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Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Senior Iranian General's Visit To Syria Prompted Israeli Strikes - Report	3 20:27 Frank G [1763]
Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan	10 19:23 Zhang Fei [1768]
Iranian Air Force Ready To 'Eliminate Israel' Commander Says, As Tensions Rise Over Syria Airstrikes	8 21:00 Alaska Paul [1775]
UNFIL Denied Access To Hez Attack Tunnel Against Israel In Lebanon	3 12:52 3dc [1756]
Houthi warplanes heavily bomb Saudi Army troops along Yemeni border	2 07:08 Frank G [1739]
Jihadists suffer heavy casualties in failed attack against Syrian Army	0 [1741]
Iraqi troops destroy three Islamic State hotbeds in Tikrit	0 [1739]
Iraqi troops kill senior Islamic State leader in Baghdad	0 [1742]
3 terrorists arrested over targeting citizens, security forces in Fallujah	0 [1749]
6,000 Nigerians Flee Boko Haram Attack to Chad	0 [1743]
Car Bomb Hits Syria Regime Stronghold Latakia	0 [1737]
Border Police arrest Palestinian youth carrying knife at Tomb of the Patriarchs	0 [1735]
German prosecutors press terror charges against Syrian man	0 [1736]
3 charged with planned explosive attack on NY Muslim community	1 16:05 trailing wife [1740]
IDF officer hurt by gunfire, Hamas fighter killed as Gaza border heats up	1 10:24 Frank G [1742]
Army Says Israeli 'Agent' Arrested over Anti-Hamas Attack	0 [1740]
Five terrorists killed by Egyptian police in Qalioubiya shootout: Ministry	0 [1753]
59 terrorists killed by Egyptian forces in recent operations: Army	1 10:58 Frank G [1737]
Afghan forces foil Taliban attack on an army outpost in Laghman province	0 [1747]
7 Taliban militants killed, car bomb destroyed in separate coalition airstrikes	0 [1748]
3 terrorist networks busted in Kandahar province	0 [1746]
36 martyred, 58 wounded in security base attack in Maidan Wardak: NDS	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
LHC summons Punjab police chief over fake encounter in Sahiwal	0 [1737]
Indian police investigate suspected people smuggling to New Zealand	0 [1743]
Fake encounter in Sahiwal	0 [1739]
Drunk tries to divert Russian plane, forcing emergency landing	1 10:57 Woodrow [1750]
Turkey shuts minor border gate with Kurdistan because of PKK activity	0 [1744]
Nigerian Court Grants Jailed Shiite Leader Access to Doctors	2 11:53 Mullah Richard [1746]
Palestinians to Refuse Remaining U.S. Aid for Fear of Lawsuits	4 10:56 M. Murcek [1738]
Jordan reopens main border post with Syria after 3 years	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Weather attacks the Starship Hopper!	3 22:31 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1776]
Brexit: Sony to move European HQ from UK to Netherlands to avoid disruption	6 18:27 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1744]
OH orangutan yanks off caretaker's thumb	6 10:59 Woodrow [1740]
Ask Pasadena's Lucille Brown, about to turn 107, about music, poodles and life	0 [1748]
US intelligence warns of ‘ever more diverse' threats	2 20:01 charger [1762]
U.S. airlines tap army helicopter pilots to ease shortage	1 14:22 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1738]
France, Germany try to 'show the way forward' for embattled EU project	1 02:56 Bright Pebbles [1733]
'I do not want to die': Central American exodus grows	4 09:14 Besoeker [1757]
White House planning to proceed with State of the Union, but details up in the air after Pelosi threat	5 22:41 746 [1767]
Geologist – “The sun, not CO2, drives Earth’s climate”	8 23:56 Victor Emmanuel Trotsky3550 [1763]
Woman Famous for Climbing Mountains in Bikinis Found Dead and Frozen After 20 Meter Fall	5 09:33 Besoeker [1736]
Bolsonaro says that the left in Latin America "will not prevail"	0 [1738]
Jorge Rodríguez warns that "violence will not be allowed in opposition march"	0 [1744]
Maduro ordered "a total revision" of diplomatic relations with the US	10 22:03 newc [1762]
Two policemen held over injuring couple in crossfire	0 [1738]
PIA flight from Peshawar to Jeddah lands in Karachi after bird strike	0 [1742]
Confirmed by WAPO- Native American Nathan Phillips Never Served in Vietnam	23 23:54 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1754]
Brexit Boost: Employment, Earnings, Job Openings Up as EU Migration Falls	1 15:46 Bright Pebbles [1744]
Trans-racial model cut off the air for saying she can have black baby	8 21:33 charger [1775]
Footage shows drug bust as dozens of smugglers meet at Israel-Egypt border	0 [1738]
Afternoon amusement	0 [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
Sex Workers Don't Trust Kamala Harris - Nor Should Anyone Else	5 19:36 Rob Crawford [1772]
Vote for Vito, He'll Build the Wall (short video)	1 09:13 Bobby [1742]
Study: Big Pharma Pill-Pushing Dollars Led to Overdose Deaths	9 18:42 JohnQC [1745]
Want to Heal the Internet? Ban All Collection of User Data	6 19:07 Bright Pebbles [1744]
Former Democrat: The Truth is Democrats Won't Build Wall Because They're Under Influence of Mexican Mafia	12 23:52 Victor Emmanuel Trotsky3550 [1761]
Homeschooling Produces Better-Educated, More-Tolerant Kids. Politicians Hate That	12 19:42 Rob Crawford [1769]
Now Pelosi owns the shutdown.	28 21:15 Anomalous Sources [1775]
Why I'm (slightly) less pessimistic about global warming	7 17:51 SteveS [1739]
Page 6: Politix
US Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) posts vile lying tweet then deletes it	2 16:19 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [1740]
FBI's Former Top Lawyer Acknowledges ‘Unusual' Steps In Early Days Of Russia Probe	5 13:20 SteveS [1754]
Kamala Harris Stacks Presidential Campaign With Hillary Clinton Alums	6 23:04 charger [1765]
POS John Kerry Tells Davos Crowd Trump Should Resign	7 12:34 Matt [1749]
US lawmaker says she ‘unknowingly’ used anti-Semitic trope in Israel criticism	6 15:04 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1751]

    
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                        19:59 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

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Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Govt of Syria
3	Islamic State
3	Taliban
2	Commies
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Iran)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Nusra
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2019-01-23
Syria Threatens To Attack Ben-Gurion, Return To Occupied Golan

Tue 2019-01-22
Taliban attack on Afghan security base kills over 100

Mon 2019-01-21
Syria war: Israeli jets target Iranian positions around Damascus

Sun 2019-01-20
Syrian air defence repels Israeli attack in south: State media

Sat 2019-01-19
Libyan forces say Al-Qaeda commander killed in southern op

Fri 2019-01-18
Militants stalked Xulhaz through LGBTQ platforms

Thu 2019-01-17
Pakistan Releases Senior Taliban Jihadi Days After Arrest

Wed 2019-01-16
Iran launches satellite into space

Wed 2019-01-16
Deadly explosion in Syria's Manbij kills four US soldiers, injures three

Tue 2019-01-15
Explosions, gunfire erupt at Kenyan hotel in possible terror attack

Mon 2019-01-14
Sudan Opposition Call for More Protests 'To Shake the Tyrant's Throne'

Sun 2019-01-13
Report: Nasrallah suffers heart attack

Sat 2019-01-12
12 civilians killed in jihadist attack in Burkina Faso

Fri 2019-01-11
Jihadists take control of Idlib province after collapse of Turkish-backed rebels

Thu 2019-01-10
Turkish-backed rebels surrender last positions in southwest Idlib

Wed 2019-01-09
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