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Car bomb explodes outside Somali parliament HQs in Mogadishu
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Mysterious ~~Jewish Orbiting~~ Weapon Knocked Out Syrian Army Battle Tank In Southern IDLIB	14 23:05 Deadeye Jaiting7534 [1788]
Dozens killed in overnight clashes in northern Yemen: govt sources	0 [1764]
Ethiopia's Secret War in the Tigray Region: Close to Ethnic Killing, Rape, and Hunger Reported	7 10:47 Slappy [1762]
Britain Moslem ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs: the S3xual Predator Edition	0 [1778]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist roundup: One from column A, two from column B edition	0 [1766]
8 die in drug related hits in Chihuahua state	0 [1772]
Houthis launch 3rd attack on Soddy airfield	0 [1772]
Turkish bombardment of Duhok province intensifying	1 18:18 trailing wife [1761]
Houthis bomb civilian airport days after Biden suck up to them	2 13:40 M. Murcek [1763]
Islamic State cell exposed outside Kyiv (Photo, video)	1 01:06 trailing wife [1758]
Car bomb explodes outside Somali parliament HQs in Mogadishu	0 [1783]
Turkish-backed forces fight one another in northwestern Syria	2 21:46 magpie [1790]
Tunisia says 1 migrant dead, 22 missing in shipwreck off Lampedusa	0 [1755]
Car bomb hits ANP outpost in Kandahar, 12 injured	0 [1755]
Taliban battered in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan	0 [1771]
Balkh: 30 Taliban killed in own IED explosion	5 15:52 Clem [1764]
Violent BLM protest in NYC leaves two NYPD cops injured, 11 arrested	7 10:04 CrazyFool [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
Jaish-e-Mohammad planned attacks after conducting reconnaissance of Doval’s office	3 22:18 Maggie Hupomp2614 [1783]
US interest in Pakistan to diminish in coming years: Speakers	3 15:31 Chris [1747]
Turkey Preparing to Send New Group of Syrian Mercenaries to Libya	0 [1756]
Afghanistan Military Deployment Should be Extended: German FM	4 10:37 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1761]
Military General warns of ‘bloody spring’ ahead	1 05:15 Dron66046 [1754]
Taliban Controls 52% of Territory in Afghanistan: Survey	7 16:38 Clem [1746]
A Decade Later, What’s Become of the Gaddafi Family in Libya?	1 17:49 Unump the Infinitesmal7038 [1770]
Egyptian foreign policy: Step-by-step diplomacy	1 08:58 Frank G [1769]
IDF: Hezbollah likely to initiate limited battles with Israel in 2021, not war	1 10:46 Lord Garth [1755]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Record-Breaking Cold in North Texas	25 23:59 Maggie Hupomp2614 [1788]
The President's message of thanks to his defenders and staff	0 [1751]
Army looking at ways to ‘account for biological differences' with new fitness test	4 15:01 Injun Bumble1241 [1741]
New Hampshire Considers Pro-Gun Constitutional Amendment	3 15:30 Injun Bumble1241 [1753]
Donors Fume: ‘It's Bullshi*' Biden Hasn't Called About Ambassadorships	12 15:02 Bangkok Billy [1743]
U.K. Forced Do Not Resuscitate Orders on COVID Patients with Developmental Disabilities	4 23:58 Deadeye Jaiting7534 [1781]
Green tea compound aids tumor-suppressing, DNA-repairing protein	0 [1746]
China refused to give raw COVID data to WHO, team member says	1 15:55 Thineger Sproing6704 [1752]
Our President gives his 'deepest thanks' after second acquittal	5 15:22 3dc [1751]
Disengagement process at Pangong Tso to be complete by Friday	1 17:58 Unump the Infinitesmal7038 [1760]
Myanmar Protesters Block Arrests as UN Demands Suu Kyi's Release	1 09:46 Chris [1770]
New Yorkers Are Fleeing To Palm Beach‐and NYC Businesses Are Following	10 20:25 Ulosing Ebbotle6278 [1777]
523,000 fully vaccinated Israelis: Four severe cases of COVID, no deaths	2 16:01 Thineger Sproing6704 [1755]
Page 4: Opinion
Impeachment Fails, Trump Reinstated As President	4 18:19 JohnQC [1746]
Former NSA director, retired top officers ask Supreme Court to declare military draft unconstitutional	7 19:51 magpie [1793]
SA Rand turns 60 today – here's what R1 could buy you in 1961, compared to now	5 13:45 Mercutio [1758]
Seven cosy Cotswolds winter hideaways	2 11:00 trailing wife [1753]
Fmr. Iranian crown prince: Nuclear deal a mistake, Ayatollahs won't change	1 12:59 FlatulentDiner@Table~4° [1756]
China Is Creating a New Master Race	8 20:54 trailing wife [1776]
Nikki, they still hate you and want you to die	6 23:45 Deadeye Jaiting7534 [1787]
Artificial intelligence 'predicts how you vote just from a photo of your face'	6 20:46 Dron66046 [1779]
Why Don't We Know Why Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick Died the Day After the Capitol Riot?	8 17:12 NN2N1 [1764]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw has created a handy-dandy list of conservative principles	9 16:06 Clem [1752]
Richard Burr Puts Senate Precedent Above The Constitution	7 09:56 Cesare [1753]
EU's Covid-19 Vaccination Debacle: Epochal Failure	2 05:40 Clem [1751]
Peter Hitchens: We Did Have A Sensible Covid Plan... But Copied A Police State Instead	4 16:20 Angstrom [1755]
Turkey and the Democrats	1 07:52 Frank G [1777]
California is Dead Last in Survey of States - Has Most Coronavirus Restrictions [California Globe]	4 03:58 Threque Whosing7013 [1751]
How the Political-rise of Sonny Bono is Happening Again in California	0 [1757]
Daniel Greenfield: AOC Blamed Trump for Assaults on Elderly Asians; The Attacker was Muslim	4 20:36 trailing wife [1780]
Page 6: Politix
New York Prosecutors Investigating Trump's Properties	1 18:01 trailing wife [1755]
Trump Attorney Michael van der Veen Smashes Media	6 18:25 Abu Uluque [1746]
Flashback To March 2020: Cassidy Welcomes Trump Endorsement	4 16:56 Glenmore [1758]
Full investigation into Jan. 6 Capitol attack needed: GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy	7 18:30 Abu Uluque [1782]
McConnell unloads on Trump: 'Morally responsible' for provoking mob	6 17:24 Angstrom [1744]
Nancy Pelosi Burns Up - Rages at Cowardly Republicans - Amazingly Misses at Swallowing Mask	32 22:12 crazyhorse [1790]
A Message From President Trump After Senate Impeachment Acquittal – "Our Movement Has Only Just Begun"	5 23:09 trailing wife [1771]
Biden on Trump's acquittal: 'Substance of trial not in dispute'	14 18:26 JohnQC [1746]
Biden White House Plan to Keep Occupying Troops in DC Through End of Year	22 20:39 NoMoreBS [1787]

    
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1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Antifa/BLM
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