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Yemen Government Forces Capture Capital of al-Jawf Province as Peace Talks Go on
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
SEAL controversy shows the limits of U.S. Special Operations strategy in AFG	3 16:07 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1753]
White House Readying Release of Seventeen Gitmo Detainees	5 11:26 Mugsy Glink [1745]
U.S. Says About 200 IS Jihadists Killed in N. Iraq Raids This Week	4 18:44 jvalentour [1758]
Two up, two down in attempted West Bank car rammings	0 [1756]
Powerful IEDs found near Gaza border	0 [1758]
Six political leaders, workers kidnapped in Turbat	1 18:04 Zenobia Floger6220 [1761]
Violent clashes in Ajdabiya: council member among dead	0 [1745]
Turkey detains 11 ISIS suspects over U.S. consulate plot	1 14:32 USN, Ret. [1750]
ISIS stones four for adultery	7 23:54 Bov Flimbers [1766]
Three suicide bombers attack Kurdish checkpoint near Raqqa	0 [1752]
Terrorism case registered against organisers of pro-Qadri rally	0 [1748]
Khyber air strikes: At least 23 suspected militants killed, several injured	0 [1748]
Six injured as bombs thrown at Bangladesh navy mosque	0 [1748]
CTD arrests suspected financier of Safoora Goth massacre	0 [1750]
Afghan forces retake control of Khanshin district in Helmand province	0 [1739]
Turkey Kills 54 Kurdish Militants in Major Crackdown	0 [1742]
Syrian Army Establishes Control over Strategic al-Sayyed Mountain in Lattakia	1 16:22 g(r)omgoru [1759]
Canadian forces help Peshmerga repel ISIS attack	0 [1749]
US, allies conduct 22 strikes against Islamic State	3 09:58 trailing wife [1748]
Yemen Government Forces Capture Capital of al-Jawf Province as Peace Talks Go on	0 [1785]
Clashes, missiles leave Yemen truce in tatters	0 [1748]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama ICE Queen: Forget Immigration! Let's Focus on Our "Cute Dogs"	2 19:37 Zenobia Floger6220 [1756]
Champ Regime Belatedly Rules Chattanooga Shooting 'Terrorism'	0 [1742]
Obama signs Hezbollah sanctions bill into law	1 12:21 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1752]
A Hizbullah Recruiting Push Covers Its Deeper Role in Syria	1 13:36 Frank G [1757]
Israel: Iran has withdrawn most of its Revolutionary Guards from Syria	3 13:40 Frank G [1741]
Case against seven for roughing up polio team	0 [1746]
Interior minister wants to rid Islamabad of illegal seminaries	0 [1740]
61 banned outfits named by Senate, JuD under observation	0 [1760]
Rasool Sayyaf slams Taliban for defaming Islam while inaugurating new political council	0 [1751]
Washington Post: Saudi 'Islamic Military Alliance' Makes no Sense	4 23:59 Bov Flimbers [1770]
ISIL Threatens Saudi & Bahrain, Calls on Killing Shiaa Muslims	0 [1742]
Abadi Says Excluding Iraq form "Islamic Alliance" Major Mistake	0 [1753]
Hezbollah Rejects Engaging Lebanon in "Suspicious" Saudi Coalition	1 13:44 Frank G [1752]
Assad: West Approach on Syria Politicized, only Syrians Decide Their President	0 [1743]
Yemen's Ansarullah Objects to UN's Failure to Condemn Regime Breaches	0 [1743]
Israel, Turkey Poised to Renew Diplomatic Relations	1 20:33 Alaska Paul [1764]
Yemen Cease-Fire Violation Endangers U.N.-Mediated Peace Talks	0 [1744]
Immigrant Yemeni-American pleads guilty to ISIS recruitment	0 [1756]
U.N. council endorses Syria peace plan; no agreement on Assad's fate	0 [1746]
Virginia county closes schools as Islam assignment prompts backlash	12 18:58 Zenobia Floger6220 [1776]
U.S. Military Repeatedly Shipped Live Anthrax to Korea	0 [1750]
India building top-secret nuclear city?	0 [1754]
Obama urges Erdogan to withdraw troops from Iraq	0 [1749]
US missile site in Romania completed	1 13:36 Frank G [1748]
Soddies not to change oil strategy despite Iran’s return	0 [1747]
Kuwaiti Airways cancels flight rather than allow Israeli passengers	1 10:40 Besoeker [1753]
Hagel: Obama ordered him to 'stand down' when Assad crossed red line	2 13:28 Frank G [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Westboro Baptists provided Mobile Training Team (MTT) to Bureau ?	0 [1738]
Champ Commutes 95 Sentences, And Almost All Of Them Are Crack Dealers	9 21:22 Mugsy Glink [1771]
Sources: Obama's Gun Control Will Come After His Hawaiian Vacation	6 15:23 Abu Uluque [1749]
China slams U.S. over 'serious military provocation' in South China Sea	0 [1751]
Pakistani burglar gang arrested in Sharjah	0 [1747]
This Week in Guns, December 19th, 2015	3 23:22 Besoeker [1772]
Weekend Grub: Lahore's Ministry of Burgers promises buns with a difference	2 20:00 Zenobia Floger6220 [1758]
'Multiplex parenting' could allow up to 32 people to contribute to child's DNA	6 18:14 Iblis [1764]
Woman arrested on 17th DUI charge in Bedford County	0 [1743]
PC students at Dunham's college offended by lack of fried chicken	10 19:33 Zenobia Floger6220 [1759]
Partial results show Rwandans vote to lift term limits for President Kagame	0 [1748]
Page 4: Opinion
Future of Turkish-Israeli relations depends on Iran	4 18:51 Frank G [1763]
Page 6: Politix
The New York Times Just Memory-Holed This Devastating Champ Admission	2 10:53 Besoeker [1739]
Obama says Assad must go for peace in Syria	9 15:06 Abu Uluque [1743]
Old Dixie Highway renamed in honor of Obama in Riviera Beach	6 20:57 Alaska Paul [1769]
Feel the Bern	3 10:43 Deacon Blues [1742]

    
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1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	TTP
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

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