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Somalia: Troops Loyal To Embattled Speaker Seize Parliament Building
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Gazans to burn thousands of tires at border	15 22:35 gorb [11132]
Broken by Siege, Syria Rebels Face Worst Loss Yet in Ghouta	0 [11127]
Shin Bet, IDF thwart Islamic Jihad attack on navy boats off Gaza coast	2 01:23 Besoeker [11132]
US forces setting up positions in north Syria	2 18:52 jpal [11131]
Iraqi security: Seven Islamic State insurgents apprehended in Mosul	0 [11129]
Anbar antics: 2 jacket wallahs klled, rest houses destroyed, 7 turbans discover they can’t outrun missile	0 [11129]
Kirkuk combat chronicle: 5 turbans permanently unwound, gov’t troops deny Peshmerga came	0 [11131]
Diyala Dead Guys Documented: big turban and 7 little turbans killed, more turbans die from their own bombs	3 22:12 trailing wife [11132]
‘Ring leader of TTP killers’ held in Quetta	0 [11131]
Somalia: Troops Loyal To Embattled Speaker Seize Parliament Building	0 [11135]
Five Cameroonian soldiers killed in suspected Boko Haram attack	0 [11126]
ISIS suffer heavy casualties in AAF airstrikes in Jawzjan province	0 [11126]
Six Afghan soldiers wounded in Kabul city explosion	0 [11128]
Afghan intelligence thwart deadly cycle of violence plot in Lashkargah city	0 [11131]
Local Taliban leader blown by own explosives in Laghman	0 [11126]
Serbian court sentences 7 people to prison over terror charges in Syria	0 [11133]
Hidden tunnel network, underground hospitals uncovered in Eastern Ghouta, prisoners released	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Google should not be in business of war, say employees	11 22:19 trailing wife [11126]
Egypt's Sohag court sentences 35 Brotherhood members to life on terrorism charges	0 [11128]
Daesh and Al-Qaeda are fighting over remains of the Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta	1 05:30 lord garth [11129]
Islamic State militants renew loyalty pledge to 'caliph' Baghdadi	2 12:10 Mullah Richard [11130]
Iraq did not launch operations against IS in Syria: defense ministry	0 [11129]
UN agency: 104 Iraqis killed, another 177 injured in March clashes	0 [11129]
Iraqi president says relations between Baghdad, Erbil “were back to normal”	0 [11127]
Fazl, Durrani grabbed land meant for Kargil martyrs: PTI	0 [11127]
Punjab govt finding it 'difficult' to arrest absconder Khadim Hussain Rizvi	0 [11126]
UN terror list has 139 Pakistan entries	1 16:22 3dc [11124]
Victims' relatives demand accountability over Kunduz air raids	0 [11124]
Killer herdsmen could be Boko Haram terrorists - Ilorin lawyer alleges	0 [11127]
Competing Ideologies at Play in Boko Haram’s Return of Dapchi Girls	0 [11124]
Trump signs proclamation sending National Guard to Mexico border immediately	11 20:33 Besoeker [11126]
Pakistan has no influence over Afghan Taliban: Pak Army officials	0 [11125]
Iraqi official: PKK has actually left city of Sinjar	0 [11129]
Syrian Army gives Jaysh Al-Islam final deadline to surrender east Qalamoun	0 [11128]
Erdogan vows to continue operation in Syria until Kurds leave Manbij	0 [11125]
Congress And Wasserman Schultz Negligent For Allowing Hacking Suspects Continued Access	5 15:16 Skidmark [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Trump is Cutting Old Gordian Knots--by VDH	2 11:16 Procopius2k [11126]
Russian TV airs 'Yulia Skripal phone call'	0 [11125]
Desperate French father pulls crying toddler through train window as passengers rush to get on after strikes force cancellation of 90 per cent of services in France	0 [11124]
Facebook says Cambridge Analytica may have gained 37m more users' data	8 11:41 Airandee [11133]
Chicago Suburb Bans ‘Assault Weapons' – Begins Confiscation, Fines For Gun Owners	10 15:43 Mullah Richard [11128]
Trump approval rating now at 51% per Rasmussen	2 08:59 M. Murcek [11128]
Venezuela's Currency Is Doing Even Worse Than Previously Thought	11 15:32 newc [11131]
Seminary teacher in Karachi held over charges of rape	0 [11131]
Chinese workers thrash policemen in Khanewal	3 22:10 trailing wife [11128]
Saudi Arabia's first cinema in decades to open on April 18	1 14:48 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11128]
RAB DG: Rathish was killed on the night of March 29	0 [11128]
Appears Deputy AG Rosenstein and FBI Director Wray have been a bit less than totally forthcoming	6 14:39 Frank G [11129]
Stop mixing wasps into your alcohol! South Korean health officials warn the bizarre internet craze could be deadly	4 15:21 Skidmark [11130]
Irresistible is Aspiration for Independence, Democracy, Reunification	0 [11127]
Russian Aerospace Forces test updated missile defence system	0 [11126]
Teen fatally shot while live on Instagram in Detroit	5 15:29 Skidmark [11128]
Migrant caravan abandons plan to travel to US border	6 12:30 NoMoreBS [11131]
Bahrain will need Fracker help to develop new field	2 10:26 Mullah Richard [11127]
Viktor Yushchenko: Ukraine's ex-president on being poisoned	0 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Kremlin calls Facebook's removal of Russian media accounts censorship	3 18:00 Mike Kozlowski [11129]
Wow! Must-see evisceration of Rod Rosenstein and the Mueller investigation (video)	2 21:53 JohnQC [11136]
Mercer: Winnie Mandela Will Never Rest In Peace	1 08:20 JohnQC [11128]
National Council of Churches: White Christians Must Repent for ‘America's Original Sin' of ‘White Racism'	15 19:53 Silentbrick [11134]
Saudi Arabia’s bravery in confronting problems	0 [11124]
Hershel Smith: David Joy And Feelings About Guns	4 22:23 Blackbeard Bumble5724 [11127]
Is Sheikh Hasina turning Bangladesh into a one-party state?	0 [11125]
It’s Getting Harder for Democrats to Deny They’re the Party of Flat-Out Citizen Disarmament	6 13:35 rjschwarz [11127]
World changing as South Korea caves on US trade agreement; agrees to improve American companies' access, conditional on North Korea being resolved. China next. Europe shivering as their turn awaits.	0 [11128]
A stealth reformation of Islam has taken place, lead by the Saudi Royal family.	14 16:55 newc [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Congressional Investigators ‘Trying To Get To The Bottom' Of Brennan's Role In Russia Investigation	7 21:22 Anomalous Sources [11125]
Obama State Dept used taxpayer dollars to fund George Soros group's political activities in Albania	7 19:18 magpie [11129]

    
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Who's in the News
31	[untagged]
7	Islamic State
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Commies
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
2	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)
1	Moslem Colonists

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2018-04-05
Somalia: Troops Loyal To Embattled Speaker Seize Parliament Building

Wed 2018-04-04
Four members of Christian family shot dead in Quetta

Tue 2018-04-03
Iraq sentences seven Turkish females to death, life over joining Islamic State

Mon 2018-04-02
Sayyaf commander captured in Sulu

Sun 2018-04-01
Horror On Streets Of Germany: State Of Emergency Declared As 80 Men Brawl With Machetes

Sat 2018-03-31
Mohammed bin Salman: ‘The Muslim Brotherhood’ is an incubator for terrorists

Fri 2018-03-30
Hamas to Swarm Israel's Border, Sparking Fear of New ‘Passover War'

Thu 2018-03-29
ISIS launches massive offensive in Deir Ezzor

Wed 2018-03-28
China announces NKOR agrees to de-nuclearize

Tue 2018-03-27
Five Killed by Boko Haram in Niger Attack

Mon 2018-03-26
10 injured in grenade attack at D.I. Khan cultural festival

Sun 2018-03-25
Malaysia arrests seven men with Islamic State links over attacks plot

Sat 2018-03-24
Ruth Bader Ginsburg rules that hot dogs are sandwiches

Fri 2018-03-23
France supermarket hostage-taking: At least two killed by Trebes known wolf gunman claiming allegiance to ISIS

Thu 2018-03-22
Jordan jails two for planning Daesh embassy attacks

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