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Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US targets 8 big city methamphetamine hubs to block national distribution	11 23:00 Iblis [11130]
#Basra demonstrators block Shalamja crossing to prevent #Iranian citizens from entering #Iraq	0 [11129]
Sit-ins resume in #Babel as more protesters flock to al-Thawra bridge	0 [11127]
Turkish occupation post in Qmenas which fired an air missile against a Russian fighter jet is now completely destroyed	5 19:50 Sock Puppet of Doom [11130]
A large rebel offensive is reportedly underway in Idlib	0 [11127]
Group of pro-Assad militants are besieged in the center of Nayrab and refuse to surrender	1 11:43 lord garth [11128]
Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu	0 [11130]
Russian fighter jet intercepted a Turkish F-16 fighter which was spotted over northern Syria near Tell Rifaat	0 [11134]
London police have arrested a man after a stabbing at a mosque near Regents Park	1 05:56 Dron66046 [11133]
Trump administration sanctions five Iranian officials, accusing them of disqualifying thousands of candidates	0 [11127]
Clashes pitting Turkish forces and their Syrian opposition allies against pro-regime forces left 27 fighters dead, including two Turkish	3 14:14 Mercutio [11128]
#LNA Airstrikes targeting the convoy of vehicles of #GNA militants and Syrian terrorists loyal to #Turkey	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
New York Times' New Low - Guest Writer Sirajuddin Haqqani	6 20:38 Raj [11131]
Ours Isn't The Only Make Or Break Election Coming Up	4 18:08 Frank G [11128]
Benjamin Netanyahu to 'Post': Democratic president can't stop Trump plan	2 13:06 g(r)omgoru [11133]
Criminal probe launches against 'Haaretz' writer for incitement to terror	1 06:45 Mercutio [11127]
ICC judges okay trial for alleged Islamic extremist from Mali	0 [11130]
100s of Civilian Casualties Caused by Unexploded Ordnance in 2019	3 10:15 Frank G [11127]
Erdogan holds surprise meeting with Libyan GNA’s Sarraj in #Istanbul	1 06:42 Mercutio [11125]
Sudanese Scholar Abd Al-Hayy Yousuf: We Cannot Normalize Relations with the Jews; They Raise Their Children to Kill Arabs	7 14:18 Mercutio [11132]
Museum Opens In Egypt To Honor 21 Christians Killed By ISIS In Gruesome 2015 Video	1 05:54 Dron66046 [11127]
UnitedStates will not stand by without taking action in response to #Iran's ongoing support for attacks on American outposts in #Iraq	0 [11126]
#Muqtada al-Sadr's followers deny reports about his escape from #Iran's Qom to #Beirut over fears of #Coronavirus	4 18:46 Skidmark [11129]
Erdoğan has threatened an 'imminent' operation in Idlib if Damascus fails to withdraw behind Turkish positions	1 20:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11131]
Turkey has asked the US deploy Patriot batteries	12 12:03 Alaska Paul [11131]
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani’s trip to Lebanon "caught Lebanese officials off guard	0 [11128]
Many of the victims of the shooting in the German town of Hanau had an immigrant background	2 09:52 Skidmark [11130]
Moscow urges Turkey to stop ‘supporting terrorists’ in Syria	0 [11125]
Abbas blasts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to build thousands of new settler homes in east Jerusalem	0 [11133]
Lebanon’s banking association urges Lebanese President Michel Aoun to find a quick resolution of uncertainties over the country’s fast-approaching Eurobond maturities	0 [11128]
Resumed talks between Libyan rival sides in Geneva result in a deal to exchange prisoners	0 [11129]
Turkey will activate the S-400 missile systems it bought from Russia	3 19:56 Blinky the Wicked2854 [11129]
Kuwait's ports authority suspends the movement of people to and from Iran until further notice because of concerns about the #coronavirus outbreak	1 07:04 Beau [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Shocking moment gang member shoots dead man in Manhattan's East Village before he is killed by NYPD cops	4 18:40 Frank G [11127]
US scientists have completed a coronavirus vaccine, Texas-based genetic engineering company claims	5 18:49 Skidmark [11132]
Angry mob attacks coronavirus evacuees and starts a riot in Ukraine to try and stop them returning to the country	1 14:53 Skidmark [11127]
Coronavirus outbreak could cost airlines $30billion as industry body warns 'this will be a very tough year for us'	2 11:05 Skidmark [11127]
Corona Virus Outbreak in Chinese prisons reported	1 09:43 Skidmark [11131]
Analysis: Coronavirus has temporarily reduced China's CO2 emissions by a quarter	6 18:49 Skidmark [11131]
San Diego County Sheriff to comply with federal order to release migrant-arrest data	8 15:31 Procopius2k [11126]
Brownells California Compliant Retro Rifle Coming to The Golden State Thanks to Battle Arms	1 13:41 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11130]
Good Samaritan survives 75-foot fall off highway bridge	1 09:43 Warthog [11127]
Trump signs memorandum diverting water to California's Central Valley farms	0 [11126]
Pres. Trump budget calls for slashing funds to climate science centers	11 17:50 bbrewer126 [11125]
Man loses three toes in Dubai knife attack	1 14:25 USN, Ret. [11127]
Blockades on road in Ukraine's Poltavska oblast, where almost 50 evacuated Ukrainians from Wuhan are expected to be quarantined	0 [11126]
Coronavirus update:- 76,188 cases worldwide	2 09:44 Skidmark [11129]
10 Coronavirus deaths in Iran in the last 24 hours. Panic in Iran	17 21:29 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11128]
Iranian government has suspended schools, universities and higher education institutes in the city of Qom	0 [11130]
Another 13 people on board a cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan have been diagnosed with the new #coronavirus	3 10:00 Skidmark [11130]
Iraq prepares quarantine centers along its territories bordering Iran	3 11:10 Skidmark [11126]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who succeeded longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika in December, is asking for more time to implement ‘radical’ changes	0 [11125]
Streets of South Korea’s fourth-largest city are abandoned, with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the #coronavirus	2 09:47 Skidmark [11129]
United States, which has curbed relations with South Sudan over its political impasse, welcomes a deal on reaching a long-awaited unity government	0 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Eastern Washington University faculty heretics propose cutting sports to pay for academics	16 23:03 Iblis [11135]
U.S. intelligence told lawmakers of Russian bid to boost Trump re-election	12 20:49 daniel [11131]
Disheveled And Covered In $100 Bills, Bernie Sanders Claims He Was Attacked By A Group Of Billionaires	2 18:19 swksvolFF [11126]
Pres. Trump brings battered, belittled American farmers to the front of the stage	1 09:41 Skidmark [11127]
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell: ‘Donald Trump Is a Russian Operative'	14 15:54 rjschwarz [11126]
Zman nails Bloomberg	6 19:57 swksvolFF [11133]
Page 6: Politix
ICE Throws Down the Gauntlet, Arresting Two Illegal Aliens in a California Courthouse	2 18:39 Frank G [11128]
Ex-Chicago police chief Eddie Johnson gets to KEEP his $190,000-a-year pension despite being fired for lying about sleeping in his city-issued SUV after a night drinking with his female security guard	1 10:40 M. Murcek [11125]
'Woke' Media Fail to Notice Historic Cabinet Appointment by Trump.	2 12:49 mossomo [11129]
Eric Holder tells reporter to 'shut the hell up' when he suggests federal prosecutor in Andrew McCabe's case made donations to Barack Obama after the investigation was closed	4 12:43 Abu Uluque [11128]
Schweizer Explains How Bernie Sanders ‘Turned Socialism Into A Profession' That Has Profited His Family	3 10:55 Frank G [11127]
Warren scalps Bloomberg while he's down	8 19:54 swksvolFF [11130]
Darth Bolton slams Dems for impeachment malpractice, says his testimony wouldn't have mattered…	3 09:45 Warthog [11127]
Twitter dunk of the century	3 10:57 Frank G [11132]
Former Rep. Katie Hill Says ‘Biphobia’ Caused Her Resignation	20 18:25 Frank G [11130]
US Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign spent $220.6 million in January	7 11:38 Rambler in Virginia [11126]
Ilhan Omar DID marry her brother and said she would 'do what she had to do to get him "papers" to keep him in U.S.', reveals Somali community leader	11 16:18 Mullah Richard [11133]
Joe Biden Says Kids ‘Hide Under Desks’ Because ‘Guns’	4 17:01 Barbara [11129]

    
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                        20:49 daniel                                                                                                                                  

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Who's in the News
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9	Sublime Porte
6	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Iraq
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Arab Spring
1	Islamic State
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2020-02-21
Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu

Thu 2020-02-20
Turkey asks NATO to provide air support for the operation in Idlib

Wed 2020-02-19
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll, Abdullah rejects results

Tue 2020-02-18
LNA claims to destroy Turkish arms ship in Tripoli harbor.

Mon 2020-02-17
24 Killed In Brutal Terror Attack On Burkina Faso Church; Local Pastor Targeted

Sun 2020-02-16
Switzerland Thwarts Major Islamic State Terror Attack

Sat 2020-02-15
Six Cartel Kidnappers Busted with Mexican Border City Victim in Trunk

Fri 2020-02-14
US navy ship seizes 150 Iranian-manufactured anti-tank guided missiles after boarding a vessel in the Arabian Sea

Thu 2020-02-13
Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing

Wed 2020-02-12
Sudan will hand over Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court

Tue 2020-02-11
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column

Mon 2020-02-10
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Sun 2020-02-09
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2020-02-08
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Fri 2020-02-07
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