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New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Memorial Day Morning	21 22:30 49 Pan [11129]
New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"	1 20:30 JosephMendiola [11128]
9 Killed as Yemen Army, 'Qaida' Clash near Capital	0 [11127]
10 Dead, 22 Hurt as Car Bomb Rocks Regime-Held Homs Area	0 [11127]
Tunisia Foils Attacks on Tourist, Industrial Sites	0 [11128]
Abu Sayyaf militant arrested in Mindanao	1 16:12 49 Pan [11124]
Islamist Cleric Omar Bakri Arrested in Aley	1 09:38 Frank G [11125]
Military bases in lockdown after patrol ship blast in southern Thailand	1 20:58 Squinty [11127]
Car bomb kills at least 10 in Syria's Homs	0 [11127]
Blasts near Imambargah in Karachi kill child	0 [11124]
Eight Levies personnel shot dead near Wadh	0 [11124]
Afghan police commander killed in Taliban attack	0 [11123]
Eight troops among 18 killed in blasts, clashes	0 [11125]
Five top militants died in N. Waziristan air assault	0 [11127]
Twin blasts a warning from militants against Waziristan operation	0 [11124]
Two activists among five found shot dead	0 [11128]
Four injured in Mingora cinema stampede	0 [11126]
Eyptian Ansar Beit al Maqdis: leader isn't dead yet	0 [11128]
Grenade attack rocks Djibouti cafe	0 [11125]
Two Jewish men attacked outside Paris synagogue	0 [11126]
Officials: Militant Killed By Own Bomb In Egypt	2 21:03 Squinty [11125]
Two Soldiers Killed On Tunisian Militant Mountain	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
Ex-Israeli, Saudi Intel Chiefs To Hold Public Debate	1 03:07 Shipman [11125]
Lebanese Cardinal Makes Rare Visit To Jerusalem Despite Controversy	0 [11125]
Former long-shot and Uribe ally scores upset in Colombia's first-round presidential election	1 03:26 Shipman [11123]
Former US Marine Appeals Sentence For Spying In Iran	0 [11126]
Hezbollah Leader Warns Israel Of Growing 'Deterrence Capabilities' On Anniversary Of Withdrawal	1 10:10 Frank G [11125]
Belgium Hunts Gunman as Jewish Community on High Alert	0 [11127]
Strongman Sisi Poised to Stroll to Egypt Presidency	0 [11124]
Qaradawi Says Sisi 'Soaked in Innocents Blood', Urges Vote Boycott	0 [11124]
White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan	4 09:45 ed in texas [11124]
Libya Puts Back Trial of Gadhafi Regime Members	0 [11125]
Libya Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament	0 [11127]
Iran Slams Syrian Opposition Chief, Confirms Poll Monitors	0 [11129]
Nasrallah: We Want President Who Won't 'Stab Resistance'	0 [11122]
Political ownership sought for military action in Fata	0 [11127]
Obama puts drone strikes in Pakistan on hold: CNN	4 23:25 Squinty [11125]
No decision on full-scale NWA action yet: Nisar	0 [11126]
Obama visits Afghanistan	0 [11123]
Pakistan frees 59 Indian prisoners	0 [11125]
Time for talk is over	0 [11126]
John Kerry To Testify Before Congressional Panel On Benghazi Attack	2 10:16 Redneck Jim [11125]
Bank Of Israel Goes Underground To Avoid Missiles	6 22:47 JosephMendiola [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ukrainians in Russia Stay Away from Presidential Polls	0 [11123]
Political Earthquake in France as Far Right Triumphs in EU Vote	6 12:54 AlanC [11124]
Incumbent Grybauskaite Leads Lithuania Presidential Poll	0 [11124]
Obama Hails 'Courageous' Ukrainian Voters	4 12:35 Bob Crens7799 [11129]
Flemish Separatists Set for Victory in Key Belgium Election	8 22:19 trailing wife [11130]
Jordan Deports Israelis, Briton Arrested for Suspected Fraud	0 [11124]
3 Gunmen Kill Civilian, Rob Conscript in Bekaa's Maqneh	0 [11127]
A kick in the pants that Westminster so richly deserved	3 23:12 Hotspur666 [11124]
Condi Rice and the Graduation Gag Order	4 10:04 ed in texas [11125]
Tribune Media Services Lays Off Around 25	2 13:04 Barbara [11128]
Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency	0 [11126]
Army man's killing suspect shot dead by police	0 [11125]
Ekram murder mastermind Zihad arrested	0 [11124]
Thai coup leader warns against protests	0 [11124]
Ice on Lake Superior on Memorial Day 2014	6 18:22 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11124]
Pentagon to close 21 facilities in Europe	5 20:09 Bill Clinton [11128]
Leading Senate Dem on VA scandal: 'People die every day'	9 23:17 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11126]
Chinese mining baron sentenced to death	3 13:13 AlanC [11124]
China test-flies warplanes first time on highway strip	10 20:05 CrazyFool [11126]
O'Reilly: The solution for the epidemic of urban crime.	0 [11123]
China fighters in 'dangerous' brush with Japanese planes	3 22:39 JosephMendiola [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Weapons, militants and Haftar: Recipe for state-society destruction in Libya?	1 06:15 Besoeker [11127]
Kargil's leftovers	0 [11124]
French General: Vietnam should sue China in court	7 22:34 JosephMendiola [11125]
Doctor Ben Carson: Unfit For Office	5 22:23 trailing wife [11128]
Larry Kudlow: Blame Socialism, Not Shinseki.	4 09:30 Besoeker [11127]
The VA Scandal Proves What We've Been Saying All Along	1 09:21 Procopius2k [11125]
Susan Goldberg: The #1 Reason We Watch 'Call the Midwife.'	1 20:32 Pappy [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Democrats Privately Calling Obama 'Detached,' 'Flat Footed,' 'Incompetent'	18 23:42 Hotspur666 [11129]
Karzai refused to meet Champ at Bagram Air Base.	8 22:21 JosephMendiola [11132]
Steve Hayes Podcast: VA Scandal a Drag on Rest of Obama Presidency	3 09:55 swksvolFF [11125]

    
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                        22:30 49 Pan

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                        22:13 Charles

                        21:45 OldSpook

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                        21:02 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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Who's in the News
43	[untagged]
5	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Commies
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Hezbollah
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	TTP
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Al-Muhajiroun
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Govt of Iran
1	Islamic Emirate of Caucasus
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2014-05-26
New leader of Caucasus insurgency threatens "crushing blows"

Sun 2014-05-25
Toll from Syria rebel attack on Daraa rally up to 37

Sat 2014-05-24
Militants attack Somali parliament

Fri 2014-05-23
Militias stream into Libyan capital, Tripoli

Thu 2014-05-22
Benghazi's Saiqa Special Forces join Hafter's 'Dignity Operation'

Wed 2014-05-21
Syrian Army Missile Kills 23, Including 8 Kids

Tue 2014-05-20
Maliki Emerges atop Iraq Poll in Bid to Remain PM

Mon 2014-05-19
36 Dead, 30 Hostages in Mali Clashes, PM Says 'at War with Terrorists'

Sun 2014-05-18
Belmokhtar loses another top deputy

Sat 2014-05-17
24 Dead, 146 Hurt as Libya ex-Rebel Chief Battles Benghazi Islamists

Fri 2014-05-16
Car Bomb Blast Kills 43 near Syria-Turkey Border

Thu 2014-05-15
Syria Rebels Detonate Tunnel Bomb under Idlib Army Base

Wed 2014-05-14
13 People Burned Alive in C. Africa at the Weekend

Tue 2014-05-13
Belmokhtar aide killed in Mali

Mon 2014-05-12
Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

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