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Nigeria: Military Says Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, Wounded in Deadly Air Strike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkish troops enter Syria in major operation against Isis	7 17:23 magpie [11126]
IDF raids West Bank weapons facilities	0 [11126]
Australia - no doubt a case of mental illness	6 22:52 Classer [11129]
Good morning	13 23:11 Abu do you love [11126]
Saudi foils attack on mosque in Al-Qatif	0 [11125]
Three held in France in August for planning attacks	0 [11124]
Turkey tells border town residents to evacuate	0 [11125]
Explosion targets Afghan, NATO forces patrol, 3 policemen wounded	0 [11125]
Terrorist with links to Pakistani military arrested by Afghan forces	0 [11125]
1 child killed, 3 wounded in an explosion in North of Afghanistan	0 [11125]
Russian jets show no mercy to jihadists in southern Aleppo	4 14:20 SteveS [11128]
Hasakah [H]adventures: ISIS and Kurds advance, Kurds and pro-Assad forces agree on truce	0 [11124]
Syrian Army on verge of splitting militant stronghold in two	0 [11124]
Rangers raid MQM’s makeshift office	0 [11124]
Army loses more men as Benghazi battle continues	0 [11125]
Soddy aid convoy enters Taiz	0 [11125]
Kurd kommies kill 2 Turkish soldiers in bomb blast	0 [11122]
Soddy Coalition Intensifies Yemen Strikes, Saleh's Army Responds	3 20:57 Bov Flimbers [11129]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edtion	0 [11123]
Ninevah Nightmares	0 [11123]
Anbar Antics	0 [11122]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11124]
Israel targeted ‘key Hamas strategic assets’ in Sunday’s barrage	3 12:45 Pappy [11125]
Influential Taliban commander pledges to new emir	1 08:57 Glairong Sforza7574 [11123]
Afghan city of Kunduz, briefly captured by the Taliban last year, is in danger again	0 [11125]
Hezbollah destroys jihadist HQ in western Damascus	0 [11124]
Abu Sayyaf kill three soldiers, militiaman in Basilan battles	0 [11127]
Investigation into Thai bombings points southward	1 12:50 Pappy [11123]
Nigeria: Military Says Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, Wounded in Deadly Air Strike	1 20:41 Bov Flimbers [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Admin Won't Tell Congress How It Paid Iran $1.3 Billion in Taxpayer Funds	9 19:39 Skidmark [11132]
DoS won't confirm details of $1.3b payment to Iran despite it being found on a government website	3 12:39 Bobby [11123]
The emptying of GITMO: Palestinian terror suspect held by US emerges for first time since 2002	0 [11128]
Nusra Supremo Talks About Break With Al Qaeda And Possible Syrian Rebel Merger	0 [11125]
Europeans turn to weapons in growing numbers after attacks	5 17:51 SteveS [11127]
Iranian general: We formed Shiite army to fight in Iraq, Syria and Yemen	0 [11123]
Turkey formally asks US to extradite Gulen	2 21:40 Besoeker [11125]
A new veil of terror	0 [11122]
DNA test confirms Gulshan attackers’ identities	0 [11124]
Al-Jaafari: Security Council didn't move despite terrorists' attempts to transport Sarin gas from Turkey into Syria	0 [11125]
IS becoming increasingly violent as it loses ground in Iraq	0 [11125]
Iraq: UN rights chief 'deeply dismayed' at execution of 36 people	3 14:51 swksvolFF [11127]
Russian flights from Iranian base not suspended: Iranian official	1 11:56 Skidmark [11125]
U.S. Invades Syria, And Warns Russia	1 02:52 g(r)omgoru [11125]
$52 million needed to support Boko Haram victims in Nigeria claims WFP	3 12:57 Pappy [11124]
Syria’s UN representative: France committed 2013 Ghouta chemical attack	0 [11126]
Task Team Finds Dahna-e-Ghori Fell Without A Battle	0 [11126]
Kurds finger Turkish intelligence for assassination	0 [11127]
US security aid for Pakistan down by more than 75%	2 22:46 Procopius2k [11129]
Yes, Dawood Ibrahim Lives In Karachi: UN Group Accepts India's Claim	0 [11123]
Manila hopes for deal with Maoist militants in a year	0 [11123]
Muslims not welcome in The Czech Republic	2 13:32 AlanC [11125]
ISIS, Taliban and Boko Haram Using child suicide bombers	0 [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US Army's XM 25 "Airburst" Weapon: A Game Changer Headed for the Junk Yard?	8 19:46 Skidmark [11126]
Secrets of ultra stealth submarines revealed in massive leak	2 20:25 Frank G [11126]
US Air Force legend General Chuck Yeager weighs in on the F-22 and the F-35	2 16:52 Shipman [11131]
Vice President Biden promises U.S. support to Baltic States, slams Trump for NATO comments	8 20:11 Matt [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
The Real Russian Mole Inside NSA	8 19:53 Skidmark [11130]
U.S. Army training PPT refers to HRC as 'an insider'	3 23:11 Blossom Unains5562 [11129]
Johns Hopkins Research: No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender	12 22:24 swksvolFF [11126]
Countries of chaos and prospects of disintegration	5 20:31 Frank G [11130]
Hezbollah Designated a Terrorist Organisation -- Three Decades Late	2 09:04 JohnQC [11122]
Page 6: Politix
Clinton Foundation donors include dozens of media organizations, individuals	1 08:37 Glairong Sforza7574 [11124]
Media Myopia: Huma involvement with Islamist mag for a decade no biggie	2 09:00 Procopius2k [11128]
HRC's State Sponsored Graft Racket Exposed	14 22:42 Procopius2k [11125]
Many Donors To Clinton Foundation Met With Her At State	1 08:30 JohnQC [11123]
Trump Calls for Special Prosecutor to Probe Clinton Foundation, State Department Ties	0 [11123]
Healthy Hillary sez Bill enjoys Big Balloons	11 23:26 Blossom Unains5562 [11128]

    
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                        21:40 Besoeker

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                        20:57 Bov Flimbers

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                        19:15 Crusader

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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
5	Govt of Syria
5	Sublime Porte
5	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
2	Hezbollah
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Boko Haram
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Nusra
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2016-08-24
Nigeria: Military Says Boko Haram Leader, Shekau, Wounded in Deadly Air Strike

Tue 2016-08-23
Nigeria claims it killed Boko Haram's Shekau in raid

Mon 2016-08-22
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014

Sun 2016-08-21
~~Eight~~ 30 50 killed in blast at wedding in southeast Turkey: state media

Sat 2016-08-20
Hambali Receives Guantanamo Review Board Hearing

Fri 2016-08-19
Egypt’s Islamic State group affiliate confirms killing of its chief

Thu 2016-08-18
Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station

Wed 2016-08-17
Anjem Choudary Convicted of Supporting ISIS

Tue 2016-08-16
Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria

Mon 2016-08-15
Taliban takes control of Dahana-e-Ghori in North of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-08-14
ISIS Member Beheads His Father in Mosul

Sat 2016-08-13
Terror on Swiss train as passengers are attacked by passenger with fire and knife

Fri 2016-08-12
Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.

Thu 2016-08-11
Canadian authorities foil ISIS suicide bombing, suspect killed

Wed 2016-08-10
Hezbollah drone carries out airstrike over southern Aleppo

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