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Iraqi protesters defiantly turn out in the capital Baghdad
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Pentagon grounds more than 300 Saudi trainee pilots in the US for 'safety' reasons after Florida Navy base shooting - but top brass deny flight instructor requests to be armed	11 21:53 jpal [1772]
New Jersey kosher supermarket shooters ‘targeted the location,' mayor says	26 22:59 Alaska Paul [1775]
Huge tunnel built at Iranian base in Albukamal Syria	2 19:31 trailing wife [1772]
Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base	0 [1752]
3 victims named in Jersey City shooting attack, mayor says mkt. 'targeted'	25 22:02 Skidmark [1774]
'Four Civilians Killed in Logar Mortar Attack	0 [1748]
'12 Taliban Killed' in Afghan Commando Operation in Uruzgan	0 [1750]
Inter-Clan Clashes In Central Somalia Leaves At Least 20 Dead	0 [1755]
Somali Forces Carry Out Operation In Wanlaweyn After Killing	0 [1746]
#US grounds #Saudi pilots, halts #military training after base shooting	8 22:21 jpal [1790]
Heavy artillery shelling by the Turkish-backed armed opposition groups targeting the village of Mayasa in Shirawa district, south of Afrin	0 [1748]
Taliban abduct 45 people from Afghan govt employee's funeral	0 [1745]
Somali security forces evacuate officials from a hotel near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu	0 [1742]
Iraqi protesters defiantly turn out in the capital Baghdad	0 [1779]
Page 2: WoT Background
Facebook tells Attorney General Bill Barr that they will NOT allow US authorities access to encrypted messages on Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct	5 20:48 Glenmore [1756]
In tacit threat, Israeli intel firm releases photo of suspected Iranian tunnel	2 11:07 Dron66046 [1754]
Afghan War Can End In Weeks if Pakistain ~~just dies~~ Denies Support to Taliban	6 15:25 trailing wife [1750]
Pensacola – Marines, Sailors Line Road to Salute Family of Slain Naval Officer…	0 [1735]
Trump expected to issue executive order against antisemitism on campus	5 14:41 SteveS [1749]
FBI issued warning about gun loophole used by Pensacola shooter months ago	6 15:48 ranture [1744]
Peshmerga of all stripes receive intensive counter-Islamic State training	0 [1747]
As Iraqis protest against state, tribes make a comeback	1 07:00 AlanC [1761]
Confidential Documents on Afghanistan Released	14 17:48 trailing wife [1751]
Kamal: Islam has no place for terrorism, militancy	3 08:35 Mercutio [1745]
US #blacklists head of #Myanmar military, 3 generals	4 15:33 jpal [1736]
Erdogan’s adventure in the Mediterranean via the Libyan gateway	0 [1768]
Deliberate demographic change, theft, and seizure of Afrini properties by Turkey and affiliated groups	0 [1754]
US charges ex-Mexican official with taking bribes from cartel	4 15:58 Lex [1742]
'Total fiasco': Algeria student protesters rally against election	0 [1735]
Two former Algerian PMs have been convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms	0 [1737]
No more international cricket at neutral venues for Pakistan: Ehsan Mani	3 15:01 Dron66046 [1743]
US blacklists Rao Anwar for 'serious human rights abuse' through fake police encounters	0 [1742]
Saudi Arabia’s FM: Important Lebanon finds way forward for stability	0 [1736]
Sudan’s deposed al-Bashir questioned over 1989 coup: Lawyer	0 [1740]
Gulf leaders emphasized the importance of maintaining unity between members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council during the 40th Summit	0 [1744]
Cop-killer Betsy Ramos wins parole -- but gets sent right back to prison	3 09:45 AlanC [1745]
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History Of The War. U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress. They were not, and they knew it, states a confidential trove of government documents.	8 18:25 trailing wife [1753]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Guess who's TIME's person of the year	14 22:46 Goober Tingle7365 [1782]
First pig-monkey chimeras were just created in China	7 21:47 Zebulon Hupatle8044 [1775]
Tapping a beer can that has been shaken up will NOT stop it fizzing over when you open it, new study finds	10 15:31 European Conservative [1739]
Mystery of where a giant pumice raft twice the size of MANHATTAN drifting towards Australia came from is finally solved - as geologists claim it was produced by an underwater VOLCANO in Tonga	6 20:32 Frank G [1765]
San Francisco's ‘poor street conditions' a factor in city's loss of $64M Oracle tech conference: reports	3 17:26 Lex [1747]
UFC Star Whips Opponent in D.C. Fight; Shouts to Trump That He'll ‘Whoop' HIS Foes 'For Free!'	1 12:46 Dron66046 [1745]
Leb: Protesters Block Jounieh Highway, Many Roads as Tripoli Protests Escalate	0 [1742]
California Church Depicts Nativity Scene with Jesus, Mary, Joseph in Separate Cages.	12 11:28 chris [1739]
Former FBI attorney Lisa Page sues DOJ for releasing her texts with Peter Strzok	15 20:31 Frank G [1763]
Six arrested for gang rape in Narayanganj	0 [1742]
Argentina's Peronists return as Fernandez sworn into power	0 [1747]
International experts quit Hong Kong police protest probe	0 [1745]
Suspect indicted in Chunian rape, murder case	0 [1746]
Labour’s big state plans spook British business	0 [1745]
Page 4: Opinion
The Fall of the Deep State and 1989's Fall of Communism	15 17:30 Alaska Paul [1740]
At Last, A Realistic Look at the Israeli-‘Palestinian' Conflict	2 09:50 AlanC [1759]
What's Going on With Drudge? Rasmussen Claims 'Matt's Not There Anymore...Word Is He Sold'	8 22:07 Skidmark [1766]
So Obama knew all along about the FBI bid to spy on his rival	5 13:09 Abu Uluque [1748]
Historians Now Believe King Solomon Gave Each Of His Wives, Concubines A Peloton Exercise Bike	4 14:18 Mullah Richard [1741]
Barr: Sure Seems Like The FBI Acted In "Bad Faith" In Operation Crossfire Hurricane	1 09:17 Lex [1751]
Learn About the Nazi Assault Rifle That Got a Second Life in Syria	7 12:49 magpie [1756]
Hemp: New year, new crop option	6 21:59 Jennie Horwitz [1761]
Page 6: Politix
If Hillary runs	6 21:29 Zebulon Hupatle8044 [1767]
Virginia Dems Cave on Confiscation as 2A Sanctuaries Expand	17 17:35 Alaska Paul [1735]
Fake moderate Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger feels the heat from fed-up, impeachment-weary constituents	3 15:03 Bobby [1740]
Steele's Own ‘Primary Sub-Source' Cast Doubt On Steele's Collusion Claims	5 17:25 Lex [1742]
Russia’s Lavrov calls on US to publish bilateral communications over 2016 election	5 10:04 Procopius2k [1745]
Dems’ impeachment absurdities are making them look like the threat to democracy	7 17:42 Alaska Paul [1754]
The inspector general’s report makes Jim Comey’s FBI look terrible	2 05:43 boomerc [1745]
Kimberly Stassel's Takeaways from the IG Report	3 07:37 Lex [1756]
Pierce Bush, GOP Congressional Candidate And H.W.'s Grandson, Marched In Anti-Trump Protest In 2017	10 18:57 charger [1753]
Adam Schiff: Congress Must Impeach Trump to Stop Him in 2020	8 17:45 Alaska Paul [1763]

    
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3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Iran
3	Sublime Porte
3	Taliban
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Commies
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Iraq

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Tue 2019-12-10
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Mon 2019-12-09
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Sun 2019-12-08
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Sat 2019-12-07
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Fri 2019-12-06
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Thu 2019-12-05
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Wed 2019-12-04
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Tue 2019-12-03
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Mon 2019-12-02
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