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GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	3 22:08 Lex [11130]
Soldier lightly injured while trying to arrest suspect who broke into army base	0 [11127]
ISIS militants kill police officer in Hawija checkpoint attack: military	0 [11127]
Afghan forces conducted preemptive strikes against Taliban in Balkh	0 [11129]
Afghan forces repulse Taliban attack in Helmand; kill 3 militants, wound 5 others	0 [11127]
Taliban Conducts 2,162 Attacks after RIV Week	0 [11127]
Ashab al-Kahf: "The only option to end the occupation is by armed confrontation	2 22:05 Lex [11127]
Explosion sound at the Iraqi city of Nasiryah city in DhiQar was due to a sound bomb in Al-Fida' area	0 [11124]
Cop martyred another injured in Kishtwar terrorist attack	0 [11127]
Iraqi forces kill several #ISIS terrorists in Kirkuk	0 [11125]
Greece prepares for influx of migrants after 'suspicious movements' near Turkish border	5 16:44 AlanC [11125]
Israeli military conducting nonstop flights over Leb	0 [11124]
Ansarallah forces call Saudi-led Coalition's ceasefire 'fraudulent' and 'misinformation'	0 [11124]
Turkish Army breaks up militant protest after attack on their forces in Idlib	0 [11128]
List of GNA dead from Abu Grian	0 [11125]
LNA airstrike on a GNA convoy passing through Aljoush	0 [11125]
Militias carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman	1 14:42 Chris [11129]
Belgium: 43 Arrests After Rioters Stone Police, Fire Shots from Stolen Service Weapon	4 15:23 Skidmark [11128]
Italy orders migrants put in quarantine on a ship	1 14:19 Rob Crawford [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
'After darkness, there is the much brighter sun': Turkey sends planeloads of emergency equipment including masks and protective suits to Britain in poetry-inscribed boxes to help UK medics battling coronavirus	3 15:03 SteveS [11125]
Hamas reopens Egypt border crossing shuttered due to virus	0 [11126]
US-led coalition to resume training of Peshmerga next month as ISIS threat looms	0 [11129]
Taliban Drafts ‘Charter’ for Future Govt: Document	1 09:58 Thranter Barnsmell1802 [11127]
Islamic Yodeling in Germany.	1 14:02 Woodrow [11125]
Iran’s Health Ministry declares 1,617 new infections with coronavirus, raising the total nu mber up to more than 73,300	1 10:09 daniel [11124]
More than 50 clerics warn govt not to further restrictions on prayer congregations	11 14:58 Lex [11129]
Iranian general says Iran's looking at possibility COVID-19 was used as 'biological warfare'	8 14:47 Chris [11122]
Iran no longer poses imminent threat to Israel: Mossad to NYT	4 11:52 DarthVader [11126]
New Iraqi PM vows to defend nation's sovereignty after #US deploys Patriot missiles	2 15:47 magpie [11124]
Pakistan: Sexual Abuse by Clerics ‘Pervasive’ In Islamic Schools	2 23:10 trailing wife [11128]
Somali Gang Rapist Whose Deportation Was Blocked by Air Passengers to Be Freed	6 22:55 trailing wife [11127]
Border Patrol Agent Stops Assault Incident in Texas Restaurant Drive-Thru, Say Feds	2 15:26 Skidmark [11128]
Trump Threatens Countries With Visa Sanctions If They Stop Accepting Deported Citizens	3 14:39 magpie [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
State Department leaked cables renew theories on origin of coronavirus	7 18:00 Bobby [11128]
China's US$1 trillion consumer loan bubble is bursting as army of borrowers flinch under pandemic strain	2 14:13 Woodrow [11125]
China sends the world's biggest plane to Poland packed full with coronavirus protection equipment as part of its 'mask diplomacy' to win influence in Europe	8 17:44 KBK [11126]
WHO Ignored Taiwan's Early Warning	7 13:10 swksvolFF [11127]
Taiwan's President Calls on Free World to Unite Against Beijing and ‘Anti-Democratic Forces'	3 10:54 DarthVader [11127]
New 'Visiting Angels' ad (short video)	5 15:30 Skidmark [11127]
Virgin Orbit's last test before real launch.	1 14:20 Woodrow [11126]
Eco-terrorism by China against the whole of IndoChina	5 23:01 trailing wife [11126]
After CV, Marco Rubio Wants to Make Drugs in America Again	3 22:22 Clem [11127]
ABC News' "Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos now CV Pos	9 13:20 Lowspark [11127]
Pres. Trump airs video montage of officials praising his coronavirus response during press conference	5 17:56 Bobby [11128]
Over 80 million COVID-19 stimulus payments went out on Friday, IRS official says	14 20:19 Glenmore [11128]
Amazon to add 75,000 more jobs amid coronavirus pandemic	3 14:18 Woodrow [11123]
Army's Seattle Field Hospital Closed After 3 Days & Without Seeing A Single Patient	11 14:59 Procopius2k [11131]
Good Things Happen to Bad People: Chi-Com Edition	0 [11125]
French Carrier Heading Home Early Amid Suspicion of COVID-19 Outbreak	3 16:02 Skidmark [11124]
One Web wants a bankruptcy auction of it's spectrum. Softbank in deep too!	1 07:41 Cesare [11123]
AF Photo Op at Guam	5 11:02 swksvolFF [11125]
Kim Jong Un Reorganizes Top Staff, no masks allowed	7 20:42 Bubba Claing1437 [11127]
Coronavirus in #Iraq: 1378 infected people, 78 deaths and the recovered persons reached 717	1 00:38 Marilyn Tojo7566 [11131]
Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Director Says US Coronavirus Cases Stabilizing, Could Peak This Week	3 12:30 Skidmark [11130]
25 new cases of #Covid19 confirmed in J&K. All from Kashmir. Toll rises to 270	0 [11125]
18-Year-Old Accused of Fatally Pushing Marine Veteran in Front of Train	16 21:36 Frank G [11132]
Husband accused of murdering wife pretended she was on coronavirus deathbed	0 [11123]
Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus	8 14:25 Woodrow [11130]
Fully naked woman tries to book flight at New Orleans airport	9 16:28 Crineting Flalet6270 [11129]
Medical Mask Resellers Punished in Canada	5 14:28 Woodrow [11129]
Chenobyl fire looks to be within 600m of the center of the reactor.	5 10:43 Clem [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Bill Maher Bashes China	2 23:58 Bobby [11128]
‘I Am Stunned': Wisconsin Democrats' Improbable Victory	5 19:13 Bobby [11125]
Have the States Violated the Constitution with Their Lock-downs?	2 21:34 Frank G [11133]
Rev. Austin Miles calls out eugenicist Bill Gates	9 14:50 Chris [11124]
Powerful Americans Were Catastrophically Wrong about China	8 22:21 Lex [11127]
'You'll See Bodies In The Streets Of Africa' Warns Bill & Melinda; Says Vaccine Is 'Ultimate Solution' To COVID-19	9 21:37 Frank G [11129]
Does Liberalism Cause Mental Illness?	16 18:15 Dron66046 [11124]
Only 18% of Democrats Say They'd Consider Using Hydroxychloroquine if Diagnosed With Virus	21 22:10 Lex [11131]
'Liberal Arts Degrees' Renamed 'Non-Essential Worker Degrees'	8 19:08 magpie [11125]
Ruin Nation (or, The Most Atrocious Racket the World Has Ever Seen)	0 [11123]
RFK, Jr. - Gates' Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccination	0 [11125]
Page 6: Politix
About that new ozone hole over the North Pole... (CHINA AGAIN)	1 13:51 DarthVader [11124]
China bans scholarly research into virus origins.	3 12:46 Iblis [11123]
Dr. Fauci Destroys Journalist for Asking if He's 'Doing This Voluntarily' and for Accusing Trump of Not Listening to Health Experts	3 12:22 Abu Uluque [11128]
Times editor Dean Baquet admits that his paper is staffed by Democratic Party operatives with bylines — and airbrushes:	7 17:29 Sock Puppet of Doom [11131]
Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president	34 22:00 Lex [11127]
Former Joe Biden Aide: ‘Woman’ Running Mate Could Be Transgender; ‘Everything’s Possible’	14 21:58 Lex [11125]
Pope Francis Proposes ‘Universal Wage’ After Coronavirus Lockdowns	8 11:23 Abu Uluque [11126]
VA Governor Signs Universal Background Checks, Gun Rationing Bill	5 14:05 charger [11125]
Petition to Recall Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Floods With Signatures	8 12:29 Clem [11128]

    
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4	Sublime Porte
4	Taliban
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Govt of Iran
3	Islamic State
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Arab Spring
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking

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