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Breaking: L.A. School District shut down due to credible terror threat
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Breaking: L.A. School District shut down due to credible terror threat	14 20:21 RandomJD [1795]
Syrians Arrested in Swiss Terror Plot Were Transporting TOXIC GAS for Geneva Attack	5 16:53 JohnQC [1753]
3 House Committees Join Forces to Investigate Whitewashed ISIS Intelligence	4 16:19 Alaska Paul [1755]
U.S. has mapped Islamic State propaganda centers, won't launch strikes	6 19:29 JosephMendiola [1779]
Why Did the Klingon Director Meet With Michael Bay ?	2 14:06 gorb [1753]
Italy Arrests Syrian IS Suspect Off Refugee Boat	1 10:47 Skidmark [1752]
Two Protesters Killed in Clashes with Police in Southeast Turkey	0 [1746]
Military, Shiite Muslims Clash in Northern Nigeria	0 [1753]
Eleven wounded in vehicular attack in Jerusalem	4 13:09 AlanC [1753]
19 Talibunnies have a Very Bad Day in Ghazni province	0 [1745]
Afghan security forces foil attack on Indian consulate	0 [1753]
Iraqi state oil firm official shot dead in Kirkuk city	0 [1750]
Saudi jets kill 68 rebel officers	1 01:29 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Blue on Blue	2 01:31 g(r)omgoru [1748]
Kurd drive back ISIS attack on Kobane	0 [1758]
45 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrikes	0 [1754]
ISIS destroys all bridges surrounding Ramadi	4 16:03 JohnQC [1753]
US warbirds hit ISIS targets == 15 dead Bad Guys	0 [1752]
Saudi commander, UAE officer among dozens killed in Yemen fighting	0 [1751]
Protest in Lahore against arrest of shop owner for putting up hateful poster	0 [1747]
Turkey pulls out troops from camp near Mosul	1 10:49 Skidmark [1752]
Daesh in Libya executes 2 for 'witchcraft', 'spying'	0 [1757]
Two coalition soldiers martyred in Taiz	0 [1752]
US Special Ops Forces Fight Taliban in Helmand	2 12:15 Skidmark [1748]
Gunmen Kill Eight Members Of One Nangarhar Family	0 [1754]
Bowe Bergdahl to Face General Court Martial	11 22:02 RandomJD [1773]
Syrian Troops Seize Marj al-Sultan air base in Rebel-Held Suburb	0 [1749]
Man Convicted of Planning IS-Inspired Attack in London	0 [1748]
Russian artillery in Syria	2 10:52 Skidmark [1751]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Defends Gitmo Closure as Detainees Return to Fight	4 23:24 Zenobia Floger6220 [1772]
Dishonest media coverage mars Martin Place seige anniversary, disrespects victims	3 11:00 Bright Pebbles [1749]
Czech Republic to Take in Christian Families Fleeing Iraq	1 14:19 Skidmark [1741]
US officials: Netanyahu ‘myopic, untrustworthy, disrespectful of Obama’	15 23:23 KBK [1765]
Hamas is funding Islamic State in Sinai	2 17:12 JohnQC [1766]
Sanaa may fall without fighting: Yemeni general	0 [1756]
Demand for execution of all war criminals	1 17:09 Skidmark [1753]
Kosovo opposition releases tear gas in Parliament	1 06:41 Sven the pelter [1750]
India 'only set to discuss Pak-controlled Kashmir'	1 16:58 Frank G [1740]
Egypt: No proof 'terrorist' attack downed Russia jet	3 16:52 Frank G [1746]
Paris ringleader directed Bataclan theater attackers by phone	0 [1743]
Evangelical Preacher On Trial After Branding Islam 'Satanic'	3 16:09 JohnQC [1739]
Kerry to explore Assad's future, Syria peace process in Kremlin talks	2 08:37 Procopius2k [1745]
Multiculturalism is a sham, says Angela Merkel	16 17:46 anon1 [1751]
For Christian Peshmerga brigadier, war with ISIS cuts close to home	0 [1753]
Analysis: On border with Gaza, IDF quietly reconfigures itself	0 [1758]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Climate deal signals end to gas cookers	11 23:32 KBK [1780]
New Can't Miss Sniper Rifle	7 23:43 KBK [1772]
Spaceballs was prophetic! Chinese buy up bottles of fresh air from Canada	4 19:37 JosephMendiola [1782]
Holocaust survivor and Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin passes away.	5 16:20 JohnQC [1750]
Greece starts downsizing	3 22:48 JosephMendiola [1777]
Planned Parenthood sues Ohio after being accused of 'callously' disposing of fetal remains in landfills	3 12:53 gorb [1747]
Woman stabbed at Loxahatchee nudist resort	3 18:07 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1753]
Is Texas the New Caliphornia?	12 12:35 Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 [1750]
Hispanic activists vow to flood voter rolls with 1 million immigrants, punish Trump, GOP at polls	10 15:40 swksvolFF [1745]
Mystery of Japan sea's ghost ships points to North Korea	1 06:53 Sven the pelter [1761]
Page 4: Opinion
Technical College Degrees Make Ideal Terrorists	6 18:22 Rob Crawford [1777]
Never forgive, never forget	1 10:13 JohnQC [1749]
Parachinar bombing	0 [1750]
On the easy availability of guns in Europe	3 12:39 M. Murcek [1756]
Page 6: Politix
Putin Is Immortal, Related To Dracula, Internet Sez	1 19:34 JosephMendiola [1765]
Obama eyes Cuba visit, says Castro not 'an ideologue'	9 12:25 JohnQC [1756]
Washington Post: 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' One of Biggest Lies of 2015	4 08:12 Procopius2k [1747]
Norman Lear Vows to Fight Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim Rhetoric	8 20:28 texhooey [1786]
Struggling DNC craves tax dollars for convention	5 12:05 Procopius2k [1749]

    
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                        23:09 JosephMendiola

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                        22:48 JosephMendiola

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                        20:55 Frank G

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                        20:32 texhooey

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                        19:47 Ebbart Glererong5900

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                        19:17 Procopius2k

                        18:22 Rob Crawford

Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
3	Houthis
3	Govt of Syria
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Iran
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Commies

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2015-12-15
Breaking: L.A. School District shut down due to credible terror threat

Mon 2015-12-14
40 die in Damascus airstrikes

Sun 2015-12-13
Gambia now an Islamic republic, says President

Sat 2015-12-12
US sez 3 ISIS Top Dawgs die in airstrikes

Fri 2015-12-11
North Korea claims it has hydrogen bomb; experts skeptical

Thu 2015-12-10
37 killed in Taliban siege at Khandahar airport

Wed 2015-12-09
Daesh loses large part of Ramadi

Tue 2015-12-08
Clash among the supporters of Taliban chief and Mullah Rasool leaves 24 dead

Mon 2015-12-07
Yemen's Aden governor killed in car bombing claimed by Islamic State

Sun 2015-12-06
AQIM shares responsibility for Mali hotel killings

Sat 2015-12-05
Still No Confirmation On Reports Of Mullah Mansour's Death

Fri 2015-12-04
They're here

Thu 2015-12-03
Syed Farook is religious, sez Dad

Wed 2015-12-02
Dozens of Houthis killed in major offensive across border from Yemen

Tue 2015-12-01
Russia Arms Su-34s with Air-to-Air Missiles in Syria for First Time

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