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Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	8 22:09 Spusoting Squank5655 [11131]
18 Iraqis Killed in Multiple Night-time Jihadist Raids	0 [11129]
Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy	0 [11135]
Unidentified gunmen targets University lecturer in Kabul	1 17:04 Rob06 [11128]
4 including a child killed in Taliban mortar attack: Nangarhar	0 [11133]
Army Outpost Attacked in Ghazni, 30 Soldiers Missing: Sources	0 [11123]
Blast Targets Army Division in Parwan	0 [11132]
Death Toll in Logar Suicide Bombing Rises to 26, 110 Injured	0 [11126]
Yemen: Saudi-allied militant cmdr., Daesh ringleader killed in Ma'rib	2 15:57 trailing wife [11133]
Turkey Adds Crypto Firms to Money Laundering, Terror Financing Rules	0 [11132]
334 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast	0 [11129]
Turin, Italy: Police move in to shut down the far-left May Day protest	0 [11132]
Antifa and far-left extremists are rioting in Paris today for May Day	2 14:57 jpal [11131]
London: ‘No justice, no peace!’	4 12:31 Dron66046 [11134]
Berlin: Police move in to shut down the antifa May Day riot on Sonnenallee	0 [11129]
Far-left protesters follow a man who is brandishing a bat in downtown Portland	0 [11131]
Syria's Kobani faces severe water crisis	0 [11130]
Al-Qassam Brigades displayed their homemade Merkava IV battle tank in the northern Gaza Strip	4 20:33 Slappy [11133]
'’O our beloved al-Qassam, strike and destroy Tel-Aviv.'’	0 [11126]
Security forces launch an operation to secure the Balad airbase	0 [11130]
Iraqi Army, PMF repel ISIS attacks in Diyala	0 [11132]
ISIS monitors the shrine of Imam al-Kadhim in Baghdad, prepares to launch an attack, Intelligence says	0 [11125]
14 Tunisian undocumented migrants were rescued by a Navy unit backed by an Italian reconnaissance aircraft and naval unit	0 [11128]
Turkish occupation forces renew their attacks on villages in northern Aleppo countryside	0 [11135]
Portland BLM press person: “Burn it all down. I’m choosing violence all weekend. Tell a friend.”	1 07:12 Lionel Elmomorong4732 [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Report: US agrees to unfreeze $7 billion, free Iranians in prisoner swap with Tehran	5 17:38 Vernal Dingle3453 [11128]
UK ‘failing to protect’ British women and children trafficked by ISIS	4 07:47 Besoeker [11134]
Qatar and Turkey ''meddle'' in Somalia's political crisis	0 [11134]
‘Violation of deadline’ paves the path for counteractions against US, NATO: Taliban	0 [11128]
Taliban protects US bases while ‘ramping up attacks’ on Afghan civilians, army	0 [11125]
Troika members support review of Taliban blacklist status at UNSC	3 07:08 Besoeker [11131]
Tajik forces fire on Kyrgyz homes, death toll rises	0 [11130]
Dbeibeh Accuses Local Parties of Seeking New War in Libya	0 [11130]
White House Faces Pressure to Intervene Effectively in Yemeni Crisis	2 08:58 Besoeker [11131]
Somali President Asks PM to Organize Elections	0 [11127]
Ethiopia to designate TPLF, OLF-Shene as 'terror' groups	0 [11131]
Scenes show the low level of the Euphrates River near the city of Raqqa to swamp-like levels	3 12:52 Dron66046 [11126]
Al-Mishri: Mercenaries' withdrawal comes before reviewing signed military agreements	0 [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Military Free Fall (MFF) School (video)	1 23:58 Skidmark [11131]
Karen Peles and Maayan sing from Post-422 (video)	1 23:57 Dron66046 [11129]
Hundreds of millions in PPP loans went to CCP-backed firms, as U.S. small businesses went under	4 17:10 Sneart Thromonter8301 [11132]
IDF: Female soldiers who came to rescue in Meron were attacked	8 16:55 Skidmark [11128]
US administers 243.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines	2 06:52 Raj [11126]
NASA is unlikely to find any use for the L3 point since it remains hidden behind the Sun at all times. The idea of a hidden planet has been a popular topic in science fiction writing.	6 23:56 Skidmark [11133]
Moment deranged motorist smashes school bus window and then runs over driver when she gets out to take photo of his car	4 17:18 O Brien [11134]
Police, health officials warned of Meron disaster just weeks before	2 11:37 Clem [11124]
NJ police chief who offered promotion in exchange for sex with cop's wife, kid faces demotion	3 13:23 CrazyFool [11125]
Calif. professor on leave after berating student for calling police 'heroes'	7 09:06 DarthVader [11127]
Activists deliver 30 boxes of signatures for petition to replace Minneapolis Police Department	7 13:50 Tom [11126]
Central African troops and Russian mercenaries accused of abuses in anti-rebel offensive	0 [11130]
SpaceX is set to perform the FIRST US astronaut crew splashdown in the dark since Apollo 8 when it brings Crew-2 back from the International Space Station at 3am ET Sunday	1 11:05 Skidmark [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
FOX News Covers Election Fraud! ‐ TX AG Ken Paxton Describes How Cheating Democrats Almost Stole Texas in 2020 Like Georgia (VIDEO)	3 21:23 Sneart Thromonter8301 [11130]
The Interview	2 13:17 NoMoreBS [11127]
Niall Ferguson - 'Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe'	3 12:00 trailing wife [11132]
The 'Stomp Reflex': When governments abuse emergency powers	3 12:48 Dron66046 [11125]
US 'democracy' is run by and for the oligarchs: Analyst	7 11:15 Skidmark [11129]
Why is my tax refund taking so long? The IRS may not tell you, but this report offers clues	9 23:24 Chris [11134]
Conflict On The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Moves From Sticks And Stones To Bullets And Bombs	1 18:55 Clem [11136]
Page 6: Politix
Violent crime has surged in Minneapolis in the year since George Floyd's death, with the second highest number of homicides EVER as the pandemic and protests	12 23:19 Clem [11135]
'We're here for Nancy Pelosi's laptop': Trump supporter reveals 'surreal' moment FBI raided her Alaska home in hunt for computer stolen during the Capitol riot - but she claims it's a case of mistaken identity	11 23:21 Clem [11127]
Mitt Romney Booed and Humiliated During Utah Republican Convention	16 19:31 swksvolFF [11130]
Texas Dem official faces demands to resign for calling Tim Scott 'an oreo'	3 10:39 Glenmore [11129]
Santa Clara County Office of Education denounces the US as a 'parasitic system' based on the 'invasion' of whites	6 17:15 Clereter Peacock3624 [11127]
Why New York and California are losing people, power to Texas and Florida	2 21:15 SteveS [11134]
Texas holds special election to replace Rep. Wright, who died of COVID	1 10:44 Glenmore [11131]
Manchin opposes D.C. statehood, dealing a blow to Democratic priority	0 [11129]
Newark Police Ordered To Stop Arresting People For Many Warrants	4 16:41 Frank G [11138]
DeSantis: Claiming Systemic Racism in America a 'Bunch of Horse Manure'	2 08:18 Procopius2k [11134]
Jackson Lee: Institutional Racism, Systemic Racism 'Taints and Spoils' the Way America Treats Minorities	9 19:00 Clem [11135]
Manchin Crushes Democrat Dreams of Federal Election Takeover	2 10:46 Glenmore [11133]
Biden: American People Aren't Racist, But...	9 10:35 Jan [11126]
'If You Need Wokeness, Just Go Listen To NPR': James Carville	0 [11137]

    
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7	Antifa/BLM
6	Taliban
5	Sublime Porte
4	Islamic State
3	Human Trafficking
2	Hamas
2	Govt of Iran
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Commies
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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Thu 2021-04-29
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Tue 2021-04-27
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Mon 2021-04-26
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Sat 2021-04-24
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Wed 2021-04-21
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