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Airport Shooter Converted to Islam, Identified as Aashiq Hammad Years Before Joining Army
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Italy Identifies Prison 'Jihadist Recruiter'	0 [1737]
Good morning	7 16:02 g(r)omgoru [1731]
The cleric who legitimized suicide attacks against Israel has reversed his ruling. Hamas isn’t listening	3 08:47 Shipman [1755]
Top militant kommander surrenders	0 [1740]
5 die in Soddy airstrike in Nihm, near Sanaa	0 [1736]
Benghazi terror suspect caught with cash and women	0 [1735]
7 die in bomb attack in Helmand	0 [1745]
ANA operations yield 43 dead Bad Guys	0 [1747]
Kurds detain ISIS sympathizers in Hasakah	0 [1746]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Editions	0 [1735]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [1741]
Anbar Antics	0 [1746]
Top LeT militant killed in Hajan	0 [1750]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 2 die	0 [1738]
ISIS Bad Guy dies in suicide bombing attack in Diyala	0 [1746]
19 ISIL militants ‘neutralized’ in Syria: Turkish military	0 [1744]
Two Turkish soldiers lost in Syria killed	0 [1742]
Taliban blasts near Afghan parliament kill 30	0 [1737]
UAE's envoy wounded in Kandahar attack	0 [1742]
Pakistan fires 'first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile'	0 [1740]
IDF: Palestinian killed trying to stab soldiers during arrest raid	0 [1743]
Islamic State group claims responsibility for North Sinai attacks	0 [1734]
One militant killed in armed clash at police HQ in Gaziantep	0 [1731]
Militant suspect extradicted from Czech Republic to Russia	0 [1733]
Pirates massacre eight fishermen off Zamboanga City	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
US military tests swarm of mini-drones launched from jets	1 17:17 Shipman [1762]
Jordan dismisses 15 mosque preachers in wake of IS attack	1 20:14 Frank G [1758]
U.S. Blacklists Member of 'Beatles' Islamic State Cell, Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, Hizb'allah	0 [1752]
After 16 bomb threats in a day, FBI to coordinate with JCCs in ‘new reality’	0 [1734]
Lawfare fail: 'Clock Boy' Loses in Court, Father's Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed	4 06:32 lord garth [1753]
Airport Shooter Converted to Islam, Identified as Aashiq Hammad Years Before Joining Army	8 10:28 lord garth [1769]
Al-Qaeda denies involvement in killing of Russian ambassador	0 [1738]
Derna Mujahidine Shura Council condemn Hafter and Serraj, declare support for Ghariani	0 [1735]
Palestinian rock attacks on the rise since UN settlement vote	2 15:04 Skidmark [1742]
Drugs, alcohol and pork are preferable to Rada or attacks on BDB: Mufti Ghariani	1 01:14 Crusader [1738]
Tobruk-based HoR ponders changing Libya’s national anthem and flag	0 [1739]
Coastal road of Sirte to reopen as IDPs prepare to return	0 [1739]
How did this Saudi student abroad become an ISIS suicide belt-maker	3 16:30 AlanC [1748]
Key member of Iran’s ‘Death Commission’ tipped to be Rafsanjani’s successor	1 01:02 Crusader [1738]
Tuesday round-up: Jerusalem truck terrorist	0 [1771]
Judge to sentence man for plotting to join terror group	0 [1743]
Morocco 'bans the burka'	6 14:32 trailing wife [1733]
Turkey invites Iraqi top commander to Ankara	0 [1738]
Shaboob #3 surrenders in Gedo	0 [1746]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Right-wing people are better looking than those on the left, study claims	5 23:24 CrazyFool [1769]
Carrier eye-candy	5 17:47 Shipman [1758]
U.S. troops reach Poland in anti-Russian aggression NATO exercises	15 20:46 Nero White 3083 [1765]
'Probably not terribly realistic': Woman sues Chipotle for $2.2 billion over photograph	3 07:44 Procopius2k [1733]
Slain DNC staffer's father doubts WikiLeaks link as cops seek answers	4 17:09 Raj [1756]
Turkey’s first sperm bank for goats founded	8 23:49 alpha2c [1756]
Three killed, 10 wounded as tent roof collapses in mosque in Istanbul	1 01:17 Crusader [1746]
Hungary Plans to Crackdown on All Soros-Funded NGOs	5 14:38 trailing wife [1738]
Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death for Charleston Church Massacre	4 13:13 Abu Uluque [1728]
State of Emergency in Galmudug	2 08:26 Pappy [1738]
Oddity in NHemisphere daily temps	12 18:45 phil_b [1765]
Page 4: Opinion
NFL Viewership Goes To Pot	2 21:48 Shipman [1757]
Poll: CNN Least Trusted Cable News Network	5 15:10 Pappy [1738]
David Horowitz: The Inauguration War	0 [1747]
Grab your barf bags: Obama farewell video	6 16:58 Deacon Blues [1765]
Black Professor Calls for Individual Reparation Accounts for Whites	11 13:16 Bobby [1746]
Indonesia resolute in war on Islamist terror	3 19:51 magpie [1761]
Page 6: Politix
France Prepares Yet Another Anti-Israel International Assault, with Obama's Blessing	4 21:10 trailing wife [1761]
OMG! Fake News and CIA Fell for Incredible	14 21:07 Procopius2k [1758]
Former Pro-Clinton Super PAC Staffer Says Sanders Backers Were Threatened	1 08:34 Pappy [1744]
Dems (Sen. Chuck Schumer) Pushing Ethics Probe for Trump Pick Also Traded in Covered Securities	0 [1745]
From Twitter, Hildebeest's Rumored Cabinet Picks.	4 15:47 swksvolFF [1736]
Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him	13 13:48 Raj [1739]
Senator conducts Stalinesque show trial	2 09:47 Frank G [1733]
CA lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Says He Knows How To Stop Trump's Border Wall	5 15:23 Pappy [1745]
Rep. Gutierrez to skip inauguration to protest Trump	8 16:40 AlanC [1755]
Federal Judge Orders DHS to Produce ‘Preservation Requests’ for Email Records	1 01:01 Crusader [1737]
Sessions race-baited by Dems	1 12:59 Abu Uluque [1736]
See BS News Fact check: Obamacare is not in a "death spiral"	3 16:07 Raj [1734]
Chuck Schumer trolls Mitch McConnell with copy of his own letter	2 14:22 CrazyFool [1740]

    
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Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
4	Arab Spring
3	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Pirates
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Shabaab
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Ansar al-Sharia
1	Baloch Liberation Army

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-01-11
Airport Shooter Converted to Islam, Identified as Aashiq Hammad Years Before Joining Army

Tue 2017-01-10
Mosul Left Coast Fully Liberated

Mon 2017-01-09
U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian vessels

Sun 2017-01-08
German Vice Chancellor calls for ban of Salafist mosques

Sat 2017-01-07
ISIS propaganda king killed

Fri 2017-01-06
Gunman Opens Fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport; UPDATE 3 5 dead

Thu 2017-01-05
3 girl suicide bombers gunned down in northeastern Nigeria

Wed 2017-01-04
Turkey Nabs 2 Foreigners at Istanbul Airport over Nightclub Attack

Tue 2017-01-03
U.S.-led airstrikes kill 4 Fateh al-Sham commanders in Idlib

Mon 2017-01-02
Islamic State Claims Istanbul Nightclub Terrorist Attack

Sun 2017-01-01
Top wanted Boko Haram commander arrested at Borno LG Chairman’s house

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BREAKING: 'Many injured' in Istanbul nightclub attack

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Drone Strike Kills Local Qaida Chief in Yemen

Thu 2016-12-29
Jordan sentences 5 Islamic State members to death

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Yemeni (Saleh) army commander defects

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