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Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Tawi-Tawi clash
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 6: Politix
Obama Bans Saying "Merry Christmas" At VA Center	3 12:28 Blossom Unains5562 [1740]
Page 1: WoT Operations
BREAKING NEWS FROM BELGIUM: Soldiers descend on major hotel in Brussels in obvious terror related activity	4 23:33 Skidmark [1771]
Charity begins at home	2 18:45 Barbara [1767]
Deadly weapon	0 [1743]
Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Tawi-Tawi clash	0 [1776]
NPA releases captive Philippine soldier	0 [1741]
Rangers nab target killers affiliated with political party	0 [1735]
Ahmadi place of worship set ablaze in Jhelum, riots erupt after blasphemy allegations	3 10:04 anon1 [1743]
Interpol: 25,000 foreign fighters in ranks of ISIS	3 10:08 anon1 [1738]
16 ISIS terrs waxed in security operations	0 [1743]
12 Daesh killed in Nangarhar	0 [1745]
Dead bodies of 22 Pakistani militants returned to Pakistan	3 21:09 Redneck Jim [1768]
Houthis shelled civilian boats at Tawahi port,	0 [1753]
Russia pounds Daesh as manoeuvres force flight rerouting	0 [1734]
Shaboobs sent fleeing in Wajid	0 [1737]
Palestinian suspected of stabbing 4 in Kiryat Gat caught	0 [1745]
Troops foil stabbing attack at Cave of the Patriarchs	0 [1737]
Turkey-Backed Syria Rebels Take 2 Border Villages from IS	0 [1733]
IDF troops shoot at Palestinian rock throwers in West Bank	0 [1738]
Mali Hunting at Least three Suspects over Hotel Attack	0 [1733]
US, allies launch 42 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Military	6 17:50 Rambler in Virginia [1744]
Suspected militants kill 10 in Cameroon suicide bombing	0 [1736]
Brussels terror alert: Belgium warns of 'imminent attack' as restaurants and cafes ordered shut - latest	4 20:12 trailing wife [1773]
Suspected ISIL scout in Paris attacks arrested in Turkey's Antalya	0 [1738]
Turkish jets strike PKK targets in Iraq and southeast Turkey	1 09:07 Bill Clinton [1737]
3 Syrians with fake passports detained in St. Maarten	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
3 USCITS Killed By Muslim Terrs In Israel In 6 wks; Champ Sez Nothing	2 12:05 gorb [1743]
Biden Calls on US Citizens to Not Turn Away From Syrian Refugees	9 20:57 Redneck Jim [1767]
UK's Labor Party boycotts security firm with business ties to Israel	0 [1741]
Caution! You May Live In The Radical Mosque Zone	3 12:25 Blossom Unains5562 [1737]
Maulana Abdul Aziz: ‘Put house in order to keep Daesh away’	0 [1749]
Chowdhury and Mujahid hanged over 1971 war crimes	0 [1741]
US House passes bill to slow Syrian refugees despite Obama veto threat	2 20:27 JosephMendiola [1762]
Indian-supplied Mi-25 gunships to join Afghan Air Force	2 11:23 Mike Kozlowski [1737]
ISIS loyalists start destruction of graves in A-stan	0 [1742]
Kunduz city fell to Taliban due to failure in govt leadership	1 12:10 gorb [1740]
Anonymous Says ISIS Plans Attacks Against 'Paris And The World' Sunday	1 06:31 anon1 [1741]
IDF shuts down second Hebron radio station, citing incitement	0 [1742]
World powers to help Iran redesign Arak nuclear reactor	5 23:30 Skidmark [1758]
Iran trains for capture of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa, but uses Dome of Rock model	2 16:42 Rambler in Virginia [1745]
'Nearly Impossible' to Find Jihadists among Migrants, Greeks Warn	2 04:20 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Canada to fly in 900 Syrian refugees a day: Reports	5 22:36 JosephMendiola [1770]
Up to 100 migrants try to jump fence from Morocco into Spanish enclave	2 21:10 Procopius2k [1770]
Migrant flow into Sweden drops after border checks brought back	0 [1741]
HDP lawmaker sentenced to six years in jail for alleged PKK links	0 [1740]
Official: Hashd militia has thousands new recruits, including Kurds	0 [1750]
See something, say something: American airlines passengers and crew alert after Paris attacks	1 13:08 Zenobia Floger6220 [1733]
Russia gives France puppy to replace killed police dog	6 21:01 Redneck Jim [1753]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Snow storms and icy blizzards sweep in across the UK	5 21:09 Procopius2k [1766]
Five killed as drug-peddling groups clash in Old Golimar	2 19:27 trailing wife [1776]
Iranian border guards fire into Pakistan territory	0 [1747]
Page 4: Opinion
To thwart Israel's Islamic Movement requires positive incentives too	5 19:34 49 Pan [1764]
Crash dummy explains the 3rd Amendment - Video	0 [1742]
Europe's Scoffing Its Way to Annihilation	3 08:03 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1737]
Upcoming Venezuelan parliament elections: Neither landslide victory nor trashing defeat	1 20:10 3dc [1760]
Jihadis’ long-term goal in Mali is to make France back off	4 22:31 JosephMendiola [1761]
"Not Islamic and Not a State"	8 23:03 JosephMendiola [1752]
The mystery of missing Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam	0 [1758]

Home Front: Culture Wars

Obama Bans Saying "Merry Christmas" At VA Center

It begins.

            Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   ||
            11/22/2015            00:00   ||
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#1 ...Good news - this one turns out to be something of a garble:

http://www.snopes.com/obama-va-merry-christmas-tree-ban/

Nevertheless, it is all too believable. Vigilance, always vigilance.

Mike

                Posted by: Mike Kozlowski    ||
                11/22/2015 7:58                Comments ||
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#2 but "Happy Kwanzaa" is mandatory

                Posted by: Frank G    ||
                11/22/2015 9:49                Comments ||
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#3 Thanks Mike. I sometimes assume the second glass of wine to be an effective fact-check! ;-)

                Posted by: Blossom Unains5562     ||
                11/22/2015 12:28                Comments ||
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1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Salafists
1	Taliban
1	Boko Haram
1	al-Shabaab
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2015-11-22
Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Tawi-Tawi clash

Sat 2015-11-21
Mali hotel attack: 27 dead with no more hostages

Fri 2015-11-20
Gunmen take 170 hostages in Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital

Thu 2015-11-19
Video - Russia destroyed 500 fuel trucks of Islamic State in Syria

Wed 2015-11-18
Soddy cops seize 500+ pounds of hashish

Tue 2015-11-17
Kurds repel attack near Mosul, 60 ISIS Bad Guys die

Mon 2015-11-16
ISIS executes 73 of its own militants for evacuating headquarters

Sun 2015-11-15
France hits Raqqa - Water and Power cut off

Sat 2015-11-14
Hollande declares state of emergency

Fri 2015-11-13
US ‘99% sure’ it killed Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’

Thu 2015-11-12
43 Dead, 239 Hurt as 2 IS Suicide Bombers Target Bourj al-Barajneh in Leb

Wed 2015-11-11
al-Baghdadi arrives in Nineveh amid secrecy

Tue 2015-11-10
ISIS, Talibunnies do battle in eastern Nangarhar province

Mon 2015-11-09
New ISIS Video: Execution of 200 Syrian Children

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