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Karzai, Abdullah house-arrested by Taliban in Kabul
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
US special forces vets launch mission to get Afghan allies out amid Biden's chaotic withdrawal: Pentagon pushes on with evacuation of 8.5K despite threat of ANOTHER ISIS attack after suicide attacks killed 13 American troops and 170 other people	9 21:57 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11127]
Good Morning	11 23:50 trailing wife [11127]
Afghan evacuees - including unaccompanied children - arrive at Ramstein Air Base in Germany as 350 tents and 10,000 cots are set up to help process 40 plane-loads of people a day	0 [11125]
Good Morning	2 06:33 Neville Sinatra8991 [11128]
Karzai, Abdullah house-arrested by Taliban in Kabul	7 14:04 swksvolFF [11135]
FSB nabs 31 Bad Guys in nationwide sweep	3 14:06 Skidmark [11127]
Rebels begin evacuation from last bastion in southern Syria: Witnesses	2 14:02 Skidmark [11125]
Two Hizb militants held with arms and ammunition in JK's Kishtwar	0 [11150]
“We’re probably going to have to go back in” to Afghanistan to get ISIS Leon Panetta tells CNN	19 17:22 SteveS [11126]
Last remaining base belongs to Afghan Eagle Forces in Kabul was evacuated	2 20:00 CrazyFool [11132]
Houthis launch drone strike on SW Saudi Arabia	0 [11129]
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack outside Kabul airport	5 14:25 Besoeker [11124]
NYPD release new photos of 'brazen, coordinated' shooting that injured 10 in bloody attack on busy Queens street by moped gang	11 22:42 Andy Wholuth8576 [11132]
Russian warplanes target Turkish-backed factions in Syria's Idlib, Latakia countryside	0 [11130]
Gunman in Syria's al-Hole camp demands an NGO to pay tribute	0 [11129]
New batch of Tel Tamr IDPs reached camp in Syria's Derik	0 [11126]
The Nazarene Fund Has Rescued Over a Thousand Afghan Christians This Week	4 14:31 Skidmark [11125]
Al-Shabaab suffers worst defeat as Somalia's army takes back key areas	1 02:44 Dron66046 [11124]
Iraqi forces arrest six, seize rockets in Kirkuk	0 [11128]
On social media, Taliban tout trained and US-equipped ‘special forces’	0 [11134]
Tory MPs join US Republicans in condemning President's Afghanistan 'betrayal'	5 13:13 Matt [11127]
No way out: Afghans flee to the border as Kabul airport is hit by suicide bomb attack	3 11:28 Lord Garth [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mexico says it can't help US with migrants forever, must get to root of problem in Central America	15 19:24 NN2N1 [11131]
Russia strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Kabul -- Peskov	1 11:58 Mercutio [11126]
Egypt reopens Gaza crossing as Israel eases restrictions	0 [11127]
In Turkey's borderlands, fleeing Afghan migrants get frosty welcome	0 [11127]
Russia to Supply Weapons to Afghanistan's Neighbors	2 17:23 ed in texas [11127]
Taliban Asked Turkey for Support to Run Kabul Airport, Turk officials claim	2 14:28 Lord Garth [11127]
Massoud, Taliban Agree to Not Fight Until Next Round of Talks	0 [11127]
Mali's former prime minister arrested over corruption claims	0 [11123]
Lead investigator into Beirut's huge port blast has issued a subpoena for caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab	0 [11127]
Capitol cop who shot rioter Ashli Babbitt dead sheds tear as he defends killing her 'as a last resort' and says he 'saved countless lives'	24 17:33 Procopius2k [11135]
Waqf official decries ‘dangerous’ Jewish prayers held discreetly on Temple Mount	4 17:24 SteveS [11125]
As thousands flee Afghanistan, Taliban-supporting refugees want in	6 15:16 ruprecht [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Microsoft warns its cloud customers that their data may have been leaked: Flaw left system used by Coca Cola, Exxon-Mobil and other major firms exposed	7 17:26 ed in texas [11125]
LA Style Danger Dogs	4 17:37 SteveS [11127]
World's largest chipmaker to raise prices, threatening costlier electronics	14 19:27 NN2N1 [11129]
US Navy is developing sonic weapon that blasts the target's own voice back at them leaving them disoriented and unable to communicate	9 23:50 Andy Wholuth8576 [11126]
ULA quits selling Atlas rockets.	2 18:31 Crase Crease7306 [11130]
To keep beach access open Musk considers building a tunnel between South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach	6 17:34 Rob Crawford [11126]
'He doesn't ask for a raise': Cash-strapped factories are renting ROBOTS to take over human jobs for as little as $10 an hour because they can't afford increased wage demands	10 17:25 swksvolFF [11125]
NYPD cop is caught on security camera repeatedly punching shackled suspect after he 'flooded holding cell by blocking toilet'	6 09:39 Skidmark [11125]
Scientists plan to change the common names of plant, insect and animal species like the gypsy moth and Scott's oriole due to their 'racist history', replacing it with something more descriptive	13 23:58 Andy Wholuth8576 [11133]
Chicago police say 'Hell, no': CPD vows court action against mayor Lori Lightfoot after she said vaccine would be mandated for ALL city employees	1 15:04 Glenmore [11128]
Incredible satellite images show extent of raging Caldor wildfire as new blaze near Los Angeles gives rise to fears that Southern California faces same threat	6 15:17 Skidmark [11124]
FBI paid a known white supremacist associated with a neo-Nazi book publisher over $140,000 in takedown of another neo-Nazi extremist group, according to court records	3 17:36 ed in texas [11130]
American hacker, 21, claims he used unprotected router to break into T-Mobile's systems, access more than 50 MILLION customer records as retribution for 'CIA harassment'	4 09:52 M. Murcek [11128]
Glitch in FBI's controversial 'Palantir' software allowed unauthorized agency employees to access private data for more than a year	5 12:14 Blinky Pholuling8616 [11127]
Ra’am MK Said al-Harumi, a champion of Negev Bedouin, dies at 49	0 [11126]
Bezo's Amazon attacks StarLink and urges FCC to stop it's evolution	5 17:55 3dc [11125]
Tourist punched in face in random Times Square attack	1 11:21 Skidmark [11129]
Workers spray clouds of disinfectant through the streets in southern China as millions of residents are released from month-long Covid lockdown	1 13:49 SteveS [11124]
Texas fire fighters save deaf dog that got stuck in storm drain after rescuers spent ten hours cutting through street	1 19:21 Skidmark [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Randolph Bourne - 1918 ' War is the Health of the State'	6 19:00 Besoeker [11130]
A post Soviet Russian Explication of Afghanistan	0 [11124]
The Art of Polishing the Turd	3 11:03 M. Murcek [11128]
Jamaat Aminovka or Sharia Dacha?	1 05:03 Dron66046 [11130]
Page 6: Politix
'We're more lethal when we're inclusive': US Army's top sergeant major is branded 'shameful' after sharing Women's Equality Day on day ISIS-K suicide bomb killed 13	19 15:44 Glenmore [11131]
Biden leaves stacks and stacks (pallets) of U.S. $100 dollar bills for the Taliban	22 21:20 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11133]
Trump's New Ad Attacking Biden	1 07:21 Besoeker [11130]
Supreme Court strikes down Biden administration's eviction moratorium	12 15:25 Glenmore [11125]
Former First Lady Tweets Trump Family Praying for Fallen American 'Heroes'	0 [11129]
Kamala Harris laughs about Americans trapped in Afghanistan	12 16:54 ruprecht [11130]
Clueless Joe, Sticking to His (Unloaded) Guns	2 09:22 Warthog [11125]
Laughing, snarking, lying Bloody Joe killed 12 brave marines and 60 innocent Afghans today	4 14:34 Lord Garth [11127]
Donald Trump Refuses to Comply with Jan. 6 Committee Demand to Reveal Presidential Secret Communications	2 10:51 Skidmark [11127]
Potential jurors refuse to come to King County Courthouse over safety concerns	4 12:21 james [11122]
Joe Biden to Campaign for Gavin Newsom in California Recall	8 16:48 Abu Uluque [11131]
Cuomo's Replacement Chooses Anti-Cop, Defund Police Advocate As Lt. Governor	2 09:29 Warthog [11128]
De Blah's legacy: A mass exodus from NYC's public schools	1 09:22 M. Murcek [11127]
Biden administration claims to have no clue how COVID-19 started	11 18:49 Crase Crease7306 [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Taliban/IEA
6	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
3	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
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2	Commies
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Hamas
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2021-08-27
Karzai, Abdullah house-arrested by Taliban in Kabul

Thu 2021-08-26
Bomb explodes in northern gate of Kabul airport

Wed 2021-08-25
Taliban Vows to Help Fight Climate Change

Tue 2021-08-24
Firefight at Kabul airport kills Afghan guard
16,000 more leave Afghanistan

Mon 2021-08-23
US Embassy Tells Americans: Do Not Go to Kabul Airport

Sun 2021-08-22
9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks

Sat 2021-08-21
U.S. charges man who made bomb threat near U.S. Capitol

Fri 2021-08-20
IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds

Thu 2021-08-19
US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover

Wed 2021-08-18
Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir

Tue 2021-08-17
Reports say Ghani in Oman to escape to US

Mon 2021-08-16
Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace

Sun 2021-08-15
Kabul has fallen, Taliban is killing political leadership and religious minorities in Afghanistan

Sat 2021-08-14
Herat: Ismail Khan captured by the Taliban

Fri 2021-08-13
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