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9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Rantburg Exclusive: 2/19/2018 SDF Battle Field Combat Report, Afrin Canton, Syria	3 09:54 swksvolFF [11127]
Daily Mail names ISIS killer in Dagestan Orthodox church massacre	0 [11127]
Nigeria Releases More Boko Haram Suspects	0 [11125]
Good morning	2 21:18 Fred [11127]
Three Iranian police officers killed in clashes with protesters	0 [11129]
Turkish-backed rebels nearly in control of strategic town in northwest Afrin	0 [11129]
Syrian warplanes launch huge attack across east Damascus as ground offensive looms	0 [11128]
2 Afghan-based TTP terrorists killed by security forces in Bajaur: ISPR	0 [11126]
9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan	0 [11128]
2 Indian soldiers killed after eight-year-old Pakistani boy dies in cross-LoC firing: ISPR	0 [11127]
ISIS ambushes, murders less than 30 paramilitaries in Kirkuk	0 [11129]
Yemeni army, committees achieve great victories in battlefronts over Sunday	0 [11126]
Blast near popular Baghdad market leaves four civilians killed, injured	0 [11130]
Iraqi court will deport French female jihadist after serving jail term	0 [11127]
Seven Islamic State members arrested in operations in Mosul: Ministry	0 [11124]
IAF destroys Gaza Hamas tunnel in overnight blitz	0 [11125]
Op. Sinai: Egyptian army kills 4 'takfiris,' arrests 417 'criminal elements' in north and central Sinai	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Radio (show?) conversations of presumably Wagner contractors say 200+ dead	0 [11129]
Iran has 10 military bases in Syria, two near Israel border — analyst	6 22:14 trailing wife [11135]
Police Accused of Killing Boko Haram Founder Reinstated	0 [11126]
Palestinians slam Facebook for removing pages glorifying attacks on Israelis	1 07:03 Frank G [11127]
Qatari envoy abused, thrown out of hospital in Gaza	2 09:44 Raj [11126]
Calls in Tunisia to hold minister accountable for financing terrorism with Qatari funds	0 [11126]
Turkey denies reports Syria will help YPG in Afrin	0 [11123]
Denmark is reluctant to take back its jailed Daesh terrorists in Syria	5 20:25 Mullah Richard [11128]
Kurdish media publishes names of 100 Turkish-backed rebels killed in Afrin	1 16:03 M. Murcek [11125]
Convoy of Aleppo residents arrives in Afrin amid reports of YPG-Syrian gov’t deal (video)	0 [11131]
Syrian army to help Kurds repel Turkish offensive	0 [11123]
Allah strikes Pir Sialvi	0 [11126]
Anbar Antix: ISIS hideouts and caches destroyed, ISIS 2.0 secretly planned	1 08:19 Winky the Ruthless3340 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ship Crew Uses Boiling Water to Fend Off Pirate Attack in Philippines	3 18:37 Otto the Rash4373 [11130]
Jesse Brown, Thomas Hudner, and the Brotherhood of Man	0 [11127]
USGS Reports Yellowstone earthquake activity spiking, but no worries	0 [11129]
Ohio Sheriff Offers Free Concealed Carry Classes to Teachers	4 22:00 trailing wife [11134]
Quad-City queer, or busted in Bettendorf	2 15:44 Zenobia Floger6220 [11126]
Smucker's Announces $1000 Employee Bonuses, $20M Added to Employee Pensions	2 11:59 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
Zimbabwe: Tensions Between Mnangagwa and Army Commanders Grow	0 [11127]
Flatulent wind blows Dubai flight to emergency landing	3 20:23 Mullah Richard [11130]
Malaysian rapper probed over ‘insulting Islam’ in lunar new year dog video	0 [11128]
Botox for camels: Saudi breeders fined over $100,000 under new law	2 03:48 Snilet Brown4492 [11131]
Man held for killing child after rape	1 05:29 Threlet Grundy8315 [11126]
Oxfam says former Haiti director admitted hiring sex workers	3 08:16 AlanC [11125]
Senior police officer, constable held for alleged involvement in 'encounter'	0 [11127]
One dead in fighting in SE Ukraine	1 07:59 Procopius2k [11128]
Israeli gas company announces $15b export deal with Egypt	6 15:16 Frank G [11125]
Taylor Harkins deals with Aspergers (video)	0 [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
U.S. Energy Production and Exports Surge	0 [11124]
No, I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore (video)	3 20:36 SteveS [11130]
Why Americans should thank President Trump.	3 22:19 KBK [11129]
Former FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Member: Director Wray Must Resign	7 15:34 DooDahMan [11125]
Victor Davis Hanson: Understanding the California Mind	10 16:34 charger [11131]
Reckoning at Hand for General Electric?	9 12:08 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11127]
Trump Endorses Romney in Utah Senate Race: ‘He Has My Full Support'	11 16:57 M. Murcek [11130]
It'd The Alpaca Lips I mean the Apocalypse	11 21:02 Sock Puppet of Doom [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Mueller Indicts Another Foreigner	5 21:07 Sock Puppet of Doom [11127]
Dem Senator To Mueller: Don't Release Findings Around The Midterms	5 15:03 rjschwarz [11131]
While you were focused on … Republicans kept moving judicial nominees through pipeline	8 16:38 charger [11130]
More Sexual Misconduct Claims Launched Against #MeToo California Assemblywoman	1 02:08 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Celebrities Rally Behind Student March for Gun Control	7 13:43 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [11128]

    
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4	Sublime Porte
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2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	TTP
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Pirates

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2018-02-20
9 abducted civilians found dead in Afghanistan

Mon 2018-02-19
Syrian Army deploys entire artillery division of howitzers, field guns, mortars and Grad rocket launchers for east Damascus battle

Sun 2018-02-18
Drone strike kills 2 al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Sat 2018-02-17
Senior IS Leader Returned to Iraq from Turkey

Fri 2018-02-16
Syria's Idlib IS-Free after 'Surrender' Tuesday

Thu 2018-02-15
Rebels strike western Syria’s primary power grid to leave millions without electricity

Wed 2018-02-14
'White powder' sent to Pres.Obama's DC office just 24 hours after Don & Vanessa Trump got similar package

Tue 2018-02-13
Drone strike kills six Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Mon 2018-02-12
Sword-wielding man injures 4 worshipers at Indonesian church

Sun 2018-02-11
Jaish-e-Mohammad targets sleeping families at Sunjuwan Army camp, kills two soldiers

Sat 2018-02-10
TTP splinter group chief Khan Said ‘Sajna’ reported killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

Fri 2018-02-09
Houthi leader killed in precision strike along with 35 others

Thu 2018-02-08
US kills more than 100 Assad regime fighters in largest deliberate strike against Syrian government forces

Wed 2018-02-07
Israelis kill Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, terrorist behind murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevah

Tue 2018-02-06
Chlorine gas dropped in rebel-held territory of Idlib, Syria

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