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40 die in Damascus airstrikes
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US, allies conduct 15 strikes in Iraq, seven in Syria: US military	3 15:51 regular joe [1748]
Israeli jets strike Gaza after rocket attack	0 [1756]
15 suspects detained in Nangarhar	0 [1749]
Security force repel ISIS attack on security posts in Nangarhar	0 [1758]
Three ‘militants’ killed in Mashkay gunbattle	0 [1755]
Five TTP men arrested in Ziarat	0 [1744]
Terrorist killed in police encounter	0 [1751]
Gunmen torch Zawia University admin block	0 [1753]
12 rebels killed in clash with Yemeni resistance	0 [1750]
Help Sought For Helmand's Marjah District	0 [1757]
Syrian rebel artillery pounds ISIS targets near Arisha	0 [1746]
Kurd, ISIS forces battle near Mosul	0 [1744]
40 die in Damascus airstrikes	0 [1768]
2 die in Baghdad bomb attack	0 [1755]
Iraqi security forces detain ISIS Top Dawg in Diyali	1 10:01 JohnQC [1771]
11 ISIS Bad Guys die in Anbar	0 [1757]
Turkish warbirds hit Kurd targets in Dohuk	0 [1758]
Iraqi forces clear area near Ramadi	0 [1751]
Bomb kills ranger, dad at his mother's grave	0 [1750]
Kuwait mosque blast: Death for terrorist upheld	0 [1754]
50 Houthis killed in battle	0 [1753]
16-year-old Palestinian attempts stabbing in West Bank, is shot	2 10:20 CrazyFool [1758]
Strikes on Syrian school district, other areas, kill 28	0 [1758]
SAS sniper foils suicide bomb attack by killing five jihadis with just THREE bullets	8 20:48 Charles [1784]
ISIS orders killing of children with Down's Syndrome in latest sickening attack on the innocent	5 22:26 JosephMendiola [1768]
Death toll in northwest Pakistan blast rises to 24	0 [1742]
Army officer killed for collaborating with Shaboobs in Waajid	1 08:25 Pappy [1748]
One Kenyan soldier dead, 2 wounded in ambush by Shaboobs	0 [1755]
Page 2: WoT Background
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will face court-martial for desertion, misbehavior charges	8 22:10 regular joe [1774]
Hamas promises info on KIA soldiers, if Israel frees terrorists	4 15:19 Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539 [1767]
TX-BP paintjob easier than printing fake passports	1 17:41 Bright Pebbles [1775]
Rangers operation to continue: Rashid	0 [1746]
Sindh leading in sending terrorists to the gallows	0 [1745]
Two deaders in violence during Central Africa vote	0 [1746]
Resistance council set up in Houthi area	0 [1747]
EU border force plan faces resistance from governments	0 [1755]
Turkish army bans staff from taking holidays in Russia	0 [1742]
Plumber's old truck spotted in ISIS video	0 [1747]
Seventy Paris airport workers have security passes revoked over extremism fears	4 16:45 g(r)omgoru [1773]
Turkey will have to leave Iraq – former Pentagon advisor	5 22:23 JosephMendiola [1759]
Iran, China discuss boosting military co-op	3 16:02 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1741]
Merkel dismisses US request for more military help against IS	2 22:09 JosephMendiola [1770]
Somaliland police detain pro-Al Shabaab poet who hailed Paris attacks	0 [1744]
Benghazi Response forces identified	5 11:30 Frank G [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Der Fuehrer's Face	3 12:10 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1746]
School principal bans Santa, Thanksgiving and Pledge of Allegiance	16 19:53 Sgt. Mom [1767]
NC legislator says troopers accused him of stealing car because he's black	2 09:27 gorb [1747]
China commemorates Nanjing massacre in somber ceremony	4 15:24 rjschwarz [1748]
First women are elected to Saudi local council	0 [1746]
US warns citizens to leave Burundi after fighting flares	0 [1751]
French National Front thwarted in regional elections	3 17:30 Bright Pebbles [1767]
Tribal clashes kill at least 17, injure 30 in Sudan's Darfur	1 08:13 Spomong Bourbon8696 [1747]
Oil poised to recover in 2016, predict experts	11 21:08 Halliburton - Foreign Affairs Division [1781]
Totally tasteless and disgusting Eyetalian Christmas	1 11:39 Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539 [1742]
Page 4: Opinion
Kurdish drama, Turkish tragedy	0 [1746]
Page 6: Politix
E.P.A. Broke the Law by Using Social Media to Push Water Rule, Auditor Finds	1 15:38 DarthVader [1749]
US House okays making internet tax exemptions permanent	10 20:28 KBK [1764]
Carr: Bernie's American dream more like a bad nightmare	8 14:26 rjschwarz [1753]
Lindsey Graham denounces GOP base voters for 'visceral...almost irrational' dislike of Obama	15 19:13 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1766]

    
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                        21:08 Halliburton - Foreign Affairs Division

                        20:48 Charles

                        20:28 KBK

                        19:53 Sgt. Mom

                        19:23 RandomJD

                        19:13 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        18:46 Procopius2k

                        18:42 Pappy

                        17:41 Bright Pebbles

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                        17:19 newc

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                        16:23 Procopius2k

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                        16:06 gorb

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10	Islamic State
3	al-Shabaab
3	Houthis
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
1	Seleka
1	Govt of Iran
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	TTP
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi

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