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Fighting grips Hodeidah port, complicates peace moves
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Secret tracking device found in Navy email to Navy Times amid leak investigation raises legal, ethical questions	1 19:34 Mike Kozlowski [11136]
Afghanistan: Air attack kills 17 policemen 'by mistake'	2 08:36 trailing wife [11131]
Sri Lanka Forces on Patrol after Anti-Muslim Riots	0 [11132]
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Niger Soldiers	0 [11126]
At least 3 brush fires reported in area close to Gaza Strip	0 [11127]
Taliban’s most dangerous commander Mullah Khadem killed in Balkh province	1 09:34 M. Murcek [11126]
Artillery, airstrikes pound Taliban positions along Ghazni-Paktia highway	1 09:13 Frank G [11130]
Special Forces arrest suspected terrorist attack plotters in Kabul city	0 [11126]
Pakistani ISIS militants and their family members surrender to Afghan armed forces	0 [11128]
Airstrike kills Taliban fighter who was responsible for an attack on Afghan Special Forces	0 [11129]
Afghan Special Forces arrest key ISIS group member in Baghlan province	0 [11129]
Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law among two JuD men detained	0 [11126]
Man sent to Adiala jail on blasphemy charge	0 [11130]
Fourty-seven militants, five troops killed in Sinai raids: Army	0 [11128]
Fighting grips Hodeidah port, complicates peace moves	1 03:05 newc [11130]
Indian forces kill 3 Kashmiri fighters, 1 civilian in IoK	0 [11131]
15 injured in explosion inside Rahim Yar Khan bank building	0 [11130]
9 suspected militants killed in security forces' operation in Balochistan's Mastung	0 [11124]
US official: Iranian missiles spotted on boats in Gulf	0 [11126]
4 killed in Sadrist anti-corruption protest in Najaf	0 [11127]
UK puts troops in Iraq on alert, citing Iran-linked threats: Sky News	0 [11132]
U.S. State Department: Iran's IRGC Has Set Up A Training Base In Lebanon	0 [11128]
Plot To Smuggle Military Equipment Into Gaza Foiled	1 08:26 M. Murcek [11131]
Libya's Tobruk-based HoR labels Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group	0 [11128]
Al-Shabab Engages Gunfight With Somali Army In Somali Town	0 [11129]
Abductors Demand $1.5 Million Ransom For Cuban Doctors	0 [11127]
Kenya Beefs Up Security During Ramadan Amid Terror Threats	0 [11126]
Somali Police Killed A Gunman After Shooting Injured A Soldier	0 [11128]
Hamas: No missiles in Gaza directed at Gulf states	0 [11129]
Video of FSB arresting terrorist in Moscow.	3 18:52 SteveS [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Just released video of B2 dropping a GBU-57	6 21:59 746 [11130]
Turkey and Azerbaijan started joint military drills	0 [11127]
U.S. museum demands German anti-Islam party stop using 19th-century "Slave Market" painting	6 18:45 Procopius2k [11130]
US terminates Turkey's preferential trade agreement	0 [11126]
New Yorker convicted of providing support to Hezbollah	2 09:08 Procopius2k [11131]
Minister: Iran builds firewall against Stuxnet computer virus	3 21:21 james [11128]
Senators sponsor bill for 4000 visas for the Afghans who have helped U.S. forces	3 08:11 M. Murcek [11130]
India hands over 2 Mi-35 gunship helicopters to the Afghan Air Force	3 10:18 Dron66046 [11135]
Another polio case reported from N. Waziristan	0 [11126]
LHC acquits 2 men convicted for 2014 Kot Radha Kishan lynching of Christian couple	1 07:45 Woodrow [11123]
Naqeebullah murder case: SC asks why Rao Anwar wants to go abroad	0 [11132]
Iran tells militias in the middle east to prepare for a proxy war.	1 11:37 SteveS [11126]
Al Qaeda-linked charity helps Canadian Mosque fundraising	2 12:58 trailing wife [11130]
Libya's EU ambassador: Haftar's forces must return to previous positions to resume dialogue	0 [11123]
Pompeo chats with Sultan of Oman	0 [11127]
Attack the navy with 5000 speedboats? Didn't Japan try that with planes in Okinawa?	19 21:47 Whusoling de Medici5845 [11131]
Islamic school head forced out after weapons and £400,000 cash found at flat in grounds	1 07:51 Woodrow [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Study: Many Democrats Exaggerated Mental Distress After 2016 Election	3 19:20 Frank G [11133]
5 more states sue Purdue Pharma over alleged role in opioid crisis	2 15:53 trailing wife [11131]
'My father died on 9/11. Your people. I'll cut you': Shocking moment armed racist unleashes vicious tirade on fellow New Jersey bus passenger	0 [11127]
Facebook blocks dozens of fake accounts set up to influence elections around the world by Israeli company that also spent over $800,000 on adverts	1 11:39 SteveS [11127]
Halle Berry shows off her impressive firearm skills in an intensive firing range session ahead of John Wick 3	7 19:36 Mike Kozlowski [11127]
'Rogue doctor' gives over 400 children HIV after using a contaminated needle in Pakistan	2 15:12 USN, Ret. [11124]
Extraordinary moment police FINE pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera on the streets of London	4 18:15 SteveS [11132]
Do not kiss cows - with or without tongues: Austrian government is forced to issue warning after 'cow kiss challenge' sparked the bizarre craze	0 [11127]
Kenyan man in country illegally charged with 11 murders in Texas, could be many more	7 12:34 Silentbrick [11128]
Judicial magistrate rejects bail pleas of Chinese nationals in 'fake' marriage case	0 [11125]
Muslim man killed in new suspected India 'cow lynching'	2 15:20 Dron66046 [11126]
Man sentenced to death for raping, killing Karachi girl over marriage refusal	0 [11129]
Bradley ~~Chelsea~~ Manning is headed back to the slammer	11 17:47 Bobby [11129]
Red Dog Saloon manager assaulted by tipsy dancer	2 12:36 Mullah Richard [11127]
Stratfor: Map of Organized Crime in Mexico	5 18:47 Procopius2k [11129]
Easier to just kill the company.	4 22:06 746 [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Telling the awful truth about the new SAT ‘adversity' score	12 19:39 Mike Kozlowski [11132]
Half of Americans are just one paycheck away from financial disaster	11 21:36 james [11130]
Alabama Girl Crushed As Mother Explains She May Never Have Opportunity To Kill Offspring	3 13:35 Tom [11127]
The marriage age debate	0 [11127]
Somalia-Turkey Ties Will Triumph Despite The Murder Of A Turkish Citizen	5 12:40 trailing wife [11131]
Page 6: Politix
The Obama White House Tracked a FOIA Request for Clinton Emails	3 08:57 Frank G [11131]
US House Foreign Affairs Committee calls for probing Haftar for war crimes	26 22:30 Zhang Fei [11130]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Taliban
4	al-Shabaab (AQ)
4	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
3	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Arab Spring
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	al-Qaeda
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Commies
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-05-17
Fighting grips Hodeidah port, complicates peace moves

Thu 2019-05-16
F-16 with live ordinance crashes in Riverside CA.

Wed 2019-05-15
Iranian ballistic missile platforms in Basra city directed towards the Gulf, Exxon evacuating, German mil. trainers evacuating

Tue 2019-05-14
The Latest: Norwegian Tanker's Hull Punctured off UAE Coast

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

Sun 2019-05-12
Security guard killed as terrorists storm Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar: ISPR

Sat 2019-05-11
B-52s in Al Udeid AB Qatar

Fri 2019-05-10
U.S. revokes citizenship of Portland mosque's imam for ties to ObL

Thu 2019-05-09
Rotherham abuse scandal: 40 arrests made in last two months

Wed 2019-05-08
Pompeo suddenly in Iraq

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
Israel strikes Gaza targets in response to heavy rocket fire Saturday

Fri 2019-05-03
Taliban militants blow up one of the oldest shrines of Ghazni city

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