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Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	10 19:45 Ho Chi Darling of the Giants5137 [12]
French operations in Mali put 30 militants ‘out of action,’ as Barkhane builds Sahel Coalition coordination	0 [12]
Firebrand Arab Israeli cleric sentenced to 28 months for inciting terrorism	0 [14]
Turkey says it hit 115 Syrian targets after attacks on soldiers	2 15:32 Mullah Richard [11]
Prominent Taliban leader, in charge of high-tech weapons killed in an airstrike	0 [9]
29 Taliban militants killed, detained in airstrikes and Special Forces raids	0 [10]
Militia commander Ashraf Mami sells weapons the GNA received from Turkey and flees to Ukraine	3 11:38 Lex [3]
Sirte: General Criminal Investigation Force arrested a group of 8 from the GNA #militias of #Misrata preparing for terrorist bombings inside the city.	0 [3]
Libyan police force have captured a #terrorist cell planing to plant explosives around the city of #Benghazi	0 [3]
Islamist Syrian Mercenaries in Libya Make a Break for Italy	2 11:30 DarthVader [6]
Crisis in Lesbos as more refugees arrive	5 19:25 Lex [11]
LNA forces advancing south of Tajora and Abuslim	0 [1]
LNA airstrike zaps head of Misrata militia	0 []
Iraq's KRG sentences PKK terrorists who killed Turkish diplomat to death	0 [4]
School set on fire in Bodala area of #Takhar capital Taloqan has no relation with the Mujahidin of IEA	0 [3]
Security forces attack and arrest a number of school students demonstrating in #Maysan Governorate	0 [4]
Huge number of protesters flock to the sit-in staged in Al-Haboubi Sqaure in #Nasiriya	0 [1]
#Iraqi students of #Baghdad University stage a peaceful march towards #TahrirSquare	0 [3]
Nearly 700,000 civilians have been displaced by a renewed #Russian-backed #Syrian government offensive against the rebel-held northwest	0 [4]
#Turkish officials have told a visiting #Russian delegation that attacks on #Turkish observation posts in northwestern #Syria must be stopped immediately, after 10 Turkish casualties	0 [4]
#Militants targeted a convoy carrying food supplies south of #Baghdad using an explosive device	0 [8]
One protester was killed in #Iraq's southern city of #Nasiriyah after university security guards opened fire	0 [6]
Man plotted Madame Tussauds attack after 2018 terror acquittal	4 23:51 Guillibaldo and Tenille4557 [12]
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column	17 18:31 Frank G [13]
Al-Shabaab Militants Burn Construction Vehicles In Lamu	0 []
2 Arkansas police officers wounded in Walmart shooting; suspect shot	1 02:48 g(r)omgoru [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
For the first time in months, Egyptian security delegation visits the Gaza Strip	0 [13]
Diplomats say Abbas, lacking votes, pulls request for UN vote against Trump plan	0 [6]
Fearing instability and violence, Arabs ask Abbas to ‘lower the volume’	1 08:13 gorb [5]
US to extend waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy: Iraqi government officials	0 [2]
Turkish banking watchdog limits banks' forex transactions	0 [2]
AlSadr says in a statement that he seeks stability	1 10:52 Mullah Richard [4]
Tension High In Mandera Over Fugitive Somali Minister	0 [8]
India readying $2.6 billion U.S. naval helicopter deal ahead of Trump trip	0 [6]
State Department approves sale of $1.867 billion NASAMS-II system to India	20 23:19 Woodrow [16]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hacktivists and anti-secrecy groups like Anonymous and WikiLeaks 'pose as big a threat to the US as traditional espionage from ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah', government report reveals	0 [7]
Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide as global death toll tops 1,000	3 18:33 Glenmore [3]
Coronavirus outbreak 'very grave threat' for rest of world: WHO	1 13:54 Procopius2k [4]
'Mad Mike' Hoare, mercenary in Congo who later led a failed coup, dies at 100	3 14:54 Besoeker [3]
Virus has ‘attack rate’ of up to 80%	7 18:34 Glenmore [8]
A major New York police union declares open war on Mayor de Blasio	5 16:01 Chris [8]
A feel good post in case you want to stay at sea until the virus dies out...	5 18:36 Glenmore [4]
The Air Force just killed one of its hypersonic weapons programs	3 12:13 Hellfish []
Nearly 6,000 medical personnel from dozens of provinces and municipalities arrived in Wuhan on Sunday via 41 planes	3 20:03 jpal [6]
Mysterious (FRBs) signals from deep space is repeating in 16-day cycle	10 13:03 Guillibaldo and Tenille4557 [3]
OMG! Wuhan!	3 14:30 Whiskey Mike [3]
Frigid temperatures break records in Turkey's east, dropping to minus 40 degrees Celsius	4 08:33 gorb [2]
China's coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000 as optimism over disease control measures fades	0 [1]
All suspected coronavirus cases in Turkey turn out to be influenza	3 21:28 Skidmark [4]
Coronavirus infects 66 more passengers on Diamond Princess, bringing total to 130	2 12:52 Skidmark [5]
Florida teacher tried to get ‘8 ball’ of meth delivered at school	5 08:49 M. Murcek [1]
Jackson State University President resigns after arrest in prostitution sting	3 16:59 Lex [5]
Hollywood’s soapboxing drags Oscars to all-time low ratings	13 15:50 Guillibaldo and Tenille4557 [12]
NASA admits it would save $1.5 billion launching Europa Clipper on a commercial rocket.	3 06:58 Procopius2k [6]
Whose side should your country take in a conflict between the US and China? Europe is sitting this OUT.	19 21:21 Lex [7]
Feral Yout: B'Ballers at Shabazz HS in Newark attack, beat their own coach (video)	8 23:41 gorb [10]
Rick and Ivy Kohn Reed learn all about searing volcanic ash and toxic gases	10 18:30 flash91 [3]
Blogger and Putin critic Imran Aliev succombs to French hotel stay	7 09:45 Besoeker [7]
4 Chinese PLA members charged in Equifax data breach	2 11:00 Lex [6]
Page 4: Opinion
Pelosi's Lack of Decorum Is A Revelation	11 19:40 Lex [8]
Ilhan Omar Accused Of Appropriating Alabama Culture By Marrying Relative	6 17:42 JohnQC [8]
Comments From The Activist Ginsburg Bench - 'Equal Rights Amendment Would Herald Perfection'	9 20:07 magpie [11]
Page 6: Politix
Biden abruptly cancels New Hampshire primary party appearance, heads to South Carolina	5 19:42 Lex [12]
Emails Show Gov. John Kasich's Team Are Secretly Helping Biden, Hoping to Get	4 17:33 JohnQC [7]
Biden Sez Dems 'Could Run Mickey Mouse Against Trump' And Win	9 21:55 Cesare [12]
Clinton Foundation Whistleblowers: Doyle, Moynihan vs. IRS	15 12:17 Skidmark [5]
Barr announces sweeping new sanctions, 'significant escalation' against left-wing sanctuary cities	4 11:02 Lex [8]
Biden: ‘Thug Rudy Giuliani’ the Only One Who Has Said My Son Has ‘Done Anything Wrong’	6 21:14 Lex [6]
Judge Cancels General Flynn's Sentencing …Until Further Notice!	8 18:39 Glenmore [12]
Valerie Plame Accepts More Campaign Donations From Prominent Holocaust Denier	8 19:52 Alaska Paul [14]
Buttigieg Refers To ‘Dark Money' As ‘Black Money' In Front Of African-American Crowd	9 17:18 JohnQC [5]
'I already have a dog': Warren mocks Pence for subservience to Trump	8 12:03 Lex [5]
Trump Is Discussing Firing Corrupt Squirrel Boy ICIG Michael Atkinson	13 23:30 Woodrow [11]
Maxine Waters: White Dem Candidates ‘Have Blemishes on Their Record About Their Relationships with Black People’	15 23:32 Woodrow [14]
The Democrats’ Notorious RBG Maneuver	5 11:34 Iblis [6]
Democrats failed the debate question on Qassem Soleimani	1 19:06 Airandee [8]
College student slams Joe Biden after he calls her 'lying, dog-faced pony soldier'	22 18:12 swksvolFF [4]
GA Senate: Loeffler Clinches Crucial Pro-Life Endorsement	3 05:21 Besoeker [6]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Sublime Porte
5	Commies
5	Govt of Iraq
4	Arab Spring
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Taliban
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Islamic State
1	Muslim Brotherhood

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-02-11
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column

Mon 2020-02-10
Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose

Sun 2020-02-09
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2020-02-08
Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saifullah banged in Kabul

Fri 2020-02-07
Syria says its troops enter the strategic city of Saraqib in Idlib and begins ‘combing’ its neighborhoods

Thu 2020-02-06
Hazim Al-Halafi, a senior commander of Saraya Al-Salam dead

Wed 2020-02-05
Trump acquitted by Senate on articles of impeachment for abuse of power

Tue 2020-02-04
8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities

Mon 2020-02-03
Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims December shooting at Florida naval base

Sun 2020-02-02
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh assigns Mouhammed Tawfiq Allawi with forming a new government

Sat 2020-02-01
Qassim al-Rimi, the head of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen tits up.

Fri 2020-01-31
Senate Votes 51-49 Against Witnesses and Documents

Thu 2020-01-30
#Hamas rejects ‘conspiracies’ as #Trump unveils Mideast plan

Wed 2020-01-29
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Tue 2020-01-28
Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'

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