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Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Men Suspected of Planning Drone Attacks
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	3 12:07 JohnQC [11129]
Inside the reality of Biden's border crisis: Shocking video shows women and children crammed into an overcrowded Rio Grande Valley facility amid widespread COVID concerns and with illegal crossings at record highs	3 20:51 Ding [11125]
Iraq blast kills 8 members of the security forces	0 [11125]
Palestinian reportedly dies week after West Bank clash with IDF	1 02:32 g(r)omgoru [11128]
AU mission responds to claims of civilian killing in southern Somalia	0 [11133]
Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Men Suspected of Planning Drone Attacks	0 [11132]
7 arrested for rioting, throwing rocks during May conflict with Gaza	0 [11130]
Explosion reported on ship used to carry Iranian oil at Syrian port	2 08:45 Mike Kozlowski [11129]
Ghani has replaced the army chief of staff amid a Taliban blitz	0 [11128]
Spanish law enforcement and customs officials have seized $470 million worth of hash cannabis on a cargo vessel en route from Lebanon to Lagos	2 10:01 Chris [11124]
Arms and ammunition recovered in north Kashmir's Gurez	0 [11130]
Unknown gunmen assassinate Iraqi Karbala mayor	0 [11129]
Sistan and Baluchestan police commander announced the confiscation of over 1 ton of narcotics in an armed clash between police forces and smugglers	1 14:11 Frank G [11126]
Taliban have completely besieged the provincial capital of Badghis and are advancing towards the city center ...	10 21:31 trailing wife [11136]
Iran’s Raisi taps minister wanted for role in Buenos Aires Jewish Center bombing	0 [11130]
Taliban broke open a Kandahar prison and released thousands of their comrades.	0 [11131]
Dakotah Horton pled guilty to assaulting a federal officer during the Portland Antifa July 27th federal courthouse riot	2 08:01 Mullah Richard [11131]
Christian Anti-Abortion event tonight in Salem Oregon. A group of Antifa showed up in black bloc to disrupt the event	4 15:43 M. Murcek [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Biden asks Saudi Arabia and OPEC to produce MORE oil as inflation sends gas prices soaring - after HE shut down America's Keystone pipeline	6 13:50 Skidmark [11125]
Afghan Ambassador to the US slams Biden for suggesting there is a 'political solution' to Taliban onslaught and begs him to launch air strikes amid fears Kabul will fall within 30 days	21 21:57 CrazyFool [11131]
Norwegian imam who has led interfaith dialogue said Jews should be killed	6 16:06 Mullah Richard [11129]
Hamas said to block UN team from inspecting school where tunnel was found	1 20:50 Frank G [11129]
Iranian official tweets message in Hebrew	2 22:33 M. Murcek [11129]
‘Very few’ Iraqis in Lithuania will be granted refugee status: deputy minister	0 [11127]
Over 300 Iraqi migrants arrive in Baghdad from Belarus	0 [11127]
Rojava hands over two ISIS-linked orphans to Palestinian consulate	0 [11127]
Germany and Netherlands suspend deportations to Afghanistan	0 [11125]
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to 'self-smuggling'	0 [11131]
Syria’s Christian population reduced by two-thirds since 2011	0 [11125]
Chicago mayor to boost police budget following cop murder	5 19:40 magpie [11131]
Leb can no longer afford to subsidize fuel	1 18:33 Skidmark [11131]
Sudan will hand former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court	3 08:57 Phomoque Unirt2957 [11127]
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani names an ambassador to SaudiArabia in a further sign of improved ties	0 [11128]
Lebanese parties to boycott parliament session aimed to derail Beirut blast probe	0 [11135]
Enemies desperately inviting Iran to come to negotiations	0 [11129]
Haftar’s speech caused a wave of false headlines online yesterday	0 [11130]
One Million Barrels of Libyan Crude Oil to be Shipped to China	10 21:34 trailing wife [11128]
Libya’s Foreign-Interior Ministries Discuss Securing Border Crossings	0 [11126]
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz authorizes Palestinians to build 1000 housing units in West Bank’s Area C	0 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
NYPD hunt shirtless thug who slapped elderly Jewish plumber in the face and knocked him to the ground over parking dispute	4 20:59 trailing wife [11128]
Moment gunman fires at fleeing victim as they run through the streets of upper Manhattan in New York's latest shocking shooting incident	0 [11127]
Blistering heat dome 'Lucifer' heads for Portugal and into central Italy as wildfires rip through Mediterranean and temperatures hit 122.5F in Tunisia	2 18:24 M. Murcek [11124]
Consulting firm Accenture is hit by Russian cyber hackers who demand $50M after claiming they stole six terabytes of 'top secret' data	2 18:00 M. Murcek [11128]
California Professor Accused of Starting Wildfires Predicted Trump Would ‘Get Violent' if He Lost 2020 Election	10 21:58 Besoeker [11128]
Amazing video shows Texas tech firm 3D PRINTING room to help NASA simulate life on Mars as it prepares to send astronauts to the Red Planet by 2037	1 09:24 M. Murcek [11124]
Russia arrests top hypersonic missile scientist on treason charge 'for passing secrets to a NATO country' it emerges after British embassy security guard is seized in Germany for 'spying for Kremlin'	2 13:28 lord garth [11127]
Senate votes 50-49 to PASS Tom Cotton's amendment banning federal funding to schools that teach critical race theory	7 20:54 Ding [11130]
FDA expected to authorize COVID vaccine booster shots this week	23 18:55 swksvolFF [11126]
PM orders NIS 2.5b investment in health system as COVID cases rise	1 21:59 trailing wife [11127]
Pentagon: Service Members Can Request Exemptions From COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate	3 19:39 magpie [11126]
France, Italy see mass protests against COVID health pass	0 [11128]
New Census data to show US diversifying at fastest rate ever	3 15:38 Procopius2k [11123]
Texas bans secretive Chinese billionaire who spent $110m quietly buying-up land from setting up 15,000 acre wind farm amid fears turbines could be fitted with spying equipment or used by Chinese government to cripple energy grid	4 18:22 Besoeker [11126]
Up to 30 feared dead in India landslide: Officials	0 [11125]
Kurdish couple from Turkey lose asylum claim in Germany	0 [11124]
Restrictions on Unvaccinated People See Explosion of Fake Vaccination Cards	9 13:20 magpie [11130]
College professor held in wildland arson spree near California’s massive Dixie Fire	9 15:28 JohnQC [11132]
Facebook blocks human rights groups at the request of the Uzbek authorities	0 [11123]
Protasevich's talk with Lugansk investigators to advance case against him	0 [11130]
Blaze that swelled overnight in the Peloponnese peninsula has forced the evacuation of many villages as exhausted firefighters battle wildfires across Greece	1 21:52 Sloluse Hupump9627 [11128]
Black family has filed a federal complaint against Mary Lin Elementary after it was discovered the principal had been segregating the students based on race	3 11:11 Pliny Pelosi6874 [11125]
'I don't feel safe': Hayden Island residents frustrated over increasing crime	2 10:37 Tom [11125]
'Tear it down': Steve Hilton says if parents want their power back, teachers unions have to go	2 15:34 M. Murcek [11127]
North Korea issues threat over joint US-South Korea military drills	1 07:36 NN2N1 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
China Knows: Big Tech Hires Very Few People	12 17:46 ruprecht [11131]
Tune in to Matthew Scott....	0 [11125]
Liaoyang: This battle was to be decisive for Russia	0 [11129]
Page 6: Politix
So much for ‘restoring transparency and trust'! Joe Biden REFUSES to disclose who's visited his Delaware homes during his 17 trips back since becoming president despite vowing to be more open about guests than Donald Trump	8 20:58 Ding [11129]
Virginia school board approves controversial transgender policy	0 [11128]
California GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Larry Elder: Yes, I think Biden won the election fair and square	7 15:55 Rex Mundi [11127]
Musk on Bezos	6 18:21 M. Murcek [11124]
Hunter Biden Says He Lost ANOTHER Laptop to Russian Drug Dealers in Naked Pillow Talk	22 20:04 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11134]
Kathy Hochul's huge challenge as New York's next gov	0 [11129]
Wyoming GOP County Parties Start Bailing on Liz Cheney With Trumpian Send Off: 'You're Fired!'	7 21:57 Sloluse Hupump9627 [11132]
You won't have Gov. Andrew Cuomo to kick around anymore	2 09:47 M. Murcek [11127]
Moment sobbing Loudoun County teacher quits in protest over CRT lessons	7 18:05 M. Murcek [11129]
Kamala Harris Discussed 'Complete Opening' of the Southern Border With Mexican President	2 10:00 DarthVader [11125]
Texas House Speaker Signs 52 Arrest Warrants For Absent Democrat Lawmakers	5 18:29 M. Murcek [11125]
Senate passes amendment banning federal tax dollars from teaching CRT	6 15:32 M. Murcek [11124]
Andrew Cuomo joins long list of big New York political scandals	1 17:19 Knuckles Lumumba1339 [11133]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Commies
4	Taliban
4	Human Trafficking
3	Arab Spring
3	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Iran
2	Antifa/BLM
2	Devout Moslems
2	Islamic State
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
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1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2021-08-12
Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Men Suspected of Planning Drone Attacks

Wed 2021-08-11
Taliban takes control of border with Uzbekistan

Tue 2021-08-10
Cuomo finally resigns!

Mon 2021-08-09
Taliban say capital of Afghanistan's Takhar province seized

Sun 2021-08-08
Taliban take over Kunduz

Sat 2021-08-07
IDF attacks Hamas headquarters in response to balloon fires

Fri 2021-08-06
Jihadists kill 30 in north Burkina Faso, says official

Thu 2021-08-05
Israel moves cyber sabotage units to UAE to turn Persian Gulf into crisis hub

Wed 2021-08-04
375 Taliban killed in past 24 hours: MoD

Tue 2021-08-03
Possible 'Mine Attack' Incident In Gulf Waters

Mon 2021-08-02
15 Niger troops killed in ambush, subsequent blast

Sun 2021-08-01
Bus with soccer players blown up in Somalia as key election starts

Sat 2021-07-31
Tanker managed by Israeli firm attacked off Oman, killing two

Fri 2021-07-30
Secret files show Iranian plans to sink ships using cyberattacks

Thu 2021-07-29
3 Tunisian parties, including Ennahda, face legal probe
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