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Protesters burn the Hezbollah headquarters in Iraq
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IDF laying new infrastructure to detect sounds of Hezbollah digging	5 13:11 SteveS [11129]
Coalition: 10 ISIS terrorists, massive amounts of weapons seized by Iraqi forces	0 [11129]
Four people were killed in a car bombing in Somalia that apparently targeted Turkish engineers working on a road near the capital Mogadishu	1 08:07 Skidmark [11129]
A Tunisian court sentences eight people to death for 2015 attack on presidential guard bus that killed 12	0 [11129]
Clashes between angry protesters and security forces in Lebanon’s capital Beirut injures more than 160 people from both sides	0 [11129]
The death toll from the Houthi missile attack on a Yemeni military training camp in the city of Marib rises to 60 with dozens wounded	0 [11124]
Protesters burn the Hezbollah headquarters in Iraq	2 10:48 Barbara [11138]
#LNA airstrike on north of AbuGrian ( south of #misrata) heavy losses at lest 35 exterminated	0 [11125]
Talibunnies back to torching oil semis.	3 09:34 Skidmark [11131]
TRT openly confirming ethnic cleansing in Rojava	0 [11130]
Taliban Torch Police HQ in Zabul, '16 Policemen Surrendered'	1 08:09 Skidmark [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Secret document shows Iran's nuclear weapon plans go back to 2002 – report	1 11:46 Mike Kozlowski [11126]
Dozens of German cities petition to take in more refugees	6 15:57 JohnQC [11129]
Hundreds of law enforcement agencies are using a new facial recognition app that can reveal names and addresses of unknown individuals by comparing them to THREE BILLION images scraped from the internet	8 21:37 Lex [11130]
European Commission considers five-year ban on use of facial recognition technology in public places	0 [11125]
The ‘villainous’ United States government is lying about standing with the people of Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says	1 10:53 gorb [11124]
Syria's al-Hol camp residents feel winter’s bitter cold as aid delivery dwindles	0 [11128]
‘I Want Trump Out!’: Migrants Plan To Cross US Border Once Trump Leaves Office	11 20:12 Fat Bob Javish1936 [11128]
French President Emmanuel Macron and wife rushed from Paris theater after protesters tried to disrupt performance	1 07:44 Raj [11132]
Iran is sending to Ukraine the black boxes of the Ukrainian passenger plane that its military shot down this month	5 17:41 magpie [11131]
US President Donald Trump gives a minute-to-minute account of the US drone strikes that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani	0 [11129]
President Michel Aoun and caretaker PM Saad Hariri ask the army and security commanders to restore calm in central Beirut	2 07:39 Besoeker [11127]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu lashes out at Greece for hosting Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar	0 [11128]
Berlin conference: Sarraj might not attend, US wants permanent ceasefire, Egypt’s El-Sisi arrives, Tunisia stays home	0 [11124]
Azawiyah Tribal Council: We will stop pumping oil whose revenues go to a government that is bringing in mercenaries to kill the people of #Libya.	0 [11126]
LNA spox: ‘[Erdogan] supported ISIS, other terror orgs in their efforts to kill Kurds, destroy their cities, cripple their economy’, Turkish NGOs actually MIT front	6 20:09 trailing wife [11130]
Map of Iranian missile ranges.	1 06:41 Mercutio [11125]
ISKP in Kunar (Afghanistan) using timber for funding	0 [11128]
Threat from African Militant Islamist Groups Expanding, Diversifying	2 09:41 Besoeker [11129]
Iran and India to expedite work on rail links to Afghanistan	0 [11124]
EU cuts pre-accession aid to Turkey by 75%	0 [11129]
HRW Says Rabat Kept Belgian-Moroccan for Years in 'Abusive Solitary'	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Israeli comic book team wins Japan's International Manga Award	0 [11128]
Kathy Bates on MeToo: 'In my day, if you went to a guy's hotel room, you knew why you were going'	5 12:49 charger [11133]
South African Airforce Hercules C-130 Crash-Lands at Goma Airport in Democratic Republic of Congo.	2 11:55 Mike Kozlowski [11136]
The dangerous downsides of a fitness addiction	2 11:16 CrazyFool [11129]
Davos 2020: What is the World Economic Forum and is it elitist?	1 11:07 Herb McCoy [11128]
LGBTQ 'Teacher of the Year' or something, takes knee to protest Orange Man	4 19:18 Procopius2k [11128]
Pres. Trump's top Russia expert on National Security Council is 'escorted off the White House grounds amid a security investigation'	3 18:53 trailing wife [11130]
Cult ‘anointed by God' kills 7 in Panama Jungle	3 15:34 Frank G [11127]
Commander of Guantanamo Bay faces up to 75 years in jail after lying about having fight with man whose wife he was having an affair with on the night he mysteriously died	5 15:16 JohnQC [11131]
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho has been replaced	4 12:52 charger [11130]
SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Sunday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule	4 10:40 3dc [11127]
That awkward moment when the #UN talks about labour exploitation and then posts an ad for a full-time unpaid internship	1 15:19 JohnQC [11125]
China reports new virus cases, raising concern globally before key holiday	0 [11125]
Mother and daughter psychics get prison time for $1.4 million fraud	2 09:12 M. Murcek [11126]
Bail denied for man charged in shooting that wounded 13 at Englewood party	2 19:21 Procopius2k [11127]
11-year-old girl rescued after she's abducted getting off school bus	7 15:10 Angaigum Whaiger2021 [11130]
Puerto Rico's emergency services director fired after warehouse discovered with supplies from Hurricane Maria	10 17:25 Mullah Richard [11131]
Some 1950s/60s era fun....	2 15:53 Fred [11131]
Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller	19 22:54 Lex [11127]
The Simo Häyhä story	5 18:27 trailing wife [11132]
China destroying Muslim graveyards	6 11:19 Iblis [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
Harvard Law Review paper suggests radical proposal that divides D.C. into 127 new states to eliminate Electoral College	13 15:50 JohnQC [11129]
120 Members of Congress Send Letters of Support to Hamas-Linked Group	7 15:48 JohnQC [11128]
Florida taxpayers shouldn't be forced to pay for transgender surgeries	4 10:36 Clem [11127]
NBC News: It May Be Illegal to Vote for President Trump and the Government Should Take Action	17 13:39 Tom [11130]
SIGAR Files and a REAL Whistleblower: Gen. Michael Flynn's Interview that blasted Zero & Clapper's NSA/CIA	3 15:40 JohnQC [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Bloomberg can delay financial disclosure until after Super Tuesday	2 17:04 DooDahMan [11136]
The FBI Wants To Treat Carter Page Warrant Mistakes Like Training Problems. A Court Adviser Says That's Not Enough.	4 15:27 JohnQC [11129]
How five members of Joe Biden's family got rich through his connections	2 15:43 JohnQC [11129]

    
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6	Govt of Iran
4	Sublime Porte
3	Islamic State
3	Hezbollah
3	Arab Spring
2	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Commies
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-01-19
Protesters burn the Hezbollah headquarters in Iraq

Sat 2020-01-18
Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US troops in Afghanistan

Fri 2020-01-17
Iraqi police arrest ISIS religious official in eastern Mosul

Thu 2020-01-16
Five killed as Sudan crushes revolt by security agents

Wed 2020-01-15
Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers

Tue 2020-01-14
Project Veritas #Expose2020 Part 1: Bernie Sanders Field Organizer Suggests Gulags to Help ‘Nazified’ Trump Voters

Mon 2020-01-13
Corey Booker Throws In The Towel

Sun 2020-01-12
Detention of UK's ambassador to Tehran (released an hour later)

Sat 2020-01-11
Iran fesses up, admits they shot down airliner

Fri 2020-01-10
Iran invites American investigators to take part in the probe into PS752 plane incident that killed 176 people on board

Thu 2020-01-09
U.S. Officials Confirm Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner

Wed 2020-01-08
Iran informs the United Nations and #UNSC that they ''do not seek war and warn of any military adventures"

Tue 2020-01-07
Iraq Under Missile Attack From Iran

Mon 2020-01-06
3 Americans Dead, 6 Aircraft Destroyed Or Damaged, Including A Rare Spy Plane, In #Kenya Attack

Sun 2020-01-05
Iran Puts $80M Bounty on Trump's Head for Soleimani Hit

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