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Kurdish authorities arrest 1700 Islamic State militants among displaced civilians
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
ISIS launches failed offensive in Deir Ezzor after losing key stronghold in east Homs	0 [11131]
Rebels violate ceasefire near Golan Heights	0 [11125]
Turkey bombs Tel Abyad border gate after visit of US delegation to northern Syria	1 17:49 3dc [11123]
Diyala Dead Guys: 5 civilians killed by IEDs and mortars, 2,000 refugees return	0 [11126]
Security forces thwarts terrorist attack in western Baghdad	0 [11126]
Kurdish authorities arrest 1700 Islamic State militants among displaced civilians	0 [11131]
SDF announce capturing 55% of Syrian Raqqa	0 [11127]
Iran arrests 27 IS suspects said to be plotting attacks	0 [11128]
3 terrorists killed, 4 arrested in Karachi raids: CTD	0 [11128]
Explosion in Lahore's outskirts, at least 26 injured	1 07:43 Pappy [11127]
Indian police: Abdullah laid terror network ground in UP	0 [11127]
Syrian army forces strike last militant stronghold near Damascus	0 [11127]
Libya’s Derna suffers as Haftar’s LNA tightens siege on city	0 [11131]
Daesh fires several rockets into Lebanon, army shells terrorists' positions	0 [11127]
US forces attack Popular Mobilization Units base, kill 30: Report	0 [11129]
Al shabaab militants attack AMISOM convoy near Mahaday	0 [11129]
Unknown Gunmen murder senior Puntland Official in Bosaso town	0 [11126]
Philippine military: Marawi terror leaders still alive	3 19:45 Pappy [11132]
Israeli forces nab firebombers, rock throwers in West Bank, Jerusalem	1 09:05 Frank G [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Cyber Threats Prompt Return of Radio for Ship Navigation	6 23:44 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11125]
Tal Afar: prepping to prep the battle space	1 09:47 Abu Uluque [11127]
Jordanian king tells Abbas President Trump is committed to peace process	0 [11127]
Turkish troops hold exercises in Qatar	0 [11126]
Iran snickers at US push to inspect military sites	1 08:29 Mullah Richard [11127]
Children included on list of 173 IS suicide bombers who could strike Europe	0 [11126]
Egyptian court upholds 12 death sentences, 157 life terms over Matay case	0 [11127]
Amnesty censures Israel’s plan to shut down Al Jazeera operations	0 [11128]
Taliban deny cooperating with Daesh in Afghan attack	0 [11126]
Hamas says reaches agreement with Iran to open new chapter in ties	1 13:24 Frank G [11126]
Ankara accuses Berlin of assisting terrorists amid rising rift	1 08:34 AlanC [11123]
Officials: Taliban, ISIL coordinated Sar-e Pul attack	0 [11125]
Lashkar-e-Taiba false mustache launches political party	0 [11127]
Tajik man jailed for treating ex-OMON commander who joined IS	0 [11127]
Defend Europe: Since our arrival in the Mediterranean Sea, NGOs are getting disillusioned!	2 14:35 AlanC [11127]
Cheering Iraqis march arrested German ISIS teen through Mosul	4 23:13 Zenobia Floger6220 [11135]
Musicians flee Libya for 'right to rap'	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Singer Glen Campbell Passes Away At Age 81	2 20:12 Frank G [11126]
US Mini-nukes and an analysis of a second Korean war	8 22:07 Skidmark [11131]
Law professor warns: Congress must act on growing sexbot industry--Robot Rape?	11 14:24 Iblis [11123]
Dress Like a Grown Up	6 14:40 Frank G [11129]
Venezuela: Soldiers Attack Army Base, Declare ‘Legitimate Rebellion' in Viral Video	2 11:58 Pappy [11130]
Just when you may have thought	5 14:01 Skidmark [11126]
Mexican company to buy 80% of Israeli irrigation leader	1 14:02 Skidmark [11130]
Google Fires Viewpoint Diversity Manifesto Author James Damore	20 23:45 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Police arrest two suspects for sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl in Naushero Feroze	0 [11129]
Security forces kill at least 14 separatists in DR Congo	0 [11128]
Nigerian protesters demand Buhari return or resign	0 [11125]
Venezuelan military says attack on army base by deserter and mercenaries has been repelled	0 [11123]
Haryana police accused of cover-up	0 [11126]
Korea takes first step to introduce 'robot tax'	3 10:23 magpie [11126]
Chinese restaurant offers bra-size discounts	7 18:57 USN, Ret. [11126]
Unseasonably chilly August ahead for the eastern two-thirds of the US with 60F lows	8 18:58 BrerRabbit [11125]
Don't go in the water!	8 21:27 Besoeker [11130]
Malaysia probes atheist group after uproar over Muslim apostates	0 [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Americans Are Dying Younger ~~as planned~~, Saving Corporations Billions	16 19:21 Skidmark [11126]
The media's fatal flaw? It's elitism, argues a conservative professor	10 17:13 Pappy [11125]
Boomers Who Won't ~~Die~~ Sell Are Dominating the Housing Market	9 21:18 KBK [11130]
This Mueller Thing Will End in Tears (for Liberals)	4 14:26 Iblis [11126]
Robert Mueller has already destroyed his own legacy	4 12:21 M. Murcek [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Researcher Claims To Have Evidence One Of EPA's Most Successful Clean Air Rules Is Based On Fabricated Data	0 [11124]
Hillary Clinton Considers Making Her Spirituality More Public: ‘She'd Make a Great Pastor'	26 23:49 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Former Obama Officials Operate Shadow Network to Push Science Agenda	4 20:37 KBK [11131]
Calif. Gov. Brown Sez U.S. Should Emulate Communist China	12 21:52 Procopius2k [11129]
Maxine Waters Won’t Rule Out All-Black Party	16 19:39 Frank G [11133]
Professor who said Donald Trump ‘must hang’ won’t return to Fresno State University	10 23:55 trailing wife [11126]
Obama-linked activists have a ‘training manual’ for protesting Trump	6 15:28 Iblis [11127]

    
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11	Islamic State
3	Sublime Porte
2	Commies
2	Arab Spring
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iran
2	Moslem Colonists
1	TTP
1	Ansarullah Bangla Team (AQIS)
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2017-08-08
Kurdish authorities arrest 1700 Islamic State militants among displaced civilians

Mon 2017-08-07
Taliban kill 30 villagers in Afghanistan's Sari Pul province

Sun 2017-08-06
Governor of Galgaduud region shot dead in Somali capital

Sat 2017-08-05
US confirms airstrike killed al-Shabab commander in Somalia

Fri 2017-08-04
Al Qaeda frees South African hostage after six years

Thu 2017-08-03
Police Make Arrest in 2003 Case of Grooming Gang Victim Believed Ground Up and Sold as Kebab Meat

Wed 2017-08-02
Gang who called themselves 'Musketeers' guilty of plotting UK bomb attack

Tue 2017-08-01
IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul

Mon 2017-07-31
Besieged IS mufti blows himself up in northern Baghdad

Sun 2017-07-30
Four arrested in plot to bomb plane over Sydney

Sat 2017-07-29
IS cuts ears of 23 elements who fled battles in Western Nineveh

Fri 2017-07-28
Pakistan's prime minister removed amid corruption probe

Thu 2017-07-27
Deadly truck bombing foiled in Kabul city

Wed 2017-07-26
Wasserman Schultz’s IT Aide Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office

Tue 2017-07-25
Governor dismissed over AQAP ties

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