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Turkey's Erdogan says Afrin city centre under 'total' control
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Reward for Austin Bomber Climbs to $115K as Cops Plead for Info	7 22:55 M. Murcek [11128]
French consulate employee said arrested by Israel for smuggling weapons	6 14:47 M. Murcek [11124]
Man stabbed in Jerusalem terror attack succumbs to wounds, stabber was killed at the scene	3 19:55 Canuckistan sniper [11123]
Nusra flings huge car bomb at Syrian Army as militants attempt to reclaim lost distinct in east Damascus	1 12:07 M. Murcek [11127]
Syrian Army, allies endure their worst day of ISIS attacks in east Syria since start of 2018	1 22:31 Injun Bucket8891 [11138]
Ninevah nastiness: big turban bound, 7 turbans permanently unwound	0 [11122]
Anbar Antics: 2 turbans bound, 45 innocent casualties in recent months	0 [11128]
Five civilians killed in armed attack, west of Kirkuk: Source	0 [11125]
Egypt's Court of Cassation issues final acquittal for Mubarak-era culture minister Hosni	0 [11127]
Syrian rebels shoot down fighter jet in East Qalamoun	0 [11124]
Syrian Army loses a dozen tanks as persistent Islamist militants cling-on to stronghold town in east Damascus	0 [11124]
Iranian forces fire mortar shells into Panjgur	0 [11126]
FC soldier martyred, another injured in Mohmand gun attack	0 [11131]
10 injured in cross-LoC Indian shelling	0 [11124]
5 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack	0 [11127]
Turkey's Erdogan says Afrin city centre under 'total' control	4 13:42 Frank G [11135]
Army carries heavy losses in enemy ranks, it's mercenaries	0 [11123]
Israel nabs terror suspect wanted for stabbing West Bank rabbi to death	0 [11127]
IDF floods terror tunnel Hamas tried to rebuild, bombs second tunnel	1 12:47 gorb [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
PM thanks European countries for financial contributions at Kuwait conf.	1 08:50 M. Murcek [11126]
US says it’s prepared to stop attacks on its troops in Afghanistan	1 17:55 Slomorong Slosh5885 [11129]
Anti-polio drive extended after refusals rise in Rawalpindi	0 [11131]
Bilawal says PPP stopped Nawaz's 'Zia alliance' in Senate elections	0 [11127]
India is busy in fomenting unrest through terrorism using Afghan soil: DG ISPR	0 [11128]
Trudeau Sending Peacekeepers To Mali Despite Red Flag From Military	4 20:36 magpie [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Volkswagen to announce $340 million Tennessee investment to build new SUV	4 21:48 Frank G [11132]
FIU Bridge Collapse: Slo-Mo Video & Armchair Analysis	5 22:46 Seeking cure for ignorance [11129]
another March Snowstorm in Britain	0 [11126]
Porton Down laboratory to get £48m boost after Skripal attack	2 10:35 M. Murcek [11129]
Anna Campbell killed assisting YPG in Syria	5 22:35 Injun Bucket8891 [11125]
Another attempt at unassisted human flight goes horribly wrong	8 17:14 Alistaire Gloluns2996 [11125]
SpaceX has a larger effective budget for Human Space Flight than NASA does!	6 08:31 ed in texas [11127]
Trump instructed CIA not to interfere in Russian presidential elections	1 22:33 Injun Bucket8891 [11131]
Putin Wins 4th Term with 73.9% of Vote	3 23:00 M. Barry [11132]
Man kills wife, minor son in Kohat	0 [11129]
Muslim clerics in Rwanda vow to appeal loudspeaker ban	0 [11129]
'It Was Me Who Urged Mugabe to Resign,' Says Wife Grace	3 08:56 M. Murcek [11124]
Mnangagwa Says Willing to Meet Mugabe	0 [11125]
Zimbabwe Crowns First 'Miss Albino' in Bid to Tackle Stigma	2 01:18 Besoeker [11127]
Lockheed Martin Wins Air Force Special Ops Training Contract	5 15:09 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
Spanish police arrest Chinese-led human trafficking gang which offered to smuggle migrants to the UK for £18,000	0 [11127]
Argentine government admits that doomed submarine was SPYING on the Falkland Islands when it vanished with 44 people on board	9 17:40 magpie [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
We Asked Gen. Petraeus Whether the Iraq War Was Really Worth It	7 23:23 Injun Bucket8891 [11130]
Pommie Deep State Surrenders to Brussels - Brexit Essentially Means Nothing	3 20:43 Bright Pebbles [11129]
This trap was set well before Trump won	3 14:36 rjschwarz [11128]
What does Turkey’s seizure of Afrin mean for Syria war?	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: 'They Were on Our Side'	7 23:16 M. Murcek [11126]
Congressman suggests Second Amendment as means of opposing Trump	2 16:41 DarthVader [11128]
Howie Carr Book Review: 'Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Cover-up'	5 17:57 NoMoreBS [11123]
D.C. lawmaker says recent snowfall caused by ‘Rothschilds controlling the climate'	13 17:53 rjschwarz [11134]
Dem Lawmaker Calls For Removal Of ‘Offensive' Joseph Hooker Sign	12 22:59 SteveS [11129]

    
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                        22:58 F. Castro

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                        22:46 Seeking cure for ignorance

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                        21:16 Airandee

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                        20:47 Raj

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                        20:27 M. Murcek

                        20:00 Canuckistan sniper

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2018-03-19
Turkey's Erdogan says Afrin city centre under 'total' control

Sun 2018-03-18
KP government seals offices of Hafiz Saeed's JuD, FIF; seizes mosques, seminaries

Sat 2018-03-17
Greek court rejects Turkey’s request for extradition of eight soldiers

Fri 2018-03-16
German prosecutors indict Syrian migrant over alleged bomb plot

Thu 2018-03-15
Anbar antics: 7 turbans permanently unwound, tribal types get frisky

Wed 2018-03-14
Al-Qaeda operative born in Texas sentenced to 45 years for conspiring to murder Americans, supporting terrorism

Tue 2018-03-13
Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaces him with CIA boss Mike Pompeo

Mon 2018-03-12
Syrian Army surrounds Jaysh Al-Islam stronghold in East Ghouta

Sun 2018-03-11
First group of militants surrender arms & leave East Ghouta after Russia-brokered talks

Sat 2018-03-10
Tuareg militias again clash with Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali

Fri 2018-03-09
Mullah Fazlullah's kid killed in drone strike in Afghanistan

Thu 2018-03-08
Accomplice of Paris attacks mastermind held in Poland

Wed 2018-03-07
Kirkuk Klean up: 33 turbans permanently unwound

Tue 2018-03-06
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel

Mon 2018-03-05
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija

Sun 2018-03-04
Teacher found guilty of grooming children to launch terror attacks in London

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