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Page 1: WoT Operations
Late edition	5 19:38 JohnQC [11124]
Greek Troops Open Fire on Refugees While Vigilantes Attack Aid Workers and the Media	7 22:25 Skidmark [11146]
Vigilantes Along Greek Border With Turkey Say, ‘No More' to Migrants	4 15:14 charger [11130]
Unknown gunmen kill three in daylight in Afghan capital Kabul	1 08:42 Procopius2k [11129]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in failed Laghman attack	0 [11128]
13 militants killed, wounded as airstrikes target Taliban gatherings in Balkh	0 [11131]
'Taliban' Attack ANP Convoy in Bagram, 1 ANP Killed	0 [11131]
Protesters in #TahrirSquare in #Baghdad tonight are refusing the return of the caretaker PM Adil #AbdulMahdi	0 [11128]
Preliminary information show that those killed in a collision between four #Iraqi buses and an #oil tank include elements of the #AlAbbas Combat Division	3 17:01 jpal [11130]
50 Pakistani fighters killed in Turkish strikes in Syria	9 23:53 trailing wife [11131]
Reports that #King #Salman of #Saudi_arabia Arabia has died (still unconfirmed)	2 13:09 magpie [11127]
9 injured in blast near Levies Lines on #Chaman's Taj Road	0 [11126]
Iran Revolutionary Guard commander killed in Syria	4 11:41 lord garth [11132]
92 civilians freed from Taliban captivity in Uruzgan	0 [11131]
Three ISIS fighters have renounced violence & surrendered to ANDSF in eastern Kunar province	0 [11127]
Activists from the #Turkish-backed opposition accuse #Syrian forces of bombing the villages of Jabal al-Zawiya	0 [11129]
Syrian forces accuse Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (#Jabhat_alNusra formerly) of violating the cease-fire and bombing their points in Sheikh Aqil village	0 [11129]
Idlib: Syrian forces control new villages amid accusation of violating the cease-fire	0 [11128]
Arab coalition carries out operation against #Houthi military targets in #Yemen’s Salif	0 [11128]
Idlib frontlines calm as ceasefire goes into effect	0 [11126]
Greek Border in Flames as Migrants Keep Trying to Break Through	7 15:22 AlanC [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Taliban could possibly seize power by overrunning the Afghan government: Trump	3 15:04 Dron66046 [11130]
ISIS release details of assailants involved in attack on Dr Abdullah	0 [11128]
US Army scraps $1b. Iron Dome project	12 23:31 Phinenter Clunk9614 [11127]
Iran State TV video of #Palestinian #Islamic #Jihad SG Ziad Al-Nakhala talking about #Soleimani	0 [11130]
Some of the #terrorist armed groups that were funded by the #GNA and completely terminated by the Libyan National Army #LNA	0 [11126]
Saudis Plan Big Oil Output Hike, Beginning All-Out Price War	6 19:10 CrazyFool [11129]
Preliminary reading of Moscow Agreement: gains, losses and messages	5 10:30 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seeks absolution in virus fight	0 [11128]
Eight new cases of #coronavirus confirmed in #Iraq - seven in Baghdad and one in Najaf	0 [11125]
Leb defaults	1 00:06 Lex [11129]
Over 1,200 #Israeli soldiers quarantined amid #coronavirus outbreak	0 [11124]
Sanctions virus more dangerous to intl. security than corona: #Iran's Shamkhnai	0 [11127]
SaudiArabia and #UAE are fast developing ties with #Israel.	0 [11126]
Germany: Alleged IS terrorist goes on trial	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Second coronavirus case confirmed in EU Council	2 18:22 g(r)omgoru [11126]
‘Centenarian' marries woman in her 20s in South Sulawesi	5 23:54 trailing wife [11134]
Biden Misstates His Own Name, Tells His Supporters ‘We Can Only Re-Elect Donald Trump'	14 23:52 JohnQC [11131]
Fleeing Northern Italy	0 [11129]
Italian leader orders lockdown of Venice and Milan as coronavirus spreads	2 08:34 Procopius2k [11132]
Saudi starts an oil price war after Russia will not agree with OPEC	4 16:15 AlanC [11127]
New Jersey security guard arrested over licensed gun, legal ammo	1 08:31 Procopius2k [11128]
US Navy mine-seeking dolphins flown on top secret mission	7 11:52 Penguin_of_the_Desert [11126]
SpaceX launches station supplies, nails 50th rocket landing	3 13:12 Bubba Bucket8506 [11132]
Coronavirus roundup: Chinese quarantine hotel collapses	12 13:07 The peanut gallery [11130]
SaudiArabia's government is working hard to increase women's workforce participation from 22% to 30%	2 15:09 Dron66046 [11127]
US, allies hatching ‘plan for war’ against #Venezuela: Maduro	2 16:04 Dron66046 [11127]
Man attacking parked cop car in Brooklyn caught on video	1 08:40 Procopius2k [11129]
Mom on son nabbed over Brooklyn girl’s assault: ‘I wanted to kill him with my bare hands’	10 19:25 Frank G [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Majority of Democrats Vote Against Amendment to Prevent Sex Offenders and Terrorists From Working at TSA	4 15:34 Lex [11128]
'It's Like Scenes From A Mad Max Movie' -- Americans Continue Epic Run On Costco	9 21:40 Lex [11127]
Political Affiliation Is Influencing How Americans View Coronavirus Outbreak	0 [11128]
Maybe it's time to dial back the coronavirus drama	15 20:17 Lex [11128]
Purging Confederate Symbolism from the Marine Corps Undermines Warrior Brotherhood	10 15:39 charger [11129]
Afghan refugees not welcome	1 10:35 JFM [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Bloomberg Staffers Brag About Ripping Off His Campaign, Covertly Canvassing For Sanders	8 23:59 JohnQC [11131]
Threatening Supreme Court Justices Is Never OK	6 17:43 Abu Uluque [11126]
Democrat Strategist Justin Horwitz: Joe Biden Is ‘Mentally Deteriorating’	1 09:41 lord garth [11128]
'Go and do something productive': Melania Trump snaps back at trolls	2 22:01 Lex [11131]
Hunter Biden's baby mama wants him held in contempt of court for failing to provide documents	4 06:35 Lex [11129]
Soros Spends Big to Help Prosecutor Who Dropped Jussie Smollett Charges	6 15:22 Dron66046 [11129]
Jane Fonda endorses Bernie Sanders	13 17:43 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Ex-spy Christopher Steele won’t cooperate with Barr’s dossier probe	10 23:55 trailing wife [11131]

    
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                        23:31 Phinenter Clunk9614

                        23:03 charger

                        22:40 Canuckistan sniper

                        22:25 Skidmark

                        22:16 Varmint Splat1454

                        22:01 Lex

                        21:40 Lex

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                        20:36 SteveS

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                        19:38 JohnQC

                        19:36 Frank G

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                        19:20 trailing wife

                        19:14 CrazyFool

Who's in the News
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5	Taliban
5	Govt of Saudi Arabia
5	Sublime Porte
3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
1	Arab Spring
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-03-08
Leb defaults

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
Gulf Cartel Border City Turf War Kills at Least 20 Gunmen, Innocents in Week

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

Mon 2020-02-24
Car drives into German carnival parade, around 30 injured

Sun 2020-02-23
Last year Hezbollah received ~$700 million in funding

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