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Possible 'Mine Attack' Incident In Gulf Waters
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Multiple injuries as gunshots fired at Pentagon transit stop	6 18:38 JohnQC [11131]
Possible 'Mine Attack' Incident Unfolding In Gulf Waters As International Aircraft Dispatched UPDATE: 4 6 ships lost steering, Iran Hijacked 1?	12 19:48 Retard Strength [11135]
Good Morning	7 18:52 JohnQC [11134]
Biden Accelerates Bombing in Somalia as End of Afghanistan War Nears	1 14:53 ed in texas [11130]
Israeli troops nab 4 Gaza infiltrators, 3 of them armed with knives	1 04:32 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Arsonists cause West Bank fires during extreme heatwave, officials say	0 [11129]
Troops fire flares along Lebanon border after suspicious activity spotted	0 [11125]
IDF shoots Arab Israeli allegedly trying to break through West Bank barrier	2 05:42 Dron66046 [11128]
Al-Shabaab attack kills at least three Kenyans in border town	0 [11130]
Civilian Police Staffer with Alleged Abu Sayyaf Links Arrested in Southern Philippines	0 [11126]
Clashes Ongoing in Herat City for 6th Day	0 [11128]
Iran removes its air defense system to Bushehr Province	4 09:50 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11132]
Fallujah Police arrest ISIS elements, seize explosives	0 [11128]
Azerbaijan says Armenia continues armed provocations	1 01:16 Chris [11128]
Taliban committed war crimes in Spin Boldak: US, UK embassies	2 05:54 Dron66046 [11125]
LeT militant module busted in Anantnag, four arrested: police	0 [11128]
Gunfight breaks out in north Kashmir's Bandipora	0 [11125]
Afghan forces battle to stop Taliban from advancing on provincial cities	0 [11125]
Lebanese army detains 2 men after deadly funeral attack	0 [11126]
Syria strikes down spy drone near Aleppo	0 [11124]
Citing Taliban violence, U.S. expands Afghan refugee program	2 14:49 Matt [11128]
New advances have been made by Yemen's (Houthi) armed forces backed by local tribes toward the oil-rich province of Ma'rib	1 09:55 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11125]
Lashkargah fighting, Day 5: Taliban seize TV and radio stations, U.S. airstrikes kill 40 Talibs as fighting continues	0 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israeli Supreme Court floats compromise in Sheikh Jarrah evictions case, Paleos reject	0 [11128]
Egypt releases 2021 national report on combating terrorism	0 [11124]
Uzbek, Tajik Militaries Conduct Drills Close to Afghan Territory	0 [11124]
Turkey slow down before accusing PKK of setting fire in the forests	1 15:28 Mullah Richard [11128]
UK's Johnson: Iran must face up to consequences of “outrageous” ship attack	0 [11124]
Families of Terrorism victims demonstrate in Nineveh	0 [11129]
Utter chivalry, 5,000 boys, girls take entry test for Military academy in Kabul	1 05:46 Dron66046 [11124]
Afghan soil is used against Pakistan: Pakistani NSA	0 [11126]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied relieves both the finance and economy minister and the communications and technologies minister	1 10:06 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11125]
Families of victims of Lebanon's deadly Beirut blast call on authorities to lift immunity within three days, warning that they are willing to ''break bones''	0 [11126]
Iran summons British, Romanian envoys to protest false accusations over oil tanker attack	0 [11125]
No indication of Iran's involvement in Israeli tanker attack: Russia	4 13:25 Cesare [11126]
Afghan president: We have plan to restore stability in country in six months	4 09:02 DarthVader [11127]
No new deal on Iran nuclear program possible, no alternative to JCPOA: Top Russia negotiator	0 [11124]
Lebanon’s Mikati says formation of new government slower than expected	0 [11125]
Israel should pay price for information about captive soldiers: Hamas	3 11:18 Besoeker [11135]
Settlement activities illegal, says UN amid limbo facing Sheikh Jarrah	0 [11129]
Inquest: Convicted terrorist Sudesh Amman was released from prison despite holding 'extremist views'	1 04:55 g(r)omgoru [11136]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Fox News drops analyst Andrew Napolitano after producer, 27, accused him of stroking his arm while making sexually suggestive comments in an elevator and accused Larry Kudlow of racial slurs	7 19:57 Procopius2k [11131]
'They made it clear that I would face punishment': Belarus sprinter reveals threat by Olympic officials who tried to kidnap her from Tokyo as activist who helped people flee the regime is found 'murdered'	1 10:12 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11130]
Detroit officer punches man and knocks him out cold, faces swift backlash	4 11:29 Besoeker [11129]
JPost: Israeli scientist says COVID-19 could be treated for under $1/day	13 18:52 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11128]
Moment Tesla autopilot brings Model S to a stop by itself after 'drunk driver' fell asleep at the wheel in Norway	0 [11127]
Moment Miami police officer tackles man to stop him from filming colleagues as they beat and kicked handcuffed black suspect accused of parking his scooter illegally	7 14:54 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11125]
'Little Ms. Purple Hair and her team of woke warriors fell flat on their faces': Trump diversity aide Wayne Dupree leads critics slamming US women's soccer team after their humiliating 1-0 loss to Canada	21 18:18 M. Murcek [11131]
Spirit Airlines cancels more than 200 flights in a single day: Thousands of stranded passengers complain of being hot and hungry as they're forced to sit on airport floors for hours with no idea of when their planes will take off	6 10:47 Glenmore [11132]
New ''Libyan dollar gang'' arrested in Erbil	0 [11127]
Stuck in Novosibersk	2 08:16 Procopius2k [11124]
Woman tries to run over a man three times in Baltimore	10 12:32 Abu Uluque [11127]
Nigeria has been hit by a surge in cholera cases in recent weeks, focused on the country’s north	2 21:23 badanov [11126]
For the sixth straight day, Turkish firefighters battle to control blazes tearing through forests	0 [11127]
DC: Third Officer Who Defended US Capitol Dies by Suicide	14 13:41 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Laurel Hubbard, transgender weightlifter, flops	8 17:26 ed in texas [11126]
Facebook BLOCKS Illinois police association's request to boost its Officer of the Year post	0 [11124]
A Chinese Communist-Linked Group is Partnering With American Schools To ‘Transform Education' With ‘Social Justice'	1 10:34 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11128]
Unravelling the mystery of the Finnish warrior buried in women's clothing: DNA tests of 1,000-year-old skeleton reveal that it was an intersex person with an extra X chromosome	3 09:45 Skidmark [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
China locking down again as Delta variant sweeps country	2 20:29 Frank G [11129]
From 2012: America pulls out of Iraq	0 [11129]
Sex, lies and cardinal sin? A plot like a Dan Brown novel and characters including the Pope's saint-maker, his 'Mata Hari' fixer, and a secret cabal accused of siphoning millions from Vatican coffers. The result? A most unholy scandal, writes GUY ADAMS	1 05:53 Dron66046 [11125]
Rethinking the FIR	0 [11123]
American corruption: the Russian view	9 19:53 746 [11130]
Congress Wants To Cut Guam Defenses	8 20:15 Rex Mundi [11130]
Are unemployment benefits the new welfare? Short-term assistance becoming long-term 'trap,' report warns	3 14:43 Procopius2k [11124]
Page 6: Politix
Jen Psaki defends Barrack Obama's 500-person 60th birthday party and dismisses fears the star-studded bash could spark a super-spreader: Joe Biden won't attend	14 17:30 Raj [11133]
Biden's infrastructure bill doubles annual funding for commission run by Manchin's wife	4 16:02 Besoeker [11127]
Senate Infrastruction Bill is 2700 pages long	9 18:42 CrazyFool [11132]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
6	Govt of Iran
3	Hezbollah
2	Islamic State
2	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Commies
1	Houthis
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	TTP
1	Devout Moslems
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1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria

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Thu 2021-07-29
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Wed 2021-07-28
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Tue 2021-07-27
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