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Merry Christmas - Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, Peter Alexander
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Knife-wielding Palestinian youth arrested at the Cave of the Patriarchs	0 [1745]
Merry Christmas - Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, Peter Alexander	9 23:55 Omavimble B. Hayes6869 [1802]
Indian Muslims wave national flag to show protest is not anti-India	8 20:54 trailing wife [1774]
Blast kills 5 in north Syria town controlled by opposition	0 [1742]
Cyprus police bring in boat with 34 Syrian migrants aboard	0 [1749]
IDF thwarts arms smuggle attempt in West Bank	0 [1755]
Militants attempt to bomb main Russian base in Syria	0 [1746]
Syrian Army captures more ground in southeast Idlib as Turkish military post is nearly besieged	0 [1749]
Saudi Arabia sentences 5 people to death for murdering Jamal Khashoggi, 2 officials cleared	2 12:35 Abu Uluque [1749]
Iran began new operations on Monday at a heavy water nuclear reactor	1 17:23 Groluth Hupaiger5045 [1754]
Thousands of protesters blocked roads and bridges across southern Iraq on Monday, condemning Iranian influence	0 [1748]
France says it carried out first armed drone strike in Mali	0 [1754]
Car bomb kills two soldiers in western Iraq	0 [1762]
Anti-Iran protesters demonstrate in Iraq	0 [1751]
HDP mayor of a key Kurdish town in southeast Turkey arrested	0 [1774]
At least 100,000 Syrians flee regime bombardment in Idlib: aid group	0 [1767]
Three Civilians Killed in Explosion at Funeral in Laghman	0 [1749]
US Soldier Killed in Afghanistan	4 12:27 Abu Uluque [1751]
Page 2: WoT Background
German exchange student says he's told to leave India after joining protests	6 22:41 ruprecht [1772]
Is Iran Quietly Infiltrating Congress Through Democrats Like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib?	10 18:16 gorb [1760]
Columbia University Faces Second Recent Complaint Alleging Antisemitic Discrimination	2 11:57 trailing wife [1736]
European governments earmarked funds for anti-Israel lawfare at ICC	0 [1739]
Gaza fishing zone set to be expanded again	0 [1734]
U.S. Plans to Withhold Aid if Hizbullah Gets Role in Lebanon Cabinet	1 09:59 Raj [1756]
Turkish-backed militants issue general mobilization call after major setback in Idlib	0 [1735]
Israel used Lebanese airspace to launch attack on Damascus	0 [1756]
Inquiry into use of expired polio vaccine finds negligence by five officials	0 [1745]
Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Babar Awan on Monday claimed that the government was examining the option of challenging the conviction of former president Pervez Musharraf	1 11:54 Skidmark [1741]
Algeria’s military chief Gaid Salah dies amid protest crisis	0 [1745]
Lockerbie, 31 years on.	1 11:43 Skidmark [1739]
Germany: CDU rejects calls to bring thousands of refugee children from Greek camps	4 13:25 magpie [1746]
Europe 'will feel' new refugee wave, warns Turkey's Erdogan	2 20:24 Omavimble B. Hayes6869 [1768]
Queen is enemy of Islam and must die	5 14:51 Lex [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
How KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan	4 19:02 Goober Tingle7365 [1763]
It's all ancient Greek to Boris!	6 19:33 Bright Pebbles [1749]
Japan proposes dumping ONE MILLION tonnes of radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear disaster into the sea	3 22:33 Nguard [1759]
Spanish TV reporter quits on air after winning lottery – but only wins small prize	1 10:48 Lex [1734]
Brussels chaos: Spain follows Poland in shock threat to quit EU 'No more humiliation!'	9 14:52 Lex [1746]
The Revolution Comes for JK. Rowling.	4 11:58 Skidmark [1745]
Hildabeast Didn't Kill Epstein. It Was the Juice! (not OJ)	15 19:44 Spanky Whuter1088 [1777]
School division apologizes after Christmas concert deemed 'anti-oil'	1 10:34 Lex [1734]
San Fransisco is losing the battle despite spending 94 mil to clean it up	3 10:59 crazyhorse [1737]
Study Finds Almost 40 Percent of People in Eight European Nations Would Like to Live "in a World Where Chemical Substances Don't Exist"	12 15:04 Lex [1742]
Film review: In Austria's Alps, 'A Hidden Life' Of World War II Resistance	2 16:34 Bman [1748]
More than 9,300 stores are closing in 2019 as the retail apocalypse drags on ‐ here's the full list	15 21:15 Mullah Richard [1761]
Somber MSNBC Panel Hits Panic Button Over the McConnell-Trump Judicial Confirmation Record	6 18:19 gorb [1759]
New Zealand Gun Buyback Was An ‘Unmitigated Failure’	9 13:34 Herb McCoy [1745]
‘Widow's Tax' axed (military spouses payout no longer taxed)	2 12:12 Skidmark [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
Michelle Wolf: Abortion Made Me Feel Like God	8 17:32 Silentbrick [1765]
A Nation ‘Led by Paramilitary Cartels' Is at Our Southern Border	1 10:57 Ulineng Jones2382 [1732]
The Destructiveness of the Liberal Child Mind	2 22:33 CrazyFool [1758]
Supreme Court Justice Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial	6 13:05 Abu Uluque [1740]
Catherine Herridge Highlights More Info in the IG Report That Doesn't Look Good For Comey and Others	3 13:06 Abu Uluque [1745]
Richard Jewell Is More Than a Movie It Is a Powerful Political Metaphor	12 16:36 g(r)omgoru [1734]
Page 6: Politix
Fredo's Idiot Brother Whacks Federal Judges	6 15:15 Lex [1737]
Hunter Biden Is the Subject of a Criminal Investigation Involving Burisma, Legal Filing Claims	4 12:45 Abu Uluque [1747]
FBI leadership pushed Steele Dossier for January 2017 intel assessment	4 08:51 Bright Pebbles [1744]
Senate Options Upon Receiving Articles of Impeachment	7 15:19 Lex [1739]
Taxpayer $ used to fund the whole bit to frame Trump	1 01:29 Crusader [1738]
Why Muller didn't go into FISA applications.	6 09:21 DarthVader [1735]
Did someone say Case Agent 1?	1 00:38 Lex [1745]
FISC judge orders FBI to identify all surveillance applications involving Kevin Clinesmith.	7 15:54 Procopius2k [1746]

    
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                        22:31 Secret Master

                        22:16 Lex

                        21:31 European Conservative

                        21:15 Mullah Richard

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                        20:46 John Frum

                        20:28 Rob Crawford

                        20:24 Omavimble B. Hayes6869

                        20:07 M. Murcek

                        19:44 Spanky Whuter1088

                        19:42 Bright Pebbles

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                        19:02 Goober Tingle7365

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                        18:19 gorb

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                        17:32 Silentbrick

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4	Sublime Porte
3	al-Nusra
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2019-12-24
Merry Christmas - Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, Peter Alexander

Mon 2019-12-23
Islamic State just issued this statement that claims the Battle of revenge is on

Sun 2019-12-22
France kills 33 militants in Mali raid: president

Sat 2019-12-21
Berlin police Foiled ISIS Terror Attack at Christmas Market

Fri 2019-12-20
Government of National Accord in Libya have officially requested that Turkey intervenes militarily in the civil war

Thu 2019-12-19
ISIS captures new ground in eastern Syria after launching powerful attack against Syrian Army forces

Wed 2019-12-18
Assailants attack several protest camps in north and south Lebanon

Tue 2019-12-17
Backer of Iraq anti-government protests killed in Baghdad

Mon 2019-12-16
Iran claims the whole Persian Gulf. Both sides!

Sun 2019-12-15
Attempt to assassinate the son of the political spokesman of Muqtada al-Sadr

Sat 2019-12-14
Haftar-led Libyan Army claims new advance near Tripoli

Fri 2019-12-13
Triumphant Boris hails landslide win gives him ‘power to get Brexit done’

Thu 2019-12-12
AMAL, Hizbullah Supporters Try to Storm Riad al-Solh, Repelled by Tear Gas

Wed 2019-12-11
Iraqi protesters defiantly turn out in the capital Baghdad

Tue 2019-12-10
Jersey City shooting - possibly 6 dead at JC Kosher grocery

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