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American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Cleared for publication: Arrest made in kidnapping, murder of yeshiva teens	2 14:55 gorb [11124]
American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy	21 21:48 tu3031 [11137]
More information: Troops Shot During Deadly Attack in Afghanistan	0 [11130]
Good morning	4 14:06 Enver Huporong5213 [11128]
Rabbi attacked in Sweden, days after synagogue vandalized	1 12:56 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11131]
Iraq's Yazidi minority flees militant threat	1 23:45 Bill Clinton [11132]
Two soldiers, seven Uzbek terrorists killed in N Waziristan: ISPR	0 [11129]
86 Insurgents Killed in ANSF Operations	0 [11128]
Blast Kills Son of Security Director in Herat	0 [11127]
Somali Shebab Claim Killing of Senior Police Chief	0 [11131]
Spain Detains 14-Year-Old Girl as Jihad Suspect	0 [11128]
Up to 10,000 Egyptians Stranded at Libya-Tunisia Border	0 [11126]
1 Israeli Dead, 5 Hurt as Palestinian Excavator Rams Jerusalem Bus	0 [11132]
Tension in Bab al-Tabbaneh as Residents Protest over 'Army, Hizbullah Bombing of Arsal'	0 [11128]
Arsal Fighting Enters Third Day as Ceasefire Being Negotiated	2 09:49 Pappy [11129]
Israel, Palestinians Agree 72-Hour Truce from Tuesday as Gaza Death Toll Hits 1,865	0 [11127]
Govt. Declares Full Mobilization: No Leniency with Terrorists, Only Solution is Their Pullout from Arsal	0 [11131]
Iran's elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back ISIS	6 23:48 Bill Clinton [11128]
Report: ISIS Is Using Secret Saddam Tunnels to Move Fighters & Supplies to Baghdad Area	3 23:20 trailing wife [11127]
Anxiety over fate of Boko Haram 'chief butcher'	1 15:31 USN, Ret. [11136]
Islamic State seizes territory inside Lebanon	2 20:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Gaza War: Day 29 Liveblog	4 22:43 gorb [11130]
Syrian Arrested In Belgium Over Terror Fears	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Gaza watches Israel Channel 2 broadcasting Al Aqsa TV	0 [11126]
Report: Kerry-Netanyahu Call Abruptly Terminated	3 21:49 SteveS [11128]
Gaza war damage $4-6 bn: Palestinian deputy minister	4 22:45 Mullah Richard [11132]
More Turkish police held as PM Erdogan says purge just beginning	2 15:38 Frank G on the road [11130]
RICK PERRY: RECORD NUMBER OF ILLEGALS FROM SYRIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN BEING CAUGHT AT BORDER	2 09:50 Besoeker [11126]
State Dept. backtracks on harsh condemnation of UN school shelling	5 18:29 lord garth [11128]
Iran sez it gave missile technology to Hamas	1 18:04 gorb [11126]
South Africa's 'Shower Head' president Zuma 'appalled' by Israel campaign	0 [11127]
Saudi King Condemns Gaza Conflict, But Not Israel	2 18:25 dk70 the scantily clad [11128]
PTI says police now threatening its leaders	0 [11128]
Imran warns of paralysing country if he is detained	0 [11131]
Pakistan making arrangements to evacuate citizens from turmoil hit Libya	0 [11131]
Sattar raises doubts over Rangers claim of detained 'target killer'	0 [11126]
Hizb-e-Islami Mediates Between the Candidates	0 [11126]
Security Officials Say Public, Air Support Help Defeat Insurgents	0 [11130]
U.S.-Africa Summit 'Abnormal', Says Excluded Sudan	0 [11132]
Kerry Urges Democratic Values at U.S.-Africa Summit	3 08:14 Procopius2k [11133]
Suspect in Brussels Jewish Museum Killing in Custody for a Month	0 [11129]
Newly Discovered Hamas Combat Manual Reveals 'Benefits' of Human Shields	1 21:48 Uncle Phester [11129]
Russia Tells Israel to Agree to Ceasefire	2 04:07 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Libya Parliament Meets in Tobruk as Rival Ceremony Canceled	0 [11130]
Leading Sudan Opposition Party Seeks 'Transitional' Govt.	0 [11131]
Britain Reviewing Israel Arms Export Licenses	0 [11128]
Berri: Fate of the Country at Stake	0 [11132]
Hariri Says Army is a 'Red Line,' Rejects 'Destructive Takfiri' Plans	0 [11128]
Bassil Urges International Support for Army, Says Region Fell in Hands of ISIL and Israel	0 [11126]
Whew! Obama Approves $225 Million In Iron Dome Funding	7 18:17 Uncle Phester [11132]
Tanzania: Terror, Islam Not Linked - Cleric	6 23:10 trailing wife [11138]
Nigeria: Muslim Students Want Political Solution to Boko Haram	0 [11127]
Leaked CBP Report Shows Entire World Exploiting Open US Border	2 19:31 JosephMendiola [11130]
Google bombs GAZA	3 07:35 g(r)omgoru [11134]
Map of central Gaza neighborhood shows Hamas infrastructure	3 21:14 Alaska Paul [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russia Calls For Emergency UN Security Council Meeting As Troops Fortify On The Border	2 22:47 Mullah Richard [11132]
CNN: Promising response to first time use of anti-Ebola med on human patient	0 [11126]
EMTs stop & then turn in NYPD cops beating handcuffed patient	2 23:22 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11133]
Getting on a U.S. military base will now include an FBI background check.	7 17:20 49 Pan [11126]
Genes more important than environment for mental illness	2 14:50 phil_b [11128]
Juncker: Eurozone crisis not over	0 [11128]
Jim Brady Dies: Reagan Aide, Gun Control Advocate	1 06:26 Zenobia Floger6220 [11129]
Mexico: Cartels Build A Robotic Air Force	4 11:42 Procopius2k [11128]
Algorithm recovers speech from vibrations of potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass	4 17:33 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11130]
Ebola Death Toll Rises to 887	12 23:20 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11128]
Japan to Launch Military Space Force	6 08:40 Uncle Phester [11131]
French Hospital Plans Wine Bar to Cheer Patients' Last Days	8 23:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [11131]
Owners Claim Tortoise Found Strolling in Suburb	5 22:53 Mullah Richard [11131]
Egypt Arrests Head of Orphanage over 'Torture' Video	1 21:14 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11136]
Troops Deploy In Sierra Leone, Liberia To Try To Stop Ebola Spread	5 20:07 JosephMendiola [11125]
Study: [IED] Shock waves can damage eyes	1 19:28 JosephMendiola [11128]
Man shoots himself while posing for a 'selfie'	5 23:35 CrazyFool [11138]
China is taking lunar mining seriously	10 15:11 gorb [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes	0 [11128]
Netanyahu's 'Long War' Doctrine	0 [11127]
The Gush Katif War	0 [11129]
Oil prices - When ISIS takes Baghdad	4 14:55 AlanC [11130]
Imagining WWIII in -- 2034	6 12:09 Jinetch Ghibelline6418 [11129]
India Takes Turn at New Global Sport: Ignoring John Kerry	0 [11127]
Hamas, Hezbollah And The Tunnels: Who's Inspiring Whom?	1 18:36 dk70 the scantily clad [11129]
Police Protection Of Jews Increasingly Unreliable And Bizarre	6 15:21 Enver Huporong5213 [11129]
Why Are Saudis Pushing For Peace With Israel?	4 15:33 rjschwarz [11128]
Obama and Kerry behind one of most strategic mistakes in military history	4 12:53 AlanC [11127]
Cold War II? World War III?	3 15:36 rjschwarz [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Rather: Americans Need To Accept Not ~~Bush's~~ Obama's Fault for US Influence Decline	3 22:23 rjschwarz [11129]
Dem lawmaker uses German Luftwaffe uniform to portray US Navy in campaign mailer	5 21:05 Pappy [11133]

    
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                        22:53 Mullah Richard

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                        21:49 SteveS

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                        21:05 Pappy

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
6	Hamas
3	Taliban
3	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Boko Haram
2	al-Nusra
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Hezbollah
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2014-08-05
American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy

Mon 2014-08-04
Woman Kills Four Taliban Before Dying

Sun 2014-08-03
Islamic State seize town of Sinjar, pushing out Kurds and sending Yazidis fleeing

Sat 2014-08-02
Islamic State Withdraws from Deir Ezzor Villages

Fri 2014-08-01
Woman wearing explosive belt arrested in N. Lebanon

Thu 2014-07-31
Female Bomber Kills 6 in Nigeria, 10-Year-Old with Explosives Held

Wed 2014-07-30
Saiqa forced to abandon Benghazi headquarters to Ansar

Tue 2014-07-29
Suicide bomber kills Karzai cousin

Mon 2014-07-28
IDF warns resident of three Gaza regions to evacuate to central Gaza City

Sun 2014-07-27
Israel resumes Gaza offensive after Hamas rockets break cease-fire

Sat 2014-07-26
Islamic Jihad number 3 killed in Gaza

Fri 2014-07-25
Key Taliban commander among five killed in Orakzai blast

Thu 2014-07-24
295 Suspects Arrested For Jerusalem Riots

Wed 2014-07-23
Clashes in Libya's Benghazi kill 16, injure 81

Tue 2014-07-22
At Least 572 Palestinians Killed During Gaza Operation

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