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Mali Blast Kills Two French Soldiers
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
US Embassy 'Under Attack' by grenade throwing assailant in Montenegro	5 11:10 Injun Bucket8891 [11123]
Britain ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [11127]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [11126]
Good morning	1 05:39 Mercutio [11126]
Rantburg Exclusive: 2/21/2018 SDF Combat Report, A YPJ Martyr Sings	5 17:36 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
Security forces detain suspect after offices shot up in Chamchamal	0 [11122]
Unknown attacker fires RPG at Iraqi military vehicle in Kirkuk	0 [11126]
Mosul clean up continues: 2 turbans bound, 90 murdered bodies unburied	0 [11126]
On the Syria-Iraq border: smugglers catch a bad break, ISIS turbans catch a worse one	0 [11124]
Baghdad Bomb & Bullet Bulletin: 2 bombs, 8 wounded, one unknwn shot dead by person or persons unknown	0 [11122]
IS Plot to Blow Up Leb Army Bus Thwarted	0 [11126]
2 Turkish Soldiers Killed in PKK Attack near Iraq	0 [11126]
Mali Blast Kills Two French Soldiers	0 [11131]
Uzbek defendant says attack meant to stop Sweden from fighting IS	0 [11128]
Six Muslim Brotherhood fugitives arrested at ranch owned by Abdel-Moneim Abul-Futouh: Ministry	0 [11126]
Egyptian army kills four 'takfiris,' continues to destroy terrorism infrastructure: Statement	0 [11125]
Islamic State sympathizer pleads guilty in terrorism case	0 [11125]
Somali Man Discussed Killing The Queen Found Guilty Of Trying To Join ISIL	0 [11123]
Al-Shabaab Claims Killing 8 Somali Soldiers In Roadside Attack	0 [11124]
U.S. Military Denies Al-Shabaab Killed Its Soldier In Somalia	0 [11126]
Taliban’s military commission members killed in Farah roadside explosion	2 12:06 jpal [11126]
Another mass grave of ISIS victims discovered in East of Afghanistan	1 10:19 Sock Puppet of Doom [11123]
Over 100 schoolgirls missing after Boko Haram raid on Nigerian village	4 15:10 trailing wife [11126]
Hamas preparing for a post-Abbas era	4 18:38 newc [11132]
Defeats in Middle East driving Islamic State fighters to Philippines	0 [11128]
Malaysia foils bid to set up Abu Sayyaf cell in Sabah	0 [11124]
U.S.-Led Air Strike in Somalia Kills Three Al Shabaab Militants: Statement	0 [11123]
Off-duty Prince George's County police officer shot and killed while helping woman next door	1 10:08 Richard Aubrey [11124]
Four Thai troops hurt in Narathiwat blast	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
UN agency: Over 3.3 million Iraqis returned to their home regions till Jan.	0 [11124]
Iraq to start electricity imports from Kuwait: ministry	1 16:12 Bobby [11127]
Gaza to pump sewage straight into sea as crisis worsens	15 20:35 Blackbeard Bumble5724 [11126]
Turkey says whoever helps Kurd militia in Syria is 'legitimate target'	1 17:27 Whiskey Mike [11125]
HRW demands probe into alleged killing of 20 civilians by Afghan Special Forces	2 11:01 Frank G [11125]
Pakistan's top court rules ousted premier Sharif cannot lead his party	0 [11126]
Nigerians stage rally to call for release of Zakzaky	0 [11125]
Is Sweden complicit in Saudi war on Yemen?	1 12:54 SteveS [11123]
‘No direct link’ between Daesh leaders and Indonesian militants, says terror expert	0 [11126]
Marib: a former Al Qaeda bastion turned booming city	0 [11126]
Taliban Rebels Impose Taxes on Media Outlets in Restive Ghazni	0 [11123]
Palestinian MP suffers brutal torture in Israeli jail, Hamas says	7 23:04 Skidmark [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Major armed police operation in Brussels as officers ‘block gunmen in building'	3 16:01 Bobby [11125]
Sessions forms U.S. cyber task force after election warnings	3 15:55 B. Sheager1498 [11123]
South Africa's new president wants to confiscate land from white farmers	9 17:12 newc [11122]
Not A Single Lawyer Known To Work For Mueller Is A Republican	7 17:13 newc [11124]
'Exodus' from Puerto Rico: A visual guide	7 17:24 Charles [11126]
Sen. Cruz rallies refinery workers for ethanol mandate change	10 17:53 newc [11128]
Florida HS Survivor refuses to paticipate in CNN 'scripted' Town Hall	1 10:26 Raj [11124]
International Money Laundering Via Author Impersonation on Amazon?	3 20:53 ClemKadiddlehopper9000 [11128]
Nexus of drug dealers, lawyers, politicians unearthed during Chanesar Goth operation	0 [11131]
US oil giant Chevron restarts drilling in Kurdistan Region	0 [11127]
President Sisi says dream of turning Egypt into regional energy hub is becoming reality	1 08:11 Procopius2k [11127]
'Forgive us, because we sold them,' says African ambassador on possible slave ship find	3 14:30 ed in texas [11127]
Bezos is running out of time	4 16:28 Iblis [11124]
China cracks down on 'funeral strippers' as families are told not to hire erotic dancers to draw mourners	6 13:12 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11123]
Three African Men Arrested for Cannibalism in Paris Suburb	2 12:32 Bright Pebbles [11125]
It's Not Just U-Boats	2 20:14 Spot [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
The Paradoxes of the Mueller Investigation	2 16:36 Warthog [11124]
Nothing New. FBI Has Been Criminally Negligent In Almost All Of America's Major Terrorist Attacks	6 18:44 Anomalous Sources [11128]
No Woman Has Constitutional Right to Abortion, Says West Virginia Senate	4 12:34 Bright Pebbles [11125]
The Diseased Streets of San Francisco	6 18:54 newc [11131]
The Liberal 'Listen to the Children' Anti-Gun Exploitation Machine Is Rolling	11 18:52 newc [11129]
U. Vermont Students Demand Administrators Resign Over Failure to Meet Diversity Demands	7 12:36 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Coulter: Amazing New Breakthrough to Reduce Mass Shootings	6 13:48 rjschwarz [11129]
FATF reprieve	1 10:26 Skidmark [11128]
Women voters in Dir	0 [11125]
US intel calls Duterte threat to democracy in Asia	8 18:47 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Almost 50 Russian contractors died at Deir Ezzor	1 01:09 magpie [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Florida shooting survivor says CNN gave him 'scripted' questions at town hall event	4 23:14 Skidmark [11128]
Internet sleuth confirms Seth Rich was the WikiLeaks informer. Offered proof to Mueller. Not interested. Does not fit the Russian collusion narrative	8 14:56 NoMoreBS [11124]
Fun With Red-on-Red: Sanders Blames Clinton for Not Informing People About Russian Meddling: ‘They Had More Information About This Than We Did'	3 10:54 Besoeker [11126]
Attorney For FBI Informant Demands DOJ Open Investigation Into Falsified Leaks to Media	4 16:13 rjschwarz [11127]
Top Democrats demand $300mn to protect the midterms from Russia intervention	10 16:12 rjschwarz [11127]
Pittsburgh Lawyer Sexually Abused Dog Multiple Times	15 21:24 Frank G [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in Mali/Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen
1	Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Iran)

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2018-02-22
Mali Blast Kills Two French Soldiers

Wed 2018-02-21
SWAT force arrests senior IS, Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi

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

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