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121 ISIS militants and relatives surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar, 300+ in past week
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Blessed be the peacemakers	4 17:57 USN, Ret. [11129]
Turkish-backed forces, Kurds clash in strategic Syrian town	0 [11128]
Terrorists Strike Their Own Building, Israel Blamed	0 [11129]
The Syrian Army started a military operation in Idlib	0 [11130]
121 ISIS militants and relatives surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar, 300+ in past week	1 19:00 Roger Smith [11137]
Turkey's armed opposition groups targeted positions of Manbij Military Council forces	0 [11127]
U.S. forces evacuating ‘Serrin’ military base, south of Kobani	0 [11129]
12 Taliban militants killed or wounded by their own bomb in Ghazni province	0 [11126]
Airstrikes kill 32 Taliban militants in three provinces	0 [11129]
Two key Taliban commanders among 29 killed, wounded in Sar-e Pul clash	0 [11127]
Special Forces kill, detain 6 Taliban militants; destroy weapons caches in 4 provinces	0 [11132]
#Basra remains #protesting against corrupt government	0 [11129]
Live Updates: Rockets fly over southern Israel, despite ceasefire	2 19:01 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
#Iraqi Interior Ministry announced the injury of 55 officers and members of the security forces in #AlKhalani Square in #Baghdad	0 [11125]
Anti-government rallies swell in Iraq’s capital and south	0 [11128]
Lebanese protesters blocked main highways with burning tires and roadblocks on Wednesday	0 [11126]
#Iraqi security personnel yesterday joined anti-establishment protests in the southern city of #Karbala	0 [11130]
Central Bank of Iraq attacked 50 times last few days	0 [11131]
Debka: The IDF strikes a Jihad long-range warhead factory	0 [11127]
Explosion kills 7 civilians, wounds 10 others in Kabul city	0 [11134]
PIJ Sec.-Gen. presents ceasefire conditions as rocket barrage fired	1 08:49 lord garth [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Walmart hires off-duty cops in El Paso as it reopens store where a gunman targeting Mexicans killed 22 in August	2 17:28 jpal [11135]
How Israeli intel derailed Hamas’s ‘secret weapons’ for bigger war	0 [11128]
EU's labeling of Israeli products originated with Neo-Nazi, Green parties	4 13:44 Herb McCoy [11131]
Govt: Anas Haqqani, Others ‘Will Not Return To Battlefield’	2 17:06 Jomock Squank9835 [11131]
Afghan presidential poll results further delayed as IEC halts vote recount process	0 [11129]
500 - 600 US troops to remain in Syria	0 [11134]
Road blockades, sit-ins part of JUI-F 'Plan-B' for #Punjab	0 [11125]
Govt: Anas Haqqani, Others ‘Will Not Return To Battlefield’	0 [11126]
Ammar al-Hakim stresses need to create fair electoral system	0 [11127]
#Tunisia’s new parliament on Wednesday elected #Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, as its speaker	5 19:56 Dron66046 [11137]
Time to exit Palestine?	8 19:39 Frank G [11136]
One-Third of Young Prostitutes in Paris No-Go Suburbs Under 15-Years-Old	13 18:57 Frank G [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Student shoots dead classmate, wounds three others then kills himself in Russian college rampage after returning with a shotgun when teacher told him off and sent him out the class	4 13:41 Skidmark [11130]
Hidden in the Arizona desert, a Cold War nuclear missile site that was shut down by the US government in the 1980s and is now on sale for $395,000	3 15:20 swksvolFF [11126]
Diminutive Angry Bagel Guy, 45, suffers stroke outside a deli and is left with no feeling down one side of his body	4 19:28 Dron66046 [11135]
Inmate Ray Jefferson Cromartie gets last free meal	11 23:59 Unirt McGurque6477 [11137]
USAF 'Skyborg' flying soon	4 13:51 Skidmark [11131]
Facebook says it removed 3.2B fake accounts in 6 months	5 20:37 KBK [11135]
Protesters blockade universities, stockpile makeshift weapons as chaos grips Hong Kong	3 10:23 Skidmark [11127]
PRC township level boundaries - hard to find.	2 14:01 Skidmark [11125]
Air pollution shuts schools in Tehran	2 08:49 Procopius2k [11130]
Consultant held over child pornography, abuse removed from KP govt project	0 [11129]
Mainland Chinese students have begun fleeing Hong Kong campuses over security fears	3 11:12 swksvolFF [11129]
Beijing tests submarine-launched nukes that could OBLITERATE San Francisco from China's own waters	8 14:15 Skidmark [11132]
NKor: A border stream turned red after SKor slaughtered thousands of pigs infected with swine fever.	1 01:10 g(r)omgoru [11123]
Florida Supreme Court rejects death row inmate's appeal for stay of execution	1 19:27 Roger Smith [11128]
Drag queen Pissi Myles storms into Trump impeachment hearings	6 22:13 swksvolFF [11134]
Colin Kaepernick To Get A Private Workout For NFL Teams On Saturday	15 19:09 Frank G [11126]
Florida man nearly loses leg ‐ and life ‐ to alligator while hunting hogs	2 16:03 Vernal Hatrick [11128]
Rogue Elephant Bin Laden to be Re-educated, Renamed Krishna	3 08:33 Rambler in Virginia [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
A Nobel Prize for Trump?	5 15:13 JohnQC [11136]
Something Very Strange Seems To Be Synchronzing Distant Galaxies	23 23:10 Dron66046 [11134]
Impeachment Committee Calls First Star Witness Greta Thunberg	3 11:25 swksvolFF [11132]
Adam Schiff's Star Witness Just Admitted Burisma Should Be Investigated For Corruption	4 14:07 Abu Uluque [11131]
There's This Thing Called Due Process That We Ought to Try	5 17:51 Lex [11126]
Illinois Democrat Claims 'Hearsay Can Be Much Better Evidence Than Direct' Evidence	12 12:07 rjschwarz [11126]
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Taylor Testimony ‘Very Damaging' To Trump	13 21:03 ruprecht [11142]
The Real Mystery About C*aramella and Vindman	3 11:34 Bobby [11129]
Schiff: Who, Me? I Don't Know The Whistleblower's Identity	8 19:13 European Conservative [11125]
Capitol Building To Be Decorated As Giant Circus Tent For Duration Of Impeachment Hearings	1 00:19 3dc [11129]
Impeachment Has Jumped the Shark	6 14:59 JohnQC [11126]
Page 6: Politix
An Orthodox Jew Is Running For Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Seat	2 19:48 Dron66046 [11131]
Dr. Bruce Hensel, former TV correspondent, accused of asking 9-year-old to send him sexually suggestive pictures	4 05:35 Lex [11134]
Ukrainian company tied to Hunter Biden supported U.S. think tank, paid for trips	11 18:56 Frank G [11125]
Wretchard: Due to a quirk in the NATO charter you can't expel Turkey without its consent.	8 12:52 SteveS [11126]
Julián Castro is poised to miss the cutoff for the November debate	12 23:01 Dron66046 [11129]
Jordan on fire, real star of impeachment hearing: ‘I’ve seen church prayer chains easier to understand’	1 04:57 Lex [11132]
Lindsey Graham stops Armenian genocide resolution after meeting with Trump, Turkish dictator	9 20:54 KBK [11136]
California bucks Trump administration lightbulb rollback with tougher state standard	17 21:31 Skidmark [11135]
Justice Ginsburg taken ill, absent from Supreme Court	13 19:29 Procopius2k [11132]

    
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6	Govt of Iraq
5	Sublime Porte
4	Taliban
4	Commies
4	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
2	Haqqani Network
2	Islamic State
1	Hezbollah
1	Arab Spring
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-11-14
121 ISIS militants and relatives surrender to Afghan forces in Nangarhar, 300+ in past week

Wed 2019-11-13
Live: the House’s Trump Impeachment hearings starting at 10 a.m. ET

Tue 2019-11-12
Israel hit by rockets after killing Islamic Jihad leader Abu al-Ata in Gaza

Mon 2019-11-11
Thanks to all the veterans on Veterans Day!

Sun 2019-11-10
Bolivia's president announces his resignation

Sat 2019-11-09
Will Julian Assange Die in Prison? Is that why a "dead man" data dump just took place?

Fri 2019-11-08
WikiLeaks just dropped their databomb

Thu 2019-11-07
Extremist outfit Allahr Dal banned in Bangladesh

Wed 2019-11-06
Mexico Deploys Forces to Northern State After Nine US Mormons Killed

Tue 2019-11-05
Three American Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED

Mon 2019-11-04
Report: Turkey-backed militia attacks American troops in Syria

Sun 2019-11-03
Three people detained in connection with Swedish explosion

Sat 2019-11-02
Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam

Fri 2019-11-01
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