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China’s state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Militant commander gunned down in South Waziristan	4 18:06 M. Murcek [23]
6 terrorists involved in Anarkali blast killed during exchange of fire in Sibi: ISPR	0 [21]
Nigeria beefs up motorbike ban to beat bandits	0 [20]
Floating back again, Turkish-backed faction abuses Afrin people	0 [9]
Person lost his life in landmine explosion in Deir ez-Zor	0 [11]
Two people killed in landmine explosion in Aleppo countryside	0 [11]
Government, opposition exchange shelling in Syria’s northwest	0 [9]
Government forces’ sites attacked by unknown gunmen in Daraa	0 [19]
ISIS cut four shepherds' heads off in Nineveh	0 [8]
A second attack targets a Chinese company in Iraq	1 08:32 NN2N1 [10]
Security officer survives an attack on his residence in Diyala	0 [23]
Troops kill senior Abu Sayyaf leader in southern Philippines	0 [16]
Maine man and two teenagers who wanted to 'die fighting for Allah' are arrested for 'planning to attack Chicago mosque in the name of ISIS'	0 [7]
Azeri armed forces have entered a zone that is the responsibility of Russian peacekeepers in the NagornoKarabakh region	0 [9]
Tunisia’s police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six month	0 [7]
Arab Coalition says it has destroyed a weapons warehouse in vicinity of Salif Port in Yemen, pounding Hodeidah	0 [16]
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia is ready to release all war prisoners, suspending ground operations for 3 days	3 16:09 Lord Garth [15]
New Jersey man arrested after 12-year-old nephew dies of fentanyl overdose, officials say	0 [5]
Page 2: WoT Background
Palestinians hold West Bank local elections as independent lists proliferate	0 [20]
Head of Ben-Gurion University says school uncovered Islamist cell operating ‘modesty patrols’	0 [10]
Converted to Islam and sold: How radicals are trapping gullible women in Kerala	1 18:38 Warthog [21]
Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights	0 [9]
Ikran Tahil's mother: MP Amina's murder was pre-meditated	0 [13]
Mullah Baradar Calls for Afghan Self-Sufficiency	2 09:20 trailing wife [11]
Thousands of Middle East scholars sign resolution endorsing boycott of Israel	5 13:41 Lord Garth [15]
Lack of funds threatening WFP operations in Afghanistan	2 11:44 Slappy [13]
In first, undercover cameraman documents life in Tehran for Israeli television	0 [16]
Iran honours Yemeni resistance on seventh anniversary of Saudi invasion	1 13:46 Frank G [14]
Iraq's lawmakers are scheduled once again to elect the country’s president and try to overcome months of political paralysis	0 [5]
US and Taliban were due to meet in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday and Sunday	0 [8]
Women protest against girls' schools' closure in Kabul	0 [6]
Baradar says they will get started a major agricultural project in near future	3 09:34 Procopius2k [6]
Page 3: Non-WoT
New Zealand: Massey University's Queer Fat Studies Lecturer and ‘Fatlicious Feminist' Dies Suddenly in Her Sleep at 42	10 21:18 DooDahMan [14]
FBI remains very tight-lipped about its investigation into a plethora of bomb threats targeting historically black colleges and universities in recent months	12 21:22 NN2N1 [13]
Navy Christens Another Guided-Missile Destroyer Headed for San Diego	4 18:06 CrazyFool [10]
Surprise! CDC Data Shows That Vaccinated Children Aged 5-11 Are Now More Likely to Catch Covid Than Their Unvaccinated Peers	3 21:16 trailing wife [11]
Suspected spy detained at site of Lviv rocket attacks	2 12:15 NoMoreBS [6]
Putin's invasion stalling because majority of bombs are failing to explode	7 16:27 Glenmore [9]
From the Western Perspective: Invasion Days 31 and 30 – Summary	0 [7]
Ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine revealed the plan of Western intelligence services against Russian-speakers	2 09:23 Dale [7]
From the Perspective of the Breakaway Republics: Military summary of the LDNR, March 26 (updated)	0 [16]
From the Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 26 (updated)	9 20:59 Clyde Untervehr8732 [15]
News from the Breakaway Republics, March 27th, 2022	0 [6]
From the Ukrainian perspective: Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 27th, 2022	0 [17]
Hunter Laptop Contains Multiple DoD ‘Encryption Keys' With 20 Plus Year Expiration Dates To Allow Holder Access To DoD Databases	7 18:18 Albemarle Thrusoth4588 [6]
UN human rights team in Ukraine says monitors have received more information about mass graves in the besieged port city of Mariupol	0 [5]
Ukraine’s authorities say Russian forces have effectively surrounded the northern city of Chernihiv	0 [5]
China’s state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia	4 22:24 DarthVader [10]
US calls for tougher UN sanctions after NorthKorea tested its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile	5 17:49 magpie [16]
Turkey's authorities have warned vessels to stay away as a dive team inspects a “mine-like object” found floating north of Istanbul near the BlackSea	0 [8]
Russia’s forces take control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live	0 [6]
Page 4: Opinion
Gates: ‘You Can Get Used to The Taste Difference’	13 19:30 Crusader [18]
Damage To China - Peter Zeihan Ukraine Russia War	1 09:39 Dale [11]
Frmr. State Dept. Analyst: Regime Change Biden Goes Nuts	38 23:08 badanov [12]
How does the Ukraine war compare to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and 1941 Operation Barbarossa?	12 20:33 borgboy [7]
BDS? Never heard of it.	1 20:48 Clyde Untervehr8732 [20]
Elon Musk sez the US has a 'very, very ancient leadership'	17 18:35 CrazyFool [12]
Page 6: Politix
House GOP pushes Wray for transparency on FBI misconduct in probing politicians, religious groups, journalists	2 18:03 CrazyFool [9]
You won't hear from these bought off officials in Congress on vaccine injury	1 19:03 Sock Puppet of Doom [9]
Trump levels blistering attack on Democrats, Jackson: ‘A party that's unwilling to admit that men and women are biologically different should not be anywhere near the levers of power’	2 14:47 Chris [16]
Blinken walks back Biden remark, says US isn't calling for Russian regime change	5 18:21 Albemarle Thrusoth4588 [9]
Biden On Food Shortages: ‘It's Going To Be Real'	24 21:50 DooDahMan [14]
Biden finds his next little girl?	4 16:53 irish rage boy [8]
U.S. Rep. Convicted after Taking Campaign Funds from Lebanese-Origin Mogul, Resigns	5 11:16 DooDahMan [17]
Beau Biden Foundation rakes in millions, spends fraction on kid programs	6 21:23 DooDahMan [11]

    
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7	Taliban/IEA
4	Commies
3	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
3	Houthis
2	Devout Moslems
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic State
1	Narcos
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Baloch Liberation Army
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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2022-03-27
China’s state-run Sinopec Group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture in Russia

Sat 2022-03-26
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had a heart attack

Fri 2022-03-25
United States is expected to announce plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.

Thu 2022-03-24
Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship

Wed 2022-03-23
Russian refineries reducing production runs as they are out of storage

Tue 2022-03-22
Ukraine rejects Russia's demand to surrender Mariupol.

Mon 2022-03-21
Russia tells US all diplomatic ties to be severed soon.

Sun 2022-03-20
Elon Musk's satellites help Zelensky dominate the skies

Sat 2022-03-19
Commander of 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District: Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev is no more

Fri 2022-03-18
ISIS ‘lover’ blows up aunt’s house in Baghdad for refusing his marriage proposal

Thu 2022-03-17
Tens of thousands of Syrians enlisting to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine war

Wed 2022-03-16
Amphibious Assault On Odesa Could Be Imminent According To Satellite Imagery

Tue 2022-03-15
Over 500 'Repentant' Boko Haram Terrorists Graduate From Rehabilitation Camp In Gombe

Mon 2022-03-14
War Crime of the first order. Russia burns Mariupol to the ground!

Sun 2022-03-13
Missiles fired from Iran fall near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq

Sat 2022-03-12
Mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent shelled by Russians in Mariupol. Turkish citizens hiding inside.

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