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Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Breaking: Terror attack on Berlin Christmas market	37 22:23 Raj [1785]
Russian ambassador to Turkey ~~seriously injured~~ TU after being shot in 'assassination attempt'	45 19:47 Blossom Unains5562 [1760]
RT: Israeli tanks fire into Gaza in response to alleged cross-border gunfire	4 20:20 borgboy [1761]
Arab MK allegedly smuggled mobile phones to Palestinian security prisoners	5 20:28 borgboy [1759]
Jordan declares end of castle siege, says four gunmen killed	1 16:58 trailing wife [1735]
Three Palestinians arrested for suspected arson attacks	0 [1741]
Palestinian, 19, shot dead during clashes with Israeli forces	2 07:48 Rob Crawford [1740]
Good morning	1 23:19 CrazyFool [1760]
5 wounded in convoy ambush is Quetta	0 [1749]
Turkish forces launch new attacks on Kobane	0 [1771]
4 die in ISIS mine attacks in Hasakah	0 [1746]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [1741]
15 ISIS troops die in Salahuddin	0 [1741]
Car bomb detonates in Fallujah	0 [1738]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [1731]
Syrian Army foils another ISIS attack in eastern Homs countryside	0 [1741]
Islamist field commander killed in an explosion in Idlib province	0 [1734]
Several hundred militants reconcile with Syrian government in Damascus province	0 [1747]
Al-Ghasri: 2500 IS radicals were killed in Sirte battle	0 [1750]
Dignity Operation militias arrest Tawergha municipality member over photo	0 [1731]
IS ‘policeman’ caught in Ganfouda water tank as terrorist enclave shrinks	2 10:47 Skidmark [1734]
Suicide bomber kills seven in Libyan city of Benghazi	0 [1743]
Egypt seizes Iranian ship loaded with drugs	3 15:02 Pappy [1743]
ISIS claims bomb attack in Aden that killed 49	0 [1734]
Buses attacked, burned on way to Aleppo	0 [1742]
Canadian tourist among seven dead in Jordan attacks	0 [1744]
'Unprovoked' mortar fire by Iran's forces kills one in Balochistan's Panjgoor	1 09:20 Pappy [1747]
Top police official survives roadside explosion in West of Afghanistan	0 [1744]
Shooting in Kabul leaves 3 dead and 3 others wounded	0 [1743]
5 militants killed, 6 wounded as Afghan forces repulse attack in Nangarhar	0 [1741]
Suspect in murder of PKK female members dies in Paris hospital	1 04:05 Besoeker [1738]
Twenty-five buses enter Aleppo to evacuate trapped civilians and rebel fighters	1 20:33 borgboy [1764]
ISIS offers $1mn reward for Kurdish-Danish Peshmerga	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Heads to Golf Course After Receiving Reports on Berlin Attack and Russian Ambassador Death	6 20:36 borgboy [1760]
DM: More cabinet Billionaires	5 19:13 3dc [1739]
RT: Efraim Halevy-Mossad interview, interesting if true.	0 [1740]
Mossad chief gives secret intelligence briefing to Trump staff	9 19:30 Jeasing Creque5352 [1735]
With plenty of Hamas help, IS deepens its war against Egypt	0 [1764]
Qazi Isa commission decries lack of reliable data about seminaries	0 [1744]
Afghan Army Plans Large-Scale Operation In North	0 [1745]
ISIS introduces new Lord High Executioner	2 13:24 Wholush Angeaper8807 [1736]
Abdul Jalil has second thoughts on restoring the monarchy	0 [1741]
Jubeir: Iran’s meddling in region must be stopped	0 [1731]
Lebanon gets new government led by Saad Hariri	0 [1742]
General Qamar Bajwa calls on Saudi King Salman, vows to guard Holy Mosques	0 [1738]
Afghan forces receive light attack aircraft in Kandahar airfield	1 04:56 Skidmark [1733]
Abadi unlikely to send Peshmerga budget funds, says deputy FM	0 [1744]
Fallujah infrastructure and social fabric in ruins post-ISIS	2 12:06 Frozen Al [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Obama grants clemency to 231 convicts in one-day record	7 22:19 lord garth [1761]
U.S. chief justice Roberts refuses to force vote on Obama high court pick	1 17:38 Procopius2k [1746]
The electoral college is thwarting our ability to battle global warming	6 22:03 Rambler in Virginia [1766]
RT: Dozens of left-wing activists marching in the streets of Copenhagen	1 13:35 Rex Mundi [1738]
Trump picks 101st Abn vet and Florida Panthers owner as Army secretary	4 18:27 Shipman [1741]
Germany criticizes Christmas ban at German school in Turkey	1 11:35 Abu Uluque [1737]
German economists oppose Italy exiting Eurozone	2 11:33 Abu Uluque [1739]
White House faces exodus of NSC foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival	11 11:55 Regular joe [1736]
Turkey holds nine over 'revenge attacks' on pro-Kurd party	1 13:39 Pappy [1746]
Zsa Zsa Gabor Dead At 99	1 12:53 Crusader [1739]
Thousands in Kashmir gather to see hair from prophet Muhammad's beard	6 13:45 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1743]
US Marshal arrested for pointing gun at McDonald’s cashier	10 17:52 AlanC [1736]
Venezuela's Maduro extends use of 100-bolivar note amid social unrest	1 06:09 Cheaderhead [1748]
UK: Homeless ex-soldier, 82, dies hours after being evicted from squat	3 12:28 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Ukrainian forces launch attack in northern Donetsk, Lugansk	0 [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Can Trump construct a new world order?	3 21:23 Procopius2k [1763]
The Liberal Ideological Complex	5 11:28 Sock Puppet of Doom [1738]
GOP rep Pete King: Klingon director leaked RU hacking information to press	6 14:43 anon1 [1733]
GORKA: ‘The Era of the Pajama Boy Is Over January 20th, and the Alpha Males Are Back'	6 12:15 Jeasing Creque5352 [1738]
CIA analyst: ~~Obama~~ Saddam Hussein 'seemed clueless,' was 'inattentive' leader	1 14:56 SteveS [1728]
The Butcher’s Bill of 1916: Europe’s Blood-Drenched Year of Horror	2 11:18 Iblis [1728]
Feldman: All the News the Editors See Fit to Print	3 21:06 Sgt.D.T. [1763]
Page 6: Politix
It's over: Trump 304	9 22:13 Hillary Clinton [1762]
Loretta Lynch joins host of other women: 'I Wish I Had Not Ever Met Bill Clinton'	8 13:41 Frank G [1734]
Michael Moore offers to pay fines for faithless electors who refuse to vote for Donald Trump	12 17:52 BrerRabbit [1734]

    
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                        22:13 Hillary Clinton

                        22:03 Rambler in Virginia

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                        21:12 Frank G

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                        20:42 European Conservative

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1	Hezbollah
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1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
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Two weeks of WOT

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Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated

Sun 2016-12-18
Sirte officially declared Liberated

Sat 2016-12-17
22 ISIS targets hit in airstrikes in Palmyra

Fri 2016-12-16
Belgian Police Move on Libya Arms Smuggling Ring

Thu 2016-12-15
11 headless bodies found in Aden

Wed 2016-12-14
Jihadist rebels agree to ceasefire deal in east Aleppo

Tue 2016-12-13
Mosul Offensive News: Iraqi forces move into Mosul's biggest district

Mon 2016-12-12
Syrian army equipment falls into ISIS' possession in Palmyra

Sun 2016-12-11
Death toll rises to 20 25 in Cairo Coptic cathedral bombing

Sat 2016-12-10
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Fri 2016-12-09
Schoolgirl suicide bombers kill 30/injure 57

Thu 2016-12-08
SC upholds death penalty for Mufti Hannan, 2 others

Wed 2016-12-07
Syrian rebels repel attack in Aleppo by Iranian militia

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