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Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand succumbs to injuries sustained in an airstrike
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
3 Gazans caught entering Israel; one of them armed with a knife	3 10:41 Skidmark [11130]
Tit for tat: Dozens of settlers storm West Bank village, attack residents, rights groups say	4 20:19 gorb [11141]
Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand succumbs to injuries sustained in an airstrike	1 10:05 chris [11128]
Afghan forces repulse Taliban attack in Faryab leaving 11 militants dead	0 [11125]
Kandahar: 14 Talibs airstruck, 19 Talib big turbans and henchmen tied up returning from Pakistan	0 [11127]
1 dead, 6 wounded in twin explosions in Kabul city	0 [11125]
Taliban Attack On Nangarhar's Shirzad District Foiled	0 [11131]
Clashes Ongoing Near Kunduz City: Officials	0 [11126]
Diyala deeds documented: 2 cops kaboomed, 4 paramilitaries wounded by turbans	0 [11130]
Anbar Antics: troops kill 2 jacket wallahs and 3 turbans in 2 operations	0 [11131]
French army advisors have left Gharyan town 80km south by #LNA-helicopter	0 [11129]
#IDF #UAV above East #Lebanon , another strike this evening may occur against #Syria	0 [11127]
Islamic State says it was behind Quetta's Hazarganji market bombing	0 [11127]
Somali security forces kill at least six people in Mogadishu	0 [11127]
Sudanese army arrests unknown gunmen outside Khartoum University	1 08:37 Omorong Black8889 [11133]
Fighting across Afghanistan as Taliban opens offensive before talks	0 [11130]
12 Abus dead after fierce firefights in Jolo	0 [11126]
Bomb injures four policemen in southern Thailand	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Migrants stranded on Sea-Eye ship land in Malta	1 19:02 swksvolFF [11126]
Trump warns Putin of US umbrella over Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria	0 [11130]
US warns of “swift, vigorous response” if Hague court targets US or Israel personnel	0 [11128]
Pompeo says PM’s West Bank sovereignty vow won’t hurt Trump peace plan	0 [11130]
UN ‘gravely concerned’ over Tunisia detention of Libya expert	0 [11129]
The Philippines in the sights of IS	0 [11128]
Libyan east-based parliament endorses Haftar's war on Tripoli	0 [11127]
Spokesman for Haftar's forces: UN can't stop our Tripoli entry	0 [11129]
Interior Minister: UAE sending military support for Haftar's war on Tripoli	0 [11131]
232 killed by #Israeli strikes in #Syria since April 2018, including 146 #Iranian forces	0 [11128]
Saudi Arabia funded Libya rebels push toward capital: Report	0 [11126]
Report sought on action against banned outfits in Balochistan	0 [11130]
‘Militant held for bank heists, murders’ claims he joined Jundullah to fight ethnic party	0 [11133]
Ex-Muslim: “Swedes will lose Sweden in 50 years”	1 07:35 lord garth [11130]
Parliament speaker Saleh: Libyans will head to polls when Tripoli is liberated	0 [11130]
Algeria magistrates to boycott July 4 presidential election	0 [11125]
Saudi Arabia backs Sudanese military council moves, announces aid package	0 [11128]
Abbas loyalists dominate new Palestinian government	0 [11127]
Syria Kurds return 25 Yazidis freed from ISIS to Iraq	0 [11125]
Yemeni parliament convenes for the first time since Houthi coup	0 [11133]
Civilian government to be formed, says Sudan’s new head of military council	0 [11129]
Turkey strikes on PKK empties villages in northern Kurdistan Region	0 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Fury at Crown Heights school's plan to bestow Rev. Al Sharpton with honorary doctorate	3 20:21 gorb [11130]
Flightless Auzzie Cassowarie bird attacks and kills Alachua, FL captor	7 16:39 M. Murcek [11132]
Toby Keith and Clint Eastwood: 'Don't Let The Old Man In' (video)	2 14:30 Abu Uluque [11127]
Basra protesters demand autonomy from Iraq’s federal government	0 [11127]
Mass graves uncovered in Muthanna contain Anfal victims: Deputy PM Talabani	0 [11130]
The “sewing machine” for minimally invasive neural recording	2 09:07 Skidmark [11127]
Dutch doctor 'fathered 49 children' in IVF scandal	2 19:08 CrazyFool [11130]
Shots have been fired by officers in the Holland Park area of West London	3 23:57 trailing wife [11135]
Emmanuel D. Aranda tosses boy from Mall of America 3rd floor balcony	8 18:56 M. Murcek [11133]
Flash flood in South Waziristan kills 8	0 [11129]
Man killed in new cow lynching in India	3 11:04 JohnQC [11126]
North Korean leader open to third Trump summit: KCNA	0 [11126]
Israel plans new moonshot after maiden mission fails	3 10:27 SteveS [11128]
Clashes erupt in ‘yellow vest’ protests as Macron prepares policy moves	0 [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Comey: 'We Did Not Spy---We Just Observed And Reported Secretly Without The Subject's Knowledge Or Consent'	6 14:13 trailing wife [11127]
Tlaib Accuses Democratic Leadership of Silencing Muslim Lawmakers	2 10:44 Frank G [11130]
Meet ‘Surveillance Capitalism,' Our Terrifying New Economic Order	5 20:39 Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 [11131]
The Numbers Prove This Economy Is Not Letting Up	0 [11128]
Liberating Afrin: Next priority for Syria's Kurds?	0 [11131]
How President Aoun is pulling Lebanon into the Iran-Maduro axis	0 [11132]
Could Libya be Russia's new Syria?	2 10:54 Sock Puppet of Doom [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Appeals court: US can temporarily keep sending asylum-seekers back to Mexico	6 23:24 Iblis [11134]
Why We Call Them Lagunatics	12 17:57 rjschwarz [11137]
FBI Official Suggests British Intelligence Involvement In Conspiracy To Bring Down Trump	19 22:31 JohnQC [11132]
Epping principal issues apology after student was told to cover Trump shirt	5 11:54 M. Murcek [11130]

    
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5	Islamic State
3	Govt of Sudan
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Jundullah
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Syria
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2019-04-14
Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand succumbs to injuries sustained in an airstrike

Sat 2019-04-13
Algerian police fire water cannon at protesters

Fri 2019-04-12
Sudan President al-Bashir officially arrested

Thu 2019-04-11
Ecuador withdraws asylum from Julian Assange, arrested by UK police

Wed 2019-04-10
Election Council Rejects Erdogan's Party Demand for Full Istanbul Recount

Tue 2019-04-09
Maryland man accused of stealing U-Haul truck in 'ISIS-inspired attack'

Mon 2019-04-08
Major showdown brewing in Tripoli as rival Libyan forces clash near capital city

Sun 2019-04-07
Libya U.S. forces supporting U.S. Africa Command temporarily relocated

Sat 2019-04-06
Egypt kills hundreds of suspected militants in disputed gun battles

Fri 2019-04-05
German police arrest teen who says he planned shooting

Thu 2019-04-04
Libya’s General Haftar marches on Tripoli

Wed 2019-04-03
Bouteflika resigns

Tue 2019-04-02
US suspends F-35 deliveries to Turkey over Russian S-400 deal

Mon 2019-04-01
Sudan police fire tear gas as protesters rally

Sun 2019-03-31
Misfired Patriot missile hits farm in Qatar

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