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Somalia blast kills at least 16 near presidential palace
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Egypt police kill 14 in Sinai shootout	0 [1740]
Saudi Arabia, UAE send troops to support Kurds in Syria	17 17:05 gorb [1787]
This badass professor hired mercenaries to rescue a college student from an ISIS war zone	1 09:07 AlanC [1752]
MoI arrest police officer affiliated with Taliban in Farah province	0 [1749]
54 militants killed during the joint operations in past 24 hours: MoD	0 [1751]
Afghan forces thwart suicide attack on a governmental compound in Zabul	0 [1749]
31 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Faryab clash and airstrikes	0 [1758]
Taliban’s military chief for Parwan province has been killed in infighting	1 00:32 newc [1744]
Strikes by US-led coalition kill 13 militants in Syria	0 [1746]
6 killed by Indian soldiers in new day of Kashmir unrest	1 08:15 Frank G [1753]
Somalia blast kills at least 16 near presidential palace	0 [1763]
Iraqi troops arrest Islamic State fighter in Kirkuk	0 [1749]
Airstrike kills 4 Islamic State militants in Iraq’s Nineveh	0 [1748]
4 persons arrested on different charges in Baghdad	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghan Air Force to receive 7 new light attack and ISR aircraft	0 [1747]
Turkey to lead fight against IS after US pullout: Erdogan	1 15:23 trailing wife [1742]
France vows support for Syria militants amid US pullout	0 [1744]
IRGC holds major drills, debuts ‘offensive’ component	1 07:13 Mike Kozlowski [1737]
Hamas will not accept truncated Palestinian state in Gaza Strip, says spokesman	0 [1734]
Thousands protest against rise of living costs in Turkey	1 01:54 Omereth Sneng4351 [1748]
Austria to Automatically Reject Smuggled Migrants Under Tough New Plans	4 16:44 JohnQC [1766]
Strasbourg market gunman pledged allegiance to IS	1 09:56 Frank G [1748]
Aid ship with 311 migrants ignored by Italy, heads to Spain	0 [1740]
Turkey says nearly 300,000 Syrians return home after military operations	1 20:29 magpie [1768]
EU donated £140,000 to Khomeinist group that described zionism as a 'criminal enterprise'	0 [1747]
Lockerbie 'bomber' found living in America	1 07:03 ranture [1740]
6,000 ~~civilians~~ human shields trapped by ISIS in Hajin, UN warns	0 [1740]
PUK urges US to stay in Rojava, headquarters in war on terror	0 [1742]
KRG-Turkey trade volume down due to Iraqi checkpoints, tariffs	0 [1735]
Trump's top envoy in fight against ISIS QUITS over withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria	11 15:27 Frank G [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
POTUS Expedites Gen Mattis Departure, names Shanahan as Acting SECDEF	4 17:38 Frank G [1773]
British politician, former Marine, and diplomat Lord Paddy Ashdown dies	2 14:57 Bright Pebbles [1751]
Israel: Netanyahu's son banned from Facebook over anti-Muslim posts	0 [1751]
Saudi Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz dies age 88	0 [1745]
99-year-old pastor receives Green Beret status	4 13:12 Matt [1750]
Hundreds in Tel Aviv join ‘yellow vest' economic protests	2 23:39 Anomalous Sources [1759]
Mattis exit leaves Pentagon in state of depression	7 15:04 Procopius2k [1744]
‘Child of Krakatoa': ‘Volcano' Tsunami Kills at Least 62 in Indonesia, Nearly 600 Injured	5 17:47 Anomalous Sources [1764]
Gun Control Activist David Hogg Accepted to Harvard	11 23:01 Anomalous Sources [1779]
Migrant Assaults Border Patrol Agent with Rock During Arrest	3 09:14 AlanC [1741]
Raptor powered test-platform of SpaceX StarShip (BFR) soon to fly	1 12:36 Injun Bucket8891 [1748]
USGS down for Volcano and Tsunami in Indonesia - Gov Shutdown!	6 15:26 ed in texas [1742]
4 cousins murdered in suspected 'honour' killing in Upper Kohistan	0 [1746]
Man demanding to be made prime minister climbs mobile tower in Islamabad, threatens suicide	0 [1742]
Iran executes corrupt businessman dubbed ‘Sultan of Bitumen’	0 [1747]
UK Labour leader vows to go ahead with Brexit if elected	0 [1747]
Huge reservoir of water ice found in northern lowlands of Mars	4 22:02 Varmint Splat7234 [1774]
Protesters in Hungary reject Orban’s nationalist government	2 09:18 AlanC [1746]
Cuban assembly approves draft of new constitution	0 [1747]
License-to-Kill Policing to Get a Trial Run in Rio de Janeiro	2 10:55 SteveS [1745]
Nicaragua news director accused of terror after station raid	0 [1745]
Smaller violent demonstrations hit France for sixth Saturday in a row	0 [1737]
At least 20 people have died and more than 160 are injured after tsunami strikes Indonesia following Krakatoa volcano eruption	0 [1738]
'He couldn't have been flying a drone over Gatwick, he was fitting windows at the time!' Boss of double glazing worker, 47, arrested with his wife, 54, insists police have 'got the wrong guy'	4 09:40 trailing wife [1738]
Anti-Semitism allegations are splitting the Women’s March	1 09:10 Frank G [1745]
Page 4: Opinion
How arrest of Chinese ‘princess' exposes regime's world domination plot	1 12:02 746 [1744]
US AMBO to Germany Writes Der Speigel, 'Cites Institutional Bias' against U.S.	5 15:25 Spanky Whuter1088 [1734]
Campaign To Build Border Wall Out Of Old 'Left Behind' Books Raises $7 Million	2 16:36 JohnQC [1771]
The Great War Christmas Truce: ‘They Were Positively Human'	1 07:10 Mike Kozlowski [1750]
KISS Guitarist: Americans Should Support Trump ‘Or Move to Another Country'	2 13:17 746 [1742]
A quarter of a million foreign thugs deported – thanks, Trump!	1 10:59 Bright Pebbles [1739]
Trump's Syria withdrawal causes prominent critics to do a 180 on troops in Syria	4 17:14 gorb [1763]
A 1944 Warning About Genetically Edited Babies	1 12:44 Injun Bucket8891 [1746]
CNN 'Investigation' Uncovers What We Already Knew: Criminals Break Gun Laws	2 11:45 Procopius2k [1742]
Mattis Was Always on Borrowed Time	7 17:04 Frank G [1775]
Report reveals business sentiment deteriorates in China	0 [1743]
US pullout strengthens Iran 'land bridge': analysts	10 18:10 SteveS [1768]
What the EU Survey Reveals About European Anti-Semitism	15 15:17 trailing wife [1764]
Page 6: Politix
Corey Booker And Mazie Hirono Attack Judicial Nominee For Being Catholic	4 13:47 charger [1739]
Lawmakers shrug off shutdown drama - What's the problem, we're still getting paid	6 20:41 newc [1773]
AOC calls for congressional salaries to be furloughed during next shutdown	8 15:04 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Miserable Twitter Troll Doxes Everyone Who Donated to #GoFundTheWall	6 22:51 gorb [1779]
Congress wants to keep space industrialization a regulation nightmare.	2 11:07 Bright Pebbles [1740]

    
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3	Govt of Iran
3	Commies
2	Human Trafficking
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1	Sublime Porte
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Somalia blast kills at least 16 near presidential palace

Sat 2018-12-22
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Thu 2018-12-20
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Wed 2018-12-19
Jihadist Migrant Plotted to Bomb Vatican, Italian Churches at Christmas

Tue 2018-12-18
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Mon 2018-12-17
U.S. airstrikes kill 62 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

Sun 2018-12-16
Israeli Army Says Fourth Hezbollah Attack Tunnel Found Crossing From Lebanon

Sat 2018-12-15
Heavy clashes breakout in Hodeidah after UN-backed ceasefire announcement

Fri 2018-12-14
Maulana Samiul Haq's personal secretary arrested, labelled person of interest in murder probe

Thu 2018-12-13
Egyptian military kills 27 terrorists in recent operations

Wed 2018-12-12
IDF uncovers third attack tunnel dug from Lebanon into Israel

Tue 2018-12-11
At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting

Mon 2018-12-10
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In rain and mud, IDF exposes another tunnel from Lebanon into Israel

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