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Nigeria: Fulani Jihadists Kill 45 Christian Farmers in 'Barbaric' Attack
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Kim Potter trial: Minneapolis jury finds ex-police officer guilty in death of Daunte Wright	11 20:32 Merrick Ferret [11127]
Good Morning	1 18:22 jpal [11126]
Five members of human smuggling network that charged $20,000 per person are arrested in the Dominican Republic after being linked to deaths of three of the 56 migrants killed in Mexico truck crash	3 15:31 Skidmark [11128]
US Navy says it seized arms from Iran likely bound for Yemen	1 08:31 Skidmark [11127]
Somalia: Puntland Govt declares ceasefire in Bossaso after battle	0 [11125]
Turkish shelling kills three civilians in Rojava	0 [11126]
Fate of dozens of migrants in Greek waters unknown, among them Kurds as Greece ramps up major search & rescue	0 [11128]
Nigeria: Fulani Jihadists Kill 45 Christian Farmers in 'Barbaric' Attack	5 14:45 Merrick Ferret [11130]
Chechen convicted for joining ISIS	0 [11125]
ISIS attacks Hashd in Salahaddin, killing two members	0 [11125]
IED explosion targets a convoy of the #American Coalition in #Baghdad	0 [11124]
Ethiopia claims capture of Tigrayan city from rebels	0 [11125]
Hezbollah has some 2000 unmanned aerial vehicles, many of them advanced UAVs from Iran	0 [11123]
An American diplomat working for the U.S. consulate in Lebanon has been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of selling a fake passport	6 23:19 trailing wife [11130]
Saudi Air Force strike Houthis targets in Sanaa	0 [11127]
Palestinian gunman opens fire at IDF troops in Ramallah, is shot dead	0 [11125]
20-yr-old girl loses foot in landmine blast along LoC in Uri	0 [11123]
ASI shot at in south Kashmir’s Bijbehara succumbs	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
How India dismantled the Pakistan coordinated disinformation operation	5 13:10 Omomolet Phutch9064 [11125]
Kerala hit by another Islamic radicalisation wave: Time to act, its now or never	7 16:35 Rob Crawford [11122]
UN extends African Union mission in Somalia	0 [11125]
US Continues to be the Largest Aid Provider to Afghans: Blinken	0 [11122]
Turkey 'Deeply Concerned' by New Wave of Afghan Migrants	0 [11127]
Patriarch Kirill warns of digital repression against Christians	0 [11123]
Jumblat Lauds Constitutional Council's Ruling, Says FPM 'Has Failed'	0 [11124]
FPM MP Questions Alliance with Hizbullah	0 [11124]
Aoun Says Cabinet Boycott 'Unacceptable', Miqati Warns against 'Worsening Rift'	0 [11127]
Defense Council Extends General Mobilization, to Act on Smuggling, Exchange Rate Apps	0 [11123]
Libyan MP Warns of War in Tripoli	0 [11125]
Canadian Newspaper: Libyan PM Does Not Have University Degree From Canada	0 [11125]
Iraq completes fifty-two billion dollar reparations to Kuwait	0 [11123]
Libyan Elections Have Been Postponed. What Next?	0 [11123]
US Muslim activist continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she begins sabbatical	0 [11130]
Syrian war killed 3,700 in 2021, lowest annual toll since outbreak a decade ago	0 [11123]
Army objects to construction by Pak Rangers along LoC	0 [11126]
Arab Coalition slams the “defamatory” claims made by Iran’s FM that the coalition delayed air travel for Iran’s ambassador to Yemen’s Houthis	0 [11123]
DHS Mayorkas OKs Closure of Some Gaps in the Border Wall	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Gates, Fauci, and Daszak charged with Genocide in Court Filing	2 22:56 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11129]
Inside the Christmas tradition that sees a giant gift-giving crow visit a remote Aboriginal town every year instead of Santa Claus - and the custom has its roots in the Dreamtime up to 65,000 years ago	0 [11123]
Florida man found with baggies of cocaine and meth strapped around his penis tells cops during traffic stop that they're not his	1 16:57 Rob Crawford [11123]
NRA chief who said he was given free use of 108ft yacht because his 'life was in danger' failed to disclose that he used it for his niece's wedding in the Bahamas and to cruise around the Caribbean	0 [11122]
Inferno breaks out at Texas Exxon Mobil oil refinery in 'major industrial accident' leaving at least four injured after explosion that rocked houses miles away	2 12:30 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11123]
Volodya: The US is parking missiles on the porch of our house	8 14:37 badanov [11123]
Rapatronic Cameras in atomic/nuclear tests.	1 06:17 Mike Kozlowski [11122]
Astronomers discover many interstellar planets	1 08:09 Skidmark [11123]
New Russian air defense technology can hit an enemy behind cover	0 [11123]
Gold toilets found in the house of the rector of Smolensk University of Sports	2 10:35 Procopius2k [11124]
Death toll from the sinking of a cargo ship off the coast of northeastern Madagascar rose to 83	2 10:17 Merrick Ferret [11122]
Ukraine military conducts drills with US missiles near separatist region	0 [11125]
Scores feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine	1 08:11 Bertie Crains2651 [11126]
122,000 Russian troops deployed within a 200km operational distance from the borders of Ukraine, as well as another 143,500 troops within a distance of 400km	4 20:43 Bertie Spawn of the Trolls9333 [11132]
DC Librarian Who Made Children Reenact Holocaust Is Failed Dem Candidate, Convicted Fraudster, and Animal Abuser	4 18:34 Shusolet Panda3990 [11128]
Punches thrown in Ghana parliament over proposed electronic payments tax	0 [11123]
Groom Is Robbed Of His Rolex At Gunpoint Outside His Wedding Reception In Philadelphia: Three Men Are Arrested	2 11:51 Lord Garth [11122]
Putin: West incorrectly assessed the outcome of the Cold War	1 12:26 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11127]
China orders a city's entire 13 million population to stay indoors due to Covid outbreak	7 16:48 M. Murcek [11125]
Utah's richest man, tech CEO Jeff T. Green who is worth $4.6 billion, cuts ties with Mormon church	9 12:25 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11122]
'I told you we'd get 'em': Incredible moment rescuers pull two babies from a bathtub after their grandmother tucked them inside with a Bible and a blanket as a tornado destroyed their Kentucky home	0 [11123]
Family-Owned Company Sues Pentagon for Blocking It from Printing Bible Verses on Dog Tags	9 21:20 Woodrow [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Diversity is Not Our Strength	5 14:41 irish rage boy [11124]
DeSantis: American Elites ‘the Number One Reason' China is So Powerful Today	9 13:55 Merrick Ferret [11122]
Photoplay: Sevastopol covered with snow	1 04:11 Dale [11122]
Steyn on Covid and Churches	8 23:14 trailing wife [11128]
The Failed Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt	21 12:10 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
US Rep Scanlon (D-PA 5) carjacked at Gunpoint in Philly	11 16:56 DarthVader [11125]
Swalwell: GOP plotting to violently overthrow your elected leaders. Really.	9 22:02 magpie [11134]
Illinois Democrat Senate Leader Kimberly Lightford Gets Carjacked	6 19:33 SteveS [11126]
Nearly $100 billion pilfered from pandemic relief funds, roughly 100 arrested, Secret Service	5 11:03 Procopius2k [11129]
Wisconsin residents ask governor to remove DA who office set low bail for suspect in parade massacre	9 12:12 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11125]
Trump-backed Georgia candidate pushes to eliminate drop boxes, machine voting in elections	2 09:59 Merrick Ferret [11128]
Biden's frantic push for 500 million COVID tests comes too late for Christmas travelers	12 19:18 swksvolFF [11128]
US Military Defines 'Extremist Activities' That Are Now Explicitly Prohibited for Service Members	3 14:36 swksvolFF [11122]
Biden Allows Thousands of Convicts to Evade Federal Prison After Pandemic	0 [11124]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
3	Islamic State
3	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
3	Arab Spring
2	Taliban/IEA
2	Govt of Iran
2	Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
2	Commies
2	Sublime Porte
1	Mob Rule
1	Muslim Brotherhood
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1	Devout Moslems
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2021-12-23
Nigeria: Fulani Jihadists Kill 45 Christian Farmers in 'Barbaric' Attack

Wed 2021-12-22
Sudan's Prime Minister Abadalla Hamdok to resign

Tue 2021-12-21
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Mon 2021-12-20
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Sun 2021-12-19
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Sat 2021-12-18
ISIS-linked extremists decapitate Christian pastor in Mozambique

Fri 2021-12-17
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Thu 2021-12-16
Libya PM's office surrounded by militia

Wed 2021-12-15
Police foil Al-Shabaab's attempt to abduct Imam in Kenya Mosque

Tue 2021-12-14
Taliban Seek Ties with U.S., Other ex-Foes

Mon 2021-12-13
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Sat 2021-12-11
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