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Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	4 15:46 Whiskey Mike [11125]
Car bomb kills policeman, injures two more in Kirkuk: police spokesperson	0 [11128]
Afghanistan releases details of 2 held ISIS leaders, hailing from Bangladesh, Pakistan	0 [11130]
Back to Back explosions rock Kabul city	0 [11127]
Saudi-backed militants take military camp on Yemen's Socotra island	3 22:37 Bubba Claing1437 [11125]
Army repels 3 infiltrations in Bayda, Marib	1 01:05 Neville and Tenille3829 [11124]
More than 12 advances, more than 100 raids of Aggression warplane in 72 hours	0 [11126]
Ngok-Dinka, Misseriya fail to strike deal ending Abyei tribal tensions	0 [11132]
US Military Reports New Airstrikes In Somalia	0 [11124]
Taliban to release 20 #Afghan government prisoners on Sunday	0 [11125]
25 Taliban militants killed, 17 wounded in the operation 'Retake of Khamaab	0 [11131]
Afghan forces kill the shadow governor of Taliban for Wardak province	0 [11123]
Patriot Missile System Active in Iraq, Kurdistan Now	4 08:54 Woodrow [11128]
American fighter jets fly over Babel and Anbar to watch the movements of IMIS militia	0 [11122]
Kupwara: 8-yr-old Among 3 Civilian Killed in Pak firing	0 [11129]
Heavy drone activity continues over Beirut	0 [11122]
LNA forces have pulled back to Zamzam and AlQadahia Initial report GNA 17 dead 11 captured Injured: unknown	0 [11127]
Brigadier General Mohamed Manteh, one of the leaders of the armed militia, killed by the LNA	0 [11125]
Libyan Army closes in on important port city and GNA stronghold	0 [11128]
Libyan Army sends large number of reinforcements to #Tripoli for final push	0 [11127]
Iraqi Forces Conclude ‘Operation Victory Heroes 2’ In Al-Anbar Desert	0 [11126]
Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein	1 00:27 Neville and Tenille3829 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Steps up Intrusion as Iraq’s New PM Seeks to Form Govt.	0 [11127]
Somali state minister dies of coronavirus in Mogadishu	0 [11125]
Erdogan rejects interior minister's resignation	0 [11125]
Pakistani court seeks report on Mullah Mansoor's properties in Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar	0 [11129]
Supreme Judiciary Council: Emergency State gives executive authorities exceptional legitimacy	0 [11131]
Julian Assange’s lawyer says he secretly fathered two children with her	12 13:19 Frank G [11125]
US and Saudi officials hold talks after threat of withdrawing American forces	2 11:27 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
More Than 25,000 Former Soldiers Have Now Volunteered to Return to Duty	5 23:20 DooDahMan [11125]
Female prison officers have been raped by inmates who self-identify as trans women, ex-Tory minister Rory Stewart claims	5 18:48 KBK [11128]
A [2018] Pilot Study of Respiratory Flow Characteristics of Healthcare Workers Using a Portable Flow Recording Device	3 15:34 gorb [11127]
Pakistani Prime Minister Appeals for Debt Relief to Combat Coronavirus Fallout	5 19:29 Bubba Claing1437 [11132]
Russia sees record 2,558 new daily cases of coronavirus as Moscow launches digital permits to control people's movements after shocking video showed dozens of ambulances queuing for hours outside hospitals	0 [11124]
Raging forest infernos in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone burning for eight days are now 'close' to exploded nuclear reactor amid new fears of radiation contamination	3 18:37 jpal [11124]
Canada loses 1.01 mln jobs in March as COVID-19 pounds labor market	4 23:11 Thimp Clusort2035 [11129]
Mexico loses almost 350,000 jobs because of coronavirus	5 17:53 Woodrow [11126]
Russia develops world's DEADLIEST sniper rife: £30,000 'game-changer' gun can hit targets TWO MILES away	8 23:09 SteveS [11127]
'I need more beer!': 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman's hilarious plea while in quarantine earns her legions of fans	0 [11125]
Indian cop's hand is hacked off with a sword while enforcing coronavirus lockdown as country sees wave of attacks on Muslims by mobs who blame minority for spreading the virus	5 22:02 ruprecht [11125]
A Bakery Avoids Pandemic Bankruptcy By Creating the Most Perfect, Crappy Cake	3 11:59 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11123]
Man Sues Sig Sauer After He's Shot By His Own Gun	7 14:51 JohnQC [11130]
Modeling COVID-19 and the Lies of Multiculturalism	8 16:13 AlanC [11125]
World's largest pork processor shuts down plant, warns of meat shortages during pandemic	20 18:42 KBK [11134]
Israeli researchers at Hebrew U develop faster, cheaper COVID-19 test	3 17:49 Woodrow [11126]
How a stockpile of 39 million masks was exposed as fake	14 20:13 NoMoreBS [11126]
NYU study: CoronaVirus19 Targets Obese People	13 10:38 Chris [11128]
Coronavirus roundup: cases skyrocket to more than 530,000 in the US	8 11:14 Iblis [11129]
Police raid Rivers kidnappers’ den, kill one, recover arms	2 17:39 jpal [11127]
Iran reports a total of 71,686 coronavirus cases and 4,474 deaths	0 [11124]
Turkish health ministry reports 97 new coronavirus deaths, upping the total toll to 1,198	0 [11128]
Fauci says U.S. was given wrong information about virus "right from the beginning"	10 16:29 AlanC [11125]
Gilead Sciences – The Coronavirus Vaccine Manufacturer Accused Of Bioterrorism	20 19:42 Dron66046 [11126]
MI Dem Governor's coronavirus order 'bans homeschooling' - That didn't take long	17 16:56 Frank G [11125]
Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass alone amid coronavirus pandemic	3 10:42 swksvolFF [11128]
All but three people who died from COVID-19 in a major US city were black	16 14:12 Beavis [11127]
Russia launches criminal investigation after Prague removes Soviet military statue	5 16:37 AlanC [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Trump Installs Ejection Seats in WH Press Room	6 16:47 DarthVader [11124]
New signs suggest coronavirus was in California far earlier than anyone knew	3 19:29 jpal [11126]
AOC blames Trump's 'Trump's xenophobic COVID response' for people not going to hospital	7 11:40 DooDahMan [11126]
The Coronavirus Is Exposing Little Tyrants All Over The Country	13 23:47 ruprecht [11132]
Feces Disturbing AP News Labels Fauci Comments as Trump Trigger	7 12:44 Bobby [11128]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) jumps on CV 'race disproportionate' band wagon	11 11:51 Whiskey Mike [11127]
The Rise of Karen-ism Means This Lockdown Nonsense Needs To End Soon	0 [11124]
Spike Lee on Coronavirus, an angry Gaia, and a dying planet	3 10:50 M. Murcek [11132]
We Are 100 Times Safer Now Than In Early March: Here is the Math	1 14:11 Bobby [11124]
Roman Authorities Investigating Jesus For Violating Stay-In-Tomb Order	3 22:28 Dr. Wheat Faartz007 [11124]
Coronavirus: Out of Many, One	3 13:46 JohnQC [11131]
How Woodrow Wilson Let Flu Deaths Go Viral in the Great War	0 [11128]
Is Beijing covering up a real death toll of tens of thousands?	5 12:39 Abu Uluque [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Pope Francis Calls for 'Structural' Change Activists to Take Advantage of Coronavirus Crisis in Easter Letter	5 13:10 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Dem Virginia governor makes Election Day a holiday and expands early voting	6 19:16 Procopius2k [11130]
The Manchurian Governors?	6 12:16 Abu Uluque [11129]
Cruz Slams Feinstein: Trying To Send Millions To Iran, While Blocking Relief To American Businesses	3 11:01 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Virginia Governor Announces Signing of Extreme Abortion Bill on Good Friday	3 11:40 European Conservative [11125]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2020-04-13
Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein

Sun 2020-04-12
Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’

Sat 2020-04-11
Krakatoa volcano blows up

Fri 2020-04-10
Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks

Thu 2020-04-09
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy

Wed 2020-04-08
Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event

Tue 2020-04-07
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country

Mon 2020-04-06
Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,

Sun 2020-04-05
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon

Sat 2020-04-04
China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!

Fri 2020-04-03
Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus

Thu 2020-04-02
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

Wed 2020-04-01
Trump says Iran planning 'sneak attack' on US troops in Iraq

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