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Turkish lira skids again after Erdogan orders manipulation probe
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Page 1: WoT Operations
ISIS fanatic who chained up five-year-old Yazidi girl in the sun and let her die of thirst collapses in German court as he becomes first to be convicted for genocide against the minority	4 17:53 Unoluling Prince of the Pixies3183 [1762]
Explosion rocks Kabul, no casualties reported	3 15:39 Rob Crawford [1749]
Long Island blast being investigated by cops, FBI over concerns it could be prelude to something else	8 19:39 NoMoreBS [1778]
Good Morning	3 01:03 Elmavick Slesing3853 [1761]
Diyala: Third ISIS attack on Peshmerga as Peshmerga launch security op	0 [1758]
Ethiopian army retakes town in Afar region from Tigray forces	0 [1759]
Burkina attack kills four soldiers	0 [1753]
Libyan Army Arrests Terrorists in Southern Libya	1 09:16 Bertie Crains2651 [1760]
Protesters Block Roads across Lebanon over Dire Living Conditions	0 [1755]
Antifa are mourning the apparent suicide of violent Portland Antifa member Jacob Camello/Andrea Mun (pronouns it/its)	18 20:22 Slappy [1776]
Turkey bombs villages in Erbil	0 [1758]
IPOB Gunmen Abducted, Killed Two Policemen, Filmed Corpses	0 [1798]
Bandits Write Christians In Zamfara To Shut Down Churches Or Risk Attacks	0 [1792]
Residents Flee As Boko Haram Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack On Borno Community	0 [1796]
Page 2: WoT Background
Darrell Brooks' Lawyer in Other Felony Cases Seeks to Stop Defending Him	4 22:12 Glesh Angager7706 [1766]
Iranian nuclear chief hints Tehran's atomic programme WAS geared towards building a nuclear bomb	2 12:08 NoMoreBS [1750]
Britain Snubbed as France Hosts Channel Migration Talks	0 [1767]
Squash world championship canceled over Malaysia’s refusal to grant Israelis visas	3 23:57 Tom Dempsey7633 [1773]
Scale of Syrian chemical weapons campaign tracked	0 [1766]
Turkey to seek Egypt, Israel thaw after UAE talks	0 [1752]
50% of Private Education Centers Closed Nationwide Since Takeover, No High School Classes for Girls in Nangarhar	0 [1751]
Passport Distribution is Still Halted in the Capital	0 [1743]
Islamic Emirate Air Force Performs Exercises in Balkh Province	0 [1745]
Mexican military smoked 500 Bad Guys since 2018	4 09:32 DarthVader [1747]
Libyan Court Rejects Petition to Bar Haftar's Presidential Bid	0 [1757]
Jumblat Says Some Want to Destroy Judiciary to 'Bury' Port Probe	0 [1749]
Iran says no way to return to 2015 deal without lifting of all sanctions	0 [1754]
Aoun Says Will Leave Next Year unless Parliament Wants Him to Stay	1 17:10 Flert Fleretch7633 [1748]
Turkish lira skids again after Erdogan orders manipulation probe	1 16:04 Lord Garth [1822]
Sadrist movement to the Coordination Framework: make up your mind	0 [1751]
World's first trial for genocide against Yazidis set to conclude in Germany	1 06:54 NN2N1 [1801]
Don't Tag Fulani People As Terrorists — Northern Elders	0 [1788]
Azerbaijani oppositionist suspected of drug trafficking	0 [1791]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Retired Olympics relay runner, 62, and his friend, 60, both die after shooting each other during heated argument	7 19:01 Merrick Ferret [1773]
Gun Boom: FBI Ran 187,585 Background Checks on Black Friday Alone	1 15:16 Angstrom [1751]
From biplanes to the supersonic 'Concordski': Fascinating book unravels the mystery surrounding Soviet carrier Aeroflot – 'a parallel universe of aviation for 70 years'	3 17:02 Slenter Panda4300 [1750]
5,000-strong lynch mob torch police stations in Pakistan and demand cops hand over blasphemy suspect so they can 'burn him alive like he burnt the Holy Koran'	6 15:38 Rob Crawford [1751]
Going, going… GONE! Footage shows the farcical moment £100m F-35 fighter jet toppled off the end of HMS Queen Elizabeth's runway and sank into the Mediterranean - as furious Navy chiefs launch mole hunt for whoever leaked it	5 21:52 Flert Fleretch7633 [1777]
Bizarre moment woman is arrested after running onto the tarmac at LAX in an attempt to flag down an aircraft	3 13:56 Procopius2k [1739]
Doctors Warn New Medical School Guidance Would Lead to Unqualified Physicians and Unscientific Medicine	6 15:32 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1753]
'Partner In Crime': Maxwell Prosecution Opens With Sordid Details Of Epstein Sexual Predation	5 20:04 NoMoreBS [1764]
SBU reveals the conspiracy of the Decembrists	0 [1753]
Robbers confess to looting over 25 TikTokers	0 [1740]
Iran e-commerce chief convicted for 'prostitution'	3 07:24 Rob Crawford [1753]
Kyle Rittenhouse is starting to sue all the celebrities and “news” stations for all the lies they spread	11 23:47 Chealing Chomotle4158 [1785]
Venezuela President Maduro brands EU electoral observers 'spies'	1 09:16 NN2N1 [1750]
'Why should I distinguish between white people and racists?'	4 18:03 ruprecht [1748]
Nigerian Man Sentenced To 21 Months For $69,000 Fraud	3 08:05 Skidmark [1781]
Jury Selection Begins in Jussie Smollett Case More Than Two Years after Hate Crime Hoax	5 22:24 Merrick Ferret [1773]
Kalmykia farmer convicted of slavery	0 [1759]
Russian senator: The West intends to introduce new restrictions on the Russian media	0 [1746]
End of an era: Prince Charles touches down in Barbados for ceremony to remove the Queen as head of state after Caribbean nation decided to become a republic	4 12:46 Injun Sputing7214 [1747]
'Chicago is a war zone': Terrifying video shows machine gun fire erupting on the streets in bloody Thanksgiving weekend of gun violence as three are killed in and another 40 are shot	12 21:15 Procopius2k [1774]
Page 4: Opinion
Rolling Stones - Jan. 6 organizers used burner phones to communicate with White House	12 19:22 CrazyFool [1776]
How Gangs Drive Chicago's Violence	1 09:08 Merrick Ferret [1747]
AP reports we (hoarding rich, white countries) created the South African omicron outbreak	16 22:41 Shake Shack Bill [1774]
The Incredible, Vanishing National News Story in Waukesha	6 09:30 Merrick Ferret [1740]
MI6 boss warns of China 'debt traps and data traps'	2 16:57 SteveS [1753]
Ghani govt was not interested in reconciliation process	1 06:05 Besoeker [1752]
More on the Case of Yuri Butusov	0 [1774]
A new war in Donbass as a self-fulfilling prophecy	1 06:06 Besoeker [1754]
King George V class: Design, Service and Myths	0 [1748]
Page 6: Politix
Biden administration to redirect rental-assistance funds to areas with greater demand	2 15:37 Skidmark [1751]
Biden admits Americans may need an 'updated vaccine or booster' to protect them from Omicron: President says he [doesn't have a clue and] will accelerate the development of new shots in the ‘hopefully unlikely' event they are needed	10 23:38 swksvolFF [1782]
N.Y. Gov Declares State of Emergency Over New China Flu Variant, Even Though No Cases Yet in New York	4 11:02 Vespasian Ebboting9735 [1750]
Get Ready for President Hillary Clinton	10 16:37 swksvolFF [1745]
Threat and double threat	4 10:00 CraigO [1755]
Chris Cuomo's text messages reveal how HE wrote brother Andrew's sex pest rebuttals	2 11:22 Woodrow Unusort9515 [1757]
Federal judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for health care workers in Missouri, 9 other states	3 16:33 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1748]
The only take on Waukesha you need	4 09:21 Merrick Ferret [1792]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Taliban/IEA
4	Commies
4	Islamic State
3	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Iran
3	Sublime Porte
2	Narcos
2	Devout Moslems
1	Mob Rule
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
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1	Antifa/BLM
1	Arab Spring
1	Banditti
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

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