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Duterte invites the Abu Sayyaf to peace talks
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Egypt: Decapitating terror	3 22:05 trailing wife [11130]
Two Palestinian teens caught sneaking into Israel with bag of guns	2 23:29 Injun Bucket8891 [11127]
Firefighters battle 6 fires in Gaza border area caused by incendiary balloons	0 [11125]
Turkish teacher thanks supporters after Mongolia thwarts suspected kidnap	1 11:36 Sock Puppet of Doom [11129]
Iranian Kurds jailed, fined, lashed for backing independence referendum	0 [11127]
Did the Houthis sink a warship or hit an oil tanker?	4 14:41 3dc [11133]
Maute militant killed in Lanao firefight	0 [11128]
ISIS IED expert, 12 less distinguished turbans killed in Nangarhar province	3 08:47 M. Murcek [11127]
Duterte invites the Abu Sayyaf to peace talks	0 [11129]
UK terrorist jailed over murder plot on Prince George stabbed in jail	2 08:45 M. Murcek [11128]
Syrian Army strikes several jihadist sites in southern Idlib	0 [11126]
ISIL’s reign in southwest Syria nears its end as SAA troops liberate more towns	4 15:18 trailing wife [11128]
UAE-backed forces falter in latest large-scale offensive in central Yemen	0 [11125]
ISIS threatens to burn alive women, children kidnapped from Al-Sweida	2 10:27 Pearl Gleasing3315 [11129]
72 year old Syrian woman fends off ISIS terrorists with AK-47, saves grandchildren	3 10:58 DooDahMan [11128]
Syrian Army’s assault spreads to northern Hama after jihadist rebels attack NDF post	0 [11128]
Gunmen storm Jalalabad medical building	0 [11126]
Two Islamic State members killed in confrontations against police, southwest of Kirkuk	0 [11126]
SDF and Syrian Government Agree to End War	0 [11128]
Nine security personnel killed, injured in attack, west of Anbar	0 [11123]
Yemeni army advances in al-Jawf as Houthis suffer significant losses	1 10:39 Pearl Gleasing3315 [11129]
Syrians celebrate retaking town near Israel-occupied Golan	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey's Erdogan warns US over sanctions threat	2 17:30 Rob Crawford [11129]
Trump 'Extends Lebanon Sanctions Because of Hizbullah'	0 [11124]
Life returns to Egypt's Sinai city despite anti-jihadist war	0 [11127]
Report: Obama administration transferred $ 115,000 to a designated al-Qaeda Affiliate	8 12:07 JohnQC [11129]
Activists on flotilla heading to Gaza realize nobody cares	7 12:09 JohnQC [11131]
US dedicates $70 million to Nineveh's religious minorities	0 [11126]
How BRICS Plus clashes with the US economic war on Iran	7 15:33 trailing wife [11127]
Iran to sue US over sanctions on handmade Persian rugs	1 10:54 Pearl Gleasing3315 [11125]
Hundreds of Syrian refugees return home from Lebanon	0 [11128]
Iran to respond in kind if interests endangered: IRGC commander	5 11:13 Mercutio [11130]
Lebanese minister accuses Joumblatt of conspiring against Syrian Druze	0 [11126]
Cairo court sentences 75 protesters to death	0 [11127]
Refugees flee violence in Cameroon into neighbouring Nigeria	0 [11131]
Seven things Pakistan's election results reveal	0 [11123]
Saudi ambassador to UN: Security Council inaction allowed Iran to arm Houthis	0 [11125]
Iraq sacks five local election officials on corruption charges	0 [11124]
Tehran supplying Taliban with Iranian-made weapons, says Afghan MP	1 10:30 trailing wife [11125]
Jamaat loses Dir stronghold to PTI	0 [11124]
Two PML-N activists injured in Mansehra shoot 'em up	0 [11124]
MMA stages rallies in KP against alleged rigging in elections	0 [11126]
Taliban say they spoke with a US official for peace negotiations	0 [11123]
Pak: PTI largest party with 115 NA seats	0 [11123]
KP police arrest two suspects for shooting dog wrapped in party flag	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
CDC: Firearm-Related Homicides Surged During Obama's Last 2 Years in Office	3 17:32 Rob Crawford [11128]
Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Physically Wrecking Liberals	15 16:01 Skidmark [11130]
Trump Anxiety Syndrome Is Now A Thing	6 12:14 JohnQC [11125]
Senate introduces bill to streamline commercial space regulations	4 16:02 Skidmark [11129]
Judge Questions School's Sex Assault Training After Male Student Sues	2 08:16 AlanC [11129]
Lao dam disaster points to Communist Party failings	12 12:20 The peanut gallery [11129]
Levant region is currently going through its worst drought in around 900 years	12 19:36 Zenobia Floger6220 [11132]
Russian hackers focusing on US power grid more than electoral systems	3 16:03 Skidmark [11125]
Cambodia's Hun Sen set for re-election in largely unopposed poll	1 00:28 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11123]
Zimbabwe elections: Mnangagwa and Chamisa hold final rallies	0 [11127]
Daniel Ortega's brother urges him to disband paramilitary forces	1 08:26 AlanC [11130]
Jordanian immigrant found guilty of murder in Houston ‘honor killings’	3 10:03 Procopius2k [11128]
Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones	7 13:12 Zhang Fei [11126]
Poll duty kept Jahanian police from investigating rape victim's case	0 [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Russian Phobia Hides Our Biggest Adversary - China	13 22:15 trailing wife [11130]
Trump's Secret Identity	13 23:36 Injun Bucket8891 [11131]
The most racist state	6 23:33 Injun Bucket8891 [11131]
The new explosive drone threat from Gaza	4 14:08 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Iran’s attack on Bab al-Mandeb	1 10:56 trailing wife [11128]
Claims of religious ‘disability’	3 16:44 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11129]
Sectarianism is stronger than corruption	3 16:43 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Page 6: Politix
Washington Post asks for help identifying Trump's golf partners	9 17:29 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Democratic-Socialist Explains How She'll Raise a Trillion Here, A Trillion There	12 14:24 Abu Uluque [11130]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
6	Islamic State
5	Govt of Iran
5	Govt of Syria
3	Houthis
2	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
2	Commies
2	Hamas
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Sublime Porte
2	Taliban
1	Hezbollah
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Nusra
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Haqqani Network

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2018-07-29
Duterte invites the Abu Sayyaf to peace talks

Sat 2018-07-28
Police enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, clash with worshipers in Temple Mount riots

Fri 2018-07-27
Imran to be next PM

Thu 2018-07-26
Houthis send missiles at tankers transiting from the Red Sea

Wed 2018-07-25
Russian Air Force launches more than 40 airstrikes over southwest Syria

Tue 2018-07-24
2 Syrian missiles with half-ton warheads trigger Israel's anti-missile system

Mon 2018-07-23
Several dead in Kabul suicide blast as exiled VP Dostum returns

Sun 2018-07-22
Iraq protests death toll reaches 11 amid ongoing popular unrest

Sat 2018-07-21
Rebels handover more towns to ISIS in southwest Syria

Fri 2018-07-20
Senegal convicts 13 suspected Boko Haram fighters

Thu 2018-07-19
26 persons killed in regime offensive on Daraa and Qunaitra

Wed 2018-07-18
15 Afghan Taliban killed in attack by suspected IS rivals

Tue 2018-07-17
Israeli army drills for Gaza incursion, in apparent warning to Hamas

Mon 2018-07-16
Boko Haram overruns Nigerian military base

Sun 2018-07-15
Palestinian killed in mysterious Gaza blast identified as head of rocket unit

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