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Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning!	11 23:59 Zenobia Floger6220 [13]
ISIL Seizes Saddam-Era Non Existant Chemical Weapons Facility	8 19:42 mossomo [10]
Waziristan operation defining battle in nation's history: PM	0 [13]
Hamas and Fatah clash over conciliatory Abbas speech	0 [8]
Official: 150 Australians fighting in Syria, Iraq	5 23:52 Zenobia Floger6220 [12]
Hamas's plan to free prisoners has backfired	2 13:31 Squinty [8]
Five Hamas members killed in Gaza tunnel blast	3 13:24 Squinty [14]
Map: ISIL's path through Iraq	3 16:56 Shipman [6]
Building a Base for Iraq's Counteroffensive: The Role of U.S. Security Cooperation	6 23:09 JosephMendiola [16]
Taliban Targets NATO Supplies at Torkham Port	0 [8]
MQM MNA Tahira Asif passes away in Lahore hospital	0 [11]
Suicide attack on peace lashkar chief's house kills 2 in Peshawar	0 [15]
Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes	0 [17]
Two TTP suspects killed in 'encounters'	0 [10]
Faith healer among two shot dead	2 18:50 JohnQC [16]
44 foreign hostages released in Iraq	0 [5]
Iraqi Forces, Militants Battle for Oil Refinery	3 20:17 trailing wife [12]
Six killed, nearly dozen injured in Homs car bombing	0 [12]
17 killed in clash with Abu Sayyaf	1 00:42 Squinty [6]
Pakistan army North Waziristan offensive: Thousands flee	1 00:49 Squinty [10]
Page 2: WoT Background
YES! House votes to block A-10 retirement	8 23:10 JosephMendiola [11]
Israel receives first ever oil shipment from Iraqi Kurdistan	3 19:57 Besoeker [7]
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 1 million	1 10:46 Procopius2k [4]
Defense minister outlaws UK-based, Hamas-linked charity	0 [6]
PA accuses Israel of 'collective punishment' in West Bank	1 08:32 Procopius2k [8]
Israeli official names Hamas leader abroad as suspect behind kidnappings	1 17:14 Shipman [4]
ISIS or ISIL? Why militants' name spells confusion	5 19:54 Squinty [5]
Christians out of Mosul	1 14:57 Thusosh Untervehr8552 [5]
'Jihad Cool': The young Americans lured to fight for ISIS militants with rap videos, adventurism and first hand accounts of the 'fun' of guerrilla war	8 20:48 JosephMendiola [10]
Call to expel the US ambassador to Iraq	3 11:18 swksvolFF [6]
Mock exercise reveals police's true strength	0 [12]
Police asked to nominate Nawaz, Shahbaz in Lahore killings case	0 [8]
Targeted operation to be launched by Rangers, police in Islamabad	0 [12]
US ready for 'precise' military action in Iraq: Obama	3 20:58 JosephMendiola [9]
Opposition demands withdrawal of case against Qadri's son, supporters	0 [8]
No link between military operation and drone attacks: FO	0 [8]
Gullu Butt overshadows budget session	0 [10]
PAT to set up 'condolence camps'	0 [11]
Government says no to foreign help for N. Waziristan IDPs	0 [12]
Gullu Butt now in 'safe hands'	1 01:46 Steven [11]
As civil war looms Iraq asks US to launch air strikes on militants	2 15:04 abu do you love [7]
Iraq's PM rejects calls to quit	1 12:30 Squinty [4]
Kerry says US intervention not about helping Iraqi PM	2 12:28 DepotGuy [6]
Obama: US won't return to combat role in Iraq	3 22:56 JosephMendiola [10]
Iraqi Man Charged with War Crimes at Guantanamo Tribunal	1 07:23 ed in texas [6]
British government bans ISIL terrorist group	4 21:01 Pappy [11]
Abdullah supporters hold protest rally in Kabul	0 [7]
Democrats, Republicans playing political football over Benghazi attack: Don DeBar	1 15:22 Frank G [7]
US keeps over 6,000 security, backup forces in Iraq: Sources	1 16:36 Bright Pebbles [3]
White man speaking 'fluent English' was in charge of Kenya al-Shabaab attacks	1 13:00 Squinty [6]
Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad: Foreign intervention won't help	3 16:07 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [6]
Page 3: Non-WoT
For First Time Since WWII There Are More Than 50 Million Refugees	1 20:01 JosephMendiola [11]
SpaceX launch today at 6:08 PM Eastern Time	3 18:55 Squinty [6]
NRO Mission Opens Door For SpaceX/ULA Duel	1 01:50 3dc [8]
CIA once planned a demonic bin Laden 'action figure'	5 20:00 Uncle Phester [12]
Russia in secret plot against fracking, Nato chief says	4 05:01 Bright Pebbles [6]
Public Confidence in TV News at All-Time Low	8 16:17 3dc [5]
Istanbul court orders release of military officers	1 10:03 Pappy [7]
Ukraine's new president to sign EU pact	1 00:18 Squinty [8]
U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law	6 18:41 Squinty [6]
Philippines, US to Hold Naval Drills Near Disputed Shoal	6 23:14 JosephMendiola [14]
Russian hacker engineered dazzling worldwide crime spree	0 [6]
Felipe Pledges Spain's Renewal	5 18:53 Procopius2k [4]
Page 4: Opinion
White House beginning to consider conflicts in Syria and Iraq as single challenge	11 18:41 JohnQC [10]
The exodus begins	0 [10]
On state terrorism	0 [9]
Herald Exclusive: Axis of national security	2 14:08 Besoeker [8]
Zarb-i-Azb — Bad news for 'Good' Taliban?	0 [9]
Page 6: Politix
John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of 'criminal scheme'	16 19:54 OldSpook [6]
Espaillat for Congress	4 15:59 Pappy [8]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy Elected New GOP Leader	4 08:21 Procopius2k [9]
Steve Scalise Elected Majority Whip	1 13:19 Thumper Angilet4085 [8]
Romney the frontrunner in 2016?	8 17:25 Shipman [9]
Clinton says she didn't believe anti-Islam movie caused Benghazi attack	12 18:00 Zenobia Floger6220 [8]
US public faith in Congress falls again: Poll	8 22:04 trailing wife [10]
Tapper Calls Out Reid for Saying Dems Don't Have 'Many' Billionaires	2 12:30 airandee [7]
Chuck Todd and Ed Henry Caught Mocking McCain on Hot Mic	6 10:35 swksvolFF [5]

    
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Who's in the News
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15	Govt of Pakistan
8	Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant
4	TTP
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Shabaab
1	Abu Sayyaf

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2014-06-20
Zarb-i-Azb operation: 23 militants killed in fresh strikes

Thu 2014-06-19
Iraq Battles ISIL for Control of Baiji Refinery

Wed 2014-06-18
Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents

Tue 2014-06-17
Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants

Mon 2014-06-16
Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo

Sun 2014-06-15
Iraq Rebels Stall North of Baghdad

Sat 2014-06-14
Iran sends forces to Iraq as ISIS militants press forward

Fri 2014-06-13
Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border

Thu 2014-06-12
'They have lined the streets of Mosul with the heads of police and soldiers'

Wed 2014-06-11
Maliki asks for state of emergency

Tue 2014-06-10
Mosul Falls to Insurgency

Mon 2014-06-09
Sisi Sworn in as Egypt President, Vows 'No Leniency' for Violence

Sun 2014-06-08
Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport

Sat 2014-06-07
Heavy clashes, suicide bombings kill 36 in north Iraq

Fri 2014-06-06
Boko Haram kills "hundreds" in Nigeria

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