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Saudis reportedly detain three royal princes over ‘coup plot’
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	4 23:59 Muggsy Flotch1015 [11127]
US airstrike kills Al Shaboob terrorist in Somalia	0 [11132]
Blast outside U.S. Embassy in Tunisia kills policeman	0 [11133]
Saudis reportedly detain three royal princes over ‘coup plot’	8 19:56 Procopius2k [11135]
Rocket exploded near Baghdad police station Thursday night	0 [11135]
Iraqi forces cleanse rugged areas in Diyala province of Daesh	0 [11131]
Yemeni air defense forces intercept, down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone	0 [11131]
Yemenis eye Ma’rib as infighting rocks Saudi-led coalition	0 [11132]
‘Rare calm’ returns to #Idlib following ceasefire deal as #Damascus secures strategic gains	0 [11127]
Turkish soldiers are following those who bombed and killed dozens of their comrades over the past weeks	0 [11129]
Iraq cancelled Friday prayers in the Shi'ite city of #Karbala due to concerns about the #coronavirus	0 [11128]
Iran has deployed new military reinforcements in the strategic town of Saraqib, Idlib	0 [11127]
Iraqi demonstrators sing national songs at #Baghdad's #TahrirSquare	0 [11125]
Reports about preparations for a militant coup led by Nouri Kamel Al-Maliki	1 10:03 Andy Stalin4685 [11126]
Iran coronavirus roundup: Akbar Dehghan, Interpretation Center director in Hawzah city, Qom	1 13:10 3dc [11130]
At least 27 32 killed, 81 injured in attack on Afghanistan political rally	0 [11132]
Hezbollah is hiding patients with #COVID-19 in its hospital Al Rasool Al Aatham	0 [11134]
Page 2: WoT Background
Lebanon PM says country unable to pay foreign currency debt	1 18:24 Canuckistan sniper [11127]
US creates new envoy position for Sahel, as militant groups expand	0 [11129]
Zionist elements developed deadlier strain of coronavirus against Iran: Academic	8 15:53 Glenmore [11131]
Coronavirus US psyop: Iran sock puppet	10 10:49 Lex [11131]
Turkish prosecutors seek life imprisonment for defendants in Russian ambassador’s murder case	1 18:21 Canuckistan sniper [11130]
At least 70 hospitalised after gas leak at chemical factory in Karachi's Bin Qasim	0 [11131]
Salih, ICP, Islamic Virtue Party discuss efforts to choose PM	0 [11127]
EU chiefs pledged millions of euros of financial assistance to #Greece to help tackle the migration surge	1 07:45 AlanC [11133]
OPEC struggles to reach an output cut deal with non members, #oil prices continue to slide	1 07:44 Mike Kozlowski [11134]
U.S. has persuasive intel Taliban do not intend to abide by terms of peace deal	11 21:49 Lex [11134]
In the attack attributed to Israel, a new chemical weapons production facility was destroyed.	0 [11128]
DOJ approves plan to collect DNA from arrested illegal immigrants	1 02:02 g(r)omgoru [11130]
As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal Government will be withholding funds from Sanctuary Cities	1 12:21 M. Murcek [11133]
Quds commander Ghaani visited Syria	2 08:32 Frank G [11129]
Report: FBI Dropped Ball On Domestic Terrorists Who Killed 70 People, Rand Paul Hits Comey	4 14:55 Abu Uluque [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Blood in the Water	0 [11130]
Video of bodies piling up in Iran from virus. Hattip to AmericanPartisan	1 23:08 gorb [11128]
O.J. Simpson heads to Costco to join panic buyers by stockpiling toilet paper and water amid coronavirus fears	9 23:09 gorb [11135]
Sacked DR Congo general died by 'hanging': president	3 14:36 DooDahMan [11127]
Affordable Asset Trackers	0 [11126]
Pentagon Sends Troops to US Border	0 [11128]
House prepares for telework scenarios amid coronavirus threat	5 19:31 trailing wife [11131]
President Trump To Begin Withholding Federal Funding From Sanctuary Cities	2 16:37 Silentbrick [11133]
Ireland records first-ever venomous snakebite	18 20:02 Procopius2k [11132]
Elon Musk says SpaceX plans to build a reusable rocket ship every 72 HOURS to fulfill his dream of colonizing Mars	1 06:28 3dc [11132]
Olive Garden customer demanded and got white server, worker says	4 12:48 swksvolFF [11129]
NASA's uncertainty over Starliner astronaut capsule made clear as Boeing is told to take 61 'corrective actions' after failed mission sent craft into wrong the wrong orbit	4 22:14 Lex [11126]
World's biggest battery developed by Elon Musk's car firm Tesla is powering 30,000 homes in Australia and has saved residents $116 MILLION in energy costs over two years	5 23:00 DooDahMan [11132]
Pakistan is hit by its worst locust plague in 30 years: Insect swarms DECIMATE entire harvests as country declares nationwide emergency	15 20:04 Procopius2k [11130]
Major crime soars by 22% in New York City as police blame new bail reforms that mean suspects can avoid jail and re-offend	3 07:44 gorb [11127]
Pope accepts resignation of French cardinal Barbarin amid sex abuse case	2 18:14 jpal [11129]
Pres. Trump names North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows as Chief of Staff	0 [11130]
About 400 released from coronavirus quarantine in Iraqi Kurdistan Thursday	0 [11128]
Capt. Kristin ‘Beo' Wolfe becomes first female pilot to lead Air Force's F-35A Demonstration Team	3 02:09 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Brazil's right-wing recalls diplomats, officials from #Venezuela	0 [11129]
Helmets featuring infrared temperature detector and code-read cameras were adopted in China to spot fever in crowds	5 06:53 g(r)omgoru [11134]
Russian Ports to Disinfect Ships Arriving from Virus-Hit Countries	0 [11130]
IHC throws out petition seeking to stop Aurat March	0 [11130]
PSL match between Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings abandoned due to rain	0 [11126]
Coronavirus roundup: Global known infections pass 100,000, mostly because of Iran	20 22:23 European Conservative [11134]
Former UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar died at his home in Lima aged 100	0 [11134]
Loaded gun found in jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself	6 16:43 bbrewer126 [11124]
Israel seeks to curb Muslim prayer at Temple Mount over virus fear; Waqf refuses	6 17:02 Woodrow [11124]
Teens beat up 15-year-old girl and steal her Air Jordans in Brooklyn	8 14:16 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
MOLLIE H: Media are Lying Again-- Pretending Schumer's Mafioso Threats No Different From Kavanaugh's Pleas Not to Harm The Nation	0 [11131]
Opinion: If Americans Aren't Sexist, Then How Come They Refuse To Elect The Most Unlikable Women On The Planet?	1 14:14 g(r)omgoru [11127]
The Democratic Party Is Wounded and Dangerous	11 12:53 Abu Uluque [11128]
D'Souza: The Clinical Nut (Biden) vs. the Ideological Nut (Sanders)	0 [11129]
Electric chair routinely used on staff discovered in Amy Klobuchar's senate office	3 16:15 Frank G [11132]
Joe Biden: Not a Socialist, Just a Scoundrel	5 13:01 JohnQC [11137]
Page 6: Politix
Trump Campaign Files Multi-Million-Dollar Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Over Russia Collusion Claims	18 19:31 Varmint Splat1454 [11129]
Obama's Homeland Security IG Indicted on Theft of Government Property, Wire Fraud and Scheme to Defraud US Govt	2 13:04 Abu Uluque [11132]
Gun Owners of America Applies for a Red Flag Order for Senator Charles Schumer	11 20:11 Varmint Splat1454 [11137]
House asks full appeals court to rehear McGahn case	0 [11127]
Romney to vote for Burisma subpoena	4 18:58 Procopius2k [11127]
President Trump visits Nashville, middle Tennessee after deadly tornadoes	0 [11126]
Trump highlights some of Biden’s biggest blunders at jovial town hall—'there’s something going on there’	1 06:11 Procopius2k [11130]
Former UAW President Gary Jones charged in U.S. corruption probe	4 13:18 JohnQC [11126]
FISA court mistakenly says Fusion GPS was digging up dirt on Hillary Clinton, not Trump	7 11:11 SteveS [11130]

    
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2	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
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1	Taliban
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-03-07
Saudis reportedly detain three royal princes over ‘coup plot’

Fri 2020-03-06
Tunis: suicide bomber explodes near U.S. embassy

Thu 2020-03-05
Russia sends reinforcements through the Bosporus

Wed 2020-03-04
4 L-39's and 18 Su-24's left in Syrian Airforce

Tue 2020-03-03
Taliban Orders Resumed Attacks on Govt Forces

Mon 2020-03-02
Turkey shoots down two Syrian fighter jets over Idlib

Sun 2020-03-01
Iraq's PM-designate Allawi withdraws, prolonging deadlock

Sat 2020-02-29
U.S. and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal

Fri 2020-02-28
Rouhani and his VP both reported to have coronavirus

Thu 2020-02-27
Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria

Wed 2020-02-26
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Tue 2020-02-25
Hosni Mubarak sleeps with the pharaohs

Mon 2020-02-24
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Sun 2020-02-23
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Sat 2020-02-22
Erdogan confirms the presence of pro-Turkish Syrian fighters in Libya

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