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CCP reports coup attempt in China!
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	4 15:55 Clem [1748]
Massachusetts Man Arrested for Trying to Blow Up 'Jewish' Nursing Home During Coronavirus Pandemic	4 22:00 Frank G [1773]
Afghan forces intercept Taliban fighters, find Jaish terrorists training for Kashmir	2 14:02 trailing wife [1755]
ISKP leader captured.	3 12:20 trailing wife [1756]
Attack on Workers from Bagram Airbase Kills 5, Wounds 4	1 08:47 Besoeker [1767]
Wounded Pakistani militant arrested, Taliban IED planter killed in Nangarhar	0 [1757]
Tunisia arrests two for trying to infect police with coronavirus	2 08:03 Frank G [1760]
"Russian suicide drone" executed airstrike targeting "pick-up truck carrying some jihadist rebels" in the northern Al-Ghaab Plain	3 15:12 Woodrow [1745]
Saudi-led aggression commits 82 breaches in Hodeidah	0 [1755]
Israeli warplanes fly over Beirut and Syrian-Lebanese border for 2nd time this week	0 [1740]
Senior ISIS official captured in northeastern Syria	0 [1752]
Qassem: Hezbollah fully prepared for war with Israel	3 15:35 gorb [1756]
GNA refuses to hand over 12 bodies civilians, police officers, and soliders, due to them being beheaded by ISIS in Sorman and Subrata	0 [1744]
Sadiq al-Ghariani said it is permissible for GNA fighters to carry out suicide attacks	2 14:05 trailing wife [1753]
Ghariani welcomes release of criminals from Sabratha/Surman prisons	0 [1749]
Libyan Air Force LNA targets convoy of GNA Benghazi defense forces west of Ghadwa, in southern Libya	0 [1761]
8 Turks in dangerous conditions after confrontation with LNA special forces	0 [1738]
Policeman injured in an attack by gunmen against #Khabbaz oilfield, southwest of Kirkuk	0 [1782]
Iran sends hundreds of ISIS terrorists across the Iraqi-Iranian border to Hamrin Mountains	1 11:14 Daffy Brown6765 [1745]
Turkish airstrikes targeting members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group struck a refugee camp in northern Iraq	0 [1770]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saudi executes Yemeni over Spanish theatre group stabbing	2 12:24 M. Murcek [1747]
11 Tableeghi Jamaat members test positive for Covid-19 in Sanghar	0 [1747]
EU promises to respond to Turkey's threatening actions in eastern Mediterranean	3 15:10 Woodrow [1750]
Virtual ‘caliphate’? ISIS takes advantage of coronavirus crisis to make comeback on social media	0 [1742]
6 GNA Syrian mercenaries arrive at Al-Hadaba Hospital Tripoli who have symptoms of covid19	0 [1741]
Al-Sarraj militia executed the sons of the commander of the operations room Sobrata	0 [1746]
Iraqi government has refused to take in Iranian Shia pilgrims due to border closure	0 [1776]
Turkey records more than 4,800 #coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours	2 17:36 Ebbimble Slaviger4179 [1776]
Iran records a total of almost 78,000 #coronavirus cases and 4,870 deaths	3 09:49 KBK [1743]
Since the IRGC has been responsible for disseminating the statistics a lot of deaths have been hidden	1 16:50 Skidmark [1782]
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen: We abide by the ceasefire and support the efforts of the UN envoy to #Yemen	0 [1774]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Majority of Positive Coronavirus Cases on U.S. Aircraft Carrier are Symptom-Free	3 18:52 Procopius2k [1740]
Despite Government Plans, Israeli Tech Leaders Aren't Rushing to Send Employees to the Office	3 19:30 gorb [1743]
COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California	4 14:22 KBK [1748]
Super-charged stocks race toward second best week ever	0 [1744]
Fauci: Comparing coronavirus and HIV is misleading	14 16:54 gorb [1746]
Czech hospitals report cyberattacks day after national watchdog's warning	1 16:53 Skidmark [1739]
University official says COVID-19 may have originated in the United States	22 22:11 Lex [1767]
Most Americans Worried Country Closed By Coronavirus Will Reopen Too Quickly, Poll Finds (huffington)	9 21:50 Clem [1763]
India sending Hydroxychloroquine to 55 countries, will not procure PPES from China	0 [1755]
No, we're not running out of food. It just looks that way.	3 16:55 Skidmark [1745]
Behind the 'Green Door' at Bletchley Park (a short video)	10 22:26 Texhooey [1784]
Homeless Shelter in Boston: 50% positive, 0% showed symptoms	23 18:20 g(r)omgoru [1747]
USAA will stop seizing troops' coronavirus stimulus checks after public outcry	11 16:44 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1748]
The surprising businesses some countries deem essential ‐ and others don't	8 17:33 Frank G [1747]
US Bunker Buster penetration depth chart.	3 15:41 Glenmore [1747]
CCP reports coup attempt in China!	14 15:15 Clem [1788]
Number of patients in Israel recovering from virus passes [number of] new infections	41 22:22 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1774]
Holocaust survivor Arie Even was Israel's 1st virus victim	2 17:49 Alaska Paul [1758]
USA is providing $5M for Palestinian hospitals and households to combat COVID-19	6 15:47 Glenmore [1750]
Unemployment 'Peaking' Near 22 Million	12 22:08 Lex [1780]
AG Secretary Sonny Perdue Discusses Challenges Shifting Food Supply Chains	12 17:26 Frank G [1754]
Brazil health minister sacked amid coronavirus crisis	1 00:20 Clem [1749]
Having spent 19 years in jail for a crime she did not commit, a child bride from Punjab seeks compensation	0 [1755]
Coronaplague Update	2 08:25 Bobby [1756]
Russian jet flies within 25 feet of U.S. spy plane in "unsafe" high-speed maneuver, Navy says	0 [1753]
Mississippi Mayor Reverses Ban on Drive-in Church Services After DOJ Intervention	3 15:53 Procopius2k [1758]
Actor Brian Dennehy Dead At 81	6 16:32 Lex [1745]
Facebook 'Fact Checker' Worked At Wuhan Biolab; Ruled Out Virus-Leak While 'Debunking' Articles	3 10:02 Bobby [1756]
Montana County Demands People Wear Government-Issued Arm Bands To Do Business	21 20:40 Clem [1777]
[ZeroHedge] These Are The Fake News Sites That Told You 'Distrusting China Over Coronavirus Was Dangerous'	5 10:08 Raj [1748]
Woman, 40, whose IVF was cancelled due to coronavirus says it's 'unfair' that couples are still allowed to conceive naturally during pandemic - while she's repaying loan installments for the £9,500 treatment	7 14:45 Frank G [1754]
Page 4: Opinion
Rise Up: America Demands Return to Dead-End Jobs	3 17:26 Skidmark [1750]
People Are Not Lambs to Be Slaughtered at the Altar of Economy	17 22:15 Lex [1764]
China Is Bargain Hunting‐and Western Security Is at Risk	2 14:30 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Smithfield Hams - The high cost of cheap, foreign labor	15 18:52 Zhang Fei [1746]
PJ Media - Land O Lakes Indian Maiden Bows to Political Correctness	12 19:58 Cochiti [1769]
Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Went Smithfield Anyway	10 19:14 Zhang Fei [1748]
Severely Ill Patients At Chicago Hospital Showed Rapid Recovery After Receiving Gilead's Experimental Antiviral Drug	6 21:19 Clem [1774]
Why Americans Don't Have Any Savings	11 19:31 trailing wife [1753]
Trump Opening America Again	84 21:00 Whiskey Mike [1783]
Uh-Oh: Wuhan Lab Changes Sign To '0 Days Since Accidentally Releasing A Virus'	4 00:54 magpie [1736]
Israeli Professor Shows Virus Follows Fixed Pattern	6 17:29 Vespasian Ebboper2947 [1749]
Page 6: Politix
WaPo Fact-Checker fails, Issues Correction	3 12:43 DarthVader [1740]
Stacey Abrams Campaigning to be Biden's Running Mate	9 23:31 Dr. Wheat Faartz007 [1763]
Warren says she would accept an offer to be Biden's running mate	27 21:43 Alaska Paul [1805]
Mitt Romney Only Republican Not Included on President Trump's Congressional Coronavirus Group	10 14:39 Iblis [1760]
Conrad Black: ‘Claiming any grandeur of emergency now, on behalf of Joe Biden, is a formidable stretch, even for Tom Friedman's elastic imagination...‘	5 12:22 M. Murcek [1747]
Trump hits Pelosi for urging crowds to assemble in Chinatown as coronavirus spread	3 14:16 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1746]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
5	Sublime Porte
4	Govt of Iran
4	Commies
3	Arab Spring
2	Hezbollah
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	Taliban
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Houthis
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2020-04-17
CCP reports coup attempt in China!

Thu 2020-04-16
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf

Wed 2020-04-15
China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy

Tue 2020-04-14
GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman

Mon 2020-04-13
Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein

Sun 2020-04-12
Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’

Sat 2020-04-11
Krakatoa volcano blows up

Fri 2020-04-10
Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks

Thu 2020-04-09
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy

Wed 2020-04-08
Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event

Tue 2020-04-07
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country

Mon 2020-04-06
Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,

Sun 2020-04-05
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon

Sat 2020-04-04
China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!

Fri 2020-04-03
Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus

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