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US, Arab Allies Launch First Wave of Strikes in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Houthi Rebels sweep Yemeni capital	3 22:31 Classical_Liberal [11129]
Israel Shoots Down Syrian MiG Over Golan Heights	5 19:27 lord garth [11131]
Israel- Breaking: killers-of-naftali-eyal-and-gilad-eliminated	3 10:14 Rambler in Virginia [11127]
US, Arab Allies Launch First Wave of Strikes in Syria	18 22:53 JosephMendiola [11138]
Good morning	0 [11125]
Officials: French Citizen Kidnapped In Algeria	0 [11125]
Clashes Intensify in Helmand's Sangin District	0 [11129]
Taliban Attack Kill Two ANA Soldiers in Herat	0 [11126]
IS Attacks Iraqi Army Base, Kill 40 And Capture At Least 70	0 [11122]
Zahra hospital shelled and evacuated as fierce Warshefana fighting continues	0 [11124]
Algerian Army Says Top Al-Qaeda Militant Killed	0 [11131]
Yemeni Official: 340 Killed In Week-Long Fighting	0 [11125]
Three young men shot dead in Azizabad	0 [11126]
Armed clash in Balochistan's Turbat leaves 11 dead	0 [11125]
Turkey Struggles With Spillover As Syrian Kurds Battle Islamic State	1 22:29 JosephMendiola [11133]
In search for security, China's navy enters Strait of Hormuz	1 22:31 JosephMendiola [11128]
Shia mosque torched in Rawalpindi; ASWJ terrorist leader shot dead	0 [11132]
Bahraini court sentences 9 Shia activists to 5-year jail	0 [11130]
KARACHI: Three killed in firing on hotel mostly Shiite in Hussainabad	0 [11128]
Israeli Said Slain Fighting For Islamic State	0 [11126]
Video: New ISIL Execution of 9 Iraqi Border Guards	2 21:20 borgboy [11132]
Lebanese Army Killed 50 Terrorists including Commanders in Arsal Barrens	0 [11130]
Air strikes kill 23 suspected terrorists in North Waziristan	0 [11127]
Ansar gunman killed by crowd in Benghazi	0 [11129]
Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau Impersonator Killed?	0 [11128]
Americans Have Returned After Joining Islamists, US Admits	8 23:42 newc [11128]
Arab Gunmen Fire Automatic Weapons in Jerusalem Suburb	2 08:18 Mullah Richard [11127]
Who is Abubakar Shekau?	0 [11126]
Boko Haram Fighters Surrender as Rumours Spread of Leader's Death	0 [11126]
Boko Bad Boy whacked	1 11:20 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11130]
IS kidnaps ten former policemen in Kirkuk	0 [11125]
Abadi orders detention of military leaders after gas attack	0 [11127]
ISIS kills 300 Iraqi soldiers by chlorine gas attack in Saqlawiyah	5 20:37 tipover [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Who's Funding ISIS? Wealthy Gulf 'Angel Investors,'	5 17:47 Grunter [11123]
Hamas Tortures Citizens Next To A School, PA Daily Claims	0 [11126]
Islamic State Lifts Smoking Ban In Kirkuk	3 19:44 Chater Creash8965 [11127]
Erdogan Indicates IS Prisoner Swap, Cites Shalit Deal	0 [11126]
Fatah Rocket Production In Full Swing In Gaza	0 [11122]
Broad Support for Abdullah Abdullah As Possible Chief Executive	1 18:18 Anice Nim [11126]
LJO condemns Benghazi murders	0 [11125]
Hassi's rival Tripoli government seizes control of the Ministry of Oil, as production falls	0 [11125]
New Thinni government finally approved	0 [11126]
PTI suspends Javed Hashmi's membership	0 [11124]
Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar named new ISI chief	0 [11125]
Al-Faissal, Zarif Announce 'New Chapter' in Iran-Saudi Ties	1 22:34 JosephMendiola [11128]
Some 130,000 Syrians Reach Turkey, Fleeing IS	0 [11127]
Video Games, Twitter Tricks: How ISIS Pulls In The Kids	0 [11128]
Egypt Militants Claim Blast Near Foreign Ministry	0 [11124]
Islamic State Threatens Everyone In Sight	1 23:03 Old Patriot [11125]
Commander: Zionists Extremely Fearful of Iran's Long-Range Missiles	0 [11127]
UK female jihadists run ISIS sex-slave brothels	2 07:23 trailing wife [11126]
Australian PM Promises Jail For Returning Jihadists	0 [11126]
ISIS calls Obama 'the mule of the Jews' and John Kerry an 'old uncircumcised geezer'	4 17:16 JohnQC [11129]
ISIS-branded merchandise sold on Amazon, Facebook	0 [11127]
Hezbollah Ready to Hit Takfiri terrorists at Imam Khamenei's Order	0 [11128]
Australia: We are the ones being terrorised, Muslims say	0 [11124]
Russia's Putin Looking At Cooperation To Fight Islamic State	2 22:40 JosephMendiola [11126]
Taliban reject Afghan unity government pact as US 'sham'	0 [11128]
Qureshi has been in contact with US Embassy: Hashmi	0 [11125]
Iranians Nabbed With Fake Israeli Passports Were Heading To Belgium, Not Israel	1 07:19 ed in texas [11125]
Boko Haram to free 219 Chibok girls in swap deal	0 [11126]
A peshmerga commander says Iraq needs ground troops to fully defeat ISIS.	2 08:15 lord garth [11125]
Lancet 'hijacked in anti-Israel campaign'	3 17:08 SteveS [11126]
Arab Bank Found Liable for Backing Hamas	0 [11128]
US Reportedly Providing Indirect Military Aid to Hezbollah	0 [11131]
Al Qaeda on the Indian Subcontinent says attack on US warships carried out by Pak naval officers	1 22:35 JosephMendiola [11127]
Leon Penetta: U.S. too late for Syria, or was that Benghazi?	6 23:44 newc [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dalai Lama slams killing in name of religion, says concept of jihad being misused	1 07:36 AlanC [11130]
Arab-Israeli Leaders Protest Against Plague Of Illegal Arms	2 17:16 Redneck Jim [11127]
Sierra Leone Records 130 New Ebola Cases During 3-Day Lockdown	2 22:16 rammer [11126]
UN Rapporteur: Peaceful assembly is not a threat	0 [11125]
Minor girl shot dead in Chittagong	0 [11126]
AJK assembly seeks opening of Indian border for flood relief	0 [11123]
Punjab police beat park staff over entry ticket	0 [11124]
Hat tip to Vu Pham Nguyen Tung and VietJet	0 [11126]
The most unprofessional media resignation of the year.	6 21:47 USN, Ret. [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
COL (R) Ken Allard: The error of relying on air power	4 20:26 Frank G [11125]
Challenge for new ISI chief	0 [11128]
Gun 'Buybacks" don't work. So, make them mandatory!	3 18:31 swksvolFF [11127]
Kashmir: a way forward	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Robert Kennedy Jr., Aspiring Tyrant	12 23:40 newc [11130]

    
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Who's in the News
36	[untagged]
15	Islamic State
7	Govt of Pakistan
4	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
2	Ansar al-Sharia
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Boko Haram
1	al-Nusra

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