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Explosion at Nigerian illegal oil refinery kills more than 100
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Mayor of Arab town of Umm al-Fahm confronts residents for rioting over Temple Mount	3 21:26 jpal [11129]
Good Morning	11 23:51 Shetch Spereng1028 [11126]
Terrorist attack on bus carrying CISF personnel captured on video	0 [11125]
Three Turkish soldiers killed in Duhok: defense ministry	0 [11124]
Iraq launches new phase of anti-ISIS operation in west of the country	0 [11125]
Five alleged ISIS members arrested across Iraq	0 [11126]
Villagers suffer because of Turkey’s operation, bombardement of their area	0 [11125]
Ethiopia arrests 34 suspected Al-Shabaab militants	15 16:47 Frank G [11123]
Boat carrying 60 migrants capsizes off the Lebanese coast	0 [11124]
Illegal migrants a missing National Guard soldier tried to rescue were involved in drug trafficking: officials	2 10:26 Rex Mundi [11125]
Strike on Pakistan Army Post Claims 3 Amid Heightened Tensions	1 04:22 Dron66046 [11125]
Iran Revolutionary Guards general survives deadly ambush in restive region — report	0 [11123]
Violent explosion hits Aden	0 [11126]
Two Commanders, 32 Fighters Killed As Boko Haram, ISWAP Clash In Sambisa Forest	0 [11125]
Gunmen Attack Kogi Police Station, Kill Three Officers Sahara Reporters	0 [11127]
Bandits Kill Another Kano Businessman After Ransom Payment Sahara Reporters	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel shutters Gaza pedestrian crossing after rocket attacks on south	0 [11123]
Sadr proposes to ban normalization of ties with Israel	2 13:29 Lord Garth [11125]
ISIS claims Nigerian bar bomb that injures 11	0 [11125]
Taliban Orders PUBG, TikTok Ban for Leading Youths ‘Astray'	4 14:38 M. Murcek [11123]
Mission Accomplished: Temple Mount closed to Jews 'until further notice,' says site administrator	0 [11123]
IPOB Vows To Protect Hausas Against ‘Jihadists’ Attacking South-East Residents	0 [11131]
ISIS declare new 'global offensive' while 'the crusaders are fighting each other' and distracted by war in Ukraine	0 [11125]
Yorkshire locals accuse Priti Patel of 'dropping a bomb' on rural village as they face being outnumbered by 1,500 young male asylum seekers	5 15:36 trailing wife [11123]
We're not going to Rwanda! Migrants who have spent months waiting to make the perilous Channel crossing to Britain say they will stay in Calais amid UK's plan to send asylum seekers overseas	2 16:22 irish rage boy [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Tragic Kingdom at Pedo Park– Disney Has Lost $50 Billion So Far…	1 21:27 NN2N1 [11127]
Putin's regime is accused of 'covering-up' death toll of '25 military scientists killed in fire at Russian weapons research facility'	8 19:20 Shomock Wholuling5285 [11127]
Battle for French presidency billed as a choice 'between plague and cholera': Far-right Le Pen is first to cast vote in nail-biting election against Macron as voters head to polls in France today	0 [11123]
The Bay of Pigs: The Sickening Truth Part III	1 03:22 Besoeker [11125]
Explosion at Nigerian illegal oil refinery kills more than 100	4 18:51 Besoeker [11133]
Day 59 of Invasion: Day 5 of Battle of Donbas	0 [11123]
Zelensky gives press conference in Kyiv subway, doesn't hold back on Russian 'bastards'	7 10:31 Matt [11124]
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 23rd, 2022	0 [11124]
Ukrainian prisoner of war spoke about Right Sector detachments	1 21:03 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11127]
From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary April 23rd (updated)	0 [11124]
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: April 23rd, 2022	0 [11125]
Ukraine’s airforce destroys 17 Russian aerial targets	0 [11124]
Over 100 People Killed As Illegal Refinery Explodes In Imo Community	0 [11124]
Impatiently waiting for intel on the 🇷🇺 army level command post reported as destroyed by 🇺🇦 artillery in Kherson region yesterday	3 08:22 Matt [11124]
Imagery from yesterday (April 21) shows 21 Flanker variants and 5 Su-24s present at the Russian airbase in Morozovsk	0 [11123]
Putin’s announcement that they are going to avoid storming Azovstal probably reflects that they can’t afford to lose further manpower	1 08:55 SteveS [11123]
6 Russian Oligarchs Commit Suicide in Mysterious Outbreak of Epstein Syndrome	8 21:29 NN2N1 [11128]
Putin hunts SAS in Ukraine: Russia launches formal probe into whether British elite troops 'specialising in sabotage and guerrilla warfare' are on the ground in Lviv	5 19:48 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11127]
Twitter slaps 'unsafe' warning label on firearms news website The Reload	0 [11123]
Florida sheriff promotes gun safety course for residents to shoot home invaders: 'We prefer that you do'	4 10:52 Silentbrick [11123]
Slovenia Sending Tanks to Ukraine, Ukrainian Tank Brigades on the Roll	0 [11123]
As FOUR planets align with the moon in a rare celestial spectacular, OSCAR CAINER asks: What will this weekend's cosmic convergence mean for you?	7 19:28 Frank G [11128]
Texas judge hits panic button in court after brother of murder victim, 16, shot 22 times in back while walking her dog tried to attack suspect as he was freed on house arrest	7 16:45 Frank G [11126]
Man, 23, named person-of-interest in Washington DC shooting that injured four 'kills himself' in gun-strewn apartment as 'his chilling final posts are revealed' and cops say he targeted random victims 'sniper-style'	10 14:02 Mercutio [11123]
Page 4: Opinion
VDH: How America Became La La Land	2 16:53 Rex Mundi [11126]
Here They Go Again: Wikipedia Deletes Information on Hunter Biden's Firm	3 09:25 Skidmark [11123]
Turkey’s fresh military campaign against the PKK in Duhok: Why now?	2 09:27 Mercutio [11123]
‘Al Qaeda Is On Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks In Syria	2 11:06 Frank G [11123]
Brief Thoughts About The Second Phase Of The War	2 19:29 Frank G [11126]
Taking Away Special Treatment For Woke Corporations Is Not ‘Authoritarian’	3 10:07 Besoeker [11123]
Humans may be getting worse at 'thinking things through' due to bite-sized social media posts and videos 'shortening our attention span', warns scientist	12 20:15 Secret Master [11127]
Elon Musk, possibly the world's greatest engineer, wants to hack the malicious 'woke mind virus' that has infected so many. Twitter is a great place for him to start, writes Fox News host STEVE HILTON	2 14:16 M. Murcek [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Durham issues trial subpoenas to Clinton campaign and DNC	3 13:00 Lord Garth [11126]
Jill Biden did NOT want Harris to be Joe's VP after she attacked his 'racist' opposition to busing during heated primary: President also expressed concerns about her romance with political mentor	4 12:10 Woodrow [11123]
Former Republican senator Orrin Hatch dies aged 88	2 13:04 DooDahMan [11123]
Republicans are more than capable of blowing the 2022 midterms	4 12:12 Bobby [11125]
'It reeks of pay-to-play': Joe Biden and his staff met with Hunter's top business partner at the White House throughout his vice presidency, visitor logs reveal	1 01:20 Glenmore [11123]
Dems' Midterms Panic Means More Election 'Irregularities' Are on Their Way	2 09:30 Mercutio [11123]
Kiss of Death:Schiff sez Liz Cheney Is a 'Person of Great Courage and Conviction'	2 09:02 Jatle Sinatra9653 [11128]
AOC calls the Supreme Court 'imperialist' for voting 8-1 to reject Puerto Ricans from getting equal access to benefits as other American citizens	20 13:58 M. Murcek [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
4	Islamic State
3	Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
3	Sublime Porte
2	Banditti
2	Hamas
2	Taliban/IEA
2	al-Qaeda
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Mob Rule
1	Narcos
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
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1	Houthis
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)

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