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Arab Israeli who glided into Syria to join Islamic State jailed for 3.5 years
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
France Stops 11 Migrants Crossing English Channel	0 [11124]
Armed Chadian group attacks forces loyal to Haftar in southern Libya	0 [11126]
Arab Israeli who glided into Syria to join Islamic State jailed for 3.5 years	0 [11134]
Afghan forces repulse coordinated Taiban attack on Almar district	0 [11123]
ISIS-K spokesman killed in U.S. airstrike in East of Afghanistan	0 [11125]
ANDSF operations, U.S. airstrikes leave 15 militants dead in Ghazni	0 [11126]
Prominent Taliban leaders killed in U.S. drone strikes in West of Afghanistan	0 [11128]
Jubbaland Announces New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab	0 [11126]
Two handed over to police for torching girls’ schools in Diamer	0 [11129]
BLA leader killed in Kandahar suicide attack	0 [11128]
Civilian exodus from IS's last Syria bastion	0 [11124]
Maoist militants injure eleven soldiers in Compostela clash	0 [11124]
Roadside bomb kills policeman in southern Thailand	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S.- Afghan Peace Deal Includes Safety and Job Offers to Taliban	1 12:51 Mullah Richard [11130]
Trump: We give Israel billions, it can defend itself in Syria	6 21:09 Procopius2k [11131]
Photos said to show Iranian warehouse flattened by Israeli strike in Syria	1 01:13 newc [11135]
Boston Bomber wants death sentence thrown out because 'lying jurors' and dozens of other issues made it 'impossible for him to get a fair trial'	10 18:38 Regular joe [11129]
Turkish minister says expects additional US tariffs to be lifted	1 10:33 Count Galeazzo the Anonymous7377 [11127]
Hezbollah races to save terror tunnels as IDF floods them	10 15:27 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11131]
Iran building a drone force based on captured US, Israeli tech — report	1 12:04 magpie [11126]
UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years	0 [11131]
Key French jihadist Peter Cherif set to return to prison	0 [11126]
NSA Hamdullah Mohib says ISIS has been defeated in Afghanistan	0 [11129]
Tehran informs Kabul regarding ongoing talks with the Taliban group	0 [11131]
Pakistan ex-president Zardari faces travel ban over corruption	0 [11126]
Saudi outreach to Israel 'faces setbacks' after Khashoggi crisis	4 17:02 trailing wife [11126]
Trump blunder reveals identity of US Navy SEALs in Iraq	10 18:44 Regular joe [11128]
UAE embassy reopening, US pullout prove failure of anti-Syria plots: Pundit	0 [11128]
Taliban to US: Leave Afghanistan or face Soviet-style defeat	0 [11129]
US does not dare mention military option against Iran: IRGC cmdr.	2 08:40 AlanC [11126]
FBI concerned by money mules roped into fraud schemes	0 [11126]
US responsible for Yemen disaster: NYT	2 13:05 Sock Puppet of Doom [11127]
Saudi king orders cabinet shakeup after Khashoggi's killing	0 [11132]
Iraqi lawmakers demand U.S. withdrawal after Trump visit	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
POTUS Threatens to Close Southern Border if Dems Fail to Fund Border Security	15 20:45 trailing wife [11133]
Luke Skywalker Asked To Compare Trump To Darth Vader; You Can Guess How It Goes	4 12:22 magpie [11131]
Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao's birthday	1 16:58 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Frank Adonis death: Director and 'Goodfellas' actor gone at 83	0 [11124]
Anderson Wheeler is bringing back the Webley	4 13:40 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11134]
Angelina Jolie hints at move into politics	4 11:18 JohnQC [11127]
Mother Of Deceased Migrant Child Makes Huge Admission About Her Family's Trek To US	5 22:32 gorb [11136]
Khashoggi Update: New Info Says He Was A Foreign Influence Agent	10 12:01 Besoeker [11127]
Tunisia clashes spread over tough living conditions	0 [11131]
The war veteran's 1950 Plymouth Suburban gifted to Jay Leno	0 [11124]
Nation's Oldest Veteran, 112 Year old Richard Overton is gone	2 11:15 JohnQC [11126]
The Skripals and the Salisbury poisoning: What happened next?	1 11:22 M. Murcek [11129]
Ex-president Rajoelina wins Madagascar vote: Election commission	0 [11129]
DRC's Kabila insists vote will go ahead on December 30	0 [11128]
Russian nukes far better than US nuclear peers: Missile designer	11 22:41 gorb [11132]
India's lower house approves bill calling end to practice of instant divorce for Muslims	1 09:40 Phoger Cranter6703 [11127]
Suspect in fatal California cop shooting is in US illegally, authorities say	6 19:56 Rex Mundi [11128]
Nine Venezuelan Military Personnel Jailed Over 'Maduro Plot'	1 07:47 Mike Kozlowski [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Judea and Samaria Should Return to Their Rightful Owner	0 [11131]
Trump Imperils the Planet - Endangered species, climate change ‐ the administration is taking the country, and the world, backward.	9 22:46 gorb [11132]
Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel	6 17:35 trailing wife [11133]
Where Was The Media Outrage When 18 Migrants Died In Custody Under The Obama Administration?	4 15:08 Jack Chaiter7913 [11128]
Page 6: Politix
John Kerry's Family Fights to Keep Peasants Away from Ancestral French Villa, Claiming Terror Threat	4 17:14 Frank G [11128]
Hijab in the House	1 23:46 SR-71 [11133]

    
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6	Taliban
4	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Commies
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Human Trafficking
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Arab Spring
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2018-12-28
Arab Israeli who glided into Syria to join Islamic State jailed for 3.5 years

Thu 2018-12-27
Israel announces it has found and destroyed another Hezbollah tunnel

Wed 2018-12-26
Nigerian army says 14 personnel killed in Boko Haram ambush

Tue 2018-12-25
Daesh’s second-in-command killed in eastern Syria: report

Mon 2018-12-24
Libya complains about weapons cargo from Turkey, new investigation launched

Sun 2018-12-23
Somalia blast kills at least 16 near presidential palace

Sat 2018-12-22
Nine new arrests in Morocco over murder of Scandinavian hikers

Fri 2018-12-21
ISIS Blamed for Murder of Scandinavian Women on Camera in Morocco

Thu 2018-12-20
Yemen's warring sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire

Wed 2018-12-19
Jihadist Migrant Plotted to Bomb Vatican, Italian Churches at Christmas

Tue 2018-12-18
KDF Arrests Al Shabaab Members Planting Explosives In Lamu County

Mon 2018-12-17
U.S. airstrikes kill 62 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

Sun 2018-12-16
Israeli Army Says Fourth Hezbollah Attack Tunnel Found Crossing From Lebanon

Sat 2018-12-15
Heavy clashes breakout in Hodeidah after UN-backed ceasefire announcement

Fri 2018-12-14
Maulana Samiul Haq's personal secretary arrested, labelled person of interest in murder probe

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