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Iranian ballistic missile platforms in Basra city directed towards the Gulf, Exxon evacuating, German mil. trainers evacuating
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Iranian ballistic missile platforms in Basra city directed towards the Gulf, Exxon evacuating, German mil. trainers evacuating	9 21:01 Vernal Hatrack2366 [11131]
Explosive materials, detonator seized from home in Toronto	2 20:56 Vernal Hatrack2366 [11131]
IDF arrests eight Palestinians in West Bank	0 [11128]
Suspect who crossed Gaza security fence arrested by IDF solders, fire balloon blaze extinguished	0 [11125]
23 people arrested after anti-Muslim mobs slaughter man in Sri Lanka	2 07:49 M. Murcek [11126]
Syrian army killed Albanian HTS terrorist muhamad al albani today	0 [11124]
Jihadists Suffer Embarrassing Defeat In Their Largest Attack In Hama This Year	1 07:08 AlanC [11126]
Gunmen Kill Four at Catholic Parade in Burkina Faso	3 20:56 Vernal Hatrack2366 [11133]
16 Militants Killed In Farah Operation: Officials	0 [11128]
Key militant commander defects from Taliban ranks in Faryab province	0 [11130]
8 killed as high-profile attack planners of Taliban group targeted in Special Forces raid	0 [11122]
Intensified clashes between Turkish troops, PKK claim lives from both sides	0 [11127]
Authorities in northern Iraq investigate beating, robbery of Christian women	0 [11128]
ISIS burns crop fields in Makhmour after farmers refuse to pay tax	0 [11128]
Iraqi intelligence arrest two Islamic State fighters in Mosul	0 [11128]
Iraqi security arrest Daesh tax collector, wife in Mosul	0 [11127]
Islamic State militants kill two civilians in Iraq’s Diyala	0 [11127]
Shifa Hospital in #Gaza preparing additional areas for #Nakba Day marches, IDF preps, too	0 [11131]
Saudi Arabia claims oil pipeline was attacked by drones	0 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
U.S. pulls some government employees from Iraq	2 08:35 M. Murcek [11132]
The Untold Heroism Behind a Marine's Secret Navy Cross from Benghazi	8 18:16 Woodrow [11131]
Brother of Bourke St attacker pleads guilty to terrorism charge over Federation Square Melbourne gun plot	0 [11130]
San Francisco becomes the first US city to BAN government use of facial recognition	12 14:46 trailing wife [11128]
Palestinians to mark 'Nakba Day' with protests, strikes	3 22:19 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11136]
Qatar pledges to continue paying Gazan poor for six months	1 12:23 BernardZ [11126]
Khadim Rizvi, Afzal Qadri get bail in terrorism case	0 [11129]
UN mission urges financial isolation of Myanmar’s military over human rights abuses	2 15:08 Alistaire Untervehr8459 [11127]
Iran's Khamenei says there will be no war with US	2 09:43 gorb [11129]
Sri Lanka Province under Indefinite Curfew after First Riot Death	0 [11127]
Italy: NGO Migrant trafficking Ferry Seized After Violating Salvini Blockade	1 12:02 Tom [11134]
U.S. to German social democrats: Don't host Iran Holocaust denial entity	2 07:55 Procopius2k [11129]
PIJ: ‘No one can make us accept the terms of the ceasefire’	3 20:43 Vernal Hatrack2366 [11132]
As Christians Are Persecuted at Near Genocide Levels, Pope Wishes Muslims a Happy Ramadan	4 17:18 Bob Jesing9847 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The F-35 Isn't Just 'Stealthy': Here's How Its Electronic Warfare System Gives It An Edge	4 12:45 M. Murcek [11131]
Thor actor Isaac Kappy, 42, throws self off an Arizona bridge sans bungies	8 15:00 swksvolFF [11129]
Russia & China to ink deal for construction of two nuclear reactors	0 [11128]
In most American move ever, US outsources Austria consular service to... McDonald's	1 20:01 Iblis [11126]
Moment terrified woman completely freaks out and calls her husband in tears to tell him she's seen a 'spaceship that looks like a pizza' after 'UFO' flies over her car in Tennessee	9 17:42 JohnQC [11139]
Newly discovered color images offer a rare glimpse of 1950s America during its boom years	1 15:40 swksvolFF [11128]
Nebraska farmer amputates his own leg with a pocket knife after it got caught in machinery and then crawled 150 feet to call 911	5 11:46 magpie [11126]
Homeless encampments along Sacramento rivers are damaging flood levees and putting more than 100,000 houses at risk, officials warn	4 17:27 Bobby [11134]
South Carolina declares statewide hepatitis A outbreak amid 400% increase in cases	2 16:08 AlanC [11126]
Oil, gas reserves found in Sindh	0 [11127]
After several other cities, Thatta reports five HIV cases	1 11:30 Abu Uluque [11126]
US police launch bid to evict pro-Maduro activists from Venezuela embassy	0 [11126]
China launches probe into 142 cross-border marriages: envoy	1 10:58 Skidmark [11124]
Decades-long unresolved land dispute pits Arabs against Kurds In Kirkuk	0 [11131]
Woman beaten to death with electric scooter in California: cops	5 09:45 Raj [11126]
North Korea calls US ship seizure a ‘robbery,’ demands its return	3 11:28 swksvolFF [11128]
New EU Declaration Mandates Europe ‘Empower’ Children to Help Set Policy Agendas	4 16:47 swksvolFF [11128]
Clarence Thomas blasts Stephen Breyer as death penalty divides Supreme Court	2 09:32 M. Murcek [11123]
ICE Breaks up Massive Marriage Fraud Scheme, Charges Nearly 100 People	1 08:00 Woodrow [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
'Arthur' character comes out, FINALLY giving LGBT cartoon rat population representation on kid's TV	7 16:49 swksvolFF [11125]
US losing control of its border in New Mexico...and cartels are happy	3 18:08 Slomoling Phusoper9782 [11129]
Mark Steyn: The Deep State Goes Dangling	1 23:49 Glenmore [11128]
Iran's nuclear standoff has left it in a bind	1 11:28 Abu Uluque [11128]
Mini AOC - The Sequels Sequel	1 04:35 Skidmark [11125]
How effective are Turkey's Syrian militia proxies?	2 07:00 Joper and Company5309 [11127]
Video Overview of The U.S. -vs- China Trade Confrontation	0 [11124]
Page 6: Politix
Closet Dem Romney votes against Pres. Trump's pick over comments attacking Obama	14 20:53 Vernal Hatrack2366 [11132]
Valerie Plame: Surveillance on Trump campaign not 'spying' [video]	7 17:28 Besoeker [11129]
Devin Nunes: Peter Strzok's 'insurance policy' was about getting into Trump campaign emails	10 18:16 Harcourt Hatrack6311 [11129]
Trey Gowdy says John Brennan in more dossier peril than James Comey	3 08:47 M. Murcek [11126]
Unhinged Chris Matthews: Barr ‘Out to Destroy' the FBI to Cover for Trump	2 11:54 rschwarz [11129]
Anthony Weiner released from Bronx halfway house	11 19:24 Anomalous Sources [11131]
Ilhan Omar Viciously Attacks Liz Cheney For Calling Out Tlaib's Anti-Semitism	7 18:20 Woodrow [11137]
Rosenstein unloads on Comey, says he broke 'bright lines that should never be crossed'	3 13:24 SteveS [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
4	Commies
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
2	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	al-Nusra
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda
1	Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)

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Mon 2019-05-13
Gunmen kill six during Catholic mass in Burkina Faso

Sun 2019-05-12
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Sat 2019-05-11
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Fri 2019-05-10
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Thu 2019-05-09
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Wed 2019-05-08
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Tue 2019-05-07
400-strong Christian mob attacks Muslim shops in Sri Lankan town hit by Easter bomb

Mon 2019-05-06
19 killed in Gaza, four in Israel in Sunday’s escalation, say officials

Sun 2019-05-05
Iran money man zapped in Gaza

Sat 2019-05-04
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Fri 2019-05-03
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Thu 2019-05-02
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