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TTP commanders form new splinter group 'Jamatul Ahrar'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Syrian Rebels Seize Border Crossing With Israel	2 21:36 Frank G [11129]
Iraqi strikes target militants besieging Shiite town	0 [11131]
American Woman Is Being Held Hostage In Syria	8 21:46 Frank G [11132]
Liveblogging Israel-Gaza Active Conflict: Day 51	0 [11128]
PA Security Questions Employees Of Abbas Rival	0 [11125]
154 Jamaat, Shibir men face trial	0 [11132]
57 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Faryab Clash	1 10:29 Beldar Sloque3832 [11131]
TTP commanders form new splinter group 'Jamatul Ahrar'	1 22:37 JosephMendiola [11140]
8 arrested as Kingdom busts 'IS terror' cell	3 16:28 swksvolFF [11127]
Six jailed for plotting to kill police officer	1 07:36 Bobby [11132]
15 killed in Baghdad bomb blast	0 [11128]
US begins surveillance flights over Syria: Report	2 22:40 JosephMendiola [11132]
Officials: American fighting for ISIS killed in Syria	10 18:33 swksvolFF [11128]
Israel and Palestinians Reach Open-Ended Cease-Fire Deal	4 14:31 Old Patriot [11125]
Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims	0 [11128]
Boko Haram captures more Nigerian towns	3 11:18 anon1 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
'My cousin is not a terrorist': Family says American ISIS fighter killed in Syria was 'humble, caring man'	5 22:42 JosephMendiola [11128]
Arizona May Have Handed Over Its Counterterrorism Database To A Chinese Spy	0 [11130]
Algeria's Bouteflika sacks senior aide	0 [11126]
Some Gazans Opt For ISIS Over Hamas	1 03:27 Besoeker [11130]
Details Emerge Of IS Killing Of 670 Shiite Prisoners In Mosul	4 14:35 Old Patriot [11126]
UN team probes Indian aggression in Charwah	0 [11124]
Operation Dawn rejects "terrorist" label, says it rejects terrorism and extremism	1 04:06 Besoeker [11126]
Libya Dawn accused of taking revenge on Tripoli opposition	0 [11131]
Coast Guard cutter fires warning shot at Iranian dhow in brief altercation	12 23:07 Pappy [11131]
Dirty politics: Qadri demands extreme punishment for Sharifs	0 [11127]
Model Town violence: LHC upholds decision to file FIR against PM, 20 others	0 [11129]
Musharraf supports public's demand for 'change'	1 11:48 Deacon Blues [11126]
Iranian official hails positive Saudi talks	0 [11126]
Abdullah threatens Afghan vote audit boycott	0 [11124]
Gaza humanitarian situation disaster beyond imagination: Abbas	4 15:30 Anice Nim [11129]
Pakistan's premier meets army chief amid political crisis	0 [11123]
Iran-Backed Group Implicated In Attack On Israel Embassy In Georgia	0 [11129]
Report Finds 1,400 Children Exploited in UK Town	10 20:50 whitecollar redneck [11132]
Possible airstrikes in Syria raise more questions	0 [11124]
Iran supplied weapons to Iraqi Kurds; Baghdad bomb kills 12	0 [11124]
Palestinians joy after victory against Israel	7 21:49 Frank G [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
North Korea: Ferguson Response Made U.S. 'The Laughing Stock Of The World'	4 22:47 JosephMendiola [11127]
Pro Russian militia action in Ilovaisk	4 22:25 badanov [11132]
Ukraine's President Poroshenko Dissolves Parliament	0 [11127]
Pro Russian militias solidify positions east of Mariupol	0 [11130]
One Reason for the Russian Humanitarian Convoy is Found	1 15:55 Zhang Fei [11132]
Janitor on trial in Jakarta rape case	0 [11127]
Ebola-hit Liberia sacks absentee ministers	0 [11127]
New Data Suggests That the Emmys Actually Don't Matter At All	1 07:39 Deacon Blues [11131]
In Ukraine, an armored column appears out of nowhere	0 [11128]
U.N. helicopter shot down in South Sudan, three killed, Russian owner says	0 [11128]
Putin meets Poroshenko in Minsk	0 [11127]
Military kit through the ages: from the Battle of Hastings to Helmand	3 18:34 swksvolFF [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
The End Of The Operation: Hamas Blinked First	8 14:18 rjschwarz [11128]
Obama's Iraq-Syria Dilemma: No Force Now on Ground Can Beat ISIS	4 22:58 JosephMendiola [11129]
Theatre of the absurd	0 [11130]
Dangerous trends	0 [11125]
Vladimir Putin's pointless conflict with Europe leaves it a vassal of China	4 15:44 Zhang Fei [11129]
Lieutenant Nat Grigsby's prediction regarding the democratic party.	1 00:44 49 Pan [11125]
Bill Warner: The "problem" started in 622 in Madinah.	1 15:51 Anice Nim [11128]
Page 6: Politix
IRS ethics lawyer facing possible disbarment, accused of lying	2 18:12 Redneck Jim [11128]
DOT Proposes Mandating Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed	3 20:35 3dc [11128]
Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty	5 14:57 JohnQC [11126]
Gov. Jerry Brown To Mexican Illegals: 'You're All Welcome In California'	13 15:47 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11126]
Crist Makes Florida Comeback Bid As 4 States Vote	3 15:17 Frank G [11124]
Fraud: Virginia County Finds 17 Repeat Voters From 2012 Election	11 16:28 Bright Pebbles [11132]
Lois Lerner's Blackberry deliberately destroyed after start of congressional probe	10 22:35 Frank G [11132]

    
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Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
7	Govt of Pakistan
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
2	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Islamic Jihad
1	al-Nusra
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2014-08-27
TTP commanders form new splinter group 'Jamatul Ahrar'

Tue 2014-08-26
Thousands flee to Cameroon after Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

Mon 2014-08-25
Boko Haram leader declares Islamic caliphate in Nigeria

Sun 2014-08-24
Boko Haram Executes Two People For Smoking Cigarettes

Sat 2014-08-23
Syrian army ambushes 140 IS fighters in al-Raqqa

Fri 2014-08-22
Boko Haram Takfiris seize town in NE Nigeria

Thu 2014-08-21
Israeli Fire Kills 31 in Gaza as Hamas Warns Foreign Airlines, Declares Truce Talks Over

Wed 2014-08-20
Geelani, Yasin Malik meet Pak envoy after India calls off talks

Tue 2014-08-19
Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.

Mon 2014-08-18
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel

Sun 2014-08-17
Jihadists kill dozens in north Iraq 'massacre': officials

Sat 2014-08-16
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists

Fri 2014-08-15
ISIS jihadist poses with severed head as Caliphate seize more key towns

Thu 2014-08-14
Boko Haram Appoints New Emir for Gwoza

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

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