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8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Texas border agents discover 36 illegal immigrants hidden beneath faulty dirt floor in dump truck: officials	0 [11128]
Iran to execute Amir Rahimpour, convicted of spying for the CIA	0 [11137]
ISIS claims attacked Egypt-Israel gas line, gas flow undisrupted	0 [11135]
How drones have come to dominate the battlefield	6 09:12 bernardz [11130]
Two drones downed near Syria's Hmeimim air base: State TV	0 [11127]
Girls school set on fire in the northern Takhar	0 [11131]
Molotov cocktail explodes on border policeman in Hebron	0 [11131]
Paris metro passengers stop Arab men from harassing Jewish man	2 08:20 Woodrow [11131]
IDF reinforces Iron Dome batteries in the South	0 [11132]
Gaza balloon units threaten to use tear gas balloons in coming days	4 15:48 SteveS [11135]
US Military Kills Al-Shabaab Fighter In Southern Somalia	0 [11132]
Haftar gets #Jordan's #Chinese drones	1 11:30 swksvolFF [11131]
Heavy fighting on the Salah AlDin front #Tripoli heavy losses amongst the Syrians mercenaries of the #GNA	0 [11127]
#LNA airstrike conducted south of AbuGrian resulting in the distraction of 12 #GNA armed vehicles	0 [11128]
New video has emerged of #GNA #militias using our African brothers as #slaves	2 11:49 swksvolFF [11128]
8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities	1 02:35 g(r)omgoru [11132]
#UK to end early release of terror convicts after stabbings	5 15:43 M. Murcek [11131]
Turkish military convoy of approximately 20 vehicles entered from the Kafr Lossin border crossing point	1 08:23 Woodrow [11135]
Turkish forces hit 54 targets in Idlib and ‘neutralized’ 76 Syrian government soldiers	4 19:39 Zhang Fei [11136]
Protester stabbed to death during confrontations in #AlHilla	0 [11134]
Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters, also known as blue hats, beat and kick Iraqi protesters to oppress the revolution	0 [11129]
#Cyprus authorities brought 87 irregular #Syrian migrants safely to shore, police said Monday	0 [11132]
#Protesters set tyres on fire, blocking #AlHadarat bridge in #Nasiriya	0 [11131]
#Iraqi #protesters in #Babil vow that they will continue protests until their demands are met	0 [11128]
#Iraqi #protesters in #Baghdad's #TahrirSquare reiterate their rejection of the appointment of #MohammedAllawi	0 [11128]
Top commander in Iran’s Quds Force, close to Soleimani, killed in Aleppo battle	4 12:48 lord garth [11126]
4 Iranian separatists arrested in Europe for spying, terror plot	0 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
More soldiers won't help Mali, talks with jihadists might: U.N.	12 20:10 Alaska Paul [11136]
Afghan casualties and attrition are outpacing recruitment and retention	0 [11130]
US Judge Refuses To Vacate Somali Pirate’s Sentence	7 12:08 SteveS [11134]
Kenya Must Arrest Escaped Jubaland Minister To Face Trial In Mogadishu	0 [11129]
#Turkey, #Ukraine pledge steps to boost economic ties	1 08:32 Woodrow [11126]
EU's Borrell voices concern over breaches of arms embargo on Libya	0 [11126]
Ex #Gaddafi Libyan official Gaddaf Al-Dam: We will take up arms to fight the #Turkish invasion	4 22:01 swksvolFF [11133]
Representatives of the warring parties in Libya were meeting in Geneva on Monday in a UN-sponsored joint military commission	0 [11130]
Uganda will open an embassy in Jerusalem soon	0 [11127]
Lebanon’s Cabinet set to adopt a policy statement laying out an ambitious range of economic and political reforms which will include ‘painful and necessary’ steps	2 08:18 Lex [11126]
Major banks in Lebanon began tightening banking controls this month, halving the amount of dollars depositors are allowed to withdraw every month	0 [11132]
Iran is ready to cooperate with the European Union on issues related to the nuclear deal	0 [11125]
Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan urges Russia to ‘assume its obligations’ in Syria’s Idlib	0 [11128]
#Israel and #Sudan have agreed to move towards forging normal relations for the first time	0 [11133]
Iran ends cooperation with Ukraine on plane crash probe	1 07:04 Uleck Spererong9442 [11130]
Kushner says there’ll be no Palestinian recognition if peace plan goals unmet	1 12:22 rjschwarz [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Horrifying video of Afghan woman cowering in a hole as she is stoned to death by a furious crowd shouting 'hit her' and 'Allahu Akbar' is investigated by rights group	2 20:36 Lex [11132]
Scientists create an artificial 'virus' which can track down and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria without being spotted by the immune system	2 16:58 DarthVader [11126]
Millions of rabies-infected dogs are being slaughtered for meat in 'drowning pits' watched over by a chained-up monkey in a 'scene from hell' in Cambodia, charity finds	0 [11129]
Mark Steyn - Rooting for Rush	2 10:30 Frank G [11130]
FGM kills 12-year-old in Egypt as illegal practice resists eradication	0 [11132]
We bought a crumbling French château - but restoring it was no fairytale	15 17:25 Mike Kozlowski [11129]
Book review: Heaten & Lewis 'The Four-War Boer - The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler'	1 08:42 Woodrow [11130]
Trump says U.S. has 'shut down' coronavirus threat; China shuns U.S. help	11 23:35 Besoeker [11131]
Video: CNN Iowa Caucus Intro -- CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT?!	56 17:01 Herb McCoy [11140]
Woman Pleads Guilty to Beating Child to Death for Eating Cupcake	4 09:00 Lex [11128]
French fisheries banned from northern sea post Brexit	3 11:02 Barbara [11130]
New #coronavirus seems to mutate rather fast	2 08:56 Woodrow [11126]
US incarceration capital Louisiana racks up an execution-free decade despite having 68 inmates sitting on death row	6 14:29 USN, Ret. [11132]
First openly gay fed judge Deborah Batts, set to preside over Michael Avenatti's trial for stealing money from Stormy Daniels, dead at 72	4 09:20 DarthVader [11130]
Whistleblower is arrested in China after secretly filming ‘piles of body bags at a hospital in coronavirus ground zero Wuhan'	12 14:02 Frank G [11131]
US Air Force's secretive $600 million B-21 Raider stealth bomber with blade-like wings designed for carrying out precise H-bomb strikes is revealed in new artist renderings	6 15:18 Skidmark [11135]
Navy arms sea drones for ocean attack	3 14:23 The peanut gallery [11126]
Thailand 'cures' coronavirus with anti-HIV drug cocktail in 48 hours,	5 12:53 Skidmark [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Republicans Announce Plan To Pretend To Be Fiscally Conservative Again The Moment A Democrat Takes Office	2 15:33 mossomo [11130]
Trump To Deliver State Of The Union In Scuba Gear To Avoid Drowning In Liberal Tears	6 17:27 Lex [11132]
Dr. Francis Boyle Creator Of BioWeapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon	10 21:22 Beau [11133]
The Kimber Warrior review	1 07:52 M. Murcek [11137]
How the wellness industry is taking over travel	0 [11129]
The state of small business is strong	1 18:49 Dino McCoy5459 [11129]
Oman, Chad, and now Sudan: Israel and the wider MidEast puzzle	0 [11132]
A future Palestine: Dubai or Lebanon?	6 14:13 Lord garth [11131]
DNC Looking at getting Trump to join Dem Primaries to Stop Bernie	1 09:11 Lex [11130]
The Remainer elites are the true bigots of Brexit Britain	3 11:16 Barbara [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Trump Just KICKED CNN Out Of The SOTU Lunch, Outraged Democrat DEMANDS Boycott -Tim Pool	2 20:14 CrazyFool [11126]
Iowa Dem party blames caucus fiasco on ‘coding issue,' vows to release results ‘as soon as possible'	12 22:06 swksvolFF [11133]
No Tingle for Chris Matthews: "Trump Won... Dems Can't Organize a 3-Car Funeral..."; Dems Now Facing "Civil War"	3 18:17 Procopius2k [11133]
Trudeau cabinet minister: all news websites must now get a government licence	14 20:16 Slasing Clans8484 [11135]
Watch Biden Snap At 'Today' Show Anchor Over Hunter & Burisma Questions	8 19:15 jpal [11131]

    
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4	Govt of Iran
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Commies
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Hezbollah
2	Palestinian Authority
1	Islamic State
1	Hamas
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Pirates
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)

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Wed 2020-01-29
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