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Boko Haram abducts 17 fishermen in Cameroon’s Far North region
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran fighter plane crashes near border, pilot's fate unknown	7 23:31 gorb [1782]
35 civilians killed in double Burkina Faso attack	0 [1768]
Police find submachine gun hidden in high school students’ bag of books	5 23:28 Skidmark [1765]
Unidentified aircraft strike Iranian targets in eastern Syria - report	8 23:29 Skidmark [1778]
162 migrants rescued off Libya coast land in Italy: NGO	0 [1756]
Strikes kill 8 in Syria's Idlib	0 [1776]
Jihadists launch counter-offensive to capture key town in southeast Idlib	0 [1755]
Haftar's gunmen release ship and Turkish crew detained in Derna	2 13:04 Lex [1750]
Jihadist rebels refuse to surrender Ma’arat Al-Nu’man to Syrian Army after peace talks	0 [1759]
Syrian Army captures another town in southeast Idlib	0 [1743]
Daesh-Affiliated Gunmen in Herat: Officials	0 [1759]
Taliban-Controlled District in Nangarhar Cleared	0 [1757]
15 Afghan soldiers killed in a Taliban ambush in Northern Balkh province	0 [1749]
Iran arrests family of young man killed in 'riots'	0 [1757]
Boko Haram: Army accuses retired security officers of fueling Southern Kaduna crisis	0 [1753]
Six Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack	0 [1763]
Boko Haram abducts 17 fishermen in Cameroon’s Far North region	0 [1783]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas changing strategies, reducing marches to low boil - intel center	2 16:33 jpal [1767]
Jordan Valley annexation said in ‘deep freeze’ due to international court probe	0 [1751]
Federal suit against anti-Israel protests at Michigan synagogue	3 12:29 Matt [1747]
Egypt sentences publisher who translated Israeli book to 5 years in prison	0 [1746]
Netanyahu announces 3,000 new units to be built in West Bank settlements	0 [1734]
Sudan inks peace deal with rebel faction, paves way for more	0 [1749]
Turkish Observation Post in al-Surman or A Base for Terrorists?	0 [1746]
Turkey claims Kurdish-led forces have not left Syrian border	0 [1746]
Iraq’s parliament passes new electoral law after months of protests	0 [1750]
Iraqi protesters' ire at Iran extends to goods boycott	0 [1757]
Tripoli-based Libyan forces interested in bringing Turkish tanks, drones to Libya: Al-Sarraj	0 [1744]
Rana Sanaullah makes bail in drug case	0 [1744]
LHC full bench formed to hear convicted Musharraf's petition against treason trial	0 [1752]
Polio markers to be imported from India	2 23:29 Dron66046 [1773]
Prime minister said his vision of Naya Pakistan was based upon discarding the old mindset and patronising merit system	0 [1745]
Donald Trump to sign executive order to dramatically reduce funding of United Nations	15 22:46 trailing wife [1774]
Boko Haram no longer operating in Nigeria, says Defence Hq	1 19:16 Lex [1772]
Gazan banks hand out fresh round of Qatari grants to poor families	2 14:42 M. Murcek [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dems Seek To Outlaw Suburban, Single-Family House Zoning, Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment	25 22:39 USN, Ret. [1780]
Xmas Present - Enjoy	1 11:58 JohnQC [1748]
New Space Force launches website	4 13:21 Mercutio [1743]
My Christmas Eve (video)	7 22:38 USN, Ret. [1762]
Retailers Make Historic $34.4 Billion During Super Saturday Sales	5 10:59 Besoeker [1744]
Texas resident grabs his shotgun and shoots, kills 3 home invaders	5 16:25 Skidmark [1757]
Unknown Armed Men Open Fire at Health Center in Kabul	0 [1751]
Afghan presidential candidates with less than 10% votes will lose AFN 1m each	1 07:53 Nero Greatle2218 [1759]
Su-57 fighter jet crashed during a training flight near Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the country's far east	6 14:08 Lex [1740]
US flies 4 spy planes at same time amid concern about N.K. 'Christmas gift’	0 [1743]
Donald Trump jokes Kim Jong-un might send him 'beautiful vase' instead of conducting ballistic missile test after aggressive North Korean dictator promises 'Christmas gift'	0 [1750]
Simulated 'NukeMap' images show how a Hiroshima-like nuclear bomb would affect U.S. cities including New York, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles	5 17:34 Rambler in Virginia [1748]
Page 4: Opinion
Who Is This Man Tom Steyer?	0 [1754]
The Town That Wouldn't Be Passed By	0 [1748]
WSJ Editorial Board: Robert Mueller Should Have to Answer for His Trump Dossier Dodge	2 10:25 Besoeker [1758]
IMAO Time Machine: Know Your Enemy – Hanukkah	4 18:10 Anomalous Sources [1773]
Welcome To Impeachment Limbo For The Holidays	1 16:20 magpie [1745]
Diplomatic debacle	1 02:28 Ulineng Jones2382 [1749]
MSNBC Guest: Cadets and Midshipmen Have to Be Taught to Not Use the 'OK' Hand Gesture	12 17:54 Lex [1768]
Nigeria’s Taliban	0 [1753]
Cotto-Gottfried interviews Zeihan, reviews what the world will look like after America finally attends to its own interests instead of the interests of hostile countries who hate us.	0 [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Cell service! Mike Bloomberg's campaign used PRISONERS earning just $20 a month to make phone calls urging voters to support billionaire former NYC mayor	5 20:37 3dc [1769]
Virginia Governor Northam Increases Corrections Budget In Anticipation Of Jailing Gun Owners	5 20:13 Anomalous Sources [1776]
If this were a novel, this would be a perfect example of foreshadowing	3 10:30 KBK [1759]
Giuliani: ‘Saint Marie Yovanovitch' Quashed Ukraine Probe Into Missing $5.3 Billion in Foreign Aid	0 [1749]
Jill Biden Helps Distribute Food for the Holiday…To People in Mexico	4 06:59 Raj [1756]
Hunter Biden Bought A $2.5 Million Hollywood Hills Home In June For $14,000	3 06:29 Warthog [1744]
Mehwish Hayat thinks Michelle Obama would make a "wonderful president"	3 05:29 Lex [1748]
Jim Comey's damaging legacy at the FBI must be undone	10 18:11 JohnQC [1773]
Al Sharpton: Pro-Trump Evangelicals ‘Would Sell Jesus Out’	7 11:32 Lex [1761]
AOC: Trump is a corrupt politician afraid of 'strong women'	9 13:37 chris [1743]
Why Democrats Will Never End The Impeachment Show Until Trump Is Gone For Good	8 15:20 AlanC [1743]
Democrat Lawmakers From Virginia Call for General Robert E. Lee Statue to be Removed From U.S. Capitol	9 23:48 JohnQC [1773]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Boko Haram (ISIS)
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	al-Nusra
3	Govt of Iran
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Taliban
2	Sublime Porte
2	Commies
2	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Islamic State

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Boko Haram abducts 17 fishermen in Cameroon’s Far North region

Tue 2019-12-24
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Mon 2019-12-23
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Sun 2019-12-22
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Sat 2019-12-21
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Fri 2019-12-20
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Thu 2019-12-19
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Wed 2019-12-18
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Tue 2019-12-17
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Mon 2019-12-16
Iran claims the whole Persian Gulf. Both sides!

Sun 2019-12-15
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Sat 2019-12-14
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