Need to Know: December 25, 2011

December 25, 2011
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John Little

Combat troops out of #Iraq back at Fort Hood – CBS News http://t.co/BcUNbccj
Guest Post: Drones Find Fleet by LCDR Claude Berube, USN http://t.co/V3ScaQ8g
#Nigeria conflict: #BokoHaram sect battles kill scores – http://t.co/mHwEJhOo
2012 will be anything but boring in the Americas – http://t.co/oGm4Hzvr
Khalil Ibrahim is dead: #Sudan army – http://t.co/bxVUtYTg
Just finished 2 hours in the gym – I'll feel a little less guilty when I down a large Belgian dubbel tonight.
The CyberWar Daily is out! http://t.co/FIqoCVVR ? Top stories today via @virusbtn
The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/pya29086 ? Top stories today via @jnovak_yemen @doctrine_man @profdelapaz
RT @will_mccants AQ flag appears at demonstration yesterday in Khan as-Subul, Syria http://t.co/HSHyeRx5 via @blakehounshell
Happy and safe holidays to you all. Especially those of you in not so safe places.
@dailyexception Enjoy your Christmas on the beach..Wish I'd thought of that.
@fahadfaruqui Thank you. Happy holidays to you as well. Hoping for a quiet few days before 2012….
Internet advocacy: Blogs in #Pakistan – no more a silent revolution – http://t.co/AAP7gCJK
#DPRK newspaper hails Kim Jong Un as "supreme commander" – http://t.co/gBupvSTX
New spying claim against Julian Assange – http://t.co/qQZL7H1N
#Syria #039;s deep divide – http://t.co/HnOpGnVt
#Egypt Islamists consolidate gains in 2nd round of parliamentary elections – http://t.co/OtI2Hd2s
#SouthKorea launches 'sock balloons' – News24 http://t.co/Hs60LutG
#Iran ??s navy begins drill in Persian Gulf http://t.co/n6l2Uek3
#Canada freezes #Syria regime's assets – http://t.co/6q3yobI7
Syrians Hold Funerals for 44 Blast Victims http://t.co/QWWyQjHB #syria
Russian spy chief resigns http://t.co/vTCkI0pZ #russia
Russian anti-Putin protests draw thousands to #Moscow – http://t.co/fFYD8QUW

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