama - Breitbart	9 19:51 rjschwarz [11123]
Champ's vital Jewish backing slips in Florida - Boston Globe	1 17:10 JohnQC [11124]
Oh My Gosh, MSM! Newsweek Cover: "Hit The Road, Barack"	25 21:14 tu3031 [11130]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2012-08-20
Third Drone Strike In 24 Hours Kills Two In North Waziristan

Sun 2012-08-19
Suicide bomber kills six policemen at funeral in Ingushetia

Sat 2012-08-18
US drone kills 5 militants in northern Pakistan

Fri 2012-08-17
Algerias Brahimi agrees to be Syria mediator

Thu 2012-08-16
20 Shiites in Pakistan pulled from buses, gunned down

Wed 2012-08-15
Pro-Saleh Troops Attack Yemen Defense Ministry

Tue 2012-08-14
Al Qaeda front group claims Iraq attacks

Mon 2012-08-13
Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Boko Haram Islamists: Military

Sun 2012-08-12
Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area

Sat 2012-08-11
More Than 100 Dead in Syria as Fierce Clashes Rage in Aleppo

Fri 2012-08-10
Syrian rebels retreat Aleppo district amid heavy shelling

Thu 2012-08-09
Yemen Strike Kills Key Al-Qaeda Leader, Foreign Militants

Wed 2012-08-08
Muslim Terrorists Tell Nigeria's Christian President: 'Convert or Resign'

Tue 2012-08-07
Libyas interim authorities to hand over power to congress

Mon 2012-08-06
Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects

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