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26 killed in rocket attack on wedding party in Helmand
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Joint forces launch offensive on ISIS sites in southern Mosul	2 12:50 Pappy [11125]
Kurdish Peshmerga forces advance on ISIS in southern Erbil	2 23:36 OldSpook [11128]
MoD announces liberating Al-Maamil area	0 [11129]
Iraqi forces repel ISIS attack on Ramadi, kill dozens of ISIS fighters in air-ground battle	0 [11131]
ISIL detonates Qayara Bridge southern Mousl	3 16:56 Frank G [11130]
10 ISIS elements killed in clashes western Fallujah	0 [11129]
5 pilgrims injured in Samara	0 [11125]
ISIS blows up Salahuddin Provincial Council building in Tikrit	0 [11131]
Stray donkey causes chaos in most important ISIS strongholds in Diyala	5 20:58 JosephMendiola [11128]
ASWJ Pindi president in police custody	0 [11124]
Convict in Musharraf attack case hanged	0 [11124]
Pakistani fighter jets kill 23 suspected militants in NWA	0 [11127]
Iran in New Deal to Boost Iraq Army	3 22:37 JosephMendiola [11132]
Yemen Suicide Bomber Kills 33 at Shiite Celebration	0 [11127]
Pakistani and Indian soldiers again exchange fire, 3 killed	0 [11124]
26 killed in rocket attack on wedding party in Helmand	0 [11128]
Three militants gunned down in Ingushetia	0 [11126]
Brains behind teens' kidnapping convicted by military court	0 [11126]
Kurds in new Islamic State group offensive in Iraq	0 [11128]
Bosnian indicted over recruiting militants for Syria and Iraq	0 [11126]
US-led forces launch 10 air strikes in Syria, Iraq	0 [11127]
Israeli security forces arrest veiled Palestinian woman after chase	0 [11129]
Afghanistan: 3 killed as police thwart bombing	0 [11126]
Clashes break out between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in Gush Etzion	3 10:17 jvalentour [11126]
Bomb kills one at busy Philippine market	0 [11128]
Militants Torch Schools as Pakistan Extends Winter Vacations	0 [11127]
Molotov cocktail thrown at Palestinian home	0 [11125]
Thai terrorist killed in gun battle	0 [11127]
Somali army captures strategic town of Daynunay	0 [11127]
Two people shot dead in Mogadishu	0 [11128]
Shaboobs nabbed outside Mogadishu	0 [11128]
Clan fighting in Hiraan region kills 10	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Man arrested after throwing grenades, firing on police near office of Turkish PM	0 [11126]
Two Ebola cases confirmed in Mosul	7 22:39 JosephMendiola [11127]
Iran, Iraq ink agreement on transport cooperation	0 [11127]
Israel’s Mossad anticipates “Small Syria” in 2015	2 17:49 Zhang Fei [11127]
Abbas govt failed Gaza, says Hamas	0 [11127]
Tunisia’s new president pledges reconciliation	0 [11132]
KSA foils massive infiltration bid	0 [11124]
80 countries to participate in Marrakesh WAMY conference	0 [11128]
Police, Rangers killed 925 suspects across Karachi	0 [11126]
Lakhvi challenges arrest	0 [11125]
Infrastructure worth Rs1b turned into rubble in N. Waziristan	1 10:51 chris [11132]
Zardari supports establishment of military courts	0 [11124]
Kiwi jihadi fails to earn his OPSEC badge	0 [11127]
Jazeera journalists begin appeal against conviction in Cairo	1 09:25 Frank G [11125]
Merkel condemns 'racism' as anti-Islam marches grow	0 [11127]
Kadyrov: Slain militants had planned dozens of attacks	0 [11126]
Pentagon confirms fatal strike on al-Shabab intel chief	0 [11130]
Iran: Our forces in Iraq and Syria outnumber Hezbollah's	0 [11128]
U.N. to Resume Full Rations to Refugees in Kenya	0 [11125]
Palestinian man said crushed to death at checkpoint	1 07:16 Shipman [11128]
Saudi Arabia: Israelis banned, but Jews now allowed to work here	3 20:44 Rambler in Virginia [11126]
Hamas blasts Abbas over unsuccessful UN bid	0 [11127]
US sends 5 Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement	1 09:15 AlanC [11129]
Abbas to apply to join ICC on Wednesday	1 18:15 John Frum [11130]
Michigan honors Bill Ayers and SDS with historical marker	5 17:08 Frank G [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Lugansk top field commander dies -- UPDATED	0 [11131]
FBI May Have Made An Embarrassing Mistake While Investigating The Sony Hack	5 22:44 JosephMendiola [11133]
Lena Dunham’s Republican rapist turns out to be none of those things	15 20:54 Woodrow Stalin1308 [11127]
NY Times to NYPD, Day 2: ‘Do Your Jobs’	15 20:56 Chunky Platypus1678 [11132]
Maduro Says Venezuela Oil Prices Drop to $48 Per Barrel, Blames the U.S.	13 23:38 Alaska Paul [11134]
Chinese Businessman Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail for Eating Three Tigers	4 22:49 JosephMendiola [11130]
The Changing Face of North Korea's Refugees	1 21:11 JosephMendiola [11129]
100 Migrants Scale Fence to Enter Spain's Melilla	0 [11131]
Turkey Sacks 4 Prosecutors behind Anti-Erdogan Graft Probe	0 [11127]
Saudi King Abdullah hospitalized for tests	1 07:21 BrerRabbit [11125]
Stampede In Shanghai	0 [11129]
Christian Billboard in Times Square Has a Message for ‘Intolerant Liberals’	0 [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Pak-India skirmish	1 23:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Imposing faith	0 [11127]
December 31, 1912	2 21:16 trailing wife [11133]
Winning: The Triumph Of Islamic Terrorism	2 13:43 Dale [11127]
2014 "End of Year" report-The Vineyard of the Saker	2 13:59 Shipman [11127]
Justice delayed, not denied in Bangladesh	0 [11127]
Words that wound	0 [11132]
Dagestani's IS pledge provokes backlash	0 [11131]
Hillary’s Webb of Paranoia	3 13:32 Abu Uluque [11125]
America needs to study the enemy within	6 17:41 AlanC [11135]
Page 6: Politix
What we learned about the American voter in 2014	7 17:46 AlanC [11135]
De Blasio re-appoints ‘set ‘em free’ Brooklyn judge	3 13:58 Besoeker [11132]
De Blasio aides urged allies to attack police unions over tactics	3 10:58 JohnQC [11133]

    
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                        23:00 JosephMendiola

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                        21:16 trailing wife

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                        20:56 Chunky Platypus1678

                        20:54 Woodrow Stalin1308

                        20:47 Hupineger Glomomp7489

                        20:44 Rambler in Virginia

                        20:38 European Conservative

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                        19:41 P2Kontheroad

                        18:45 Barbara

                        18:15 John Frum

                        17:49 Zhang Fei

                        17:46 AlanC

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Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Govt of Iran
2	Hamas
1	Commies
1	Islamic Emirate of Caucasus
1	al-Shabaab
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2015-01-01
26 killed in rocket attack on wedding party in Helmand

Wed 2014-12-31
Suicide bombing outside Libyan parliament in Tobruk wounds 11

Tue 2014-12-30
41 Militants Killed in Wave of Attacks in Cameroon

Mon 2014-12-29
Taliban declares 'defeat' of Nato

Sun 2014-12-28
AirAsia plane with 162 aboard disappears between Singapore and Malaysia

Sat 2014-12-27
14 ISIL terrorists captured in Ramadi

Fri 2014-12-26
Pakistani forces kill key planner of Peshawar school massacre

Thu 2014-12-25
ISIL bombard Baghdadi district with Chlorine gas

Wed 2014-12-24
Jordan Confirms IS Captured Pilot after Plane Went down in Syria

Tue 2014-12-23
Pak court suspends conviction of five attackers on Gujrat army camp

Mon 2014-12-22
Afghan forces launch operation in areas bordering Pakistan

Sun 2014-12-21
Seven Dead as Pakistan Hits Militant Hideouts

Sat 2014-12-20
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani: From Iraqi officer to slain ISIS deputy

Fri 2014-12-19
Dr Usman, Arshad Mehmood executed in Faisalabad

Thu 2014-12-18
Peshmerga launch massive offensive on ISIS sites in Zammar, Mosul

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