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Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Backgrounder on Afrin regarding Russia, US and Turkey and Kurds	1 06:36 Slavins Uneath9257 [1735]
Army Chief confirms death sentence for 10 terrorists	1 09:54 Clem [1750]
US-backed Somalia commandos kill four al-Shabab extremists	0 [1736]
Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings	0 [1754]
100 Houthis killed, 34 others detained in a week	0 [1737]
5 senior Al-Qaeda leaders killed in Afghan forces raid in Nangarhar	0 [1740]
HTS busts Jaysh Al-Islam sleeper cell in East Ghouta region	0 [1738]
Entire Republican Guard brigade heads to Idlib for Abu Dhuhour Airport offensive	0 [1744]
ISIS fully expels jihadist rebels from northeast Hama	0 [1742]
Cross-border incident between India and Pakistan kills at least four	0 [1744]
Kurdish forces claim 4 Turkish soldiers killed during Afrin attack	0 [1739]
ISIS launches major offensive to break out of Deir Ezzor	0 [1746]
Turkish border guard attacks Kurdish forces in northern Raqqa	0 [1748]
Houthi forces destroy 9 Saudi military vehicles in 24 hours	0 [1744]
New Uighur jihadist group emerges in Syria	1 14:14 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Ranking commie leader surrenders in Mindanao	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Islam prohibits waging war against Pakistan Army: Sufi Mohammad	2 13:01 Woodrow [1738]
Israel army considers taking over security in East Jerusalem al-Quds	5 12:22 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Hezbollah among most effective forces fighting terror in Mideast: Nasrallah	4 20:01 A. McGurque1136 [1758]
Lebanon court orders six-month jail term for journalist critical of Hezbollah	0 [1735]
Islamic terror training in Colorado predates 911 (Loose ends)	3 14:14 Woodrow [1739]
Footage shows Hamza bin Laden at his wedding in Iran	1 13:18 Woodrow [1735]
ISIL and the Taliban	0 [1731]
Police killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud angers Pakistanis	0 [1730]
Syrian gov’t to allow Kurdish YPG to reinforce Afrin from their territory	0 [1742]
Hezbollah blames Israel for car bombing against Hamas member in Lebanon	1 14:09 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Cable crew busted trying to sneak fake bomb into airport	3 13:19 Woodrow [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Today's Idiots: California 'raw' water fans pay $9 a gallon for Oregon tap water	21 20:22 SteveS [1770]
Nsa Deleted Surveillance Data It Pledged To Preserve	6 16:05 Bright Pebbles [1741]
Disgusting new details: Las Vegas Shooter Had Massive Child Porn Collection	5 16:18 M. Murcek [1764]
Fusion GPS Founder: FBI May Have Paid Expenses for Anti-Trump Dossier Author	5 14:41 Besoeker [1734]
US government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate	16 19:10 Procopius2k [1750]
Mandalay Bay Photos Proves ‘Hero' Security Guard Was Never Shot Through Door by Paddock; Vegas Sheriff & FBI Caught Fabricating Hoax	4 12:10 NoMoreBS [1739]
Solving the CIA’s Mass Murder Mystery (Zhen Cheng Li)	3 13:09 Woodrow [1749]
Military training instructions issued by President Xi Jinping on January 3	0 [1743]
China to use electromagnetic catapult for 3rd carrier.	11 21:34 Zhang Fei [1753]
Canadian man fools police with fake car made of snow	0 [1740]
Axact impersonated Rex Tillerson in fake degrees scam, BBC journalist reveals	0 [1741]
Aasma rape, murder case: Six more suspects held by Mardan police	0 [1734]
Naqeebullah declared innocent, probe committee seeks Rao Anwar’s arrest	0 [1747]
US to overtake Saudi Arabia as No. 2 oil producer	0 [1741]
Russians and ChiComs ridicule US space efforts.	5 11:56 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1739]
80-year-old accused of bank robbery has decades-old record	8 16:09 Raj [1741]
Ohio teen killed by police in court	4 14:15 Rob Crawford [1743]
Man arrested on charges of raping his own mother in Herat	1 04:29 M. Murcek [1739]
Alert: Starting April 1 California DMV Will Automatically Register Illegal Aliens to Vote‐by COURT ORDER	5 12:18 NoMoreBS [1735]
China's new hi-speed rail to also be rocket launching platform.	1 08:50 Skidmark [1742]
Background on the Arakan Army, a Rakhine Buddhist army in Myanmar (Burma)	0 [1744]
Mass killings of all sorts of groups in Myanmar (Burma).	0 [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Rhet ques: Will we miss any of these government agencies during the shutdown?	9 16:59 Iblis [1766]
Mahmoud Abbas just got exactly what he asked for	1 09:48 Clem [1733]
Response to Al Jazeera's African-American migration to Africa	3 22:21 james [1759]
Zimbabwe abuses Americans saving it from mass starvation	2 10:13 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Comrade Psychiatrist is unhappy with Mr. Trump's "delusional reformism"	2 15:52 M. Murcek [1741]
The Peoples Cube visits Comrade Flake's Claims.	1 06:33 Frank G [1737]
This Week in Guns, January 20th, 2018	2 11:18 JohnQC [1745]
A new kind of scandalology.	0 [1743]
Democrats in Puerto Rico INTENTIONALLY Keeping Power Off to Hurt Trump	12 17:10 NoMoreBS [1759]
Born The Same Year, Who Looks Better Donald Trump Or Bill Clinton?	9 16:21 Zebulon Chirong3710 [1759]
Page 6: Politix
The Boston Globe Turns On Elizabeth Warren	5 18:38 Anomalous Sources [1761]
Fired FBI director James Comey to teach ethics at Virginia college	14 21:34 Skidmark [1762]
Historical political and market costs of Gov. shutdowns.	4 14:35 Besoeker [1734]
Charges dropped for 129 anti-Trump protest defendants	2 16:26 Raj [1756]
California Democrats want businesses to give half their tax-cut savings to state	4 14:23 Bright Pebbles [1738]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants 25 cent increase in gas tax to pay for infrastructure	14 16:33 NoMoreBS [1759]
House rejects Democratic effort to impeach Trump as shutdown looms	1 08:31 Procopius2k [1734]

    
                22:21 james

                        21:34 Skidmark

                        21:34 Zhang Fei

                        20:22 SteveS

                        20:01 A. McGurque1136

                        19:10 Procopius2k

                        18:39 Anomalous Sources

                        18:38 Anomalous Sources

                        18:09 CrazyFool

                        17:43 Creling Pelosi3622

                        17:11 ed in texas

                        17:10 NoMoreBS

                        17:09 ed in texas

                        17:00 g(r)omgoru

                        16:59 Iblis

                        16:46 Mike Kozlowski

                        16:46 3dc

                        16:36 Procopius2k

                        16:33 NoMoreBS

                        16:26 Procopius2k

                        16:26 Raj

                        16:21 Zebulon Chirong3710

                        16:18 M. Murcek

                        16:17 Zebulon Chirong3710

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5	Govt of Pakistan
5	Commies
4	Islamic State
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3	Hezbollah
2	Palestinian Authority
2	al-Qaeda
2	Govt of Syria
2	Houthis
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Antifa
1	Salafists
1	TTP
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2018-01-20
Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings

Fri 2018-01-19
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Thu 2018-01-18
US drone strike leaves 6 militants dead, wounded in East of Afghanistan

Wed 2018-01-17
Wanted terrorist Abdullah Al-Qalaf killed in eastern Saudi Arabia

Tue 2018-01-16
Deadly clashes in Libyan capital force airport to close

Mon 2018-01-15
Israel Says It Destroys Hamas Tunnel Under Key Gaza Crossing

Sun 2018-01-14
Islamic State affiliate claims Mali attack that injured 3 French soldiers

Sat 2018-01-13
Over 100 Palestinians said injured in West Bank, Gaza clashes

Fri 2018-01-12
Saleh Commander Presumed Dead Appears in Yemen Video

Thu 2018-01-11
Veritas strikes again: Twitter caught doing shadow bans on conservatives through algorithm

Wed 2018-01-10
Pakistan has suspended military and intelligence cooperation with US: defence minister

Tue 2018-01-09
Spokesman: Senior Hamas official shot in the head

Mon 2018-01-08
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Sun 2018-01-07
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