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Taliban Seek Ties with U.S., Other ex-Foes
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	5 17:42 Titus Gray8356 [11132]
Terrorists fire upon Police vehicle in Srinagar's Zewan; 2 dead, 12 injured	0 [11138]
Al-Shabaab briefly seizes town in central Somalia	0 [11129]
Taxi driver to be charged with aiding terrorist in Jerusalem stabbing	0 [11132]
Gunmen Invade Plateau Community Market, Kill Seven, Injure Others	0 [11127]
Boko Haram Fighters Invade Borno Community In Several Gun Trucks	0 [11127]
Suspect convicted in Kuban on recruitment case	0 [11134]
Lebanese Pound Declines Breaking 26,000 Record	2 18:33 M. Murcek [11131]
US forces 'kidnapped civilians' near Deir al-Zor: Syria state media - Kurds see it differently	0 [11129]
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Sudan's capital	0 [11130]
Turkish lira crashed as much as seven percent to a new record near 15 to the dollar	0 [11128]
Antifa militants in black uniforms showed up at the home of alderwoman Kelly Russel in Frederick, Md	8 20:07 Merrick Ferret [11130]
Thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico clash with police	0 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghans Brought to U.S. Offered Free Housing, Food Stamps, $2,300 Checks	10 13:44 Raj [11125]
DeSantis Seeks $8M to Bus Illegal Aliens Out of Florida to Biden's Delaware, Obama's Martha's Vineyard	4 11:35 Clulet Splat5443 [11125]
Severe drought leaves millions of families exposed in Somalia	4 11:25 Procopius2k [11127]
Firebrand Arab Israeli Islamist released from prison, given hero’s welcome	0 [11129]
Top US official presses police minister on settler violence	0 [11125]
Israeli jets twice bombed chemical weapon sites in Syria — report	1 15:13 SteveS [11131]
Jizya: Third batch, Afghanistan International Bank receives $19.2 million in cash	1 09:55 Merrick Ferret [11124]
Banned From School, Afghan Girls Gather in Homes to Learn	4 13:57 Mullah Richard [11125]
Mining at Mes Aynak Has Resumed: Officials	0 [11127]
US rejects Israeli request for tanker aircraft as Iran plans advance	0 [11124]
Anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe rose 70% between 2019 and 2020	2 09:31 Skidmark [11125]
Konvicted Killer Kops appeal their guilty verdict	0 [11125]
Taliban Seek Ties with U.S., Other ex-Foes	3 12:17 Abu Uluque [11134]
Tunisian president says those who received foreign funding have no place in parliament	2 10:10 Frank G [11127]
'Fraud' case in Iraqi court against election results by PMU adjourned	0 [11128]
Libya’s two parallel central bank branches will formally begin the process of reunification	0 [11126]
Pentagon confirms NO military personnel will be punished for botched Kabul drone strike	10 23:57 Skidmark [11129]
Arizona mayor declares state of emergency due to situation with migrants	1 09:52 Skidmark [11131]
Record high migrant detentions at US-Mexico border	0 [11127]
Biden to award Medal of Honor to three US soldiers including Army Ranger who died protecting a U.S. helicopter from attack, a Special Forces soldier who fought insurgents in Afghanistan and a Sergeant who died rescuing soldiers from burning vehicle	8 23:58 Skidmark [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
New Zealand Approves Orgies Of Up To 25 People As Part Of New COVID Rules	11 20:28 Rob Crawford [11129]
Reuters: Biden Censored Taiwan Map at ‘Digital Authoritarianism' Panel on Purpose	5 10:59 Merrick Ferret [11129]
US Space Force holds war game to test satellite network under attack	0 [11128]
UberEats becomes the first delivery service to send food to SPACE: Firm teamed up with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to hand deliver food to astronauts on the ISS	1 09:10 Skidmark [11124]
China detects its first case of Omicron while hundreds of thousands are placed in quarantine in manufacturing region after Covid cases nearly double in a day	5 11:27 Procopius2k [11125]
Ghislaine Maxwell is set to call 35 witnesses at her sex trafficking trial in just two or three days - but is unlikely to testify herself	5 09:26 Skidmark [11129]
John Griffin, 44, 'pedophile' CNN producer, boasted he'd sexually trained girls as young as SEVEN, unsealed indictment reveals	4 11:29 DarthVader [11128]
Sailor, 20 accused of starting fire that destroyed $1.2 billion Bonhomme Richard warship appears in San Diego military court	1 09:21 Skidmark [11124]
100+ Ukrainian Neo Nazis detained in Russia	5 17:26 Rob Crawford [11130]
Russian teenager 'blows himself up' at Orthodox school, injures another	3 15:29 Classer [11127]
EU foreign ministers agree to slap sanctions on targets linked to Russian private military company Wagner	0 [11125]
Oakland: NBC news crew robbed at gunpoint	6 15:29 SteveS [11126]
UN chief urges action on 'killer robots' as Geneva talks open	2 11:19 Frank G [11125]
Chinese drone rammed the American submarine USS Connecticut, nearly destroying its wheelhouse	12 10:56 Da Cookie [11125]
Fed Is Planning Rate Hikes	4 14:02 Merrick Ferret [11123]
UK PM reports possible 1st death ~~from~~ with Omicron variant of COVID-19	4 14:12 Merrick Ferret [11127]
[nBlack, nGay, nTrans, immigrant] Elon Musk named Time magazine person of the year	1 00:18 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11127]
Deported Haitian migrants face uncertain future	1 04:47 Clulet Splat5443 [11124]
France resists US [woke] challenge to its values	1 10:07 Merrick Ferret [11126]
Terrifying moment gun shots rang out on Hollywood's Walk of Fame after 'sniper took aim from his apartment window at crowds gathered for a memorial at Mexican singer Vicente Fernández's star' - before cops stormed building and arrested suspect	5 19:33 M. Murcek [11132]
'Toss away your money': Bloomberg is mercilessly mocked after advising Americans to 'spend their pay check immediately' and 'borrow lots of money' as a way to cope with inflation	8 08:14 Procopius2k [11125]
S. Korea Using AI to track Covid patients – media	0 [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Is the Biden Administration at War with Israel?	8 16:50 Spock Uleager4845 [11130]
Is dialogue with al-Qaeda possible in Mali?	0 [11128]
Photoplay: Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre	7 17:52 badanov [11130]
Page 6: Politix
[Frontpage] Schumer, Who Accused Trump of Russian Collusion, is Getting Paid by Putin	8 21:04 746 [11134]
VP Harris to announce $540 million private investment to slow immigration from Central America	12 12:25 Abu Uluque [11130]
MSNBC's Heilemann Claims '30 Million People Right Now' Ready to Take Up Arms for Trump	25 20:16 NoMoreBS [11129]
Project Veritas Exposes Republican Candidate Trashing GOP	0 [11128]
Alaska IHOP rips Biden in note apologizing for staff shortages	2 15:25 swksvolFF [11126]
Psaki insists Harris still border czar after Guatemalan leader claims no contact	6 20:34 Frank G [11133]
Ohio U.S. Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Makes $4M Ad Buy Focused on Illegal Immigration	1 09:18 Vespasian Ebboting9735 [11129]
Progressive lawmakers offer unwitting path for Jan. 6 prisoners to sue federal government	0 [11127]
Lori Lightfoot's Texts Reveal Nasty, Combative Interactions: ‘There Are No Words for That Jackass'	4 11:47 swksvolFF [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
4	Taliban/IEA
4	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
3	Commies
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Mob Rule
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic State
1	Sublime Porte
1	[untagged]
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Antifa/BLM
1	Arab Spring
1	Banditti
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2021-12-14
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Mon 2021-12-13
Four dead at funeral of Hamas member killed in Lebanon explosion

Sun 2021-12-12
Warring Libyan Armed Forces Agree to Unite Army

Sat 2021-12-11
Pakistani Taliban have called off a ceasefire mediated with the help of the Afghan Taliban

Fri 2021-12-10
Bandits Raid Another Mosque In Niger State, Shoot 15 Worshippers Dead

Thu 2021-12-09
French cops foil 'ISIS' Christmas knife rampage as they arrest two

Wed 2021-12-08
Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Hit Latakia Port Containers

Tue 2021-12-07
Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga retake northern village from ISIS fighters

Mon 2021-12-06
Turkey Agrees to Withdraw Foreign Forces from Libya

Sun 2021-12-05
'Horrific, cold-blooded murder': Sialkot blasphemy lynching

Sat 2021-12-04
Philippine Troops Kill Suspected Leader of IS-linked Group in Mindanao

Fri 2021-12-03
Biden officially RESTARTS Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy

Thu 2021-12-02
Record of Waukesha massacre suspect's $1,000 bail hearing missing

Wed 2021-12-01
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Tue 2021-11-30
Turkish lira skids again after Erdogan orders manipulation probe

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