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Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan	16 22:35 trailing wife [1813]
Blast Kills Policemen, Civilians in Helmand: Local Officials	0 [1747]
Takhar police detain two Taliban fighters	0 [1733]
Yemeni National Army says its forces have shot down a drone launched by the Iranian-allied Houthi militia	0 [1747]
At least 11 civilians were killed in two separate attacks in Niger	0 [1741]
Protesters resume demonstrations outside house of #Babel governor	0 [1742]
#Iraqi soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes that followed an attack by members of the so-called #IslamicState	0 [1735]
#Iraq’s Military intelligence directorate announced arresting two #terrorists in #Mosul and #Nineveh	0 [1742]
Islamist insurgency in Mozambique escalates attacks, beheadings reported	0 [1749]
Two protesters dead in Baghdad and Karbala	0 [1745]
Multiple #LNA airstrike on #GNA #misrata militias reinforced with Syrian #mercenaries #terrorists around AbuGrian	0 [1744]
LNA force advance south of AlGarabuli and have full control of AlRwajah area south of the city	0 [1741]
Heavy clashes in AinZara #Tripoli as #GNA Syrian #terrorist units opened fire on a #LNA position	0 [1746]
Syria army takes eight villages in #Idlib and #Aleppo provinces	0 [1744]
Ehsanullah Ehsan escapes from custody	1 09:16 b [1749]
Standoff between Maulana Aziz, officials	1 06:41 Frank G [1742]
Ex-serviceman martyred, 4 civilians injured in 'indiscriminate' Indian shelling across LoC	0 [1739]
#SAA soldiers filmed in Khan al-Sabil deconsecrating the graves of people killed in Idlib	1 12:43 John Frum [1747]
IDF confirms that tanks struck two #Hamas positions in response to earlier rocket fire	0 [1744]
Rebels killed on #Idlib fronts a Republican Guard's Colonel & the General who was the commander in chief for all #NDF operations in the country.	1 10:18 Mercutio [1743]
Local media reports a large convoy of 200 Turkish Armed Forces military vehicles have entered Idlib	0 [1746]
Shootout between US, Afghan forces in Nangahar, 5-6 US fatalities	0 [1741]
2 killed, 3 injured in Kunduz	0 [1735]
5 martyred in U.S aggression	1 10:16 Mercutio [1746]
Over 38 enemy military personnel suffer casualties in country’s north	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Muslim Countries Must Unite in ‘Jihad' Against Israel and U.S., Says Iran's Supreme Leader	11 19:41 gorb [1771]
Most Legal Cases in Uruzgan Handled by Taliban: Governor	2 16:45 jpal [1742]
Radicalised chem. teacher jailed for 6 years in 2015 for planning to join ISIS is back on the streets a month early despite being handed an extended sentence; gov’t wants law to stop early release	2 09:40 lord garth [1749]
Cyprus has signed contracts for weapons orders to bolster its defenses at a time of heightened tensions with Turkey	0 [1748]
The widow of the pilot of the Ukrainian airliner downed by Iran last month says she wants to join the class action lawsuit	0 [1736]
QaisKhazali claims that the number of victims among #Iraqi demonstrators does not reach one third of the number declared	0 [1732]
MuqtadaAlSadr is responsible for the assassination of Haidar Al Kalidar and Sayyid Abdul Majid al-Khoei	0 [1748]
Shia cleric and a Hawza Lecturer in Najaf; it's okay for men to have intercourse with minor wives	0 [1747]
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi called for a ‘public trial’ for murderers and perpetrators of crimes against peaceful demonstrators	1 10:22 Mercutio [1753]
If negotiations with Moscow fail and the Syrian army does not leave Idlib before the end of February, then Ankara will act	3 10:40 Phomogum tse Tung6975 [1750]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The Deal of the Century Is Stupid	2 20:22 jpal [1765]
'Yeni Safak' Daily, Mouthpiece Of Turkey's #AKP: 'The World Now Has A #Jewish Problem'	0 [1741]
Iranian Official Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi: We Should Use Blacks in America to Cause the U.S. to Disintegrate	10 11:10 Woodrow [1741]
Philippine president says he will scrap military pact with US	8 20:10 trailing wife [1777]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Internal memo says over 30 military hospitals will soon stop treating families and retirees	2 21:06 Mike Kozlowski [1777]
An Academic's Proposal For Ending Climate Change: Human Extinction	11 21:12 Lex [1765]
SeaWorld trainers will no longer ride dolphins due to pressure from PETA	4 13:36 swksvolFF [1754]
Thai soldier who killed 20 shot dead in shopping mall siege	0 [1747]
Robert Conrad Passes	8 19:43 gorb [1763]
Two schools near a French ski resort where five Britons have been diagnosed with the new #coronavirus will be closed	0 [1743]
Two new cases of #coronavirus infections have been announced in #UAE	0 [1742]
Everyone is ordered to stay home till Feb 20th - Officials postponed the Monday Feb 10th back to work date	0 [1744]
Tianjin's Baodi District, southeast of Beijing, is being put on lockdown due to coronavirus	0 [1740]
86 more people die of coronavirus in mainland China - the highest one-day jump so far	2 14:54 Skidmark [1747]
House IT Aides Ran Car Dealership With Markings Of A Nefarious Money Laundering Operation	12 17:11 NoMoreBS [1745]
CG Rear Admiral Peter J. Brown, to Lead Puerto Rico Aid and Recovery Effort	3 17:20 magpie [1747]
US oil executives moved from house arrest to prison after Guaido meets with Trump	0 [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
Red China's infection of American classrooms	5 21:10 Snigum Clomosing1556 [1766]
Steve Scalise: Based On Info I've Seen, Some People Should Be Going to Jail When Durham Is Done	6 15:23 Alaska Paul [1733]
FBI director admits: Yes, surveillance of Carter Page was illegal	7 12:24 Iblis [1759]
Climate change is coming for your Oreos	10 21:25 John Frum [1767]
Herat's restored synagogues reveal Afghanistan's Jewish past	0 [1746]
Mike Bloomberg: Those Uneducated Midwest Rubes Are Just Too Stupid for Trans Bathrooms	15 20:00 M. Murcek [1764]
Blue collar boom? College grads, baby boomers big winners in Trump's economy	13 20:05 M. Murcek [1755]
World Changer	0 [1733]
Demand for peace and end of occupation from all corners	1 06:30 Frank G [1734]
Page 6: Politix
‘Appalling': Hillary Clinton rips Orange Man over ouster of LTC Sausage	18 19:37 Chris [1767]
Netanyahu calls on Gantz to fire adviser who compared Trump to Hitler	3 03:33 M. Murcek [1746]
Man Deliberately Crashes Van Into GOP Voter Registration Tent, Targeting Trump Campaign Volunteers	8 20:52 M. Murcek [1762]
AOC Strikes Again!	14 17:25 magpie [1747]
MSNBC's Maddow Presses DNC Chair Tom Perez Over Low Dem Turnout In Iowa: ‘They Didn't Turn Out In Droves!'	6 18:53 ruprecht [1756]
Plan to probe Bidens sparks GOP divisions	17 15:09 Abu Uluque [1758]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
4	Govt of Iran Proxies
4	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
4	Commies
4	Govt of Iran
3	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Govt of Pakistan
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1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
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Mon 2020-02-03
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Sat 2020-02-01
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Fri 2020-01-31
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Thu 2020-01-30
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