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Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US troops in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan military operations kill 8 Taliban militants	0 [11135]
Jewish Man, 22, Stabbed in Hebron on Shabbat	0 [11132]
US Kills Two al-Shabaab Terrorists in Airstrike Following Deadly Kenya Attack	0 [11134]
Iran's Khamenei defends Revolutionary Guard in rare Friday sermon	2 10:59 SteveS [11134]
Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US troops in Afghanistan	3 11:02 Chris [11129]
Five Burkina troops killed in roadside bomb attack	0 [11128]
25,000 troops have reached the western region of #Libya as reinforcements to the front lines.	5 19:59 Frank G [11139]
Head of Oil Facilities Guard General Naji Al-Maghraby announced to stop pumping oil from ports, oil fields; tribal elders demanded gas line shutdown - it’s all over GNA news	0 [11129]
Rawalpindi ATC sentences TLP chief Khadim Rizvi's nephew, brother to 55 years in jail	0 [11969]
Twelve Syrian troops were killed and 24 injured in the past 24 hours in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province	0 [11129]
Lebanon detains 100 after protests turn violent	0 [11133]
Large numbers of people join the demonstrations at #AlSenk Bridge in #Baghdad, despite the riot police attacks	2 20:01 Junter the Infinitesmal3635 [11137]
Activist and paramedic #HudaKhudeir was shot dead by the #IMIS militias as she had supported public anti-regime protests	1 20:03 Junter the Infinitesmal3635 [11135]
At least two protesters were killed and 15 others were injured in the capital Baghdad on Friday evening	0 [11130]
Muslims chant about killing Jews outside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount	1 11:10 SteveS [11133]
ISIS leader dubbed ‘Jabba the Jihadi’ captured in Iraq	0 [11127]
Four Nigerian troops killed in militant attack	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
‘Trump Effect' Takes Over Iran As Regime Starts Covering Country With American And Israeli Flags	4 13:43 Barbara [11126]
Jewish Democrats push to reverse Trump migration ban on Muslim countries	13 19:45 DarthVader [11129]
Threat of escalation of violence along the Gaza border	1 14:13 gorb [11125]
DHS Approves $100K Grant Of Taxpayers' Money To CAIR	3 07:37 Mercutio [11128]
US and Mexico agree on plan to combat drug, arms trade	4 12:26 Lex [11129]
Iran's Quds Force aimed to launch terror groups in Africa, UN hears	0 [11137]
French ‘far-right’ leader lays out plan to run for president	0 [11129]
Finnish MP detained after attempting to breach Gaza border fence	1 03:33 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Sudan’s appoints new intelligence chief	0 [11130]
The Kremlin: #Hafter accepts Putin's invitation to visit #Moscow to continue the dialogue on #Libya.	1 07:29 Mercutio [11125]
Fayez Al-Sarraj, may decline going to Berlin and only send a delegation from the #GNA	0 [11128]
Senior Hezbollah official warns that Lebanon could fall into chaos and ‘complete collapse’ unless a new government is formed	2 11:06 Whiskey Mike [11132]
Turkey to start Mediterranean gas exploration ‘soon’	3 10:37 swksvolFF [11129]
Bureaucracy and brutality: New evidence exposes Islamic State hierarchy	0 [11124]
Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrate in downtown Amman, calling on the government to cancel an agreement in which Israel began pumping natural gas to the kingdom this year	3 11:53 M. Murcek [11131]
#Riyadh pays $500 million to cover cost of US troops’ presence in #SaudiArabia	8 22:27 Skidmark [11131]
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the country's Armed Forces are ready to give a strong response to any act of adventurism	1 03:38 g(r)omgoru [11131]
#Iran ready for negotiations with #SaudiArabia, #PersianGulf states: FM Zarif	0 [11127]
Activist: The #protests that Muqtada al-Sadr has called for aims for ending the public revolution in #Iraq and keeping the government of Abd Al-Mahdi	0 [11126]
#Protesters in #TahrirSquare call on the #UnitedNations to protect them	1 18:28 Chris [11135]
#Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her country's Islamic dress code said that she does not want to return home from #Russia out of fear for her safety	0 [11126]
Pentagon receives late notice of US injuries in Iranian strike	4 21:15 Besoeker [11138]
#Khamenei in his rare Friday prayers sermon again interferes openly in the #Iraqi domestic affairs, and urges the expulsion of the #US troops from #Iraq	0 [11126]
Thanks to #British for its widely-respected step to add entire #Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups	1 09:48 Skidmark [11133]
Rouhani says Iran enriching more uranium than before nuclear deal	1 03:57 gorb [11131]
US threatens tariffs on Europeans unless Iran nuke deal scrapped	6 16:27 M. Murcek [11130]
‘Days of God’: A look at Iran’s mounting crises	3 19:33 newc [11138]
Egypt's top prosecutor orders release of two Turkish citizens, three Egyptians in Anadolu case	0 [11125]
Syria truce fails as Idlib civilians killed daily: UN	1 03:44 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Repatriation of ISIS family receiving treatment in Erbil sparks political outcry in Norway	3 11:13 Procopius2k [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
FBI finds the Saudi government 'almost certainly' helps its citizens escape prosecution in the US for serious crimes while American officials looked the other way	5 11:28 trailing wife [11126]
Trump Admin Rolls Back Michelle Obama Lunch Rules On Her Birthday	3 09:59 Glenmore [11131]
Court Smacks Down Children's Attempt to Force Climate Policy by Lawsuit	2 08:40 Lex [11134]
Former Navy SEAL, Harvard Doctor to Be First Korean-American in Space	3 08:29 Lex [11127]
Barguna MP sued for vandalizing temple, land grabing	0 [11126]
Ukrainian PM submits resignation letter	2 09:56 Glenmore [11127]
Gaza theme park’s new train ride simulates the ‘return’ journey to Jerusalem	7 19:09 Chairong Chorong3362 [11138]
Scientists fear up to 4,500 Chinese patients may have caught new coronavirus; Wuhan health chiefs confirm 4 more cases	0 [11128]
China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls	5 12:34 Beau [11130]
Underground arms watch	1 10:46 Cesare [11125]
Kurdistan Region’s parliament passes contentious reform bill	1 00:34 Lex [11127]
Iraqis the biggest foreign buyers of homes in Turkey in 2019	2 12:09 magpie [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Power And Wealth	1 10:49 Cesare [11127]
Healthcare stocks: Paul MacDonald's Top Picks (video)	2 16:04 Uleck Spererong9442 [11128]
Pelosi Releases Limited-Edition Replica Of Dentures Worn During Trump Impeachment	7 21:14 Besoeker [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Romney loses GOP support in Utah after challenging Trump on impeachment	13 22:36 Skidmark [11130]
Bannon Accuses Pelosi, Schiff And MSM Of Colluding On 11th Hour Parnas Impeachment Bombshells	3 15:59 Goober Tingle7365 [11129]
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says U.S. voter suppression is alive and well	8 13:56 Barbara [11130]
Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider trading	5 10:00 Skidmark [11136]
Supreme Court to decide whether Electoral College voters are required to support the presidential candidate who wins state.	12 23:49 trailing wife [11129]
'I wouldn't go to war with you people. You're all LOSERS!' How Donald Trump insulted the military's most senior officers as 'dopes' prompting Rex Tillerson to call him a 'f***ing moron' is revealed in new book	18 15:21 JohnQC [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Govt of Iran
4	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Hamas
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Hezbollah
3	Islamic State
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	al-Nusra
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Commies
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-01-18
Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US troops in Afghanistan

Fri 2020-01-17
Iraqi police arrest ISIS religious official in eastern Mosul

Thu 2020-01-16
Five killed as Sudan crushes revolt by security agents

Wed 2020-01-15
Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers

Tue 2020-01-14
Project Veritas #Expose2020 Part 1: Bernie Sanders Field Organizer Suggests Gulags to Help ‘Nazified’ Trump Voters

Mon 2020-01-13
Corey Booker Throws In The Towel

Sun 2020-01-12
Detention of UK's ambassador to Tehran (released an hour later)

Sat 2020-01-11
Iran fesses up, admits they shot down airliner

Fri 2020-01-10
Iran invites American investigators to take part in the probe into PS752 plane incident that killed 176 people on board

Thu 2020-01-09
U.S. Officials Confirm Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner

Wed 2020-01-08
Iran informs the United Nations and #UNSC that they ''do not seek war and warn of any military adventures"

Tue 2020-01-07
Iraq Under Missile Attack From Iran

Mon 2020-01-06
3 Americans Dead, 6 Aircraft Destroyed Or Damaged, Including A Rare Spy Plane, In #Kenya Attack

Sun 2020-01-05
Iran Puts $80M Bounty on Trump's Head for Soleimani Hit

Sat 2020-01-04
6 More Iran-Backed Leaders Zapped, incl. Shibl al-Zaidi, commander of Kataib Imam Ali

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