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Seattle police chief to resign following department cuts
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	9 23:56 gorb [11130]
Back to back explosions leave 10 civilians dead in Kandahar province	1 07:41 M. Murcek [11130]
Second explosion reported in Kabul city in less than 24 hours	0 [11131]
President Trump escorted from briefing room after apparent shooting outside White House	13 23:57 gorb [11133]
Iraq’s PMF launches anti-ISIS operation in Samarra	0 [11126]
Russian drones guide Syrian Army strikes in southern Idlib	0 [11129]
Syrian tribe forms army to fight ‘SDF gangs and US occupation’	0 [11131]
Portland catch and release	0 [11124]
Antifa rioters in north Portland have access to more than $1.3m in bail money, as well as pro bono lawyers	3 06:51 M. Murcek [11125]
Ferguson police attack crowd, beat on protesters and make arrests	3 02:52 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Chicago: If your rules include you shooting our youth, you can't expect people to play by your rules	4 18:09 Procopius2k [11125]
Looters walking around calmly with stolen merchandise in Chicago last night. Black Lives Matter	7 13:11 gorb [11128]
Minnesota Freedom Fund paid $350,000 to bail this twice-convicted sex offender out of jail	2 12:23 Silentbrick [11126]
Turkey activates its S-400 systems with positions covering any aerial threat coming from Greece & Egypt	4 12:43 Rob Crawford [11124]
Turkey gave new vehicles to HTS, the "former" AQ affiliate/designated terror org in Idlib	0 [11129]
LNA airstrike were conducted between sdadda bridge and Sdadda castle, targeting a Turkish air Défense missile platform + radar + jamming tower	0 [11126]
Electric blackout in most of western Libya	0 [11123]
Al-Sarraj “We will strike with an iron fist, anyone who tries to prepare and incite suspicious protests while the country is in a state of emergency...”	1 08:02 Cesare [11128]
Shin Bet arrests Palestinian involved in IDF terror attack after 10 years	1 08:01 Frank G [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Seattle police chief to resign following department cuts	8 21:39 USN, Ret. [11130]
Seattle's First Black Female Police Chief Resigns After Council Caves to BLM	3 22:46 James [11128]
Ashkenazi hints Hezbollah behind Beirut blast	2 10:13 lord garth [11127]
Seattle Station Fires Jewish Meteorologist Who Compared BLM Rioters to Nazis	7 15:31 Clerens Angaiting5443 [11129]
Terrorists trained by Pakistani commandos in Afghanistan planning attacks in Kashmir	0 [11125]
Ghani Signs Decree to Release 400 Taliban Prisoners	0 [11129]
Radical Group Calls For 50 Day "Siege" of White House & For a New World Order	12 23:58 gorb [11127]
Scholar presents global map of Hezbollah terrorist operations	3 07:47 JohnQC [11125]
Iran calls on US to lift sanctions on Lebanon, urges against ‘politicizing’ Beirut blast	0 [11127]
Tunisia PM-designate will form a technocrat government without political parties	0 [11127]
Iraqi Prime Minister urges Christians to return to Iraq	4 23:36 trailing wife [11125]
World powers pledge $300 million during aid conference to Lebanon	0 [11123]
Iran shutters newspaper after expert questions virus numbers	0 [11129]
WaPo publishes glowing photo essay on antifa riot fashion	7 14:39 Bobby [11128]
EU Preparing Sanctions against Turkey for Violating Libya Arms Embargo	0 [11125]
Hellenic Navy on full alert after Turkey sends Navy assault boat near Greek Kastellorizo / Meis island - Is Turkey preparing for war?	10 17:55 Vespasian Ebboting9735 [11127]
Speaker of the democratically elected parliament of Libya Aqila Saleh : We do not recognize the GNA and refuse to negotiate with it	0 [11129]
Rafah crossing into Gaza to briefly open for first time since May	1 22:38 SteveS [11135]
Radical Turkish publication calls for a neo-caliphate	1 08:13 Cesare [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Former Air Force Major Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Tricare Fraud	5 22:39 Clem [11127]
Retail Chains Abandon Manhattan: ‘It's Unsustainable'	12 20:33 KBK [11129]
100 culture employees protesting in Jerusalem	0 [11125]
Belarus opposition leader flees to Lithuania	0 [11127]
New Zealand: 1st community transmission of COVID-19 in 100 days	3 16:09 Beavis [11129]
China Faces Food Shortage As Droughts, Flooding, And Pests Ruin Harvest	12 23:59 gorb [11125]
Protester dies in Belarus protests after explosive device detonates in his hands	1 22:55 SteveS [11129]
Long-term symptoms, complications of COVID-19	17 22:15 James [11129]
Hundreds of looters target stores downtown, across Chicago overnight; 100 arrested	2 11:36 Rambler in Virginia [11131]
'America's toughest sheriff' narrowly defeated in bid for old job	3 09:29 DarthVader [11128]
UAE helps reunite Yemenite Jewish family that was separated for 15 years	0 [11127]
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano ejects towering column of ash	6 15:33 swksvolFF [11128]
New clashes between police and protesters broke out in Belarus on Monday after the opposition accused President Lukashenko of rigging his re-election victory	0 [11126]
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's bike shop in Austin, Texas, is cutting ties with local police.	19 20:14 Chris [11127]
A Startup Just Won a Contract to Develop an Air Force One Jet That Can Travel at Mach 5	0 [11129]
Texas sees highest 7-day coronavirus positivity rate: ER doctor says 'we're not seeing signs' of surge ending	7 21:25 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11132]
HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law -top aide	0 [11124]
Beirut governor says many bodies still unidentified are foreign workers	0 [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
The Border Crossing Covid Problem Is More Serious Than What's Being Reported	4 16:16 Procopius2k [11125]
Earthquake Forecast for the Salton Sea Swarm of August 2020	13 16:41 Besoeker [11133]
The Economy Is Struggling, but Gun Sales Are Soaring	5 16:19 Procopius2k [11126]
Sweden's Success is Kryptonite for Lockdown and Mask Advocates	30 16:09 M. Murcek [11127]
Job Openings Jumped 9.6% in June, Hirings Hit Second Highest Level Ever Recorded	2 10:03 Bright Pebbles [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Kamala Harris Gets The VP Nod	23 20:34 KBK [11131]
House won't return until mid-September amid coronavirus gridlock	3 23:00 SteveS [11130]
Oral Arguments heard by the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals--Gen. Michael Flynn Today	10 16:25 Procopius2k [11126]
Checkout day at the Mark Hopkins	0 [11128]
Cuomo rejects independent investigation of nursing home coronavirus deaths as political	7 15:46 Clerens Angaiting5443 [11129]
Maxine Waters says she's confident Joe Biden will choose a Black woman as a running mate	22 16:21 Frank G [11128]
'Don't bait us': Chicago mayor snaps at reporter	11 15:39 M. Murcek [11130]
Barr accuses media of 'projecting a narrative' in coverage of unrest: 'People are being told a lie'	7 13:25 charger [11130]

    
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5	Sublime Porte
3	Commies
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2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Iran
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-08-11
Seattle police chief to resign following department cuts

Mon 2020-08-10
Lebanese Prime Minister announces resignation of government

Sun 2020-08-09
Lebanese Army evacuates protestors from government buildings

Sat 2020-08-08
Portland mayor unleashes police on violent demonstrations

Fri 2020-08-07
Pakistain Borrows $1 Billion from Chinese Peter To Pay Back $1 Billion Saudi Paul

Thu 2020-08-06
DOJ Atty reveals 300 domestic terrorists investigations have been opened since May 28th

Wed 2020-08-05
Death toll from Beirut blast reaches 100 but is expected to rise even further

Tue 2020-08-04
Beruit goes BOOM!

Mon 2020-08-03
Israel army says it has foiled a terror attack at the border with Syria

Sun 2020-08-02
Turkish brig.-gen. executed for revealing Qatari funding of jihadists

Sat 2020-08-01
Turkey Sends Fighter Jets to Azerbaijan After Threat to Bomb a Nuclear Power Plant

Fri 2020-07-31
Indonesian Court Convicts, Sentences Top 2 Jemaah Islamiyah Militants

Thu 2020-07-30
ISIS claims responsibility for killing of top Iraqi commander

Wed 2020-07-29
Iran launched several ballistic missiles from Iran to the Southern Arabian Gulf

Tue 2020-07-28
Germany arrests ISIS woman who abused Yezidi woman in Syria

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