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Jordan Confirms IS Captured Pilot after Plane Went down in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IDF announces that soldier seriously hurt by earlier Gaza border fire	2 17:35 chris [11132]
Bomber kills 26 anti-IS fighters in Iraq	0 [11126]
Jordan Confirms IS Captured Pilot after Plane Went down in Syria	2 17:17 Pappy [11133]
Russia convicts 57 in massive terror trial	2 17:37 chris [11134]
Maoists free two soldiers in Mindanao	0 [11127]
Insurgent killed in Narathiwat clash	0 [11128]
Former official wounded in Kismayo Gun Attack	0 [11128]
Blast wounds 2 in N. Afghan city, clash causes 136 casualties in east	0 [11125]
Pakistan boosts security for schools after Taliban attack	0 [11126]
French troops patrol after attacks in Nantes, Dijon and Tours	3 12:43 g(r)omgoru [11127]
ISIS makes gains in eastern Syria, Iraq	4 22:10 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [11133]
Anti-terror police arrest two in Australia	0 [11126]
Algerian army kills man behind beheading	0 [11127]
Five Killed As Libyan Forces And Islamist Fighters Clash In Benghazi	0 [11127]
Gunmen shoot, seriously wound Egypt military officer	0 [11128]
Natural gas pipeline in Sinai targeted by gunmen	6 22:59 Pappy [11135]
Iraqi police repel ISIS attack on al-Walid border	0 [11126]
ISIL terrorists withdraw from Qaim district to unknown zone	0 [11127]
Security forces kill 30 ISIS militants, free two villages in Balad	0 [11128]
Security forces tighten measures in borders of Jurf al-Sakhar district	0 [11129]
ISIL executes 40 of its elements in Anbar	3 09:27 Shipman [11128]
Bombs blamed on extremists kill 26 in northeast Nigeria	0 [11126]
Five bombs explode in Yemeni capital, killing one	0 [11127]
Afghan official: 150 Taliban killed in 12-day fight	2 09:57 Shipman [11127]
IS militants return to outskirts of strategic Iraqi town	0 [11126]
IS Arrests 'Extremists' Accused of Plot against Group	3 13:35 Shipman [11126]
Clashes in Benghazi Kill 16 Pro-Government Forces	0 [11126]
Egypt Jihadists Release Video of 'Executions'	0 [11128]
Defected Syrian Soldier Held on Suspicion of Plotting Terror Acts	0 [11126]
'More than 1,000 jihadists killed' in US-led Syria strikes	2 22:55 Bill Clinton [11134]
IS routs Hezbollah brigade in Baghdad's northern belt	8 16:29 JohnQC [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran Accelerates Arming of Hizbullah and Hamas for Possible Clash with Israel	1 13:29 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Madressah mainstreaming project awaits funds	0 [11124]
Accord on need for speedy justice	2 18:04 Shipman [11132]
Some N. Korean websites remain down	1 11:28 swksvolFF [11126]
Chicks Dig Jerks, Part Infinity Cubed: The Case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev	2 22:01 Zhang Fei [11131]
No pro-India party secures majority in Indian-controlled Kashmir	0 [11130]
Former U.S. Navy SEAL under investigation for alleged classified data leaks.	4 16:18 Bright Pebbles [11127]
North Korea back online after internet outage	3 15:23 swksvolFF [11126]
Al Jazeera suspends Egypt channel as Doha, Cairo mull closer ties	0 [11126]
U.S. has spent over $1 billion fighting ISIS, says Pentagon	5 15:36 Zhang Fei [11125]
Czech arms arrive in Arbil to support Kurdish Peshmerga forces	3 12:36 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Iraq requests 1000 military Humvees from U.S.	8 17:33 Pappy [11136]
MoD: Jordan opens its arms warehouses to supply Iraqi army	3 17:36 Pappy [11130]
Holland sends 130 military trainers to Iraq	2 17:36 Pappy [11132]
War collaborator sentenced to death in Bangladesh	0 [11125]
Pakistan to execute 500 terror convicts in coming weeks	2 13:42 Shipman [11125]
'Eviction notice' for Israel on US campuses	5 16:22 JohnQC [11130]
French journalist booted from TV show over anti-Muslim remarks	0 [11125]
Egypt Keeps Rafah Crossing Open for a Third Day	1 06:51 Shipman [11129]
Elected Leader Says Tunisia Has 'Turned Page'	0 [11127]
DHS updates FISMA(2002) to FISMA(2009) for 2014	1 11:22 Pappy [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Sliding oil prices leave socialist Venezuela on brink of financial collapse	3 16:24 Bright Pebbles [11126]
Police: Officer in Missouri shoots, kills man who pulled gun	8 21:08 CrazyFool [11130]
Meeting with Tripartite Contact Group commences Today	1 23:30 badanov [11133]
Today's Idiot	2 10:36 trailing wife [11126]
55kg heroin seized, two arrested in Ras Al Khaimah	0 [11125]
Jane Fonda to build shrine of herself	22 21:06 Charles [11129]
50 more NY Times journalists to be fired	16 19:43 Unonter Bluetooth3165 [11130]
Tribal armed group kill 40 in NE India	1 08:14 John Frum [11127]
Feds Bust Alleged Delta Airlines Gun-Smuggling Ring	3 10:54 swksvolFF [11127]
Sainsbury's official 2014 Christmas advert.	1 06:59 Shipman [11124]
How Is The Wife Of A Released Cuban Agent Expecting A Baby? US Senator Acts As Sperm Courier	7 21:12 Hupineger Glomomp7489 [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
The reactions are intense. But will Peshawar be a watershed?	2 18:26 John Frum [11130]
Militancy in urban areas	0 [11126]
Turkey: Time to say goodbye to EU	10 16:28 Silentbrick [11126]
The real reason Mayor de Blasio is in trouble	8 15:42 Zhang Fei [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Protests resume in New York to oppose police brutality despite Bill de Blasio’s plea to suspend demonstrations	6 19:52 frozen al [11134]

    
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6	Islamic State
5	Govt of Iraq
4	Salafists
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Jund ul-Khalifa
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Arab Spring
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2014-12-24
Jordan Confirms IS Captured Pilot after Plane Went down in Syria

Tue 2014-12-23
Pak court suspends conviction of five attackers on Gujrat army camp

Mon 2014-12-22
Afghan forces launch operation in areas bordering Pakistan

Sun 2014-12-21
Seven Dead as Pakistan Hits Militant Hideouts

Sat 2014-12-20
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani: From Iraqi officer to slain ISIS deputy

Fri 2014-12-19
Dr Usman, Arshad Mehmood executed in Faisalabad

Thu 2014-12-18
Peshmerga launch massive offensive on ISIS sites in Zammar, Mosul

Wed 2014-12-17
Nawaz removes moratorium on death penalty

Tue 2014-12-16
Taliban slaughter dozens of children at school in Peshawar

Mon 2014-12-15
Hostages held up by armed gunman in Sydney cafe

Sun 2014-12-14
Life in Post-Truth America

Sat 2014-12-13
Haqqani network used child bomber in French school attack: NDS

Fri 2014-12-12
Nigerian girl, 13, arrested wearing explosives vest

Thu 2014-12-11
NATO airstrike leaves 17 suspected militants dead in Parwan

Wed 2014-12-10
PA minister dies after clashes with IDF troops

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