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Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Popular Mobilization Forces discover Islamic State camp in Salahuddin	0 [1738]
Gunmen kill five civilians, abduct four others, southwest of Kirkuk	0 [1740]
MP: U.S. forces freed 1200 Iraqis from Islamic State	2 20:27 Seeking cure for ignorance [1755]
3 people killed, injured in two bomb blasts in Baghdad	0 [1738]
Egypt Police Arrest Fugitive Ex-Interior Minister Adly	0 [1744]
Senior al-Qaeda Member Killed In Joint Military Operation	6 20:19 Frank G [1760]
Egyptian security forces diffuse 250kg bomb in North Sinai's Bir El-Abd: Ministry	0 [1748]
Israel braces for violent protests over Trump Jerusalem announcement	5 12:33 Woodrow [1745]
3 youth killed in India-held Kashmir	0 [1749]
Afghan intelligence agency reports killing of scores of Al Qaeda figures	0 [1736]
Al Shabaab Attacks Jubbaland Army Base Near Kenyan Border	0 [1745]
Somali Govt Forces Carry Out A Security Operation In Afgoye	0 [1740]
Al Shabaab Says It Killed A Security Official In Bosaso City	0 [1738]
Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled	6 21:13 Unating Thereque5830 [1795]
Top Saleh loyalist commander dies of wounds in Yemen’s Sana’a	0 [1735]
Roadside bomb explosion leaves six dead in northwest Pakistan	0 [1747]
Philippine president declares Maoist rebel NPA a terrorist group	1 15:08 746 [1736]
Large number of Saleh loyalists join Yemen’s legitimate forces in Marib	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran's supreme leader: Trump's Jerusalem plan a sign of incompetence, failure	8 19:42 swksvolFF [1758]
2,982 displaced Iraqis return to homeland coming from Syria	0 [1746]
U.S. to secure USD1.115 bn for Iraq reconstruction, explosives removal	2 15:08 Seeking cure for ignorance [1737]
Islamist Chief Says 'Security Eased' in Ain Hilweh By Departure of Extremists	0 [1738]
Khawaja Asif hints at foreign policy shift from US towards China, Russia	0 [1730]
Facilitators of attack on Balochistan police official linked to TTP in Afghanistan: Bugti	1 08:56 Frank G [1740]
Open to forming political alliance with JuD, LeT: Musharraf	0 [1740]
Probe demanded into killing of ATI attacker ‘disarmed’ by student	1 11:21 Skidmark [1746]
Trump using al-Quds move to boost his popularity: Pundit	3 11:28 Skidmark [1740]
Yemeni demonstrators call for unity against Saudi aggressions	0 [1736]
US Court defense of Trump's Muslim ban gives full license to bigotry: Iran FM	5 14:35 gorb [1740]
Iran raps Arab states' shameless acknowledgement of Israel ties	1 09:32 Frank G [1731]
Iraq accused of violating due process for Daesh suspects	2 11:34 gorb [1736]
Militias say political opponents are ‘safe’ as fighting halts in Sanaa	0 [1739]
UN ‘ready to engage’ with Assad in Geneva talks; Daesh bomb kills 8 in Homs	0 [1736]
Houthis celebrate as Saleh's son calls for revenge	0 [1743]
Erdogan: Jerusalem status a red line for Muslims	1 11:47 NoMoreBS [1735]
Yemen's exiled President Hadi calls for new uprising	0 [1740]
Trump tells Abbas he will move US embassy to Jerusalem	4 21:13 Anomalous Sources [1756]
Iranian politician: There’s no ISIS in Yemen, so why should we intervene?	0 [1735]
Are these the men who killed Ali Abdullah Saleh?	0 [1734]
Saddam ’s daughter pays tribute to Yemen’s Saleh	0 [1732]
King Salman to Trump: Embassy move would offend Muslims	1 11:37 gorb [1735]
Majority of those detained in Saudi corruption probe agree to settlement	0 [1737]
Saudi ministers hope uprising in Sanaa will help rid Yemen of Houthi militias	0 [1731]
Hariri officially rescinds his resignation	1 01:18 newc [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Today's Idiot	3 20:20 Blackbeard Bumble5724 [1749]
The US just upped the ante on simulated bomb runs on North Korea	1 21:30 Anomalous Sources [1751]
Trump: America Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Capital	4 20:43 Cheretle Angeans6218 [1751]
Mueller Deputy in Russia Probe Praised Sally Yates After She Defied Trump's Travel Ban: ‘I Am So Proud'	3 11:55 DarthVader [1735]
China did something it's never done before to warn the US about fighting North Korea	12 23:28 Injun Bucket8891 [1756]
Russia 'increasing oil exports' to North Korea	6 12:49 Skidmark [1737]
Turkey Opens 'Terror' Trial of Academics over Peace Petition	0 [1733]
Tit for tat: Russia Registers 9 US Media Outlets as 'Foreign Agents'	2 07:22 Frank G [1736]
Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics over state-sponsored doping	3 13:18 Skidmark [1732]
REVEALED: The top secret MICROWAVE missile that can take out North Korea's nukes before all-out US assault	14 15:13 Knuckles Slineger2610 [1736]
13 killed in clashes between Colombian rebels	0 [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Rural poverty skyrockets as jobs move away	5 18:42 ed in texas [1758]
Milo Yiannopoulos Parliament speech	0 [1733]
Dershowitz: When Politics Is Criminalized	1 16:58 JohnQC [1740]
Killing of teenaged driver	5 13:44 Skidmark [1745]
Page 6: Politix
House rejects Trump impeachment resolution after Dem Rep. Al Green forces vote	3 20:32 Frank G [1761]
DC has highest percentage of heavy drinkers	7 21:17 Anomalous Sources [1758]
Another One! Mueller Deputy Was Personal Attorney of Ben Rhodes, Represented Clinton Foundation	5 16:41 JohnQC [1734]
John Conyers Retires, son appointed successor (balance of subject line redacted)	7 20:18 Besoeker [1754]
FBI Increasingly Politiiczed under Comey and Mueller	7 21:12 newc [1758]
House Settled Lawsuit After Meeks Fired Staffer Who Reported Sexual Assault Related To Donor	0 [1735]
White House: Mueller has not subpoenaed Trump's bank records	5 17:01 JohnQC [1737]
Economist Larry Summers predicts 10,000 will die per year due to tax reform	12 18:57 Alaska Paul [1770]
Protest against Republican tax bill breaks out in US cities	12 19:57 M. Murcek [1757]

    
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                        20:27 Seeking cure for ignorance

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6	Commies
5	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
4	Islamic State
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Sublime Porte
2	TTP
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2017-12-06
Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled

Tue 2017-12-05
Iranian Embassy In Sana’a Has Been Attacked

Mon 2017-12-04
Rebels kill Yemen's ex-president Saleh

Sun 2017-12-03
Yemen’s Saleh says ‘citizens have revolted against Houthi aggression’

Sat 2017-12-02
Deadly Rebel Infighting Rocks Yemen Capital for Second Night

Fri 2017-12-01
Drone strike kills at least 3 militants near Pak-Afghan border

Thu 2017-11-30
U.S. raid kills top ISIL commander in Somalia, says Minister

Wed 2017-11-29
200+ schools in Herat controlled by Taliban

Tue 2017-11-28
After ISIS mass beheading, Taliban militants execute own leader in Nangarhar

Mon 2017-11-27
Islamist protesters clash with Pakistan police for second day

Sun 2017-11-26
US airstrike wipe-out ISIS hideout in Nangarhar, leaving 13 dead

Sat 2017-11-25
Mnangagwa, the ‘Crocodile,’ sworn in as Zimbabwe president

Fri 2017-11-24
More than 54 85 235 dead in Sinai Bombing, shooting attack

Thu 2017-11-23
Rouhani declares end of IS

Wed 2017-11-22
Former Saudi military man gets 23 years for recruiting Daesh fighters, traveling to Syria

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