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Bush the Elder dies at 94
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Page 1: WoT Operations
US-backed Syrian fighters say they hold ISIS leader's assistant	0 [1748]
Idlib-Hama axis: Syrian army clashes with Al Nusra and Turkish catspaw while Turkey and Syria send in more forces	0 [1762]
Houthi forces nearly encircled at Taiz-Kadhah front in western Yemen (map)	0 [1759]
Police suspect terrorism as Jordanian assaults 2 Israeli co-workers in Eilat	0 [1753]
Coalition issues nine permits for vessels carrying aid to Yemeni ports	0 [1755]
10,000 Palestinians protest along Gaza border, 18 said wounded by IDF fire	0 [1748]
Tunisia Arrests 12 Suspected IS Members, Dismantles Cells	0 [1751]
US strike kills 11 suspected Qaeda militants in Libya: Africom	0 [1746]
SDF capture senior ISIS leader in Deir ez-Zor, launch big attack vs. ISIS	0 [1752]
U.S. airstrike leaves 12 militants dead in Geru district	0 [1768]
Taliban Infighting In Herat Leaves 28 Dead	1 02:09 M. Murcek [1760]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hundreds of residents of eastern Qalamoun join Syrian Army ranks	0 [1744]
Anger over pork sausages at Germany Islam event	10 22:30 Woodrow [1785]
Syrian refugee sentenced for bomb plot in Germany	0 [1751]
Heavy rain turns Tijuana asylum seeker camp to mud	11 22:59 SteveS [1768]
Turkish court keeps Selahattin Demirtas in jail despite ECHR	0 [1746]
Armies can't conquer Kashmiris' passion for freedom, says information minister	0 [1758]
Houthi video shows children being trained to ‘fight America and Israel’	0 [1740]
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown leaves Indian techies in limbo	9 18:17 Bright Pebbles [1773]
Saudi Arabia inks $15 bln deal for Lockheed’s missile defense system	2 07:02 3dc [1750]
Iran duped Pakistan into Israel nuke threat as tiny part of huge fakery campaign	0 [1767]
Syrian regime and allies downplay 'airstrikes' after wild night in Damascus	3 17:08 Frank G [1767]
Convicted killer, gang member from caravan arrested after crossing U.S. border	0 [1754]
‘No man’s land’ between Peshmerga, Iraqi forces allows ISIS to linger	0 [1748]
Kurdistan's Jewish community still fears persecution	1 17:01 M. Murcek [1753]
UN Confirms 23 Civilians Killed In Helmand Airstrike	0 [1759]
US says seized weapons show that Iran is a regional threat	0 [1749]
The war against Hamas tunnels	1 04:55 Dale [1748]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Feds catch convicted murderer in migrant caravan: DHS	1 16:38 Bobby [1754]
Project Troy: How Scientists Helped Refine Cold War Psychological Warfare	1 13:21 Besoeker [1741]
His F-16 lost its engine, then caught fire over Washington before crashing. And he lived to tell about it.	2 22:41 newc [1774]
Iran navy launches stealth warship in the Gulf	12 22:40 newc [1786]
Two Central American men arrested, charged with assaulting Border Patrol agents	0 [1745]
Electricity Be Hard: South Afrika's Eskom confirms 13 hours of stage 1 load shedding for Saturday	7 19:05 charger [1780]
French police brace for more violent protests over rising fuel costs	0 [1741]
Wall Street rises on trade hopes; S&P, Nasdaq post best weeks in 7 years	1 07:59 M. Murcek [1759]
120 People To Lose Jobs As Dixie Chopper Factory Closes In Putnam County, IN	0 [1749]
Lost in the Fifties Tonight (video)	4 08:39 Procopius2k [1750]
Texas AG Sues San Antonio Over Sanctuary City Policy	0 [1752]
New Tick in U.S. Can Multiply by the Thousands on One Person or Animal, Spread Disease	2 21:00 Lowspark [1769]
FRANCE 24 reports from a Ukrainian port 'under blockade'	0 [1752]
The new West Balkans Route and the future of migration crisis	0 [1754]
Bush the Elder dies at 94	12 15:57 Procopius2k [1803]
G7 declares 'unwavering support' for Ukraine over Russia standoff	0 [1749]
Marriott says up to 500 million guests affected by hack	2 08:05 M. Murcek [1750]
Bosnian commander acquitted of war crimes in Srebrenica	0 [1740]
7.0 magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska in US	12 22:33 Woodrow [1774]
Two minor girls rescued from Kasur sex trafficking ring	0 [1754]
US woman attacks McDonald’s manager for ‘not enough’ ketchup	6 18:19 Bright Pebbles [1783]
Page 4: Opinion
Robert Mueller's Plan - Building a 'report' not a case	1 17:15 Bobby [1753]
Dershowitz says Mueller is trying to 'spring perjury traps' to flip people	7 14:47 Besoeker [1745]
Victor Davis Hanson: We Haven't Had A Legal Accounting Of Comey, Brennan & Clapper And It's Coming	13 22:26 Woodrow [1779]
DiGenova: Mueller Narrative Will Be "I Couldn't Prove Collusion Because They Wouldn't Let Me"	2 13:23 3dc [1747]
Obama Boasts That Obamacare Has Reduced Health Care Costs By Lowering Life Expectancy: 'Thank Me For That	5 15:05 JohnQC [1750]
New Study Provides Further Evidence that Marijuana Is a Gateway Drug	13 17:45 M. Murcek [1782]
India, China wrestle it out in Sri Lanka and the Maldives	1 05:35 Dale [1764]
A secret apparatus for Tunisia’s Ennahda	0 [1759]
‘We will proudly bypass the sanctions’ -- Oh really? How?	0 [1766]
Dictionaries, rockets and towers in the Arab world	0 [1758]
Liberals Want America to Go Borderless	4 12:36 Bright Pebbles [1747]
Page 6: Politix
Al Sharpton on Stacey Abrams: ‘We Won Georgia, It Was Robbed'	4 16:32 M. Murcek [1749]
A Saudi views the G-20	2 09:11 M. Murcek [1745]
At the Summit	0 [1745]
Ocasio-Cortez Likens Civil Rights And Going To The Moon To Winning Her Election	10 23:23 SR-71 [1775]
House Speaker Paul Ryan: There's Something 'Really Bizarre' About California's Election System	8 14:36 charger [1747]
Blue State Blues: Democrats Stole the Election in California ‐ Legally, Through ‘Ballot Harvesting'	3 08:53 Besoeker [1747]
Couple forced to prove that New Mexico is a state while applying for marriage license	9 16:43 M. Murcek [1750]

    
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4	Islamic State
3	Houthis
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	Taliban
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Iran
1	Human Trafficking
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2018-12-01
Bush the Elder dies at 94

Fri 2018-11-30
Around 70 militants killed, wounded in 4-day operations in Kunduz

Thu 2018-11-29
28 ISIS-K, Taliban militants killed in Afghan and U.S. forces operations

Wed 2018-11-28
Over 200 TLP activists booked under sedition, other charges in Rawalpindi

Tue 2018-11-27
Somali Muslim Arrested for Attempting to Mow Down Jews With Car in Front of L.A. Synagogue

Mon 2018-11-26
ISIS-K spokesman killed in Afghan Special Forces operation in Nangarhar

Sun 2018-11-25
Federal officials close border into Mexico amid migrant protests

Sat 2018-11-24
U.S. Airstrikes Kill 50 Al-Shabaab Jihadis in Somalia

Fri 2018-11-23
Terror attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi foiled; 2 policemen martyred

Thu 2018-11-22
PA court sentences Palestinians to 15 years hard labor for selling land to Jews

Wed 2018-11-21
US military says strikes killed over 30 suspected militants in Somalia

Tue 2018-11-20
Daesh suffers devastating defeat as Syrian Army liberates entire Al-Safa region

Mon 2018-11-19
Key Taliban commanders among 7 detained by Afghan Commandos in Takhar

Sun 2018-11-18
43 civilians killed by anti-ISIS coalition strikes in east Syria

Sat 2018-11-17
Taliban kill 30 policemen in Farah province

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