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Triumphant Boris hails landslide win gives him ‘power to get Brexit done’
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
5 ISIS Plotters Arrested In Moscow	3 15:48 Procopius2k [11130]
‘Frenchman’ gets 30 years for knife attack on soldiers guarding Nice Jewish center	5 08:27 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
Teen suspect in assault of Hebrew-speaking Israeli on Paris subway arrested	0 [11128]
Mob kills, hangs alleged 'sniper' in Baghdad’s Wathba Square	0 [11129]
12 Taliban Including Commander Killed in Badakhshan	0 [11129]
Israel arrests several senior Hamas officials in West Bank raids	0 [11131]
New rocket attack targets Iraq base housing US troops	0 [11128]
Eight members of ISIS-K arrested during a clearance operation carried out by ANP in Achin district of Nangarhar	0 [11128]
4 drug smugglers killed & 3 others wounded in a clash with CNPA in Ahangaran region, Firuz Koh City of Ghor	0 [11130]
Huge cache of weapons & ammunition belonging to TB seized by ANP in Paktika	0 [11127]
4 suspected members of 'Allahr Dal' held	0 [11127]
Turkey is transferring terrorists from Idlib to Libya: Jaafari	0 [11127]
Iran’s IRGC allegedly surrounds US aircraft carrier near Strait of Hormuz	12 18:02 gorb [11127]
Syrian gov’t says US evacuated over 300 family members of ISIS fighters to Iraq	0 [11132]
Syrian military launches new attack to retake eastern Idlib base	0 [11129]
Syrian Army blocks US military convoy from passing Qamishli Airport	0 [11131]
Iraqi forces destroy 5 ISIS bases	0 [11128]
#ISIS terrorist attack kills 7 Iraqi military personnel, 2nd attack kills 4	0 [11132]
New York trooper kills man who struck him in the head with hatchet, state police say	2 09:04 Procopius2k [11127]
Haftar orders his militia groups to advance on #Tripoli	0 [11130]
All forces in #Tripoli are on high alert to repel any new attack by Haftar’s armed groups	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
French pair held in Iran to reportedly face Revolutionary Court	1 13:07 M. Murcek [11129]
US wants Pak to try and convict Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed now	1 09:50 Frank G [11126]
France to take 400 asylum-seekers from Greece: Official	2 08:40 Bright Pebbles [11124]
Without US presence in Syria, ISIS can re-emerge in 6-12 months: general	6 20:33 bbrewer126 [11131]
Turkey, Iran among top jailers of journalists: CPJ	2 06:25 Dron66046 [11126]
BNP announces countrywide demo for Sunday	0 [11129]
Turkish-Canadian facing two terrorism charges is denied bail in an Ontario court	0 [11126]
Popstar Elissa tells IRGC if they want to fight Israel to do so from #Iran not #Lebanon	0 [11130]
Indian couple sentenced for spying on Germany's Sikhs, Kashmiris	5 18:26 John Frum [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Florida Man Doesn't Know Art, But He Knows What He Likes	2 20:22 jpal [11133]
Revolt! Scientists Say They're Sick of Quantum Computing's Hype	2 19:19 SteveS [11132]
Earth's magnetic north is shifting at an 'unprecedented' rate of 30 miles a year - throwing satellite positioning data and navigation systems off course	11 20:34 bbrewer126 [11138]
Deep solar minimum on the verge of an historic milestone	4 17:16 Bobby [11129]
Pardoned Army Officer LT. Lorance can't even get a job at Chinese box stores	10 16:35 Lex [11130]
US Navy authorizes full-torso "burkini" swimwear	4 19:21 SteveS [11130]
Planned Parenthood Honors King Herod With Lifetime Achievement Award	7 22:56 Lex [11132]
'Political show': Turkey slams US Senate 'Armenia genocide' vote	3 11:27 lord garth [11128]
The Boris BOOM! Sterling soars to its highest level against euro in a DECADE as Britain can finally 'get Brexit done' - and hits $1.35 after Tory landslide	2 08:35 DarthVader [11129]
Wall Street indexes skyrocket as Trump strikes trade deal with China: report	2 07:30 AlanC [11130]
Foreign Workers, Illegals, and Tourists Deliver 372,000 Anchor Babies a Year in U.S.	4 20:42 James [11135]
Jewish prayer has returned to the Temple Mount	2 11:39 lord garth [11134]
Exit Polls: UK Conservatives Absolutely Crush Labour, Projected to Win an Outright Majority of House Seats	5 19:01 Frank G [11128]
Triumphant Boris hails landslide win gives him ‘power to get Brexit done’	5 16:11 g(r)omgoru [11134]
Bodies recovered in Noakhali, Dinajpur as families accuse murders over dowry	0 [11131]
Russian military gets upgraded T-80 tanks	5 05:15 Mike Kozlowski [11132]
Boy bitten by dogs in Larkana loses battle for life at NICH	0 [11133]
Four more polio cases detected in KP	0 [11135]
PML-N leader shot dead in Swat	1 08:26 Mercutio [11131]
US blacklisting is an attempt to 'divert attention' from occupied Kashmir, claims Rao Anwar	1 10:00 Frank G [11126]
IHC issues show-cause notice to bar association secretary for 'misconduct and contempt'	0 [11128]
Florida man found eaten by alligator actually died from meth overdose	5 15:20 Bobby Boucher [11129]
HALLELUJAH! Evangelical Lutheran Church ordains first transgender Latina	6 13:43 Tom [11127]
U.N. Warns U.S. It Cannot Escape Paying Punitive Climate ‘Reparations'	18 22:50 trailing wife [11136]
CNN Politics Producer ‘McFeely’ Steve Brusk Resigns Weeks After Project Veritas Video Exposes Misconduct	0 [11128]
President of India gives assent to bill that fast-tracks citizenship to illegal immigrants from neighboring countries, 752 granted citizenship in 2019	6 07:02 John Frum [11128]
Feral hogs tearing up California park, prompting city to hire trapper to deal with 'invasive' population	10 21:21 Alaska Paul [11133]
Oakland considers housing the homeless on a cruise ship	27 21:10 Alaska Paul [11137]
Page 4: Opinion
Unsung Hero: Admiral Mike Rogers, Obama's NSA Chief, Discovered Administration's ‘702' Illegal Spying Operation and Briefed Trump About Surveillance of Trump Tower	2 16:40 chris [11132]
Bring In the National Guard to Enforce Virginia Gun Control, Says Dem Gov. Northham	16 21:05 bbrewer126 [11132]
There Goes That Narrative: OMB Releases Legal Memo Says Delay in Ukraine Aid Is Routine	1 03:53 g(r)omgoru [11125]
'Jury is out': Some climate hawks question whether Greta Thunberg phenomenon will help curb emissions	13 19:56 Angeatch the Tiny7188 [11131]
How the UK Labour Party became a hotbed of antisemitism	9 13:45 Lord garth [11125]
Derangements I have known	3 14:07 gorb [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Kentucky restores voting rights to nearly 140,000 convicted felons	7 20:11 Procopius2k [11130]
John Brennan deflects questions about Carter Page FISA process to FBI	15 17:28 JohnQC [11131]
Jeremy Corbyn will resign as Labour leader after horror election performance	6 17:35 chris [11129]
Steele Dossier Peddled Theory That American Jews Were Secret Russian Spies	11 17:22 Silentbrick [11128]
Sen. Hawley Drops a Bomb on Horowitz: 'The Collusion Here Was Between the DNC and the FBI'	2 13:08 JohnQC [11126]
265 Times FBI Officials Conveniently Could ‘Not Remember or Recall' Key Details Of Trump-Russia Probe	6 17:23 JohnQC [11130]
Trump loyalist introduces impeachment amendment on live TV by bringing up Hunter Biden's cocaine habit	1 00:23 M. Murcek [11133]
Rashida Tlaib wrongly claims ‘white supremacy’ behind Jersey City slaughter	7 19:41 charger [11132]
Jersey City Killings: Ratshita Tlaib Blames "White Supremacy"	2 07:03 Lex [11131]
GOP lawmaker demands alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella testify	2 20:33 jpal [11136]
Impeachment markup heats up as Dems invoke MLK, Nadler says 'we cannot rely on an election' to oust Trump	11 23:31 JohnQC [11134]
Corruption probe roils Illinois political machine	9 21:15 James [11131]
Joe Biden Promises To Restore Obama’s Disastrous Campus Kangaroo Courts	6 12:57 JohnQC [11133]

    
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8	Islamic State
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Taliban
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

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

Thu 2019-12-12
AMAL, Hizbullah Supporters Try to Storm Riad al-Solh, Repelled by Tear Gas

Wed 2019-12-11
Iraqi protesters defiantly turn out in the capital Baghdad

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

Mon 2019-12-09
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill 8 On Bus In Northern Kenya

Sun 2019-12-08
At least 10 killed in Kenya bus attack claimed by al-Shabab

Sat 2019-12-07
Baghdad operations commander orders the Iraqi army to move in Sinak and Khilani to protect the protesters

Fri 2019-12-06
Naval Air Station Pensacola shooter who killed 3 was Saudi aviation student

Thu 2019-12-05
Pelosi Asks House Judiciary Committee to Proceed with Articles of Impeachment

Wed 2019-12-04
Anti-government protesters have set fire to the Iranian consulate in Najaf for the third time in a week

Tue 2019-12-03
Burkina Faso: 14 people killed in gun attack at church during Sunday mass

Mon 2019-12-02
40 to 100 Iranian protesters executed in a marsh.

Sun 2019-12-01
At least 14 killed in bloody gunfight in northern Mexico

Sat 2019-11-30
Thousands of Iraqi protesters are celebrating in Baghdad after Prime Minister Adil Abdel Mahdi pledges to resign

Fri 2019-11-29
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi says he will resign

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