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Top Taliban leader leading Kunduz battle killed in Ghazni ambush
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Kuwait Jails Filipina for Joining IS Jihadists	0 [1734]
Turkish authorities detained 1,682 people last week over militant links	1 00:48 Raj [1738]
Suicide bomber attacks market in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri	0 [1742]
Palestinian man shot in foot during clash with troops near Nablus	0 [1724]
Good morning	8 18:56 illeagle [1754]
Gunmen Kill Six in Northern Nigeria	0 [1730]
Civilians killed by barrel bombs near Damascus	0 [1734]
Houthi fighters storm Al Jazeera bureau in Sanaa	1 21:19 anon1 [1748]
Syrian Kurdish council finds missing members burnt to death, accusing local group	0 [1736]
Two arrested in bombing of Iranian Kurdish party, perpetrator on the run	0 [1732]
Iraqi army loading the guns for a new round of Mosul battle	0 [1734]
LNA conducts airstrikes against BDB in Jufra base	0 [1728]
15 die in Soddy airstrikes in Nahem	0 [1738]
Commander of Free Syrian Army unit abruptly resigns	0 [1734]
Kurd forces capture Jabaar in Raqqa	0 [1737]
ISIS unable to advance in Deir Ezzor despite relentless assaults	0 [1733]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Editions	0 [1739]
Syrian Army advances in rural Damascus after jihadists refuse to surrender	0 [1734]
Russian jets carry out airstrikes to aid Turkish Army in Aleppo’s Al-Bab	1 03:06 g(r)omgoru [1730]
Fateh Al-Sham arrests rebel fighters returning from Al-Bab front	0 [1742]
Top ISIS Turban dies in Kirkuk	0 [1738]
Syrian Army seizes large supply of jihadist weapons in east Aleppo	0 [1738]
Syrian Army kills scores of ISIS terrorists at strategic airport in west Palmyra	0 [1739]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [1732]
Top Taliban leader leading Kunduz battle killed in Ghazni ambush	0 [1754]
Thieves posing as security personnel arrested in Kabul city	0 [1731]
7 Pakistanis among 14 ISIS loyalists killed in East of Afghanistan	0 [1735]
Anbar Antics	0 [1728]
Taliban commander among 18 killed in Kunduz city	0 [1731]
Suicide attack rocks Lashkargah city in South of Afghanistan	0 [1737]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [1736]
Anti-ISIS operations to kick off in Ghazni and Zabul: Abdullah	0 [1739]
Taliban militants behead young woman in North of Afghanistan	0 [1730]
Suicide donkey seized along Durand Line, Pak officials claim	1 09:41 Pappy [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Morocco Warned Germany Twice About Berlin Killer Anis Amri; German Intel Did Nothing	7 22:49 newc [1757]
Israeli defense minister calls Paris peace summit a ‘tribunal,' compares it to Dreyfus trial	4 22:19 Shipman [1753]
Over 2,000 Saudi jihadists said fighting abroad	0 [1732]
Balkan countries illegally push back migrants: UNHCR	4 17:55 DarthVader [1749]
NAP made slow progress in blocking funding to terrorists: Interior Ministry	0 [1733]
Al Jazeera condemns arrest of its journalist in Egypt	0 [1734]
Is this the end for Iraq's Sabaeans?	0 [1734]
Jarablus residents protest presence of Turkish-backed forces	0 [1740]
Dozens arrested in Bosaso for army prosecutor’s killing	0 [1735]
India Tests Long-Range, Ballistic Nuclear-Capable Missile	1 13:53 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1731]
Wreckage of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea	2 13:56 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1726]
'We don't want them back': Tunisians protest against returning jihadi fighters	2 13:16 DarthVader [1738]
Surveillance video confirms Berlin attacker fled to Italy via Lyon	2 19:58 trailing wife [1745]
Somalian asylum seeker hospitalised after sex attack arrest on Christmas Eve	3 15:01 gorb [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
2 men sleeping in dumpsters take longer nap than anticipated	9 21:44 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Narcotics by mail from overseas overwhelm US Postal Service	6 18:14 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1747]
Senior Facebook Employee Arrested For Allegedly Soliciting Sex From Underage Girl	8 19:46 trailing wife [1754]
‘The Fashion of Islam' to Arrive at de Young in 2018	7 17:24 CrazyFool [1748]
Feral yoot riot at mall near beautiful downtown Aurora, Illinois	5 23:02 newc [1754]
Trump lacks plan on N. Korea: U.S. expert	10 17:02 M. Murcek [1736]
N. Korea may go all-out to idolize Fat Boy in 2017	7 13:01 swksvolFF [1734]
Fat Boy: bureaucracy can ruin revolutionary drive	3 12:34 Bobby [1737]
Damage to fibre optic cables disrupts PTCL, cellular services in Pakistan	3 16:38 Deacon Blues [1739]
N. Korea spends 23% of GDP on Military	1 21:26 Slats Cravigum6237 [1752]
Cuba faces 'deep problems' in 2017	3 14:16 Frank G [1733]
Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension	1 01:07 Raj [1741]
15 die of consuming toxic liquor in Toba Tek Singh	0 [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
Tim Blair: RUSSIAN INTERVENTION EXPOSED	1 21:15 anon1 [1745]
Angela Merkel is destroying Europe	6 19:56 trailing wife [1754]
Drexel University assistant professor under fire for 'white genocide' tweet	8 09:56 badanov [1733]
Obama's war against America	2 19:50 Blossom Unains5562 [1749]
UN Vote on Settlements Can’t Hide Palestinian Collapse	2 13:16 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1735]
Page 6: Politix
Spackle-Faced Evita Indicted	5 16:56 M. Murcek [1736]
Former US envoy to Israel: 'Nasty' language directed at Obama 'unacceptable'	10 16:35 AlanC [1729]
Appears the US did more than simply 'abstain' from the UN Israeli settlement vote	12 20:55 Omomort Cheager7040 [1757]

    
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6	Commies
5	Govt of Syria
5	Taliban
2	Houthis
2	Arab Spring
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Nusra
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Shabaab
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Iraq

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Tue 2016-12-27
Top Taliban leader leading Kunduz battle killed in Ghazni ambush

Mon 2016-12-26
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Sun 2016-12-25
Buhari: Last Boko Haram base taken in Sambisa Forest

Sat 2016-12-24
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Fri 2016-12-23
Suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack killed in Milan police shootout: Official

Thu 2016-12-22
ISIS issues order for arrest of its missing finance minister

Wed 2016-12-21
Syrian Army enters east Aleppo neighborhoods for first time in 4 years

Tue 2016-12-20
At least 12 dead in 'terrorist attack' after truck crashes into Berlin Christmas market

Mon 2016-12-19
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
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Mosul Offensive News: Iraqi forces move into Mosul's biggest district

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