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Sudan's Hamdok says government ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	4 22:31 Squinty Cherert1278 [11126]
BLM ‘Protester' Charged With Terrorist Activity in Florida	2 09:10 Tyranysaurus Slineter3737 [11125]
J&K: How alert forces have wrecked havoc for the terrorists	0 [11127]
BSF shoots down five intruders at Indo-Pak border	1 06:55 Frank G [11131]
ISIS operative nabbed in Delhi had planned an August 15 strike	0 [11129]
Indonesian Police Arrest Wife of MIT Militant Chief	2 16:14 jpal [11131]
IDF confirms drone crashed in Lebanon; Hezbollah claims to have downed it	0 [11127]
Saudi-led coalition downs drone, ballistic missile launched by Houthis	3 14:22 SteveS [11131]
Incendiary balloons spark 35 fires in southern Israel, Hamas junior rocketeers drop one on own heads	1 11:08 Clem [11128]
Sarraj calls for early presidential, parliamentary elections March	0 [11127]
Protesters in Nasiriya using bulldozers to destroy headquarters of political parties	0 [11127]
GNA convoy of Militias and Somali mercenaries entered AlAsabba and started arresting people	0 [11128]
Tenuous ceasefire in Libya leaves thousands of Syrian mercenaries in the country with nothing to do	8 15:09 Rob Crawford [11126]
118 Ghanaian Migrants Stranded in Libya Return Home	0 [11130]
GNA Joint Force conducting today large scale security operations to disarm any hostile groups in the vicinity of the cities of Gheryan and AlAsabia	0 [11126]
Portland roundup: In downtown, Proud Boys and other right-wing groups rush in and fight antifa	14 20:33 Clem [11134]
Russian Air Force destroys jihadist underground drone factory in Idlib	2 12:59 Frank G [11130]
Two more arrests made in connection to Beirut Port explosion	0 [11128]
Turkish military attacks Syrian Army, YPG forces in northern Aleppo	0 [11127]
Syrian gov't rushes water tanks to Hasakah after Turkish-backed forces cutoff supply to 1 million people	0 [11126]
Turkish navy, air force drills in Aegean Sea amid tensions	1 21:39 Canuckistan sniper [11125]
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages	0 [11127]
4 IED Blasts, Assault by Gunmen in Kabul	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Officials in Iran say black box from downed Ukrainian passenger plane with 176 on board reveals jet was hit by TWO missiles 25 seconds apart - and some passengers were alive after first blast	5 18:13 M. Murcek [11127]
Tablighi Jamaat: HC quashes 29 FIRs says there is probability they were made scapegoats	0 [11125]
Pakistan finally admits Dawood Ibrahim is on their soil	0 [11130]
Egypt: Christians Ordered to Sell Home and Leave Village	1 03:23 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Leaked EU review giving high marks to PA textbooks allegedly studied wrong books	0 [11126]
Hamas leader meets Turkey's Erdogan in Istanbul	1 12:04 Jiling Gravitch9209 [11133]
Basra killings undermine Iraqi PM's efforts to rein in Iran-backed militias	0 [11132]
Chinese Consulate in Houston Intervened in US Political Movement	6 11:16 Skidmark [11134]
Switzerland is considering banning Hezbollah and all of its arms due to its activities and movements	2 16:24 Alaska Paul [11126]
Trump, Kadhimi launch new chapter in US-Iraq relations	0 [11130]
West African mediators arrive in Mali seeking reversal of coup	0 [11133]
UAE to potentially purchase laser defense system from Israel	1 11:18 Skidmark [11128]
Armenia unveils new 'Dragon' suicide drone: video	0 [11126]
Turkey to convert another historical church into mosque	1 04:02 Spise Ominese7158 [11130]
Yasser Arafat's widow apologizes to UAE over insults, burning of flags	2 13:43 trailing wife [11134]
Sudan's Hamdok says government ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur	1 11:57 Jiling Gravitch9209 [11133]
Libya ceasefire first step on 'arduous' path to peace	1 08:25 b [11128]
Pakistan to Comply with UN Sanctions against over 80 terrorists including Haqqani, Taliban and TTP members	1 08:27 b [11129]
A Taliban target killing list includes prominent Afghan politicians leaked	0 [11130]
DETERMINED to reach Britain: Sudanese migrants in France say they will NEVER give up trying to cross the Channel despite up to TWENTY failed bids in lorries and boats... because the French 'don't want them'	3 07:07 Spise Ominese7158 [11126]
Iran Money-Trail Links Hezbollah to Beirut Blast, German Newspaper Die Welt Reports	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
At least 13 die in Peru running away from cops amid COVID-19 club raid	3 18:12 M. Murcek [11128]
200,000 coding students from Israel, UAE to collaborate in app development	0 [11128]
[DM] Obeying orders from an authority reduces empathy and guilt-related activity in the brain, finds study that reveals why people commit immoral acts under coercion	0 [11128]
World's oldest man dies four months after his 116th birthday when he complained he couldn't find any tobacco to roll his own cigarettes due to the Covid lockdown	1 18:17 M. Murcek [11124]
PICTURED: Several homeless men smoke cigarettes and sit outside boutique hotel in Brooklyn after Mayor Bill de Blasio bused them into trendy area despite promising to end controversial relocation program	1 19:11 Skidmark [11125]
Louisiana orders evacuations as twin storms take aim at U.S. coast	0 [11127]
Florida woman shoots, kills man trying to break into her home	4 18:21 Vinegar Spolusing6485 [11126]
Missing Brockton Fort Hood soldier a victim of ‘abusive sexual contact,' Army says	2 10:51 Mullah Richard [11126]
German scientists run concert test to see how coronavirus spreads	0 [11125]
Women’s more complicated genes help them survive COVID more than men, claims MD	3 20:43 gorb [11125]
'Shocking betrayal:' Former Green Beret charged with spying for Russia over 15 years	11 21:15 Clem [11128]
Albion College Unleashes "Mandatory" App To Track Students At All Times	11 15:37 ed in texas [11128]
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Be Released In Florida Keys	0 [11128]
Louisiana Protest erupts over fatal police shooting of Black man	13 23:34 Squinty Cherert1278 [11130]
California loses manpower to fight wildfires after more than 800 inmates in controversial firefighting program were released due to pandemic - as the prison population makes up 43% of all responders	6 12:34 magpie [11126]
Five arrested in Santa Cruz for looting evacuees' homes	3 14:52 Skidmark [11128]
Belarus strongman orders army to defend territorial integrity	0 [11130]
California Gov. Urges Residents to Flee as Wildfires Become Some of Largest in State History	12 20:33 lord garth [11127]
Brazil is ''returning to normal'' from COVID19, says president	7 19:08 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11128]
Lukashenko deploys Belarusian military Lithuanian border	0 [11127]
Lukashenko says he will close Belarus factories that are seeing protests	0 [11130]
Violence across Colombia leaves 17 dead	0 [11130]
Husband, 33, is left paralyzed after being hit by stray bullet in New York while walking to store with new wife	0 [11128]
Mesmerizing footage shows SIX waterspouts in the Gulf of Mexico as Houston goes on alert for double whammy from Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco - that could both hit as hurricanes at the SAME time on Wednesday	9 14:24 Matt [11125]
Russia launches a SECOND Covid vaccine: New jab developed at top-secret biological weapons plant 'avoids side-effects of first one' that Putin announced to widespread scepticism	4 16:43 Alaska Paul [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
VDH: American soldiers leave Germany -- and suddenly Germany is upset	9 20:39 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11130]
‘What Have Democrats Done To Solve ANYTHING?’: Rose McGowan Goes Ballistic Over 'Rapist' Biden, 'Vacuous' Liberal Elites	2 08:50 Spise Ominese7158 [11126]
Hollywood Elites Rush To Normalize Pedophilia Before They're All Outed By Ghislaine Maxwell	6 15:31 Rambler in Virginia [11129]
Signs of a Coming Trump Victory	7 22:42 Canuckistan sniper [11129]
White House: Trump opportunity zones raised $75B to rebuild poorest communities	3 16:34 magpie [11128]
Page 6: Politix
California Globe - California's Electric Grid Is Near Collapse	15 21:01 Iblis [11127]
Ireland's "#Golfgate" Scandal Threatens To Throw Gov't Into Chaos As Officials Resign	1 13:07 ed in texas [11125]
White House: Trump to reveal major COVID-19 breakthrough	10 21:04 crazyhorse [11134]
Rush: Biden's Speech Was Delivered So Flawlessly, Some Think It Was Prerecorded And Stitched Together From Multiple Takes	9 11:58 Clem [11126]
Red State Governor Signed A Bill Increasing Penalties On Protesters	0 [11128]
Woman Who Stole 7-Year-Old's Trump Hat Is Arrested For That and A Lot More	3 04:40 Spise Ominese7158 [11130]
Mayor Durkan vetoes council's 2020 budget revision that would have cut up to 100 Seattle police officers	2 14:37 Procopius2k [11129]
Interesting take on John Brennan's interview with John Durham: John Brennan Was Put in a Perjury Trap Yesterday — A Completely Legitimate One	6 12:49 Besoeker [11127]
Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire	6 14:38 Procopius2k [11127]
Judge Orders Election Redo After NJ Democrats Charged with Voter Fraud	0 [11127]
Campaign Aide: Joe Biden May Never Campaign in Person this Fall	13 15:12 Rob Crawford [11127]

    
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                        20:39 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589

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                        20:33 lord garth

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                        19:38 charger

                        19:14 Glineth Slolurong7615

                        19:11 Skidmark

                        19:08 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589

                        18:44 jpal

Who's in the News
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6	Sublime Porte
4	Hezbollah
4	Muslim Brotherhood
3	Islamic State
3	Antifa/BLM
3	Govt of Iraq
3	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	Hamas
2	Commies
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	Taliban
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	PLO

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-08-23
Sudan's Hamdok says government ready to cooperate with ICC over Darfur

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

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