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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un again rumored to be dead
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	8 22:41 KBK [11132]
Private jet used by Libyan warlord Haftar flew in and out of Caracas	9 16:04 swksvolFF [11127]
Radio amateurs have picked up signals from the Iranian satellite, confirming it is working.	6 12:19 swksvolFF [11127]
NGO: Settler attacks on Palestinians in W.Bank rose due to coronavirus	4 17:56 Skidmark [11125]
13 Security Force Members Killed in Badghis	0 [11125]
Afghan Forces Casualties: 98 killed in a Week	1 08:33 Woodrow [11129]
Afghan force kill, wound 14 Taliban militants; detain 2 others in 3 provinces	0 [11129]
National_Army command stops funding Al_Rahman_Corps for refusing to send its fighters to Libya	0 [11127]
Turkish-backed factions arrest several Kurdish civilians in Afrin canton	0 [11126]
HTS confiscates property of Christian community in Idlib	0 [11129]
Locals and factions prevent ‘Al-Jabha Al-Shamiyyah’ from arresting the head of ‘Tal Abyad Council’	0 [11127]
Libyan Airforce under GNA renewed drone strikes on Watiya airbase	0 [11126]
Captured ISIS terrorist fighting for the GNA whom came from Syria through Turkey to Libya	0 [11126]
GNA making public death threats to any one that rallies Supporting the armed forces #LNA	0 [11126]
Possible strike impact noted in satellite images near As-Sukhnah in east Syria	1 07:22 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
How Russia wooed a key IRGC commander in Syria	0 [11127]
German court tries ISIS jihadist over Yezidi genocide	1 15:54 Matt [11127]
OIC calls for permanent cease-fire in #Afghanistan	0 [11125]
Hamas, Islamic Jihad Underscore Continuation of Resistance till Achieving Complete Liberation of Palestine	2 12:01 Abu Uluque [11129]
Over 2,800 Turkish military vehicles enter NW Syria since new ceasefire came into effect	0 [11125]
French government repatriates little girl of ISIS families in ‘Self-Administration’ areas	0 [11123]
Source: Sudan’s Hemetti to send more troops to Libya to save Haftar from collapse in Tripoli	2 10:22 swksvolFF [11130]
Libyan Interior Ministry held a parade in Tripoli	0 [11127]
Private jet of Khalifa Haftar, commander of the LNA in Libya, landed in Caracas	2 15:01 trailing wife [11123]
UK Foreign Office: Iran’s ballistic missile program destabilizes the region and poses a threat to regional security	1 11:39 Skidmark [11128]
Taliban rejects calls for Ramadan ceasefire	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Covid-19 Is Pulling the Plug on Clean Energy Jobs	1 23:45 Bobby [11129]
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un again rumored to be dead	29 23:12 SteveS [11126]
Kim Jong Un in 'vegetative state', Japanese media claims	2 23:52 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11128]
Tons of sanitizer: NY Retailer charged with hoarding, gouging	11 21:47 trailing wife [11134]
Plaster writes 'Behind Enemy Lines: Guns of Vietnam's SOG Warriors'	4 18:50 JohnQC [11131]
Jordan: Man released early from prison to contain Coronavirus spread, dies immediately by a celebratory gunshot fired by cousin celebrating his release	5 13:11 Bobby [11127]
France Restricts Sales Of Nicotine Substitutes After Coronavirus Study	1 11:57 Clem [11125]
Suspect Who Had Been Cited And Released By Brentwood Police Arrested With Multiple Weapons	2 09:18 M. Murcek [11124]
Many EU countries say No Bail-Outs to Tax Haven based companies	1 09:19 M. Murcek [11124]
Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment	9 12:01 g(r)omgoru [11126]
FCC issues Show Cause Order	5 12:05 Skidmark [11128]
Fort Detrick Biodefense Lab Researching Oleander as Potential Coronavirus Therapy	7 16:55 KBK [11128]
New British ambassador Karen Pierce urges swift U.S. - U.K. trade negotiations	14 14:03 Lex [11126]
Pitch and catch: Round 2 of NFL draft heavy on receivers (note CV masks and social distancing)	2 20:29 swksvolFF [11124]
Pres. Trump threatens to block aid for U.S. post office if it does not raise prices for Amazon	17 17:12 AlanC [11123]
UW Medicine to conduct clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine with COVID patients	5 13:19 Whiskey Mike [11126]
Israelis divorce during COVID-19 for obsessive cleaning, pizza addiction	2 10:18 DooDahMan [11126]
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds	6 14:49 bbrewer126 [11123]
Smithfield Foods closes ANOTHER meat packing plant in Illinois as coronavirus outbreaks threaten to plunge food supply chain into crisis	17 23:39 Lex [11126]
Mexico's murder rate is on the RISE during the coronavirus lockdown and drug cartels fighting over turf are to blame, President López Obrador says	1 04:19 Lex [11124]
NYC struggles with growing homeless population amid coronavirus crisis	10 12:18 Skidmark [11130]
Murders in NYC surge for second week in a row as coronavirus lockdown continues	14 17:27 JohnQC [11125]
EU Leaders Rewrite Document On Government Coronavirus Disinfo After China's Government Freaks Out	8 21:09 Clem [11128]
13 rangers, 4 civilians killed in DR Congo park attack	0 [11127]
Russia delivers dozens of trucks with ammunition, armored vehicles to #Donbas	0 [11127]
China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea's Kim - sources	7 12:41 Clem [11127]
Coronaplague Roundup	5 20:29 Shusotch Brown3953 [11127]
Armed men held Indiana woman captive to steal her stimulus check, cops say	4 11:38 M. Murcek [11125]
And they call Trump ‘dangerous’? Turns out, Chris Cuomo’s wife was bathing in bleach to fight coronavirus	15 17:56 Besoeker [11133]
Sunlight, heat and humidity weaken coronavirus, U.S. official says	15 17:15 KBK [11126]
Kim Jong Un evacuated from Pyongyang	2 05:56 Besoeker [11126]
Canadian nurse 'caught sneaking more than 150 lbs of marijuana over U.S border using her credentials to avoid Covid-19 travel restrictions'	3 21:55 ruprecht [11131]
German Virologist Suspects Basic Immunity Present In Part Of The Populace Due To Prior Infection With Other Coronavirus	8 11:43 M. Murcek [11125]
High-Seas Energy Fight Off Malaysia Draws U.S., Chinese Warships	1 12:28 Skidmark [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results?	3 21:56 James [11130]
Jonestown Redux?	5 19:08 Mercutio [11124]
The scab & the wound beneath by Victor Davis Hanson	19 20:31 Thruque Scourge of the Veps9595 [11127]
Good analysis of the fight once Kim dies.	12 19:59 Skidmark [11129]
FBI Director Wray Pushed to Withhold Exculpatory Evidence In Michael Flynn Case	12 23:17 Marilyn Tojo7566 [11130]
CNN Moves Headquarters Underground After Trump Says The Sun Is Good	3 10:29 CrazyFool [11128]
The world is far too dependent on China's medical supply chain	4 16:58 JohnQC [11127]
Allegations of fraud - FBI previously investigated Dr. Fauci (short video)	8 11:23 M. Murcek [11124]
Trump Says To Drink Lots Of Water, Media Reports He Told Everyone To Drown Themselves	16 19:12 Mercutio [11126]
True scale of North Korea's coronavirus deaths 'very likely exceeds imagination' and is being hidden to avoid embarrassing China, defector warns	7 17:57 Clem [11125]
Hospitals Are Empty & Going Broke As Normal Healthcare has been Suspended	12 13:08 Dale [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Flynn Lawyer Files New Motion; Prosecutor Made ‘Secret Side Deal' with Flynn's Now-Fired Legal Team to Force Guilty Plea	11 23:18 Marilyn Tojo7566 [11124]
TANZANIA cancels $10 billion loan from China and says terms would have only been accepted by a drunkard	6 15:19 Procopius2k [11128]
Clip surfaces of Biden accuser Tara Reade's mother phoning into 'Larry King Live' in 1993	8 12:35 NoMoreBS [11127]
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer eases stay-at-home order after protests	20 22:12 James [11130]
‘Disgraceful!’ Bitter Dems plan to censure Mich Rep who credited Trump with saving her life	7 11:59 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Fed judge tosses California’s ammo background check requirement as unconstitutional ‘misfire’ against liberty	13 21:36 SteveS [11131]
Minneapolis grants noise permit for 'historic' Ramadan call to prayer in major U.S. city	11 22:06 James [11133]
Biden predicts Trump will try to postpone US election	11 23:51 Bobby [11132]
Mike Flynn Railroading - Undisclosed side deal NOT to prosecute son	8 09:41 JohnQC [11125]

    
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Who's in the News
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10	Commies
5	Sublime Porte
4	Arab Spring
3	Taliban
2	Islamic State
2	Narcos
2	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-04-25
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un again rumored to be dead

Fri 2020-04-24
Poland Detains Lebanese Man Suspected of 'Planning Attacks'

Thu 2020-04-23
Afrin: Kurdish population more than halved since 2018 offensive

Wed 2020-04-22
Trump says he's ordered Navy to destroy
Iranian boats should they harass U.S. ships

Tue 2020-04-21
North Korea's Kim Jong Un in grave danger
after surgery, or so they ay

Mon 2020-04-20
U.S. crude falls below $15 a barrel, down more than 20%

Sun 2020-04-19
44 suspected Boko Haram jihadis found dead in Chad prison

Sat 2020-04-18
Almost $5 billion of Iran government money for imports is missing

Fri 2020-04-17
CCP reports coup attempt in China!

Thu 2020-04-16
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf

Wed 2020-04-15
China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy

Tue 2020-04-14
GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman

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

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