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Libya's Tripoli-based govt makes formal request for Turkish military support, Turkey gets ready to rock
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Anti-gov’t protestors block roads and bridges, torch bldgs overnight again	1 09:33 lord garth [11134]
SAA will be pushing towards the strategic city of Saraqib	1 07:27 Unalet Dribble5434 [11132]
Syria regime forces surround Turkish army post in Idlib	0 [11131]
Russia takes over base left by US forces near Syria's Raqqa : TASS	2 17:04 Helmuth, Speaking for Snack5985 [11132]
Turkey detains 20 IS suspects: Police	0 [11127]
Libya's Tripoli-based govt makes formal request for Turkish military support, Turkey gets ready to rock	0 [11139]
Turkey poised to send troops to Libya	0 [11135]
IED blast in Khost	0 [11132]
14 dead in Niger after Islamic militants attack convoy	0 [11129]
Finland to redeploy peacekeeping troops from Iraq to Kurdistan Region	4 11:42 Mercutio [11129]
Suspected ISIS members kill at least one civilian, injure two in northern Iraq ambush	0 [11132]
The body of a US soldier killed in fight with Taliban arrives home at Christmas	0 [11132]
Health Clinic Torched By Unidentified Men In Herat	2 09:23 Skidmark [11133]
Balkh: car kaboomed 6 troops, Talibs kill 10 more	0 [11128]
Afghan security forces rescued a kidnapped businessman, arrested gang in Kabul	0 [11138]
Taliban releases Afghan peace marchers without harm	0 [11132]
US, Russian Troops Brawl In Northeast Syria - Report	14 12:15 Procopius2k [11131]
7 killed as migrant boats capsizes in lake in eastern Turkey	0 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
Trump held private, enlisted-only Afghanistan war meetings – ‘No generals or officers, only enlisted guys that have been there'	12 19:50 Procopius2k [11136]
Netanyahu wins Likud primaries	4 11:28 gorb [11127]
Arab tribal leaders demand SDF release women, children in camps	1 06:48 AlanC [11130]
Syria considers suing the US over stolen oil	3 08:45 Mullah Richard [11126]
Turkish-backed factions open centers attracting fighters to join battles in Libya	0 [11126]
Joint naval exercise with China Russia and Iran	6 23:38 Heriberto Flamp5084 [11133]
Claim of no quick replacement for Libyan oil if it goes offline.	4 11:44 Mercutio [11129]
Iraqi president rejects prime minister nominee, threatens to resign	0 [11132]
Netherlands to donate $5.6 million for displaced and refugee people in Iraq: UNHCR	1 08:42 Skidmark [11129]
Gaza’s weekly protests suspended for 3 months	1 11:29 gorb [11130]
Bennett puts freeze on bank accounts of terrorists' families	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Doctor: Burger King's ‘Impossible Burger' has 18 million times more estrogen than regular Whopper	5 23:14 Heriberto Flamp5084 [11136]
Check out the $600 million Alabama factory where Airbus builds jets for American, Delta, and JetBlue	1 15:31 M. Murcek [11132]
Colleges are dropping testing, curriculum standards in order to create ‘diversity'	7 20:13 Frank G [11135]
Jews blast Maraini for slamming Old Testament	0 [11129]
FBI investigating British socialite and others who 'facilitated' Epstein - sources	7 22:20 Heriberto Flamp5084 [11133]
Tour helicopter carrying 7 people goes missing off Hawaii coast	5 16:57 ruprecht [11129]
Pak Navy doing live missile shots in the Arabian Sea and Makran Coast.	3 11:17 swksvolFF [11127]
List of 2019 UN General Assembly resolutions on countries:	1 14:17 Skidmark [11131]
Southern Poverty Law Center employees vote to unionize	5 13:33 Procopius2k [11137]
"It's [you-know-what-kind-of]SHOWTIME!" Lord Black twists the knife	4 11:32 gorb [11130]
China’s Central Asian Plans Are Unnerving Moscow	7 14:56 Lex [11126]
Kazakhstan plane crash kills at least seven	3 09:00 Skidmark [11127]
Wild Brawl Breaks Out at New York Mall on Christmas Eve (video)	9 23:48 Heriberto Flamp5084 [11139]
Nasdaq Hits 9,000 for First Time Ever	5 07:32 Phomons Sinatra7186 [11125]
Biggest nations by Air Force size	5 20:31 Airandee [11133]
Japan executes Chinese man, first foreigner in 10 years	2 17:51 Bright Pebbles [11132]
Another Spacey accuser and ex-Norwegian royal "commits suicide"	4 11:26 swksvolFF [11131]
Japan hangs Chinese murder...	3 11:19 swksvolFF [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda	11 17:10 JohnQC [11131]
IDF Chief: Israel's Next War Will Be ‘Intense'	2 21:51 jpal [11137]
If The FBI's Contempt For The Law Is Not Reined In, Its Abuses Will Get Worse	6 18:33 JohnQC [11135]
Americans are retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and a decent standard of living	4 20:29 magpie [11139]
In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms	6 13:30 Procopius2k [11126]
Joe DiGenova Calls Admiral Mike Rogers' Cooperation With Durham Team to Be the ‘Biggest Single Development' in Case, Here's Why	24 17:01 Varmint Splat1454 [11130]
Germans think Trump is more dangerous to world peace than Kim Jong Un and Putin: survey	18 17:02 ruprecht [11134]
Page 6: Politix
And she's not even a Supreme Court nominee	7 23:59 gorb [11139]
Orange Man conspiracy theories beyond the Steele dossier were passed to FBI	10 23:44 Lex [11140]
Video Games in China - GTA: ChiComs vs HongKong people	1 11:14 swksvolFF [11125]
Democrat Insiders Sound the Alarm: Bernie Could Win the Nomination	14 17:20 JohnQC [11129]
"Politicians and diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason"	8 19:40 Bright Pebbles [11134]
Representative Debbie Dingell And The Glory Of Inherited Privilege	8 19:24 Heriberto Flamp5084 [11136]
Whistleblower Has Special Security Detail (Despite No One Knowing Who He Is)	11 11:08 CrazyFool [11128]

    
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                        20:31 Airandee

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1	Antifa
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Moslem Colonists

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Fri 2019-12-27
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Thu 2019-12-26
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Wed 2019-12-25
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Tue 2019-12-24
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Mon 2019-12-23
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Sun 2019-12-22
France kills 33 militants in Mali raid: president

Sat 2019-12-21
Berlin police Foiled ISIS Terror Attack at Christmas Market

Fri 2019-12-20
Government of National Accord in Libya have officially requested that Turkey intervenes militarily in the civil war

Thu 2019-12-19
ISIS captures new ground in eastern Syria after launching powerful attack against Syrian Army forces

Wed 2019-12-18
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Tue 2019-12-17
Backer of Iraq anti-government protests killed in Baghdad

Mon 2019-12-16
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