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Afghan forces clear strategic Tora Bora of ISIS militants: Gen. Waziri
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Brussels train station evacuated amid unverified reports of explosions and one man shot as soldiers swoop on city centre	3 22:12 Rex Mundi [11126]
BREAKING: US F-15 Shoots Down Iranian Drone Over Syria	2 14:12 Frank G [11123]
Five female suicide bombers killed 16 in double attack in Nigeria	0 [11125]
Finsbury Park van attacker: 'Darren? He's a bloody psycho': Ex-friends say dad-of-four terror suspect who split from partner six months ago is a heavy-drinking brawler who was thrown out of pub for cursing Muslims day before attack	20 20:42 trailing wife [11129]
2 Navy sailors gunned down in Gwadar shooting	0 [11126]
Road blocks placed around Helsinki church to avoid possible attacks	1 01:06 Ulains Thuque6389 [11124]
Lebanon nabs IS suicide bomber ahead of terror attack	0 [11122]
Afghan forces clear strategic Tora Bora of ISIS militants: Gen. Waziri	0 [11130]
ISIS loses two top foreign supporters in East of Afghanistan	0 [11126]
Yemeni (Hadi-loyalist) army controls mountain summit between al-Jawf and Amran	0 [11131]
Saudi naval forces detain three Iranian revolutionary guards	5 19:50 Frank G [11129]
Expulsion of Qataris from Gulf states comes into effect	0 [11125]
CAR government signs peace deal with rebel groups	1 19:46 Frank G [11136]
Iran denies Saudi claim of Revolutionary Guards' arrest	0 [11125]
Russia threatens to target coalition planes in Syria	4 17:46 Snilet Hatrack8707 [11129]
126 refugees feared dead after shipwreck off Libya	0 [11122]
Terrorist ringleader killed in clashes with IRGC in SE Iran	0 [11124]
Car rams police vehicle on Paris' Champs-Elysees, attacker dead	0 [11127]
Syrian pilot found alive after US downed plane over Raqqah	0 [11126]
Four Al shabaab suspects in apprehended in Kenya	0 [11126]
Govt says captured Al-Shabaab intelligence head	0 [11128]
Indonesians, Malaysian en route to Marawi arrested	0 [11127]
Maute militants use drones to evade Philippine troops	1 17:50 Snilet Hatrack8707 [11128]
Bomb kills six soldiers in southern Thailand	0 [11129]
Man with axe and knives arrested near Kidderminster TA base	5 12:42 Zenobia Floger6220 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hasm militant group claims responsibility for Maadi police checkpoint attack	1 10:04 Frank G [11124]
PM rejects WSJ report Israel gives financial aid to Syrian rebels	0 [11124]
Controversial documentary on European anti-Semitism finally to air this week	1 05:57 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Afghan spy chief rejects existence of 5th pillar in govt and its role in recent violence	0 [11127]
Moscow names new Turkey ambassador after assassination	1 07:48 Procopius2k [11128]
UAE, Egypt agree to cooperate in the fight against terror financing	0 [11122]
EU cautions Iraqi Kurds against holding independence vote	9 15:27 Bright Pebbles [11127]
Israeli regime begins reducing electricity supply to besieged Gaza Strip	1 13:48 Skidmark [11124]
Iran summons Swiss envoy over 'meddlesome' US remarks	0 [11127]
Iraqi PM Abadi arrives in Saudi Arabia for talks	0 [11126]
No negotiations possible unless embargos on Doha reversed: Qatar	0 [11128]
Remarks by US secretary of state against UN Charter: Iran’s UN envoy	1 07:45 Procopius2k [11128]
BBC Persian's political commentator who got his political asylum in UK waving the Hezbollah flag publicly in London	0 [11128]
Brewery creates 'F*** you, I'm Millwall' beer in honour of man who took on London Bridge attackers	13 16:25 Barbara [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Armed Russian jet comes within 5 FEET of US aircraft	4 17:48 Snilet Hatrack8707 [11124]
Virginia suspect who allegedly beat Muslim girl to death is an illegal immigrant	6 22:18 Rex Mundi [11125]
Another Left-Wing Science Scandal: Round-Up claims shown to be fraudulent	2 10:06 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11124]
Fleeing Burglar Shoots Back Into Home, Kills Accomplice Running Behind Him	10 23:07 Ulains Thuque6389 [11126]
U.S. Quietly Admits Covert Klingon 'Regime Change' Role in 1953 Iranian Coup	6 17:18 phil_b [11125]
Man stabbed to death after bad sammich in Brooklyn apartment building	1 07:41 Procopius2k [11129]
Child, woman among seven hurt in Karachi gunsex orgy	0 [11128]
Man allegedly kills niece in the name of 'honour'	2 07:36 Procopius2k [11129]
3 arrested for gang-raping and murdering 7-year-old girl in Kunduz	0 [11127]
Otto Warmbier dead; former US prisoner of North Korea was 22	6 19:10 Anomalous Sources [11131]
Video: F-35B Ship Suitability Testing	17 13:44 Seeking cure for ignorance [11124]
Chicago goes high-tech in search of answers to gun crime surge	15 20:32 Rob Crawford [11127]
Drunk farmer ‘starts fight with his own pig but dies after having three fingers and his privates bitten off'	15 17:42 SteveS [11123]
Israel gets spooky with national quantum lab	4 17:51 SteveS [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Deep State Senior Fellow: ‘We Have a Dysfunctional Presidency' at This Moment in Time	30 19:07 Threatch Jeamp8135 [11129]
Our war is on terrorism, not on Qatar	2 06:49 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance ‐ and mulls a presidential campaign of his own	7 16:36 Procopius2k [11126]
Sanders last week: "We condone violence" Sanders Monday: "Fight back anyway you can!"	4 12:33 Crusader [11123]
Susan Rice's great unmasking escape: National Security Council records sent to Obama Library	7 23:41 rjschwarz [11123]
Dems Fear ‘Bitterly Disappointing' Loss In Georgia Special Election	11 23:20 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11127]
Soros, Clinton-Linked Teneo Among Donors to McCain Institute	10 11:48 OregonGuy [11132]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Islamic State
5	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Qatar (MB)
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Seleka
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2017-06-20
Afghan forces clear strategic Tora Bora of ISIS militants: Gen. Waziri

Mon 2017-06-19
IRGC completely dismantles terrorist group in southeast Iran: Commander

Sun 2017-06-18
Afghan forces recapture Tora Bora in Nangarhar

Sat 2017-06-17
Taliban rejects report on Kandahar bombing that killed UAE ambassador, diplomats

Fri 2017-06-16
Army takes over Mosul’s Old City entrance, IS trapped

Thu 2017-06-15
SDF capture former IS member known as Jihadi Jack

Wed 2017-06-14
Senior Republican politician and several aides shot at baseball practice near Washington

Tue 2017-06-13
Taliban’s military commission chief killed in Helmand drone strike

Mon 2017-06-12
London Police Chief: Terror Victims Show How Diverse We Are

Sun 2017-06-11
Libyan group says it has freed Gaddafi son Seif al-Islam

Sat 2017-06-10
Islamic State claims it killed two Chinese in Pakistan

Fri 2017-06-09
Nearly 70 dead in Al-Shabaab attack on Puntland military base

Thu 2017-06-08
Syrian government, rebel forces fighting in Aleppo

Wed 2017-06-07
Iran's parliament and Khomeini mausoleum attacked by gunmen

Tue 2017-06-06
Shaboobs go into that good night softly after attempt to raid KDF camp

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