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Page 1: WoT Operations
Portland catch and release program	11 16:34 Vespasian Ebbereng3110 [11128]
Sumter, S.C. woman & rapper who was running to be the city's ''first black female mayor'' has been arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnapping & beating	17 21:08 KBK [11128]
Portland roundup: federal courthouses shut down because of threat car with explosives going to ram it.	4 18:10 Frank G [11127]
Minneapolis: ‘Y’all laughing like we won’t burn this city down mother f—ker... We’re coming.’	5 10:29 Silentbrick [11130]
Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service thwarted a terrorist plot to attack Al-Shirqat, Saladin Province	0 [11132]
Iraqi Protesters Burn Parliament Office in Basra	0 [11126]
Iranian forces carry out special operation to rescue citizens from pirates	0 [11126]
Ansarallah forces score new advances in Yemen despite heavy strikes by Saudi-led Coalition	0 [11127]
Senior Iraqi commander killed by ISIS in Salahaddin province	0 [11133]
Turkish military vehicle targeted in Kurdistan Region’s Sidakan area: sources	0 [11123]
Kurdish counter-terror forces capture ISIS sleeper cell in Erbil: Coalition	0 [11133]
Incoming rocket sirens activated in southern Israeli town of Sderot, rocket intercepted, IDF strikes back	0 [11129]
GNA Announces Immediate Ceasefire, Calls for Fresh Elections, Military Determined to Press On	0 [11131]
Dozens Flee Homes as Taliban Increases Presence North of Kabul	0 [11126]
Female students in Badakhshan could not attend university entrance test due to Taliban threats	0 [11128]
‘Fort Lori': Chicago police ban protests on Mayor Lori 'Picnic Ant Lady' Lightfoot's block, order arrests for anyone who won't leave	5 11:36 Mullah Richard [11128]
Portland truck attack suspect Marquise Love surrenders: police	1 10:48 Warthog [11125]
Black Lives Matter crowd for Biden berates sleeping neighborhood: 'Wake up, motherf---er!'	4 08:25 Airandee [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon: Use of surveillance planes in protests was legal	2 16:26 Skidmark [11128]
US closes lanes, adds checks at Mexico border to contain coronavirus	2 21:47 M. Murcek [11130]
Mali junta releases two officials as coup supporters plan to rally	0 [11129]
US imposes visa restrictions on 14 Iranians over human rights violations	2 17:22 jpal [11128]
UN migrant return flights take off again from Libya	0 [11129]
Ah... Mali... Ah.. Um... Oh well.	6 23:19 rjschwarz [11128]
Turkey's alleged arms shipments to Lebanon cause security concerns	0 [11127]
Turkey discovers massive gas reserve in Black Sea	13 21:12 KBK [11129]
Colombia accuses Venezuela of seeking to buy Iranian missiles	4 19:10 Sluns Gurly-Brown7484 [11131]
UAE Sends Warplanes in Support of Greece Against Turkish Aggression	1 09:49 AlanC [11124]
Former sailor details misconduct by SEALs pulled from Iraq	2 16:34 Skidmark [11129]
'He tried to clutch on but he couldn't make it': Sudanese migrant Abdulfatah Hamdallah, 28, drowned on his THIRD attempt to cross in the Channel after France rejected his asylum claim, friends reveal	1 16:35 Skidmark [11128]
Justice Department will take fight to reinstate death penalty against Boston Bomber to the Supreme Court after judge tossed his death sentence	2 16:36 Skidmark [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Bill and Melinda say they had no connection with Jeffrey Epstein (video)	8 19:46 M. Murcek [11126]
UK Officials Inflated COVID Hospital Numbers at Height of ‘Pandemic'	1 11:38 trailing wife [11128]
Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many deaths	5 15:11 Clem [11127]
Turkey converts another former Orthodox church into mosque	1 11:42 gorb [11128]
Gilead remdesivir study finds only marginal benefit for moderate COVID-19 patients	5 11:44 gorb [11128]
Why Doesn't China Deploy Fighter Jets to the Spratly Islands?	16 20:05 Clem [11133]
Belarusian dictator Lukashenka comes to the state news agency Belta in uniform, says, Poland and NATO wanted to occupy Hrodra region	5 03:56 g(r)omgoru [11133]
Website of svaboda (RFERL) was blocked by Belarus' Ministry of Information along with 73 other pages, including euroradio.fm, belsat.eu, by.tribuna.com	0 [11128]
Man arrested in stabbing as he faces charges in assault of conservative activist at UC-Berkeley	0 [11126]
Oregon sniper suspect arrested in string of shootings	1 03:26 ex-almost whacked out truck driver [11130]
Lori Loughlin sentenced to two entire months for college admissions scandal	2 10:48 Raj [11130]
Massive wildfire destroys Big Basin State Park's historic buildings	3 17:05 Frank G [11130]
Fordham University Sent Cops To Investigate A Student For Criticizing Communist China And 'Black Lives Matter' On Instagram	3 12:27 AlanC [11127]
History of Ek knives	2 19:50 M. Murcek [11128]
Vaccine wars: Papua New Guinea blocks Chinese plane after local workers were used as lab rats for an 'unauthorised' coronavirus jab from Beijing	3 19:09 Sluns Gurly-Brown7484 [11128]
Floating pumice rock once twice the size of Manhattan sailed 1,900 miles across the Pacific to Australia bringing along organisms that could act as a 'vitamin shot' for the Great Barrier Reef that has lost half of its coral cover	3 17:56 Rjschwarz [11134]
Fury over plan to release 750 MILLION genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida Keys to kill insects carrying Zika and yellow fever - as locals brand it a 'Jurassic Park experiment' that could create superbugs	4 19:52 M. Murcek [11131]
Tread Lovers: Nebraska State Patrol discovers military vehicle parked on the I-80 ramp after being abandoned by a trucking company following training exercise in California	8 16:41 ed in texas [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
The Peasants Are Revolting	6 21:49 KBK [11127]
Man Who Has Been In Government For Nearly 50 Years Promises To Fix Government	1 16:59 Skidmark [11127]
Biden Exceeds All Expectations By Speaking Coherently For Over 20 Minutes	2 11:50 gorb [11128]
Page 6: Politix
After eight-hour interview, John Brennan claims he isn't under criminal investigation by John Durham	14 20:36 trailing wife [11128]
New Jersey Election Invalidated Because of Mail-In Voter Fraud	5 16:43 ed in texas [11127]
PDF about major George Soros loss in the Supreme Court.	8 21:07 KBK [11130]
Ghislaine Maxwell's Nephew Worked Under Hillary Clinton at State Department	5 09:30 Frank G [11130]
70+ Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden	24 23:18 rjschwarz [11125]
California pays stealth Dem activists to manage 'non-partisan' mail-in ballots	4 11:54 gorb [11136]
Ex-jail union head Norman Seabrook must go to prison by December, judge rules	3 16:50 ed in texas [11129]
Sen. Tom Carper caught dropping F-bombs at staffer during mail hearing	2 17:00 Skidmark [11130]
A Fake DNC Convention Ends With Real Nastiness	5 15:11 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11126]

    
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4	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
2	Taliban
2	Commies
1	Human Trafficking
1	Houthis
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Hamas
1	Govt of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-08-22
PDF about major Soros loss in the Supreme Court.

Fri 2020-08-21
Ansarallah forces kill high-ranking ISIS leader in Yemen

Thu 2020-08-20
Mali soldiers promise civilian transition after president's ouster

Wed 2020-08-19
Ansarallah leader, who has not missed many meals, says negotiations with Saudi Arabia reached dead end, war to continue

Tue 2020-08-18
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast

Mon 2020-08-17
Syrian presidency reveals conditions for direct talks with US

Sun 2020-08-16
Erdogan accused Greece of state terrorism against Turkish/Muslim minority

Sat 2020-08-15
Recently released ISIS terrorist beheaded his mother, father, sister & two nephews in Ain Zara Tripoli

Fri 2020-08-14
Oman and Bahrain to follow UAE in normalizing Israel ties

Thu 2020-08-13
Diplomatic relations between Israel and UAE

Wed 2020-08-12
Turkish strike kills Iraqi border guards, Iraqi military says

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

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