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Hundreds arrested in 'staggering' global crime sting
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Page 1: WoT Operations
"It's just like Vietnam, it's just like Beirut": Minneapolis tries and fails to reopen George Floyd Square ... again	3 16:33 Cesare [11125]
3 Jaffa residents arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of 12-year-old	0 [11125]
Islamic State jihadists abduct 5 Egyptians in northern Sinai	0 [11126]
Judge calls man, 27, who helped burn down Minneapolis police station in George Floyd riots a 'good person who made a terrible mistake' as he hands down four-year prison sentence and $12M fine	11 22:39 trailing wife [11127]
'You're not even from this country, you ch**k!' Shocking moment man hurls slurs at Asian NYPD officer before yelling 'black people can't be racist'	7 15:25 Silentbrick [11126]
Turkey establishes new military post in Syria's northwest	0 [11127]
Special units of the Asayish arrested two ISIS members, who were responsible for recruitment and facilitating operations	0 [11124]
8 fighters said killed in alleged Israeli strikes in Syria	0 [11128]
DABS: 23 Power Pylons Destroyed, Damaged in 1 Month	0 [11123]
Center of Faryab’s Dawlat Abad District Falls to Taliban	0 [11129]
Senior Iraqi National Intelligence Officer Gunned down in Baghdad	1 00:51 Vernal B. Hayes4542 [11131]
Hundreds arrested in 'staggering' global crime sting	8 20:31 CrazyFool [11128]
APHC expresses concerns about massive deployment of additional forces in Indian Jammu and Kashmir	4 11:46 Abu Uluque [11122]
Page 2: WoT Background
UNRWA accidently gives $ to a struggling synagogue in Jerusalem - satire	0 [11125]
Rochdale grooming gang member, 51, who got girl, 13, pregnant and trafficked a 15-year-old says 'we have not committed that big a crime' as claims it would breach his human rights to be sent back to Pakistan	7 16:22 Rob Crawford [11122]
SDF denies activity against Turkey in northern Syria	0 [11128]
Repeated calls to expel Turkish forces from Iraq	0 [11123]
UN Report Cites New Info on Taliban-Al Qaeda Ties	0 [11123]
Mauritania: Islamist Party Calls for Peaceful Struggle Against Regime	0 [11125]
Damascus Residents Voice Disappointment with Post-Elections Degraded Gov't Services	0 [11126]
Genocide conviction upheld against Mladic	1 08:00 Skidmark [11129]
Another High-Ranking Capitol Police Official Resigns Amid January 6th Riots Fallout	4 19:11 rjschwarz [11136]
Radical Islamist Group Hizb ut-Tahrir Resurgent in Britain Amid Israel-Palestine Conflict: Report	0 [11122]
Israeli ambassador: Hamas was using Associated Press building to jam Iron Dome technology	4 14:44 Dron66046 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Anti-vaxxer tells Ohio legislature: The vaccines are magnetizing people and making forks stick to their foreheads	10 22:16 Skidmark [11125]
Worldwide internet blackout that saw sites including Amazon, UK government and Spotify crash was caused by ONE Fastly customer changing their settings	9 23:27 Chris [11128]
Russian sailors rescue stranded dog from Arctic ice	0 [11123]
Biden to face global challenges from China, Russia as he departs for first foreign trip	0 [11123]
Fire rages out of control near Jerusalem, residents evacuated	1 13:46 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Brooklyn $300K jewel heist: Gun-wielding robber holds up 62-year-old driver and pepper sprays him in the face before fleeing with six bags of diamonds and gold dust from his car	2 17:17 Warthog [11126]
Marine recruit, 19, dies during grueling 54-hour 'The Crucible' training exercise as he was pushed to his limits without food or sleep	5 19:27 NoMoreBS [11131]
NASA's Juno spacecraft captures stunning photos of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede as it flies within 645 miles of the satellite - the closest a craft has come in more than 20 years	0 [11125]
Judge orders Virginia gym teacher to be reinstated after he was suspended for refusing to allow biological boys to compete as girls because transgender policy went against his Christianity	2 15:23 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11130]
$250 BILLION bill to compete with China approved: Dems and Reps unite to back investment in research, AI and semiconductor production to win science and tech race with Beijing	7 14:30 JohnQC [11125]
The Fastest Evolving Regions of the Human Genome	6 14:27 Skidmark [11124]
The Music Stops at Beirut's Fabled Nightclubs	1 20:58 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11129]
Pearl Harbor on Lockdown UPDATE: Fake Bomb Threat Called In	0 [11123]
Rare case of female Wakandan rage - woman charged after allegedly shooting into car with kids inside	6 20:29 Sposh Bluetooth7712 [11132]
Iraq plans nuclear power plants to tackle electricity shortage	3 09:11 Skidmark [11126]
The UnitedNations Security Council has voted to reelect Antonio Guterres as the UN secretary-general	5 13:09 swksvolFF [11128]
China, ASEAN foreign ministers agree to avoid provocations in South China Sea	0 [11122]
Harris says Mexico talks 'candid,' pledges investment to stem migration	3 14:29 Skidmark [11126]
'Hardcore' felon caught peeping on mother, teen at Florida home	4 11:27 Warthog [11127]
Meghan Markle's new book fails to top the bestseller list	5 16:24 swksvolFF [11124]
Suspect will likely face additional charges in death of 5-year-old Samuel Olson	3 11:28 CrazyFool [11122]
Three killed, two wounded across NYC as bloody summer approaches	0 [11125]
Washington State Residents May Get Free Marijuana Joint with Coronavirus Vaccine	2 10:10 Chris [11123]
Brazilian model who is nearly SEVEN FEET tall reveals an undiagnosed tumor caused her incredible growth as a child - as she says marrying a man 16 INCHES shorter than her helped her to embrace her height	4 12:44 Skidmark [11124]
Iranian parents 'who stabbed their son to death in honour killing over his unmarried status confess to murdering their daughter and son-in-law years earlier'	1 06:41 NN2N1 [11125]
Kid Rock uses homophobic slur towards patrons at Smithville, Tennessee bar	11 15:57 DarthVader [11125]
Moment couple are pepper-sprayed by random attacker as they walk down Manhattan sidewalk amid NYC surge in violence	2 15:19 magpie [11124]
Do YOU have what it takes? Applications to become the European Space Agency's next astronaut close next week - with people with 'lower limb deficiencies or short stature' encouraged to sign up for future missions to the MOON	7 19:22 Jeremiah Uleack1446 [11125]
FBI investigates ANOTHER cyber attack, this time at NYC Law Department: City officials disable computer network in legal offices after finding ransomware that is commonly used by foreign governments	5 17:02 NN2N1 [11126]
Cyber criminals target Congress: 60 members from both parties are left UNABLE TO ACCESS data for weeks in latest ransomware hack	8 17:26 Airandee [11129]
How China Steals US Tech to Catch Up in Underwater Warfare	0 [11125]
MQ-25 T1 unmanned tanker made the first ever refueling of a F/A-18 Super Hornet	1 12:56 Warthog [11127]
French President Macron Gets Bitch Slapped In Public	1 10:17 Chris [11128]
Exclusive: Gauteng woman gives birth to 10 children, breaks Guinness World Record	0 [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Jason Rantz: 5 reasons why Seattle police are ditching the city	2 12:51 Skidmark [11124]
Chuck DeVore: Biden's border crisis – Texas may have to defend itself. Here's why	0 [11124]
Stasi's 'no touch' torture: It was the East German secret police's most terrifying weapon - gaslighting mind games that drove its own citizens mad... and the lessons for today's social media generation couldn't be more stark	2 15:36 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11124]
WAPO: The Biden administration has no real plan to get the truth about COVID from China	12 13:42 g(r)omgoru [11122]
The Strongest Perfume Cannot Cover the Stench of Kamala Harris' Incompetence	11 14:21 rjschwarz [11126]
Joe Biden warned as a court slaps down race-based COVID relief	1 06:23 NN2N1 [11126]
Obama blames ‘White America'…Video	8 13:43 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Is Someone Trying To Delay The Global COVID Recovery To Ram Through Even More Stimulus?	3 11:47 Cesare [11126]
Page 6: Politix
'Hypocrisy drips from her lips': AOC's defund-the-police NYC mayor pick Maya Wiley is seen leaving her $2.75M Brooklyn home protected by private security: Decries gifted programs for kids despite sending hers to one - and another to $50k college	3 15:00 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Reopening Palestinian Missions Would Violate Law, Senators Say	0 [11125]
Canada to move against far-right groups after Muslim family attack	4 13:02 Rob Crawford [11125]
Disrespect from a French astronaut America/SpaceX just put into space.	22 20:13 trailing wife [11124]
Hunter Biden addressed his white lawyer as 'n***a' multiple times	6 15:20 swksvolFF [11128]
Two more states sue Biden administration over Keystone XL pipeline, bringing total to 23	1 08:07 Procopius2k [11123]
California could blaze pathway with Critical Math Theory	6 19:34 NoMoreBS [11128]
Obama claims media stokes 'fear and resentment' among white Americans	3 13:02 Skidmark [11123]
CAIR and ICNA cry ''Islamophobia.''	5 15:02 Dron66046 [11125]
Eric Adams bests Andrew Yang, Kathryn Garcia in new ranked-choice poll	1 12:52 M. Murcek [11126]
Kamala Harris' response to border crisis a head-scratcher: I haven't 'been to Europe' either	9 17:53 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [11130]
NYT, MSNBC's Mara Gay: 'Disturbing' to see 'dozens of American flags' on trucks on Long Island	8 14:32 JohnQC [11125]

    
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                        20:31 CrazyFool

                        20:29 Sposh Bluetooth7712

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                        19:57 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        19:34 NoMoreBS

                        19:32 Rambler in Virginia

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                        19:22 Jeremiah Uleack1446

                        19:15 KBK

                        19:11 rjschwarz

                        18:37 Gerthudion Whomoper3485

                        18:37 Silentbrick

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5	Commies
3	Antifa/BLM
3	Sublime Porte
3	Islamic State
2	Devout Moslems
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Human Trafficking
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2021-06-09
Hundreds arrested in 'staggering' global crime sting

Tue 2021-06-08
Four suspects tried in Paris over 2017 jihadist murder of cop

Mon 2021-06-07
More than two dozen Antifa rioters charged for Portland mayhem

Sun 2021-06-06
Flight From LAX Diverted After Flight Crew, Passengers Take Down Loon Allegedly Attempting To Break Into Cockpit

Sat 2021-06-05
Al-Qassam Brigades signing up new members during open recruitment in the northern Gaza Strip

Fri 2021-06-04
Niger State Govt Confirms 136 Pupils Kidnapped From Islamic School

Thu 2021-06-03
9 Killed in Protests against Kurdish Administration in Aleppo Countryside

Wed 2021-06-02
Iran Rearming Hamas with ‘Thousands of New Rockets'

Tue 2021-06-01
At least 39 dead in two attacks in eastern DR Congo

Mon 2021-05-31
ISIS suffers blow in Somalia's Puntland as forces kill Pakistani Jihadist

Sun 2021-05-30
Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah coordinated Gaza fighting in joint ops room

Sat 2021-05-29
Cullors steps down as BLM executive director
following real-estate spending spree

Fri 2021-05-28
Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes

Thu 2021-05-27
Riot in Portland on anniversary of George Floyd's murder.
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Wed 2021-05-26
Mali Army Arrests President, Prime Minister

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