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Over 100 Al Qaeda fighters killed in 'major' US air strike in Syria
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Police: Arrested activist featured in Project Veritas inauguration video	3 22:24 DarthVader [1770]
Rocket attacks target police, AK Party HQs in Istanbul	0 [1739]
Over 100 Al Qaeda fighters killed in 'major' US air strike in Syria	4 19:06 Mullah Richard [1795]
Yemeni defectors die in Nihm	0 [1743]
Dozens of Nusra Terrorists Killed in Aleppo Countryside Strike	0 [1740]
ISIS destroys antiquities in Palmyra	2 13:57 gorb [1743]
Syrian Army Advance in Deir Ezzor, Eastern Homs	0 [1741]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [1739]
88 ISIS troops die in airstrikes near Mosul	3 12:11 Pappy [1744]
Anbar Antics	0 [1741]
~~Ruritanian~~ U.S. military jets bomb Al shabaab camp near Afgoye	0 [1746]
Haftar’s forces fire at Italian trawler, Italy dismayed by militia behavior	0 [1738]
Former interior minister escapes assassination attempt in Libya's Benghazi	0 [1743]
Drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman extradited to US	4 12:42 Abu Uluque [1739]
Austrian police arrest 'terror' suspect planning attack	1 16:14 trailing wife [1734]
Five Turkish soldiers killed, nine wounded in Syria’s al-Bab	0 [1736]
Saudi-led air strikes kill 29 Yemen rebels	0 [1741]
POs among 22 criminals held with arms, drugs in Hafizabad	0 [1742]
4 ISIS militants hailing from Pakistani and Tajikistan killed in Nangarhar	0 [1739]
Militants gun down teacher in Egypt's North Sinai	0 [1737]
Lebanon: 2 Rockets Hit al-Nabi Othman, Army Bombs Militant Posts	0 [1747]
Iraq counts on U.S. advisers, mostly out of sight, in war on IS	0 [1755]
Boko Haram attacks camp bombed by Nigeria's air force	0 [1731]
Hamas operative killed in Gaza tunnel collapse	0 [1745]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al-Qaeda Affiliate Claims Mali Car Bomb	0 [1739]
UN alarm that most of Al Shabab's force in Somalia are kids	2 15:57 trailing wife [1733]
UN says Burundi soldiers salaries soon to be paid	0 [1735]
Severe famine threatens thousands in Somalia	6 17:36 Pappy [1731]
HDP co-chair Demirtas gets first acquittal in ‘terror propaganda’ case	0 [1735]
Turkey hopes for Gülen extradition, more support in terror fight from Trump administration: Yıldırım	7 19:14 Whiskey Mike [1760]
Britain ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	2 15:03 trailing wife [1743]
I don’t regret attacking Istanbul’s Reina: ISIL militant Masharipov	0 [1738]
HRW again for disbanding Rab after 7-murder verdict	2 12:14 Pappy [1736]
Myanmar army detains Kachin Baptists	0 [1729]
Bin Laden Documents: Worry over IS Tactics, 'Aging' al-Qaida	0 [1738]
Denmark says deploying special forces to Syria against ISIS	2 13:18 Punky Trotsky1936 [1745]
Mideast Expects Big Changes under Trump	0 [1748]
No pardon for Bowe Bergdahl as Obama’s term ends	6 22:42 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Page 3: Non-WoT
More than 200 arrested for DC riots	1 15:48 trailing wife [1748]
Bloody Hoovers, why do they hate us ?	13 23:57 gorb [1760]
What kind of man is Bill Clinton? He's just like any other man, only more so.	8 20:26 Hupusomble Dingle9936 [1771]
Donald Trump please help make South Africa great again VIDEO	10 20:54 Classer [1767]
Robot skin senses warm bodies like a snake locating nearby prey	5 12:21 Shipman [1734]
Trump signs ObamaCare executive order (Video)	0 [1739]
Missouri House Passes Right to Work - Third state to take up legislation in 2017	2 15:10 trailing wife [1732]
Top ‘Brexit' Leader Nigel Farage Joins Fox News	2 12:12 Raj [1746]
The Marines have Landed - Generals Mattis and Kelley sworn into office	0 [1736]
Winston Churchill returns to Oval Office as Kenyan master departs	6 13:43 M. Murcek [1740]
Gambia's Yahya Jammeh 'agrees to step down'	1 09:15 Frank G [1739]
CHP head Kilicdaroglu calls for early election in Turkey	0 [1738]
Man sets wife on fire	6 22:25 KBK [1755]
Drug testing lab staff fired over corruption	0 [1737]
Video: Xir Mixed-Up-A-Lot Is Upset At The Trumpening	3 13:59 trailing wife [1742]
Ownership of London flats yet to be established: SC	0 [1734]
Poll Says We Want More Free Roads and Stuff	3 12:21 Pappy [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Gun Safety: Do It for the Children	1 17:31 DarthVader [1731]
French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to 'wake up'	1 10:43 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1742]
Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice	14 22:41 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
This Week in Guns, January 21st, 2017	6 17:51 Glenmore [1733]
A strong right-wing alliance on its way in Turkey	0 [1742]
Days Of Rage And What Could Happen Next	2 07:38 anon1 [1738]
Dissent is being suppressed at the cost of human lives	0 [1737]
Hate On Campus	2 10:41 Bobby [1734]
Corrupt Courtrooms	0 [1734]
Ominous signs	2 18:34 trailing wife [1769]
Page 6: Politix
White House climate change webpage disappears after Trump's inauguration	2 14:06 trailing wife [1743]
Obama plans to remain in political fray, stay in D.C.	8 17:16 newc [1748]
Only one of 99 voted against Gen. Jim Mattis' confirmation as Defense Sec.	4 12:40 Raj [1743]
Nancy Sinatra slams CNN for anti-Trump spin on story about her humorous tweet	5 13:48 OregonGUy [1732]
Trump announces regulatory freeze in first executive orders	3 04:51 Thumper Dribble5791 [1737]
'Would-be-dictator' Trump will fail: Would-be Blofeld Soros	4 12:51 Abu Uluque [1736]

    
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2	Houthis
1	al-Qaeda
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Boko Haram
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2017-01-21
Over 100 Al Qaeda fighters killed in 'major' US air strike in Syria

Fri 2017-01-20
Over 80 IS Fighters Killed in U.S. Strikes in Libya

Thu 2017-01-19
Suicide blast kills 33 at north Mali military camp

Wed 2017-01-18
US Air Force kills high ranking Al-Qaeda leader in Syria

Tue 2017-01-17
Obama Releases 10 More GITMO Detainees Just Before Leaving Office

Mon 2017-01-16
Noor Salman, wife of Orlando bomber, now jugged by FBI

Sun 2017-01-15
Three arrested during Belgian police raid on Molenbeek street where Paris attacks mastermind Salah Abdeslam lived

Sat 2017-01-14
Islamic State supporters face jail after infiltrated in undercover police sting

Fri 2017-01-13
Belgium charges pair over fake papers for jihadist in Paris, Brussels attacks

Thu 2017-01-12
36 Afghan parliament staff killed in Kabul attack

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

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