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Stray Nigeria airstrike kills 7 children in Niger
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Pakistan releases 46 TTP prisoners as negotiations resume	0 [11130]
Former policeman killed by unknown gunmen in Spin Boldak, Kandahar	0 [11129]
Suspected Fulani Herders Kill Three Relatives Of Benue Governor, Ortom	0 [11134]
Infighting erupts between Turkish-backed factions in Syria’s Aleppo countryside	1 08:47 Mercutio [11129]
Since early February, the western countryside of Syria's Daraa has witnessed nearly 16 assassination attempts	0 [11132]
There is infiltration of dozens of Syrians and Iraqis on the border from time to time	0 [11127]
Iraq launched a security operation to pursue ISIS sleeper cells north of Baghdad	0 [11128]
Asayish found a weapons manufacturing facility of ISIS in Syria’s Raqqa	0 [11125]
Turkish-backed factions in Syria’s Afrin continue terrorizing remaining indigenous people	0 [11125]
Idlib: War of all against all continues	0 [11125]
Deir Ezzor: ISIS assassinates SDF members, tribals continue old feuds	0 [11125]
Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Agency hands an active ISIS member to the Iraqi authorities	0 [11125]
Leader in Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq sentenced to death in Maysan	0 [11124]
Security forces seize a drone in the vicinity of Diyala	0 [11124]
Security forces arrest two persons with links to an explosion in Basra	0 [11127]
Stray Nigeria airstrike kills 7 children in Niger	0 [11129]
Sudanese man killed in crackdown on protests as UN expert arrives	0 [11130]
Border Patrol Drone Finds 24 Migrants Avoiding Arrest in Texas	1 11:53 NoMoreBS [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab, holding protest	2 06:20 Dron66046 [11129]
Authorities ramp up security in Baghdad ahead of Shiite religious anniversary	0 [11126]
‘Turned diplomacy into a religion’: Israel officials said to lash Biden on Iran deal	0 [11127]
Palestinians will have 'an entity,' not a state, says Gantz	1 06:25 Dron66046 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ukraine Ho?	8 20:42 trailing wife [11131]
Camille Herron: American ultrarunner breaks own 100-mile women's world record	2 16:03 magpie [11124]
Tennessee is a failure. Thankfully.	4 14:51 M. Murcek [11129]
Biden and Putin agree to 'principle' of summit discussing Ukraine	26 21:18 Merrick Ferret [11133]
IS Prime Minister Bennett sez get out of the Ukraine while you still can	0 [11127]
Rents reach ‘insane' levels across US with no end in sight	9 10:06 Matt [11127]
Railways linkage pumps life into Iraq's economy and revives hopes of the ''Silk Road''	1 07:32 Bobby [11124]
Truck crashes into entrance to mosque in Iranian holy city	0 [11125]
Emergency Biden-Putin Summit to be Held - maybe	8 13:38 swksvolFF [11125]
Intl Court of Justice Set to Resume Hearings on Myanmar Genocide Case	1 06:48 Dron66046 [11128]
Mexican Scientist Pleads Guilty to Working in U.S. for Russian Spies	1 12:06 Abu Uluque [11128]
Report: Chinese Man Kidnapped, Used as ‘Blood Slave' for Months in Cambodia	3 13:33 SteveS [11123]
China Wants to Buy 100 Million Metric Tons of Coal from Russia	15 14:56 Merrick Ferret [11127]
Man Punches 4-Year-Old in Head in Times Square, Mother Helps Detain Suspect, Authorities Say	11 23:36 Skidmark [11128]
Defendant Accused of Kidnapping, Murdering Dallas 4-year-Old Found Incompetent to Stand Trial	3 18:27 Silentbrick [11130]
Congo close to deal to recover $2b. worth of assets from Israeli investor	1 08:12 Too Old To Work [11124]
The iron-y: $10 quintillion asteroid might have less iron than believed	2 18:25 jpal [11129]
The cells that can give you super-immunity	2 08:53 Mercutio [11124]
Ethiopia starts generating power from River Nile dam	0 [11124]
Gun crimes grab most media attention, while gun use in self-defense gets merely a fraction: experts	1 08:42 NN2N1 [11125]
The Queen has COVID: Monarch, 95, has mild 'cold-like' symptoms but continues light duties at Windsor Castle just days after Charles and Camilla both caught virus	8 22:58 DooDahMan [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Foreign troops in Canada (video)	9 15:59 magpie [11126]
Nope. The Problem is You Suck	0 [11126]
Here comes $7 gas prices, warns oil strategist in dire outlook	7 16:22 swksvolFF [11130]
If 'all' are vaccinated, the overall Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) percentages will be driven lower	4 21:08 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums [11130]
SCIENCE! More Attractive People Have Stronger Immune Systems	4 13:29 DarthVader [11128]
Who's Ready For The Next For The Next 'Sticker Shock' From Chinese Flu/Brandon Economy?	5 15:09 Skidmark [11128]
The WHO warns that the pandemic is not over and the world should expect 'more dangerous variants to emerge'	8 22:12 Merrick Ferret [11128]
Renewable energy: Oversold and under-delivering...	3 07:04 Procopius2k [11130]
On the Alleged Moral Superiority of Intellectuals	22 15:24 Sheter the Lesser9291 [11127]
Biden’s Handlers Release at Least 50 Afghans with ‘Potentially Significant Security Concerns’ Into the U.S.	1 12:29 Skidmark [11125]
Biden’s Handlers Dumping 16,000 Afghan 'Translators' in Loudoun County, Most Don't Speak English	1 00:41 Merrick Ferret [11126]
How Amnesty's anti-Israel apartheid report backfired	0 [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Ottawa cops clear out last ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters after 24 days	3 23:24 Merrick Ferret [11128]
Brandon Extends National COVID 'Emergency'	9 13:40 M. Murcek [11127]
DHS Chief Mayorkas Strips Border Protections from U.S. Graduates	4 12:44 Greng Black3494 [11126]
Pinkerton: Joke of the Day: ‘Vulnerable' Senate Dems Propose Cutting Gas Tax	0 [11127]

    
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4	Islamic State
2	Human Trafficking
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Commies
2	Ottoman Proxies
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)
1	Pak Taliban (TTP)
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	Banditti
1	Devout Moslems
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2022-02-21
Stray Nigeria airstrike kills 7 children in Niger

Sun 2022-02-20
AQAP confirms two of their turbans airstruck

Sat 2022-02-19
Nigerian Army Kills Top Boko Haram Commander, Others

Fri 2022-02-18
Iraqi army seizes 36 artifacts in an ISIS tunnel in Nineveh

Thu 2022-02-17
Arab Coalition conducts 17 targeted strikes against Houthis in Marib, Hajjah

Wed 2022-02-16
Philippine Police: Hamas Plot to Attack Foreigners Uncovered

Tue 2022-02-15
Syrian Migrant Stabbed By Vienna Woman He Was Trying To Rape

Mon 2022-02-14
Putin explains his views on war with the west

Sun 2022-02-13
Waukesha parade 'killer' Darrell Brooks Jr. pleads not guilty to 77 charges including six counts of homicide

Sat 2022-02-12
French 'Freedom Convoy' protesting virus rules move toward Paris, police preposition to stop them

Fri 2022-02-11
ISIS to choose Iraqi jihadi successor of al-Qurayshi, analysts

Thu 2022-02-10
French court sentences jihadist man of Yazidi origin to 12 years in prison

Wed 2022-02-09
Russia has no reason to attack Ukraine says Ukrainian MP

Tue 2022-02-08
Canadian Government Getting Very Upset Over Freedom Truckers, Declare State Of Emergency

Mon 2022-02-07
Ukraine crisis: Macron says a deal to avoid war is within reach

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