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Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran Deploys Quds Forces To Support Iraqi Troops, Helps Retake Most Of Tikrit	28 22:34 Uncle Phester [11128]
Three planeloads of American diplomats and contractors evacuated from northern Iraq	13 16:41 DarthVader [11127]
Good morning	8 23:54 CrazyFool [11130]
Jemaah Islamiyah training Moro militants	5 22:59 JosephMendiola [11126]
Iraq crisis: the jihadist behind the takeover of Mosul - and how America let him go	3 22:50 JosephMendiola [11127]
Six Civilians Killed In Faryab	0 [11124]
Roadside bomb targets AMISOM convoy in central Somalia	0 [11131]
Punjabi Taliban, foreign militants among 16 victims of drone attacks	0 [11126]
10 killed in KP, Fata violence	0 [11127]
Drone targeted Haqqani network commander, Afghan Taliban	0 [11124]
'Show Trial' of Anti-Government Protesters Begins in Turkey	0 [11124]
Nusra Front Kills Syrian, Kidnaps 2 Others in Arsal	0 [11131]
Iraqi forces continue offensive against militants	1 16:22 Shipman [11126]
7 killed, scores injured in Homs car bombing	0 [11125]
Abdel Fattah gets 15-year jail term for assaulting cop	1 07:44 Frank G [11124]
Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border	1 08:57 Mullah Richard [11130]
Kenyan Muslims cry out after assassination of moderate imam	0 [11126]
Govt controls Baiji refinery	0 [11126]
Kurdish forces take full control of Kirkuk in northern Iraq	2 14:57 DepotGuy [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas repays Obama for opening negotiations by calling for intifada against Israel	2 16:38 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Kerry calls for Iraqis to 'come together,' as militants seize more territory	20 23:16 Secret Asian Man [11129]
U.S. Will Make 'Timely' Decisions on Iraq, Kerry Says	7 19:39 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]
Israel to expand ties with Modi govt, offers help in Ganga clean-up	2 17:57 Zenobia Floger6220 [11124]
US Promises to Stand by Iraq, Offers Support to Combat Militants	17 23:19 JosephMendiola [11126]
LI sets conditions for private schools	0 [11128]
SHC allows Musharraf to go abroad	0 [11126]
Pakistan condemns US drone strikes in North Waziristan	1 18:39 Squinty [11124]
Derbas: Lebanon Implementing Decision on Stopping Refugee Flow	0 [11126]
Sami urges govt to pursue talks with Taliban again	0 [11124]
Sawan Asks for Death Penalty against Palestinian 'Terrorists'	0 [11126]
Whereabouts of Shooter Vowing to 'Liberate Baabda Palace' Unknown	0 [11127]
Imran fears North Waziristan operation will be 'suicidal'	0 [11125]
Someone Is Lying: Obama Says Not Arming Syrian Rebels, Syrian Rebels Say He Is	10 19:59 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]
Iran shall not brook violence in Iraq: Rouhani	1 22:40 Uncle Phester [11130]
Takfiris feared to deal strike US, Europe: Analyst	2 09:11 Shipman [11129]
Sen. Graham calls for air strikes on Iraq	4 14:14 Pappy [11128]
Takfiris on run amid army operations in north: Iraq FM	0 [11126]
Abdullah best bet for Afghan peace: Hamid Gul	2 13:12 Squinty [11126]
Military asks PM to tackle Taliban with tough tactics	2 02:29 gorb [11126]
UN Security Council to Meet on Iraq Crisis	1 21:28 Squinty [11128]
Karachi airport attack: Chaudhry Nisar slams Sindh govt over 'apathy'	0 [11123]
Court summons Musharraf on July 1 in Ghazi murder case	0 [11127]
Sindh government had been warned of threats to old airport gates: Nisar	0 [11128]
Jang and Geo not provided proofs of anti-state activities, treason	0 [11123]
Pakistan probing foreign arms used in Karachi airport attack	0 [11129]
U.S. ~~Dithers on~~ Weighing Direct Military Assistance to Iraq	5 07:56 Besoeker [11127]
India-Pakistan: Take Action Or Else	0 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Cell Phone Location Data Is Private, Court Rules	1 18:53 Omereng Grumble3292 [11128]
An Inconvienent Truth.......for AlGore	2 15:30 BrerRabbit [11127]
Tanks roll into Ukraine	6 20:22 JosephMendiola [11125]
Socialist writer Chris Hedges identified as plagiarist	6 23:10 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Who Sold North Korea a New Anti-Ship Missile?	3 11:53 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11126]
How to stop the NSA from bugging your phone even when it's off	3 11:15 Warthog [11127]
Qadri demands security on arrival	1 07:39 Frank G [11128]
KP has no money it promised to gas company	0 [11126]
Brain-eating amoeba kills another Gulistan-i-Jauhar resident	4 23:27 Secret Asian Man [11133]
Qataris cast eyes on foreigners in modesty push	0 [11126]
Vladimir Putin Gave George H.W. Bush A Very Special Birthday Gift	6 22:59 Vladimir Putin [11132]
Russia accuses Ukraine of using banned weapons	3 10:31 Skidmark [11123]
Cannibal duo from Bhakkar gets 11 years in prison	2 10:25 Shipman [11130]
E. African states threaten South Sudan's feuding sides with curbs	0 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Making Sense of the Meltdown in Iraq	2 23:49 SteveS [11126]
Mychal Massie: A learned black reporter's summation of Champ and FLOTUS.	4 16:55 DarthVader [11126]
The Beginning of the End of Iraq?	5 23:50 Uncle Phester [11127]
Militant cells in Karachi	0 [11126]
Karachi airport attack: How it happened	1 10:17 gorb [11123]
Page 6: Politix
IRS Claims to Have Lost Over 2 Years of Lerner Emails	3 22:54 Bubba Graiting8281 [11129]
Bloomberg Dumps Quarter Million Dollars Into Mississippi To Help Thad Cochran	2 17:33 Iblis [11131]
Champ to visit Indian country.	6 21:17 Frank G [11127]
The absurdity of electing Kevin McCarthy to replace Eric Cantor as House majority leader	7 12:30 DepotGuy [11126]
As Iraq unravels, so does Obama's political Image	15 15:46 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11129]
ABC's Jon Karl Grills Carney on White House Claims of Having Decimated al Qaeda	14 17:37 Pappy [11127]
Nancy Pelosi: Iraq Is Not Our Responsibility	9 12:14 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11127]

    
                23:54 CrazyFool

                        23:50 Uncle Phester

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                        23:37 Uncle Phester

                        23:27 Secret Asian Man

                        23:19 JosephMendiola

                        23:16 Secret Asian Man

                        23:10 Zenobia Floger6220

                        22:59 JosephMendiola

                        22:59 Vladimir Putin

                        22:54 Bubba Graiting8281

                        22:54 JosephMendiola

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                        22:40 Uncle Phester

                        22:34 Uncle Phester

                        22:19 Frank G

                        22:16 Uncle Phester

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                        21:29 Silentbrick

                        21:28 Squinty

                        21:17 Frank G

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                        21:03 49 Pan

                        20:50 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
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12	Govt of Pakistan
8	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
6	Govt of Iraq
5	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Nusra
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Arab Spring
1	Taliban

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