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22 ISIS targets hit in airstrikes in Palmyra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Mossad blamed as Tunisian scientist ‘with Hamas ties’ killed near his home	5 12:29 Frank G [1735]
Good morning	7 12:34 Besoeker [1733]
Suicide attack foiled in Hyderabad	0 [1735]
Libyan militias fighting it out in Tripoli	0 [1733]
Libyan Airport Strike News	0 [1739]
Hafter calls on troops to be ready to liberate Tripoli	0 [1731]
Aleppo Evacuation suspended.. Or not	0 [1730]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [1739]
Yemenis capture Iranians, Hezbullies in Al Jawf	0 [1732]
11 Burkina Faso effectives die in small arms attack	0 [1730]
Young girl used in suicide bombing attack in Damascus	0 [1726]
Houthis block aid to Yemen	0 [1735]
Taliban Attacks Baghlan-Kunduz Highway, Kills Civilian	0 [1736]
22 ISIS targets hit in airstrikes in Palmyra	0 [1758]
German kops detain Turkish spy	0 [1726]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [1734]
GOC refutes mutiny among soldiers	0 [1725]
Borno locks down as soldiers fighting Boko Haram go on rampage	0 [1728]
Boko Haram threatens to kill fleeing members	0 [1728]
Death sentence of 13 militants confirmed	0 [1739]
10 children injured, driver killed as Indian troops target school van along LoC	0 [1730]
Clashes break out, boy injured in Sopore	0 [1734]
IS shows no signs of weakening as Mosul battle enters 3rd month	0 [1729]
1000 Muslims block London streets chanting Allahu Akbar to demand Islamic caliphate	6 23:44 Shipman [1752]
12 year old Iraqi-German attempted to bomb Christmas market in south Germany	0 [1743]
Tunisian Isis suspect with 'mission' arrested	0 [1734]
Taliban leader tries (and fails) to get asylum in Germany	0 [1727]
Page 2: WoT Background
US boosts reward on IS leader to $25 mn	3 17:25 trailing wife [1736]
UK cracks down on Palestinian aid following three-month freeze	0 [1730]
PA claims it got no US aid in 2016. In fact, State Dept. gave Palestinians $357 million. And that’s not all	3 12:58 Besoeker [1743]
Jerusalem terror attacks down 72% last month — Shin Bet	1 08:16 Skidmark [1731]
EU offers more funds to Africa curb migration	3 07:35 AlanC [1729]
Rooshuns say wimmin and kidz evacuated from Aleppo	0 [1734]
US offers $25 million reward for information on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi	3 13:09 gorb [1728]
EU pledges €170 million to tackle Horn of Africa instability	5 12:47 Besoeker [1738]
Trial for Kansas men charged in alleged terror plot set for April	0 [1732]
Syrian rebel training new recruits for Raqqa fight	0 [1735]
Britain ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [1731]
Nigeria Discovers Oil In Former Boko Haram Heartland	0 [1734]
Zardad’s Deportation From UK Poses Threat To Witnesses: HRW	0 [1724]
Sister of Muslim student who made up Trump supporter subway attack story blames NYPD, media	6 16:53 DarthVader [1726]
Germany begins controversial collective deportations to Afghanistan	3 15:12 Raj [1724]
Berlin police identify U-Bahn attacker, no arrest yet	6 17:24 Barbara [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Kremlin Slams US Hacking Accusations	7 16:15 g(r)omgoru [1729]
Plans for Cleveland Browns ‘perfect season’ parade move forward	5 13:46 Abu Uluque [1741]
Two gangsters killed in Lyari ‘encounter’	0 [1721]
Venezuela taking 100-bolivar notes out of circulation	3 17:56 phil_b [1769]
Whoopi Goldberg: Celebrating Christmas And Getting An Abortion Is The Same Thing	9 13:52 Abu Uluque [1732]
Credit Suisse banker spat in wife's face after finding out about her sex games	1 21:16 3dc [1750]
Soon, married Italians might not have to promise to be faithful	6 16:52 DarthVader [1738]
Sex Toys Used To Help Chase Off Armed Robber At San Bernardino Shop	6 13:39 Abu Uluque [1726]
Chinese snag US underwater drone, self-immolation fails.	17 23:50 Shipman [1755]
Facebook 'Fake News' fake agitates the masses	2 03:25 Slaise Bourbon9007 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Bye-Bye, Neocons	2 16:13 trailing wife [1727]
Totten: The Fall of Aleppo	11 21:21 Barbara [1755]
Klingon director orchestrates shadow government consensus on RU hacking	12 21:26 3dc [1761]
Trump and the rage of the Brahmandarins	2 21:30 3dc [1754]
Where are the men behind the genocide?	0 [1734]
This Week in Guns, December 17th, 2016	0 [1732]
Quetta inquiry report	0 [1735]
Where the Right Went Wrong	14 22:16 rjschwarz [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Sole Republican elector who plans to vote against Trump is a '9/11 faker'	7 15:10 M. Murcek [1737]
Electoral college voters will NOT rebel against Trump they say	5 22:12 rjschwarz [1757]
Obama: Trump's victory threatens America's core	12 21:37 3dc [1754]
Michelle Obama: 'We’re feeling what not having hope feels like'	13 22:31 Zenobia Floger6220 [1756]
Electoral College death threats won’t be the last bid to overturn the election	3 19:54 Blossom Unains5562 [1762]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Moslem Colonists
6	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Boko Haram
2	Taliban
2	Palestinian Authority
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Sublime Porte
1	Hamas

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