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22 Taliban militants killed, wounded on Kabul-Jalalabad highway
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Black man who was put in a chokehold by a New York cop is arrested and charged with a hate crime for attacking a gay couple with a box cutter, spewing homophobic slurs at them and trying to snatch their Vuitton bag	7 18:33 Frank G [11132]
Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant: I am coming for you!	22 22:57 Chunky Ebbanter9368 [11135]
'15 Insurgents Killed in Baghlan Clashes': Officials	0 [11130]
10 Police Killed In Zabul	0 [11132]
Local Police Commander Killed in Nangarhar Attack	0 [11131]
Fierce, Widespread Fighting Surges to Control Afghan Highways	4 22:27 Elmolump Jones3804 [11132]
22 Taliban militants killed, wounded on Kabul-Jalalabad highway	0 [11132]
Blast Hits Police Vehicle In Kabul City	0 [11126]
Suicide attacks thwarted in Kabul city: NDS	0 [11128]
Some freed Taliban prisoners have returned to battlefield: Muslimyar	0 [11127]
Work accident explodes near Iran’s capital kills two, damages factory - IRNA	14 20:29 Skidmark [11134]
Hezbollah media: Hamas arrests ISIS cells operating for Israel	3 11:46 Richard Aubrey [11132]
Bomb And Mortar Attacks Reported In Lower Shabelle Region	2 00:18 Chunky Ebbanter9368 [11128]
Car bomb explosion in Tel Abyad city and reports of casualties	0 [11131]
Antifa rioters have again gathered in downtown Portland	6 23:54 Old Patriot [11132]
Antifa in Richmond, Va. are calling for Summer Taylor, the BLM protester killed by a black man, to be “avenged.”	10 17:58 swksvolFF [11130]
Antifa have dumped fake blood and tampons all over the steps of the Justice Center in Portland	5 23:56 Alaska Paul [11128]
Weapons found on Christopher Fellini at the antifa riot in Portland after he allegedly assaulted a federal officer	1 14:12 JohnQC [11131]
Seven people arrested at violent antifa protests and riots in Portland are facing federal charges	4 13:57 JohnQC [11124]
Iran piously condemns assassination of Iraqi counter-terrorism expert in Baghdad	0 [11129]
SUV plows through protesters on 42nd street in Manhattan	9 14:50 Skidmark [11135]
GNA's Bashaga buys a plane with other people's money	0 [11132]
GNA spokesman Qanunu denies bombing of any targets in Al-Jafra	0 [11129]
GNA Syrian mercenaries to Zlitan	0 [11125]
Turkey’s coast guard says it had intercepted a tanker carrying 276 migrants on their way to Greece	0 [11128]
SaudiArabia announces it has foiled a plot to smuggle around 280,000 illicit pills into the Kingdom	0 [11132]
Turkey reduces the flow of water from the Euphrates River into northeast Syria’s dam for the second week in a row	1 23:58 Alaska Paul [11128]
Morocco arrests four alleged members of a “terrorist cell” linked to ISIS	0 [11133]
Mourners gather in Najaf for the funeral of assassinated political and security researcher Hisham al-Hashemi, chanting anti-Hezbollah slogans	0 [11128]
Family of 8-Year-Old Shot in Atlanta: ‘You Killed Your Own’	11 14:47 M. Murcek [11130]
Hezbollah has opened a new illegal border crossing along Lebanon’s eastern border with Syria	1 23:59 Old Patriot [11134]
Page 2: WoT Background
Terrorist designation fits Turks better than it does PKK	0 [11124]
Why hasn’t oil and gas production started in Libya	4 17:38 SteveS [11132]
Turkey threatens to go to war with Greece if they try to defend parts of the Mediterranean Sea that Turkey has been exploring for gas	5 13:15 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Syrian and Russian planes have carried out deadly aerial strikes in Idlib province that amount to war crimes a UN report says	0 [11128]
Nasrallah lashes out at the US ambassador, accusing her of interfering in the country's internal affairs	0 [11127]
US will be deporting Kassim Tajideen, Lebanese financier of Hezbollah, per judicial order granting request for compassionate release	1 07:00 Raj [11131]
U.N. Scolds U.S. for Deadly Strike on Iran Terror Leader Soleimani	9 17:46 Sock Puppet of Doom [11129]
Dressed the part, ‘Panther' group came straight from central casting	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Probe of failed Boeing Starliner launch finds a long list of problems	4 17:00 swksvolFF [11126]
China Imposes Checks on Large Transactions After Bank Runs	1 20:40 Skidmark [11131]
Former British diplomat says China is a 'black vulture on policymakers shoulders' as he reveals he contributed to dossier by ex-MI6 spy accusing Beijing of grooming UK establishment figures	2 15:50 Bright Pebbles [11125]
Extreme heat will bake the US for the rest of July: Health officials warn of heat strokes as meteorologists predict temperatures between 90 and 110 degrees until the end of the month	12 18:25 Sheba Tingle2325 [11131]
From 100F to Snow in Verkhoyansk in a short time	2 20:37 Skidmark [11134]
COVID-19 May Soon Lose Status as an 'Epidemic' Under CDC Guidelines	7 15:57 swksvolFF [11132]
Stanford doctor: Coronavirus fatality rate for people under 45 'almost 0%'	8 16:12 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Mary Kay Letourneau, who gained national infamy after being convicted of raping her 12-year-old student who she later married, dies from cancer at 58	7 20:42 Skidmark [11131]
Shipping Crate Torture Chamber in Netherlands	5 20:44 Skidmark [11132]
China launches 3 satellites on 2 rockets in 3 days	1 17:43 swksvolFF [11128]
Eagles' DeSean Jackson says he doesn't hate Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages	12 23:58 Jaing Stalin5856 [11134]
Coronaplague roundup	10 20:47 Skidmark [11128]
China makes new claim in eastern border with Bhutan	0 [11131]
More bad news for Russia, another one of its spies got nabbed	0 [11129]
Chinese national flag has been raised outside the MetroPark Hotel Causeway Bay requisitioned by Beijing’s national security office in HK	2 20:47 Skidmark [11132]
Kim Jong Un must compensate South Korean war veterans, court rules	4 11:57 magpie [11126]
China, North Korea trade declining as food, fuel prices rise	2 07:33 Procopius2k [11124]
21 people killed when a bus carrying students preparing to sit their annual college entrance exam plunges into a lake in southwest China	1 12:33 Skidmark [11127]
More Hollywood depravity comes to light - a comic from a 1980 issue of National Lampoon called	5 14:58 JohnQC [11131]
Champion of champions, the B-58 Hustler	9 21:15 Unosh Hupinelet8756 [11135]
Why are ~~killer bees~~ we so angry? Study finds insects' aggression comes from genetics of European insects which mixed with African honey bees	8 20:49 Skidmark [11133]
Massive bull rides down a French highway in the back of a convertible car	5 17:39 Sock Puppet of Doom [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
Economic numbers suggest a recession on its way out the door	4 14:37 JohnQC [11132]
Why I didn't clap for the NHS's birthday	2 20:33 Skidmark [11129]
Black Lives Matter Has Super Powers? Here's the Kryptonite.	5 13:02 NoMoreBS [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Lt. Col. Vindman Retires from Military; Impeachment Witness Blames Trump	23 22:53 SteveS [11137]
Ilhan Omar Calls for 'Dismantling' America's 'Economy and Political System' to Root Out 'Oppression'	17 20:54 Skidmark [11134]
Deutsche Bank to pay $150 million penalty for transactions with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 foreign banks	7 19:28 JohnQC [11131]
After sending 1000s of COVID patients into nursing homes, New York blames deaths on 'infected staff'	4 20:58 Skidmark [11128]
Tucker Carlson: We Cannot Let Democrats Run This Country Because They Hate It	2 17:57 b [11132]
School Board Member melts down because white man held a brown baby	12 15:22 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11128]

    
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2	Govt of Iran
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1	Narcos
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
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