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Chief: Detroit police prevented 'Seattle zone of lawlessness'
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	9 23:59 Gilestavious Corey1692 [11129]
Bombs Kill at Least a Dozen People, Wound Scores in Philippines	3 10:20 Skidmark [11122]
IDF strikes targets in southern Gaza Strip	3 12:06 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Iran Guards say three US-linked infiltrators killed	1 09:10 Skidmark [11129]
Taliban Attack Security Forces Base in Kunduz	0 [11130]
3 Security Force Members Killed in Ghazni Clashes	0 [11126]
BLM rioters armed with semi-auto rifles have shut down the street in Kenosha and ordered a Sheriff’s vehicle to stop	18 23:27 trailing wife [11131]
Portland catch and release	0 [11125]
Portland: 25+ arrests in the last 48 hrs, Dr. Steve Turley discusses Antifa vs. Proud Boys tiff	3 13:05 Dale [11125]
Portland: Mayor Ted Wheeler says the city is ''considering all options'	18 22:50 Anomalous Sources [11126]
Tripoli: Tonight's protest is under the ''protection'' of the Ministry of Interior.	0 [11130]
Syria says explosion on main gas pipeline result of terrorist attack, caused nationwide blackout overnight	0 [11125]
Deir Ezzor NDF appoint new leader in Al-Mayadeen, a week after the killing of former leader	0 [11129]
SOHR Regime-backed militiamen atrocities: Gunmen rape civilian woman and her three daughters nearby Khan_Shaykhun	0 [11124]
After beating woman Locals hold demonstration in Tal Abyad against Turkish-backed military police	0 [11131]
SOHR In less than 24 hours ISIS’ ambushes and attacks in Syrian desert kill and injure some 14 pro-regime militiamen	0 [11124]
“De-escalation zone” Four regime soldiers killed and wounded, after entering minefield in western Aleppo	0 [11128]
Daraa Unidentified gunmen target member of Military Intelligence branch	0 [11125]
SOHR Turkey’s military build-up Forces bring in new column to their positions in “de-escalation zone”	0 [11125]
Four arrested in Charlotte on third night of protests ahead of RNC	1 15:50 Tom [11129]
3 Prince George's County police officers shot 'were ambushed'	2 13:15 Dale [11127]
Chief: Detroit police prevented 'Seattle zone of lawlessness'	7 19:13 magpie [11133]
Page 2: WoT Background
The British Army could scrap all its TANKS under a cost-cutting and modernisation plan that would see it switch to focus on cyber-warfare and other 21st century threats	6 17:38 Skidmark [11128]
Army Finds 'Hydric Acid' Stock at Beirut Port — update: possible hoax	7 18:33 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11125]
Afghan Forces Capable of Fighting Terrorism: Khalid	0 [11129]
Kabul gets a new police chief	2 10:15 USN, Ret. [11130]
US-led coalition troops at Taji base not repositioned in Iraq: Iraqi military official	0 [11123]
KRG releases imprisoned Yezidi woman to family	0 [11124]
Iraq will stop gas imports by 2025: oil minister	0 [11125]
Indian Muslims should form own political party: Zakir Naik	0 [11127]
Talks in Mali aimed at resolving the political situation in the aftermath of last week's coup have ended without agreement	2 17:39 Skidmark [11129]
UAE and Israel health ministers speak by phone and agree to enhance cooperation in health sector	0 [11124]
Activists urge Pritzker to send National Guard to Chicago, claim Lightfoot 'can't control the city'	6 21:46 Anomalous Sources [11127]
Pakistan Invites Taliban, China to Discuss Afghanistan Peace	1 11:01 Skidmark [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Joseph R. (Dick) Johnson 11 July 1925 - 16 August 2020	0 [11125]
Hong Kong Reports First Confirmed Case Of Man Infected With COVID For A Second Time	0 [11124]
Air Force Wants New Ideas To Help Make It Easier For Female Fighter Pilots To Pee In Flight	5 22:26 Woodrow [11126]
Tropical Storm Laura reaches hurricane strength as it barrels toward Louisiana and Texas with 75mph winds and more than 300,000 are given mandatory evacuation orders from coastal cities	4 19:27 Glenmore [11126]
Under blackout threat, California may keep gas power plants state rushed to close	0 [11125]
Austria expels Russian diplomat, Moscow calls move 'damaging'	0 [11128]
Moment sobbing baby girl is rescued from SUV in 90-degree heat by Texas cops who smashed windows to pull her out as she lay trapped in babyseat covered in vomit	6 19:29 Glenmore [11127]
Weapons upgrades, more troops - and even new boots: Scott Morrison spends $1billion boosting defence as tensions with China escalate	1 18:39 Mercutio [11125]
China flexes its muscle and conducts navy drills in four regions to 'signal its readiness to handle confrontation with the US and self-ruled Taiwan'	2 13:29 Ebbavitch Whinemble2634 [11125]
Lockdown! With doors nailed shut!	2 10:57 magpie [11128]
Texas A&M professor accused of secretly collaborating with China amid NASA work	5 11:47 NoMoreBS [11126]
Israel needs an honest conversation with its superspreaders	2 22:24 Woodrow [11126]
FBI says FISA request forms will now ask whether target was government source	2 10:55 magpie [11130]
Algeria's presidency says constitutional referendum set for November 1	0 [11125]
Merkel Demands Kremlin Answer After Poison Found in Navalny	6 11:04 SteveS [11123]
Richard Grenell on Trump: 'He Doesn't Play Identity Politics'	2 10:00 M. Murcek [11129]
Delta Air Lines to furlough 1,941 pilots in October	2 11:26 magpie [11125]
President Trump's Border Wall Construction by Drone (video)	0 [11123]
Engineers Set New World Record Internet Speed	6 19:49 Procopius2k [11126]
CCP foreign exchange problem?	2 12:41 jpal [11127]
Danbury CT Names A Sewage Plant After John Oliver	3 18:37 jpal [11129]
'Un-dead' woman found to be breathing at Detroit funeral home	7 17:34 Frank G [11128]
The unique, arcane accounting rules causing Postal Service's massive losses	12 17:58 Skidmark [11152]
'North Korean leader partially delegates power to sister' says spy agency	0 [11126]
Japan PM Abe visits hospital again; fuels health worries	0 [11125]
Scott Peterson's death sentence in murder of pregnant wife overturned by California Supreme Court	4 09:55 Besoeker [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Joe DiGenova: Brennan appears to be a witness against Comey in Durham inquiry	7 17:33 Frank G [11126]
Democrat Vernon Jones slams his own party as 'infected' with 'intolerance, bigotry, socialism, anti-law enforcement bias'	2 16:01 Tom [11124]
Segregation For Dorms At New York University	18 22:02 Clem [11127]
Book Review: Jack Cashill's 'Unmasking Obama'	2 12:07 Abu Uluque [11126]
FBI Lawyer's Guilty Plea Suggests Spygate Corruption Goes Way Higher	3 09:45 JohnQC [11134]
The incredible chutzpah of Jumaane Williams' complaint about an NYPD 'slowdown'	7 23:19 trailing wife [11131]
Page 6: Politix
'Biden believes black people can't think for themselves': African American Republican candidate Kim Klacik slams Democrats at RNC after viral video blaming party for decay in Baltimore	0 [11125]
Apparently there is an alternative convention for NeverTrump Republicans	13 22:07 Anomalous Sources [11128]
Articles of impeachment drawn up against [Ohio] Gov. Mike DeWine over coronavirus orders	1 06:30 Clem [11129]
Pelosi calls Trump, GOP lawmakers 'domestic enemies,' 'enemies of the state' over mail-in voting opposition	19 23:58 trailing wife [11141]
'Outrageous': Trump announcement on convalescent plasma blasted by scientists	6 22:15 rjschwarz [11124]
Republicans officially renominate Trump, Pence to lead GOP ticket in November	8 22:58 Anomalous Sources [11130]
White Supremacist Who Organized Charlottesville Race Riots Endorses Joe Biden	3 21:21 Anomalous Sources [11132]
3 in 4 Republicans think America is better off now than in 2016	4 16:24 rjschwarz [11125]
More Than A Thousand Delegates Voted 'No' On Democratic Party Platform	9 21:51 Anomalous Sources [11134]

    
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7	Antifa/BLM
6	Commies
4	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Sublime Porte
1	Hamas
1	Govt of Iran
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-08-25
Chief: Detroit police prevented 'Seattle zone of lawlessness'

Mon 2020-08-24
Denver: After attacking police headquarters and a courthouse, antifa black bloc militants go around smashing up businesses

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

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