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Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
US warship seizes Iranian-designed missiles in the Arabian Sea	4 19:04 DarthVader [1790]
Sinai’s terrorist attack repelled	1 09:03 b [1774]
ISIS threat unabated in Diyala province’s ‘security vacuum’: Kurdish officials	0 [1759]
Iraqi army launches new anti-ISIS op – without coalition or PMF backing	1 09:24 gorb [1776]
LNA spox: We saw a militant group we believe to be #ISIS in the southwest	1 09:07 b [1741]
Two Hezbollah advisers and two Iraqis reportedly killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes east of Sanaa	0 [1744]
The Turkish army bombed the locations of pro-Assad forces in Kafr Haleb, west of Aleppo	1 09:10 b [1749]
#Protesters of #Babel #march toward house of governor, #Hassan #Mindeel, after end of the ultimatum granted for him to resign	0 [1749]
Lawyer Ali Maarij, who is in charge of defending protesters since beginning of demonstrations, shot by gunmen outside #DhiQar Federal Court	0 [1760]
Protesters heading toward #DhiQar police station to cordon it, in the wake of arresting four demonstraters	0 [1761]
Clashes between security forces and protesters near Sinek bridge in #Baghdad	0 [1753]
Iraqi authorities reopened one of Baghdad’s major bridges shut for months by anti-government protesters	0 [1747]
Iraq's peaceful protests continue at #AlAhrar Square in #Karbala	0 [1760]
#Iraq's #SWAT forces use medium weapons, practice extreme violence against peaceful #Iraqi protesters near Al-#Nasr Bridge in #Nasiriyah city	1 06:59 Alistaire Phavick9449 [1764]
Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing	1 13:29 Spot [1789]
NDS Forces arrest 9 ISIS sympathizers from a landmark mall in Kabul city	0 [1753]
Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)	7 23:05 Herb McCoy [1784]
Page 2: WoT Background
IDF appoints general to lead new Iran Command as threat escalates	0 [1757]
Cuomo caves in: NY Governor says he WILL give Feds access to state DMV records if Trump reverses ban on 175,000 New Yorkers accessing trusted traveler schemes - hours before meeting the President	9 17:35 AlanC [1754]
Israeli laser defense system flourishes in initial tests	8 10:33 Skidmark [1746]
UN human rights agency releases blacklist of 112 companies that aid Israeli settlements	6 17:43 AlanC [1788]
Israeli cyber company uncovers Hamas campaign against PA	2 09:43 JohnQC [1750]
Indonesia Says Won't Repatriate Hundreds of IS Recruits	3 11:53 Procopius2k [1748]
Chicken shop worker convicted of planning terror attacks in London drafted a ‘to-do list’ of what he would do when he got to heaven	12 21:39 Lex [1783]
Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region, says Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi	3 19:22 swksvolFF [1777]
Former Mecca Grand Mosque’s Imam: Clerics can make mistakes like politicians	4 11:55 Lex [1747]
In a attempt to save the Turkish lira, #Erdogan has requested the #GNA to depots 1.5 billion dollars in Turkish banks by next week	7 14:39 Mullah Richard [1750]
Libya: The UN Security Council adopts the out comes of the Berlin conference; Russia abstains	0 [1746]
Contracts found of mercenary #Chadian rebels fighting with the #GNA	2 09:29 trailing wife [1752]
Hizbullah Senior Official Hashem Safieddine in Qom, Iran: Our Answer to the Deal of the Century Is Jihad	2 22:37 Lionel Glemp5087 [1757]
US President Trump Announces Conditional Decision For A Peace Deal With The Taliban... No. Wait.	1 08:13 Lex [1752]
Pilot safe as 3rd PAF trainer aircraft crashes in less than two months	1 18:20 M. Murcek [1779]
Families of APS martyrs demand govt to explain Ehsanullah Ehsan's mysterious escape	0 [1752]
NGOs call for public support in ending use of Palestinian child soldiers	0 [1758]
Palestinian, Saudi Arabian textbooks demonize Jews, Israel – studies	1 05:13 g(r)omgoru [1773]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Florida Man, 24, is charged with trying to rape a woman in the aisles of a busy Florida Walmart as customers tried to drag him off her	6 15:56 Procopius2k [1741]
Harvard and Yale come under federal probe for 'hiding at least $375 million in funding from foreign countries such as China and Saudi Arabia'	3 15:57 Procopius2k [1763]
‘Lt. Dan' Was Just Honored With Medal of Honor Society Patriot Award	3 11:46 Rambler in Virginia [1749]
In first, Israeli start-up removes economic barriers to cancer treatment	0 [1752]
Coronavirus update	13 15:56 Goober Tingle7365 [1754]
Golden-Slacks Global Grifters: Meghan & Lena, er, Harry Now Rumored to Score a BILLION from GOLDMAN SACHS... as "Ambassadors" (WTF?)	9 23:27 Lex [1776]
A refugee camp grows on the US-Mexico border	5 10:25 Skidmark [1750]
US Army wants $111 million for new NGSW rifle platform to boost firepower, range	11 19:43 swksvolFF [1771]
Fifth largest refinery in US catches fire in Louisiana	3 09:51 JohnQC [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Congressman Devin Nunes hints that Robert Mueller's team will be exposed soon	11 19:40 Deacon Blues [1780]
Trump Charges the Liberal Hacks' Latest Ambush	3 09:56 JohnQC [1749]
Logistical and Technical Exploration into the Origins of the Wuhan Strain of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)	8 10:07 Skidmark [1753]
Corona Virus Lack of hygiene awareness	1 10:05 Skidmark [1747]
Israel's propaganda war waged through TV shows	3 13:24 Skidmark [1758]
Liberal Groups and High-Powered Lawyers Swarm Detroit to Keep Dead Voters on Rolls	4 08:36 BA [1757]
Japanese man who believes in smiling is world's oldest	7 23:22 Lex [1771]
UN warns of ‘major shock' as Africa locust outbreak spreads	9 21:41 Lex [1770]
Coronavirus: Are cruise ships really 'floating Petri dishes'?	7 20:10 ed in texas [1765]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Goes From Leftist Hero To Has-Been In One Interview	2 10:12 Skidmark [1748]
Limbaugh on Buttigieg: 'America's still not ready to elect a gay guy kissing his husband on the debate stage'	10 17:21 rjschwarz [1736]
'Everything that's happened to me is a blessing': Rush Limbaugh chokes up at fans offering to donate lungs	2 18:02 Goober Tingle7365 [1763]
Page 6: Politix
First lady of African nation charged in the murder of the previous first lady	2 14:29 USN, Ret. [1765]
Trump Drops Hammer on Dems When Asked by a Reporter, ‘What Did You Learn From Impeachment'	6 13:19 M. Murcek [1745]
Barr agrees to testify as Democrats question his leadership	10 16:52 Alaska Paul [1755]
Angry VA House Democrats cut off Black pastor, storm out as he prays against abortion and gay marriage	7 21:23 Ebbins Throck6458 [1772]
Chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party announces his resignation	6 17:28 M. Murcek [1743]
One Week Until Next Dem Prez Debate	6 23:26 Lex [1784]
Catherine Herridge: Justice Department has been reviewing Ukraine material for "several weeks," source says	2 21:29 Woodrow [1777]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Govt of Iraq
6	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
2	Hezbollah
2	Arab Spring
2	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Syria
1	TTP

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2020-02-13
Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing

Wed 2020-02-12
Sudan will hand over Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court

Tue 2020-02-11
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column

Mon 2020-02-10
Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose

Sun 2020-02-09
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2020-02-08
Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saifullah banged in Kabul

Fri 2020-02-07
Syria says its troops enter the strategic city of Saraqib in Idlib and begins ‘combing’ its neighborhoods

Thu 2020-02-06
Hazim Al-Halafi, a senior commander of Saraya Al-Salam dead

Wed 2020-02-05
Trump acquitted by Senate on articles of impeachment for abuse of power

Tue 2020-02-04
8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities

Mon 2020-02-03
Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims December shooting at Florida naval base

Sun 2020-02-02
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh assigns Mouhammed Tawfiq Allawi with forming a new government

Sat 2020-02-01
Qassim al-Rimi, the head of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen tits up.

Fri 2020-01-31
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Thu 2020-01-30
#Hamas rejects ‘conspiracies’ as #Trump unveils Mideast plan

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