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Drone Strike Kills Local Qaida Chief in Yemen
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [11123]
New Year’s Eve Terror Plot Foiled, Radical Islamists Arrested	0 [11122]
Russia arrests 7 suspects over IS terror plots	0 [11122]
Good morning	2 08:34 Procopius2k [11122]
US official confirms top IS group commander Abu Jandal Al-Kuwaiti killed in Syria	0 [11122]
ISIS 'war committee' member killed in airstrike near Raqqa	0 [11122]
2 Army men injured, LeT militants flee from cordon	1 09:13 Frank G [11131]
Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham says has 'reservations' about Syria agreement	0 [11123]
100,000 people face harsh conditions as Assad forces pound Wadi Barada	1 08:03 No nym provided [11123]
U.S.-backed SDF takes new ground from ISIS near Raqqa	0 [11122]
Ceasefire backed by Russia, Turkey takes effect	1 16:35 swksvolFF [11123]
Boko Haram militants surrender	0 [11124]
4 die in Azerbaijani fighting	0 [11123]
Yemeni forces shoot down Soddy helo in Najran	0 [11127]
Libyan militia begins hunt for ISIS positions in Bani Walid	1 10:13 Pappy [11123]
Boko Haram leader sez 'tis but a flesh wound	0 [11123]
Rooshun warbirds pound ISIS positions in al-Bab	0 [11122]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [11124]
Syrian regulars combating ISIS in Homs	0 [11123]
Insurgents suffered 30+ casualties in Kunduz	0 [11122]
11 Bad Guys die in two separate operations	0 [11123]
Mosul air raids may have hit civilians	0 [11124]
Tunisia breaks up Al Qaeda cell near Sousse: Interior ministry	0 [11123]
Drone Strike Kills Local Qaida Chief in Yemen	0 [11125]
33 wounded in second Philippines mystery bombing	0 [11125]
Bomb damages police truck in southern Thailand	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Cologne hit by fresh scandal over New Year's Eve sex attacks	2 08:32 Procopius2k [11123]
Hamas Couldn't Be Happier Obama Let UN Pass Anti-Israel Resolution	4 14:04 Airandee [11125]
'No Explosion' on Board Crashed Russian Plane	1 00:56 Nguard [11124]
Tunisian man released in Berlin Christmas attack case	0 [11122]
Misrata’s Third Force commander vows to stay in south as LNA orders it out	0 [11122]
Tunisia PM Says Terrorists Returning from abroad Will be Arrested	1 11:13 ed in texas [11124]
Suicide vests in Ashkona: A new tool for terror	0 [11124]
US urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Sinjar region	1 04:30 g(r)omgoru [11122]
Palestinians can talk peace if settlements halt. Really. Honest.	1 04:31 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Turkey to ~~draft~~ recruit young ~~janissaries~~ refugees in areas taken from ISIS	1 01:03 lord garth [11124]
Syrian Kurdish groups, allies say approve blueprint for federal system	0 [11126]
Damascus water shortage affects 4 million	3 17:26 AlanC [11122]
France sees 'long war' against Islamist militants in Africa	7 11:59 Procopius2k [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Putin decides against tit-for-tat expulsion of US diplomats	13 19:30 Bright Pebbles [11127]
BBC Finally Admits Its Famous ‘Women Write Better Code’ Story Was Fake News	16 23:55 Rex Mundi [11126]
Matt Drudge suggests U.S. government cyberattack on Drudge Report website	6 18:35 Abu Uluque [11124]
Chicago murder spike accompanied by decline in arrests	9 14:13 Shipman [11124]
George Washington University Drops U.S. History Requirement ‐ for History Majors!	3 12:13 Abu Uluque [11125]
Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response	12 22:13 Canuckistan sniper [11127]
Son testifies against father in Jhelum honour-killing case	0 [11122]
Police detail insider help with BB heist	3 17:49 SteveS [11122]
Man burnt to death ‘by in-laws’	2 16:52 trailing wife [11124]
NYPD allows Sikh and Muslim officers to grow beards	7 22:59 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
Rodrigo Duterte: I once threw a man from a helicopter	3 08:56 ed in texas [11124]
Turkish journalist who warned of Gulen infiltration detained	0 [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama's ugly bid to snub voters and tie Trump's hands	6 22:20 Maggie Ebbineger9957 [11126]
Grace Mugabe slammed after dropping R18 million (1.4m USD) on new diamond ring	4 14:30 JHH [11124]
Leaked Snowden Document Hints At Why Feds Are So Sure Russia Hacked Election	10 17:04 trailing wife [11124]
John Bolton: ‘The Two-State Solution Is Dead'	4 23:15 KBK [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Praise Muslims, ignore Christians, blame Jews	5 22:55 trailing wife [11129]
White House On Defense After Being Exposed as Architect of U.N. Resolution	5 21:17 rjschwarz [11131]
Has Obama's Israel gambit already backfired by dividing the left and uniting the right?	5 18:06 Pappy [11125]
Obama plots jobs killing 'midnight lawsuits'	3 21:14 rjschwarz [11126]
Rangel finally leaving Capitol Hill	7 23:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11127]

    
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                        22:20 Maggie Ebbineger9957

                        22:13 Canuckistan sniper

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                        21:05 Barbara

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                        19:33 Bright Pebbles

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                        18:47 Barbara

                        18:44 Barbara

                        18:35 Abu Uluque

Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Boko Haram
2	Sublime Porte
2	Taliban
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Arab Spring
1	Houthis
1	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-12-30
Drone Strike Kills Local Qaida Chief in Yemen

Thu 2016-12-29
Jordan sentences 5 Islamic State members to death

Wed 2016-12-28
Yemeni (Saleh) army commander defects

Tue 2016-12-27
Top Taliban leader leading Kunduz battle killed in Ghazni ambush

Mon 2016-12-26
Phoenix cops arrest alleged ‘jihadist’ plotting midnight Mass attack: ‘Get down with this ISIS s-t’

Sun 2016-12-25
Buhari: Last Boko Haram base taken in Sambisa Forest

Sat 2016-12-24
4 Suspects Charged Over Alleged Christmas Day Terror Plot in Australia

Fri 2016-12-23
Suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack killed in Milan police shootout: Official

Thu 2016-12-22
ISIS issues order for arrest of its missing finance minister

Wed 2016-12-21
Syrian Army enters east Aleppo neighborhoods for first time in 4 years

Tue 2016-12-20
At least 12 dead in 'terrorist attack' after truck crashes into Berlin Christmas market

Mon 2016-12-19
Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated

Sun 2016-12-18
Sirte officially declared Liberated

Sat 2016-12-17
22 ISIS targets hit in airstrikes in Palmyra

Fri 2016-12-16
Belgian Police Move on Libya Arms Smuggling Ring

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