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Iraqi airstrike kills ISIS Top Dawgs
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Syrian anti-IS film-maker assassinated in Turkey after waiting for asylum visa for France	5 23:19 Super Hose [1769]
4 die in roadside bomb attack	0 [1738]
Two injured in Barkhan clash	0 [1736]
Rockets fired from Iran land in Kharan	3 23:21 Shipman [1767]
Yemeni Forces Hit Saudi Base in Najran	0 [1747]
Houthis kill more civilians in Taiz, block aid	0 [1743]
Kurdish-Arab join forces advance against ISIS north Aleppo	0 [1747]
US war birds hit ISIS convoy in Hasakah	2 02:34 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Boko Haram attacks northeast Nigerian city, many killed	0 [1747]
Kurd Kommies attack Turkish Konvoy in Cizre	0 [1738]
Iraqi airstrike kills ISIS Top Dawgs	0 [1767]
Turkish troops withdraw from Ninivah	0 [1739]
25 ISIS troops die in airstrikes in Anbar	0 [1741]
Baghdad bomb attack inflicts 8 casualties	0 [1746]
8 ISIS element die in north Ramadi battles	0 [1745]
44 ISIS Bad Guys die near Fallujah	0 [1745]
Baby Killed in Clashes between Turkish Forces, Kurdish Rebels	0 [1740]
Three Held after Fight in Dutch Refugee Center	0 [1743]
Boko Haram Kills at Least 14 in Christmas Day Attack in Nigeria	0 [1736]
Gunmen Affiliated To Nangarhar MP Behead 4 Daesh Fighters	0 [1744]
Troops use robotic arm to defuse powerful TNT filled cooker IED	2 15:28 JHH [1746]
Two Police, Eight Insurgents Killed in Zabul Clashes	0 [1736]
Egypt's army says killed militant who was involved in murder of police captain	0 [1741]
Three soldiers wounded in West Bank, J'lem attacks	3 11:59 gorb [1738]
US hits Islamic State group with 17 Christmas Day airstrikes	7 22:21 Skidmark [1763]
Gunmen Kill Six Members Of One Family In Kunar	0 [1740]
Syria anti-IS documentary maker 'assassinated' in Turkey	0 [1752]
Iraqi forces surround ISIS-held complex in Ramadi	0 [1736]
800 Tunisian jihadists killed fighting for ISIS in Syria	0 [1735]
Iraqi Kurdish forces join anti-ISIS commando raid near Hawijah	0 [1738]
Hundreds of Syrian rebels join western-backed SDF alliance to combat ISIS	0 [1741]
JKLF chairman, others sent to jail	0 [1740]
Syrian rebel group responds to the killing of its leader by bombing regime headquarters in Damascu	0 [1743]
Syrian army kills 17 militants in country's south	0 [1734]
Soddi Air Force says it intercepts rebel missile from Yemen	1 13:01 Bobby [1753]
Iraqi army controls admin complex in Ramadi	3 23:23 Shipman [1757]
Shaboobs claim deadly ambush in northeastern Kenya	0 [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
Captured ISIS fighter says 'trained in Turkey, ISIS thinks it's safer here than Syria'	1 15:38 Pappy [1741]
Russian Defense Ministry accuses Pentagon of imitating fight against Islamic State	2 15:48 Pappy [1737]
US military drafting 'new narrative' for ISIS war	17 23:29 Super Hose [1764]
First Afghan Super Tucano pilots declared 'combat ready'	3 23:26 Shipman [1763]
Yemen is 70 Percent Under Government Control	1 01:37 JosephMendiola [1739]
Iftikhar Chaudhry launches his party	0 [1739]
Iran's Rouhani says it's up to Muslims to correct Islam's image	11 23:47 Super Hose [1765]
Mirpur flat was bomb-making training centre, say investigators	0 [1757]
MK-11 sniper rifle found at JMB den	3 13:45 Shipman [1735]
Hurriyat ready for talks	0 [1728]
Troops Still Waiting For Orders To Launch Helmand Operation	1 13:44 Shipman [1739]
Baghmara bomb similar to Mirpur grenades	0 [1744]
IDF increasing fight against ISIS in Sinai	0 [1739]
Denmark seeks revision of UN refugee convention	0 [1731]
Germany recruits 8,500 teachers for child refugees	3 16:16 European Conservative [1757]
Jalawla families return to bomb-free homes and Peshmerga protection	0 [1740]
Hundreds of women executed in Mosul, sentenced by Sharia court	4 16:23 Barbara [1760]
Al-Baghdadi says U.S. and Russia failed to weaken ISIS, threatens Jews in new statement	1 01:23 JosephMendiola [1735]
War in Syria and the Middle East SITREP December 25th, 2015 by Rambo	5 13:48 Shipman [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The Navy SEALs Might Have Selected A New Pistol Of Choice	7 19:20 Bangkok Billy [1762]
Reporter's Star Wars pun filled weather report becomes viral hit	0 [1736]
2,000 feral yutes close down Louisville mall	4 12:27 NoMoreBS [1730]
China officially ends one child policy: state media	3 12:54 CrazyFool [1729]
Couple Seeking To Undo Their Divorce Get Turned Down	5 16:10 Barbara [1755]
Page 4: Opinion
Trash talk: What Putin's presidential potty mouth is all about	11 16:59 Bobby [1757]
Why capturing Helmand is Taliban’s top strategic goal	1 11:52 Matt [1738]

    
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                        23:26 Shipman

                        23:23 Shipman

                        23:21 Shipman

                        23:19 Super Hose

                        22:34 Skidmark

                        22:21 Skidmark

                        22:19 Skidmark

                        22:16 Whiskey Mike

                        19:20 Bangkok Billy

                        16:59 Bobby

                        16:52 KBK

                        16:26 Barbara

                        16:23 Barbara

                        16:21 g(r)omgoru

                        16:18 Barbara

                        16:16 European Conservative

                        16:14 Barbara

                        16:10 Barbara

                        16:08 Barbara

                        16:07 JHH

                        15:59 Pappy

                        15:58 Pappy

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15	Islamic State
4	Houthis
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
2	Boko Haram
2	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	al-Shabaab
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jaish al-Islam (MB)

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2015-12-28
Iraqi airstrike kills ISIS Top Dawgs

Sun 2015-12-27
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Sat 2015-12-26
One Killed as Bomb Blast Rocks Ahmadi Mosque in Bangladesh

Fri 2015-12-25
30 ISIS Bad Guys die in Fallujah

Thu 2015-12-24
ISIS troops forced out of Ramadi

Wed 2015-12-23
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Tue 2015-12-22
Tunisia dismantles cell recruiting women for Islamist militant

Mon 2015-12-21
Afghanistan: Taliban 'take centre of Helmand district'

Sun 2015-12-20
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Sat 2015-12-19
Yemen Government Forces Capture Capital of al-Jawf Province as Peace Talks Go on

Fri 2015-12-18
Over 800 migrants try to storm Channel Tunnel in France: Official

Thu 2015-12-17
30 Dead in Boko Haram Attack on Three Nigeria Villages

Wed 2015-12-16
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Mon 2015-12-14
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