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ISIS makes another attempt at seizing east Damascus airbase
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. Military Botches Online Fight Against Islamic State	3 22:28 SteveS [11136]
Iraqi Anti-ISIS Miscellanies: 39+ ISIS killed	0 [11129]
Diyala Defenses	0 [11126]
Mosul Offensive News	0 [11125]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [11126]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin	0 [11127]
Arabic speaking Gang shoves college lecturer into West Midlands canal	6 12:07 g(r)omgoru [11127]
In West Bank raids, IDF shutters gun workshop, ‘inciting’ printer	2 15:08 ptah [11134]
Taliban militants suffer casualties in Kunduz premature bomb explosion	0 [11129]
Taliban attack on Afghan forces coordination center repulsed in Nangarhar	0 [11124]
Taliban group leader Mawlavi Hamid killed in Zabul province	0 [11128]
Top Taliban leader in charge of recruitment arrested in Kunduz	0 [11128]
20 ISIL militants ‘neutralized’ in northern Syria: Turkish military	0 [11127]
Navy SEAL killed in Yemen anti-terror raid is identified	4 19:37 Pappy [11137]
Garabulli says 8 dead in attack by Tarhouna	0 [11128]
Syrian Army intercepts American missiles destined for Nusra in southern Syria	0 [11126]
Syrian Army liberates 25 east Aleppo villages in 2 weeks	0 [11127]
Syrian Air Force Targets (SYAAF) Fateh al-Sham in Homs Province	0 [11127]
Two Lebanese nationals killed in Syria while fighting for ISIS	0 [11127]
Turkish Armed Forces, rebels claim advance in east Aleppo	0 [11128]
Notorious ISIS executioner is shot dead in Mosul	1 09:40 Skidmark [11128]
Footage of Saudi Battleship being Attacked by Houthis	5 22:09 Sock Puppet of Doom [11134]
Iraqi Hezbollah kill 50 ISIS terrorists attempting to break out of Mosul into Syria	0 [11125]
ISIS makes another attempt at seizing east Damascus airbase	0 [11132]
Three terrorists, two cops killed in Chechen shootout	0 [11127]
Three Maute camps overrun in Mindanao	0 [11134]
Abu Sayyaf bomb kills two children, injures three	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Did Trump's team put an Obama-era policy on steroids?	1 22:13 Sock Puppet of Doom [11135]
Pentagon making list of Iraqis who worked alongside U.S. forces after travel ban	5 11:29 Pappy [11125]
Canadian trade school turns down applicant for being Israeli	3 23:20 Skidmark [11128]
Islamic State finds success infiltrating its terrorists into refugee flows to West	0 [11126]
Arab Israeli man charged with terrorist shootings in Haifa	3 11:31 Pappy [11127]
The Jewish Agency has been hardening Jewish community buildings around the world	2 11:18 Pappy [11126]
Palestinians protest UN chief for affirming Jewish ties to Temple Mount	0 [11125]
Pennsylvania man admits he conspired to help ISIS	4 22:54 M. Murcek [11136]
Brussels bombing suspect Abrini charged over Paris attacks	0 [11127]
Russia ready to help Iraq fight Daesh: Lavrov	0 [11126]
Trump fires acting attorney general over defying to recognize his Muslim ban as legal	12 21:46 Silentbrick [11127]
Heavy sentences demanded for 11 soldiers who killed 51 during Turkey’s coup attempt	0 [11126]
Misrata brigades join Libyan National Army	0 [11125]
Timid loner student 'who liked Trump, Le Pen and mocked Syrian refugees online' charged with six counts of murder for shooting up Quebec City mosque	2 04:19 Skidmark [11129]
Russia: Syrian draft constitution includes elements from Kurds and opposition	0 [11128]
Over 5,000 Syrian Army soldiers freed up after Wadi Barada battle	0 [11125]
Refugees in Kenya hit by US travel ban after years of waiting for asylum	0 [11127]
Satire website Khabaristan Times blocked in Pakistan	1 20:39 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11131]
Trump should never settle for freeze on N.K. nuclear program	1 04:58 Skidmark [11131]
Afghan govt ready to negotiate with Taliban unconditionally, says envoy	0 [11128]
Iran to pursue US visa ban in international organizations	1 08:53 jpal [11126]
~~Ruritanian~~ Low flying jets spotted over Al shabaab-held bases	1 09:52 Skidmark [11131]
Seven Found Guilty of Robbing German Churches to Finance Jihad	0 [11127]
Israel (IAF) begins deployment of Arrow-3 anti missile defense	5 18:31 Skidmark [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Mexico: Blame Canada	2 23:27 Skidmark [11133]
Joe Bob Briggs' Brief History of the Redneck	3 21:11 M. Murcek [11136]
We Need to Start Killing People	5 12:31 magpie [11130]
Israel PM Netanyahu to visit White House on Feb 15.	0 [11127]
North Dakota wants hired pipeline protesters to pay state income taxes	9 12:34 Iblis [11129]
U.S. Army, or what remains of it, authorizes dreadlocks	5 16:18 746 [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Muslim Americans Fire Back at Anti-Trump Protesters With a List Of Things They Should Be Doing	2 20:11 Bobby [11138]
VDH. Fake News: Postmodernism By Another Name	0 [11129]
Fake News, Failed States and "America First"	3 12:58 swksvolFF [11127]
The best guide to what Donald Trump would do as president	5 19:57 49 pan [11132]
NBC's Chuck Todd: Media knew how ‘hated' Hillary was in heartland and we ‘underplayed' it	8 15:39 regular joe [11126]
Drudge slams GOP Congress for making Trump 'do everything alone'	4 16:26 rjschwarz [11124]
Dershowitz: Acting AG ‘Made a Political Decision, Rather Than a Legal One	6 12:52 AlanC [11133]
Page 6: Politix
Democrats boycott vote on Trump's nominees for Treasury, HHS	3 19:53 49 pan [11125]
Trump Halted $181 Billion in Regulatory Costs on First Day in Office	1 13:11 DarthVader [11131]
Foggy Bottom establishment mutiny against Trump immigration ban grows	8 12:37 Spuck Shurong9171 [11128]
CAIR Executive Director: Trump's Muslim Ban Is Wrong Because SLAVERY [VIDEO]	6 21:53 Omomort Cheager7040 [11135]
Matthew Guy sez Melbourne could become ‘the Johannesburg of the South Pacific' over a perceived increase in crime	1 10:29 Skidmark [11128]
Dems prepare bills to rescind Muslim ban, limit Trump’s powers	15 21:38 Whiskey Mike [11127]
Trump government run by worst people: Analyst	4 10:25 Deacon Blues [11127]
You pay for it: Starbucks could profit millions from hiring 10,000 refugees	6 11:25 rjschwarz [11129]
Mr. Schultz, I've purchased my last cup of Starbucks coffee	14 20:18 Warthog [11132]
Caliph ornia in Christian travel Ban	6 23:57 Alaska Paul [11134]

    
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                        23:27 Skidmark

                        23:20 Skidmark

                        22:54 M. Murcek

                        22:28 SteveS

                        22:13 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        22:09 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        21:53 Omomort Cheager7040

                        21:46 Silentbrick

                        21:38 Whiskey Mike

                        21:33 Mullah Richard

                        21:11 M. Murcek

                        20:39 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        20:18 Warthog

                        20:18 Warthog

                        20:18 Warthog

                        20:11 Bobby

                        19:57 49 pan

                        19:53 49 pan

                        19:53 Pappy

                        19:37 Pappy

                        19:13 Shipman 

                        18:46 AlmostAnonymous5839

                        18:43 USN, Ret.

Who's in the News
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13	Islamic State
5	Taliban
5	Govt of Syria
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iran
2	Sublime Porte
2	Arab Spring
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Maute group (IS)
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Shabaab
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Mon 2017-01-23
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