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Armed Iraqi protesters attempt to attack police forces in Baghdad
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Follow-up on 13 French soldiers lost in Mali mid-air helo collision	2 09:50 Cesare [11131]
Israeli aircraft attack Hamas sites after rocket fire from Gaza	5 10:55 Skidmark [11133]
62 ISIS militants including Pakistani, Turkish nationals surrender to Afghan forces	10 14:04 Mullah Richard [11135]
26 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces raids in 3 provinces	0 [11136]
Afghan soldier given death sentence for deliberately killing an Army Officer	0 [11133]
Airstrikes kill 19 Taliban militants in Ghazni, Helmand and Laghman provinces	0 [11135]
JUI-F leader Mufti Kifayatullah injured after attack by unknown assailants	1 01:05 Besoeker [11131]
Mass incarceration of protesters in Tehran and other cities continue	0 [11127]
Car bomb kills 17 people in the Turkey-controlled region of Syria	0 [11134]
Iran freezes assets of media channel for its protest coverage	0 [11127]
At least six people are killed and 15 wounded in Baghdad in three separate explosions	0 [11132]
Israeli army says two rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel	0 [11134]
10 Lebanese hurt in clashes between supporters of Aoun, Kateb	0 [11138]
Armed Iraqi protesters attempt to attack police forces in Baghdad	0 [11137]
One person has been arrested in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli after they shot at the home of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati	0 [11129]
Arab Coalition says it has released 200 prisoners captured from the Iran-backed Houthi militia	0 [11132]
Thousands displaced by Nigeria ‘bandit’ attacks	0 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
EU drug agency sees rising gang violence amid steady prices	8 15:36 Bright Pebbles [11132]
Cold Weather Comes, No Relief in Sight for Bosnia’s Migrants	9 21:46 Secret Master [11140]
Afghan Forces Receive Five More MD530 Helicopters From US	0 [11126]
220 Telecom Towers Destroyed in Eight Months: ATRA	3 20:22 trailing wife [11132]
Mexican Cartels ‘Will Be Designated' as Terrorist Organizations, Says President Trump	8 20:23 trailing wife [11133]
Amid regime change demands, Iraq’s Mosul gets not one, but two governors	0 [11132]
Man's body identified in murder case in Al-Abyar town east of Benghazi	0 [11125]
Libyan warlord Haftar apologizes for shooting down U.S. drone	1 11:15 Skidmark [11128]
US delegation meets Haftar, warns him of Russia's intervention in Libya	0 [11133]
Ghani slams Afghan spy agency over handling of child abuse claims	0 [11130]
Mullah Baradar and members of #Taliban's political office met with Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Javad #Zarif	0 [11127]
Imam of Peace on the Congresswoman	7 12:40 3dc [11136]
Demonstrators would have demanded the resignations of the heads of the three branches of government, resignations of the parliament, and toppling the revolution	1 13:19 Skidmark [11126]
IRGC commander: If Internet wasn’t shut down, protests would have spread throughout the country	3 13:20 Skidmark [11126]
Unofficial reports indicate that all #satellite channels of the Islamic Republic of #Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on Hotbird and Eutelsat satellites have stopped broadcasting	4 14:53 M. Murcek [11131]
Major oil spill has taken place from an Iranian oil pipeline connected to the Abuzar oil platform	3 12:07 Mullah Richard [11133]
Denmark withdraws passports from two foreign fighters	1 13:34 Skidmark [11131]
Denmark offers to lead NATO training mission in Iraq from 2021	0 [11133]
‘I am sticking by the rule ‘not me, rather someone else,’’ says Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri	0 [11130]
Palestinian prisoner held in Israel dies after cancer battle, 77 wounded in clashes with IDF	2 12:23 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Lebanon’s black market exchange rate soars over the 1,507.5 peg to over 2,000 pounds to the dollar	2 13:13 M. Murcek [11129]
EU operation deals 'severe blow' to Islamic State online propaganda	0 [11130]
Syrian refugees to have a ‘warm and safe’ winter in the Kurdistan Region: UNHCR	0 [11133]
Iran protest death toll rises to at least 140: Amnesty International	2 16:33 Lex [11135]
Iran protests and smuggling crushed, but public anger still simmers	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russia launches secret military surveillance satellite to 'monitor' other satellites	12 14:05 3dc [11131]
That's when I became a sniper': Ukraine's women vets describe their war	1 10:10 g(r)omgoru [11130]
SecDef: Attention on Deck	4 18:44 trailing wife [11140]
Fort Hood Army Personnel Called in to Dispose of Live Mortar Round Brought to Pawn Shop	0 [11132]
UN adopts Israeli resolution on agricultural technology - Arab League abstains	1 08:36 Frank G [11130]
ISRO successfully launches CARTOSAT-3, 13 US nano satellites	3 16:51 John Frum [11138]
The New Feudalism: Oligarchs & Peasants; Goodbye, Democracy / Hello Radicalism	5 17:22 magpie [11136]
Foggy Bottom official describes frantic effort to save recalled Ukraine ambassador	8 13:23 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Airports hit in stormy California	3 07:44 lord garth [11129]
Washington and Lee U. Students Demand Removal of Washington and Lee Photos from Diplomas	16 16:24 Gomez Flugum6633 [11128]
$787m loan agreements signed with World Bank	2 10:45 Dron66046 [11131]
Report cites pilot error in 2016 Flydubai plane crash in Russia	0 [11128]
Powerful quake kills 21 in Albania as buildings bury residents	1 13:23 3dc [11128]
Pope to list nuclear weapons as immoral in Catholic manual	10 17:28 magpie [11129]
Russian and Chinese spies repeatedly targeted the Czech state last year, the country’s intelligence service (BIS) says	0 [11130]
Rescuers hunt for survivors after apartment buildings collapse in pre-dawn Albania earthquake; at least 18 dead and hundreds injured	0 [11129]
Florida Mon In Van Guns Down AK-47 Wielding Robber Because He Didn’t Want ‘To Go Out Like A Punk’	11 21:35 Secret Master [11129]
Some White House defense on view.	2 15:54 Bright Pebbles [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Democrats just might reelect Trump, and they'll have no one to blame but themselves.	6 23:56 JohnQC [11133]
~~Deutsch-Südwestafrika~~ Namibia economic update	2 22:27 Vernal Hatrick [11136]
Kanye West Gets Targeted by the Left for Ministering to Prisoners	7 10:41 M. Murcek [11127]
MSNBC conspiracy theorist decries right-wing conspiracy theories	3 16:12 Lex [11132]
Page 6: Politix
New Fusion GPS Info Confirms The Special Counsel Probe Was A Hit Job	2 13:01 Lex [11130]
Jeremy Corbyn Destroys Himself	5 13:45 M. Murcek [11128]
FBI Attorney 2 Kevin Clinesmith was the Primary Lawyer on the Trump/Russia Case; Here are a Few of His Texts	2 11:33 Lex [11133]
US Rep Ilhan Omar denies she is a Qatari agent	14 22:52 3dc [11143]
US House judiciary panel to hold first impeachment hearing on Dec. 4	4 13:22 Bman [11129]
Melania Trump defends rights of Baltimore teens to boo her	14 17:10 Dale [11132]
Princess Massawarren Signals She’ll Pick a Woman as Running Mate	5 17:44 Lex [11129]
HJC Chairman Nadler Attempts to Reframe ‘Impeachment Inquiry’	3 12:03 Abu Uluque [11134]
The Bidens don't get a free pass	11 16:41 Daniel [11135]

    
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9	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Iraq
3	Taliban
3	Arab Spring
3	Islamic State
2	Narcos
2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Pakistan
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1	Moslem Colonists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Hamas

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Wed 2019-11-27
Armed Iraqi protesters attempt to attack police forces in Baghdad

Tue 2019-11-26
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Mon 2019-11-25
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Sun 2019-11-24
Navy secretary Richard Spencer resigns amid controversy over Navy SEAL

Sat 2019-11-23
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Fri 2019-11-22
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Thu 2019-11-21
Afghanistan’s president claims victory over IS

Wed 2019-11-20
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Tue 2019-11-19
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Mon 2019-11-18
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Sat 2019-11-16
Protests erupt across Iran, burning banks, angry over gas prices

Fri 2019-11-15
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Thu 2019-11-14
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