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Government of National Accord in Libya have officially requested that Turkey intervenes militarily in the civil war
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Airstrikes, Special Forces’ raids kill 9 Taliban militants in 3 provinces	0 [11131]
Cyprus arrests 3 Israelis amid probe into spy van	1 10:51 chris [11130]
Knife-wielding trio arrested after crossing Gaza fence	1 16:51 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Mortar shell fired from Gaza, drawing retaliatory Israeli strikes	0 [11126]
Suicide blast in Lakki Marwat, no casualties	0 [11128]
Two civilians martyred, three soldiers injured in Indian firing across LoC: ISPR	0 [11130]
Soldier martyred, 4 others injured in IED attack on troops carrying out fencing work near Pak-Afghan border	0 [11127]
Government of National Accord in Libya have officially requested that Turkey intervenes militarily in the civil war	4 06:15 Mercutio [11135]
Saudi concert stabbing suspect took orders from al-Qaeda in Yemen: Ekhbariya TV	0 [11124]
Five killed by car bomb in Turkish-controlled Syria region	0 [11131]
Three people killed in shooting in central Moscow	0 [11131]
Lebanon’s PM-designate Hassan Diab vows to form government quickly	0 [11129]
Iraqi forces launch massive operation along Syrian border	0 [11130]
US military rebuilds presence in northeast Syria by returning to 6 abandoned bases	4 17:35 Lex [11131]
Hezbollah bloc nominates Hassan Diab to head next gov’t	0 [11128]
Libyan National Army inches closer to central Tripoli despite Turkey’s warnings	0 [11129]
Syrian Army kicks off 2nd phase of Idlib offensive	0 [11125]
Turkish-backed Libyan forces fail to break through LNA lines in Tripoli	0 [11127]
8 Portuguese men charged with fighting for IS in Syria	0 [11129]
Border Patrol stops a truck crossing into Texas with 70 migrants, including children, packed into the back and 'tagged like cattle' in marked t-shirts	1 13:26 Skidmark [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon Announces Plans to Monitor Foreign Trainees' Social Media Posts	12 17:06 Lex [11129]
US Justice Department seeks to revoke citizenship of Hamas supporter	1 06:16 Mercutio [11133]
Suspect in 2017 Paris killing of Jewish woman won’t stand trial	8 22:48 Clineger Throluth3975 [11136]
Iran leader urges deeper Muslim monetary links to fight US ‘hegemony’	1 03:45 Procopius2k [11127]
Arab League warns Brazil over Jerusalem moves	6 20:00 Lex [11131]
US denounces Iran rights abuses, imposes sanctions on judges	0 [11131]
Phones of Pakistani officials allegedly targeted by Israeli spyware	1 01:18 Dron66046 [11135]
New York State providing $10 million to protect religious institutions	4 12:42 swksvolFF [11130]
#Germany’s governing parties are calling for a ban of the Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah	0 [11129]
Members of powerful Ampatuan clan charged with 2009 #MaguindanaoMassacre in which 57 people died	0 [11133]
No military solution to Libyan conflict: Italy	2 03:36 Procopius2k [11130]
#KhalifaHaftar warns that his his army would target any Turkish forces entering Libya	0 [11128]
Judge not of sound mind, says attorney general on Musharraf treason verdict	0 [11126]
‘A live person can be hanged but not a dead body under the law of the land’	3 13:35 Dron66046 [11127]
Pakistani nation, Army two names of one thing: Sirajul Haq	0 [11131]
India immorally, illegally annexed Kashmir: Syed Ali Gilani	3 17:15 Procopius2k [11128]
'Justice is never the mob': Legal fraternity weighs in on shocking paragraph in Musharraf treason verdict	0 [11123]
7 new polio cases take national total to 111 this year	2 17:02 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Turkey’s lira slides to its weakest level in daily trade since May after the government’s latest heavy-handed effort to curb market volatility	6 13:21 Lex [11125]
US probe of Aramco attack shows it came from north, says report	0 [11128]
Supporters of Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf stage a protest in Karachi	0 [11126]
Political deadlock delays choice of new PM to steer Iraq out of crisis	0 [11130]
Two persons die of injuries suffered in violent protests against India’s new citizenship law	0 [11129]
No threat in review of the roughly 850 Saudi military students currently studying in the US	3 11:25 g(r)omgoru PB [11126]
Pakistan to fire judge who wants Musharraf’s body hanged	0 [11124]
#US Congress authorizes $500 million for American-Israeli missile defense cooperation	1 08:51 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11127]
Report: Shin Bet tried to recruit Hamas activists with aim of hitting organization's rockets	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Drug-resistant dysentery emerges among gay men	8 22:51 KBK [11129]
Roundup suit lawyer accused of $200 million extortion plot	1 20:01 Frank G [11139]
Vatican tribunal now overwhelmed by clergy abuse cases	0 [11127]
Iowa man sentenced to 16 years for setting LGBTQ flag on fire	17 18:21 chris [11126]
Revealing the funny side of the ‘Mossad'	4 18:41 Rambler in Virginia [11127]
Merck receives FDA approval for Ebola vaccine	1 03:56 g(r)omgoru [11130]
267 million peoples' personal information leaked through Facebook	1 01:52 M. Murcek [11124]
UN peacekeepers in Haiti ‘fathered hundreds of babies' then abandoned mothers	4 23:15 Rob Crawford [11135]
SpaceX to offer internet (Starlink) in southern states before 2020 hurricane season.	2 21:56 Skidmark [11130]
Air Force to create a giant primary mirror in space to see hypersonic missiles.	1 21:57 Skidmark [11132]
It begins: Virginia forms active militia to protect sheriffs, citizens from unconstitutional laws	19 21:59 Skidmark [11132]
Activists hail S African court ruling over boy's pit toilet death	0 [11124]
Malnutrition curses the children of Venezuela	6 14:22 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Man stands straight after three decades	2 01:11 CrazyFool [11126]
Wakanda free trade forever? Fictional nation removed from trade list	5 15:49 AlanC [11126]
Moving train falls apart due to fishplate detachment in Sindh	2 22:13 Cheaderhead [11134]
Boy, 6, thrown from gallery balcony, starts to speak again	1 10:31 Warthog [11128]
Putin says Russia is not planning to create a military alliance with China	3 04:10 Angating the Wide5629 [11126]
UK will begin trade negotiations with non-EU economies and introduce a new immigration system	0 [11128]
18-year-old woman who was set on fire by a man she accused of rape dies	0 [11126]
Canada to US: Don’t sign China deal until Canadians released	7 21:22 Frank G [11133]
‘Act of evil’: 15 horses shot and killed in bizarre Kentucky hunt	3 05:23 Bright Pebbles [11126]
Woman, 19, is facing life in prison for killing a man who 'raped her and sold her for sex' - after judge rules she cannot use law that shields trafficking victims as a defense	6 16:48 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Psychiatrists are the most likely type of doctor to be caught speeding while cardiologists own more Ferraris than their medical peers, finds study	2 12:03 swksvolFF [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
How Democrats Could Undo Trump's Lasting Legacy in the Courts	10 20:15 ruprecht [11133]
CTH: NYT - John Durham Seeking CIA Director Brennan Communications….	11 19:49 Lex [11133]
Former British MI6 agent weighs in on POTUS: Pierce Brosnan praises economy under Trump	5 16:26 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Santa Claus Accused Of Quid Pro Quo For Giving Children Gifts In Exchange For Good Behavior	1 02:11 Lex [11128]
The 12 Days of Trump	0 [11125]
Location Data Companies	13 21:45 mossomo [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Ruthless Joe Biden Admits He'll Sacrifice Hundreds of Thousands of Blue-Collar Workers for His Green Dream	5 20:15 Procopius2k [11135]
Hunter Biden allegedly refusing to answer 'basic' finance questions in paternity suit	9 16:55 g(r)omgoru [11137]
Ilhan Omar is called an adulteress in court as her Democratic aide lover and his wife formally divorce	14 17:09 Abu Uluque [11130]
It's Official: House Dems Close Up Shop Without Sending Articles of Impeachment to Senate	13 20:43 Varmint Splat1454 [11133]
Prosecutor Durham Looking into Ex-CIA Director Brennan's Role in Russia Hoax	2 11:42 JohnQC [11128]
DARPA director stepping down.	3 13:21 Nero [11124]

    
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                        22:51 KBK

                        22:48 Clineger Throluth3975

                        22:13 Cheaderhead

                        21:59 Skidmark

                        21:59 Unomosh Lumumba1255

                        21:57 Skidmark

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                        21:45 mossomo

                        21:22 Frank G

                        21:20 Frank G

                        21:04 Tarzan Ebbolet7389

                        20:56 Tarzan Ebbolet7389

                        20:43 Varmint Splat1454

                        20:18 Procopius2k

                        20:15 Procopius2k

                        20:15 ruprecht

                        20:12 Procopius2k

                        20:01 Frank G

                        20:00 Lex

                        19:49 Lex

                        19:37 Frank G

                        19:23 Unosh Hupinelet8756

                        19:21 DarthVader

Who's in the News
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8	Govt of Pakistan
5	Sublime Porte
4	Hamas
3	Islamic State
3	Commies
3	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Iran
2	Human Trafficking
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	Arab Spring
1	Taliban
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Moslem Colonists

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-12-20
Government of National Accord in Libya have officially requested that Turkey intervenes militarily in the civil war

Thu 2019-12-19
ISIS captures new ground in eastern Syria after launching powerful attack against Syrian Army forces

Wed 2019-12-18
Assailants attack several protest camps in north and south Lebanon

Tue 2019-12-17
Backer of Iraq anti-government protests killed in Baghdad

Mon 2019-12-16
Iran claims the whole Persian Gulf. Both sides!

Sun 2019-12-15
Attempt to assassinate the son of the political spokesman of Muqtada al-Sadr

Sat 2019-12-14
Haftar-led Libyan Army claims new advance near Tripoli

Fri 2019-12-13
Triumphant Boris hails landslide win gives him ‘power to get Brexit done’

Thu 2019-12-12
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Wed 2019-12-11
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Tue 2019-12-10
Jersey City shooting - possibly 6 dead at JC Kosher grocery

Mon 2019-12-09
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