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The Latest: Norwegian Tanker's Hull Punctured off UAE Coast
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
The Latest: Norwegian Tanker's Hull Punctured off UAE Coast	2 12:44 Skidmark [11130]
Texas border agents say 5,500 migrants a day are illegally entering US	8 16:30 Abu Uluque [11127]
Initial US analysis shows Iran likely behind attack on Saudi oil tankers	26 23:44 trailing wife [11129]
Police Arrest Suspects Throwing Stones, Fireworks Near Damascus Gate	0 [11123]
Fire breaks out in Gaza border community due to incendiary airbourne devices	0 [11123]
New Haven fire chief: Mosque fire was intentionally set	9 10:53 Dron66046 [11127]
Suspected Jihadists Burn Homes, Church in Cameroon Village	0 [11123]
Multiple Explosions In Nangarhar Leave Three Dead	2 08:41 Frank G [11123]
Taliban’s charity collector arrested in Logar province	0 [11122]
17 Taliban fighters killed, 8 wounded in Special Forces raid along Highway-1 in Ghazni	0 [11126]
Afghan Special Forces destroy several IEDs, Russian rocket in Helmand raid	0 [11123]
Taliban shadow district chief among 6 killed in U.S. airstrike in Herat province	0 [11124]
Afghan and U.S. forces arrest the shadow intelligence chief of Taliban in Baghlan: MoD	0 [11123]
Iraqi troops kill three Islamic State suicide bombers in Mosul	0 [11128]
Military Intelligence overthrows IS Diwan al-Dawa Head in Ramadi	0 [11124]
Two Islamic State terrorists apprehended in western Iraq	0 [11127]
Syrian Army captures 3 towns in northwestern Hama	0 [11123]
Jihadists in Idlib attack Christian city for 2nd straight day	1 09:49 Woodrow [11123]
Russian, Syrian forces restart attack on key mountaintop town in Latakia	0 [11125]
British forces searching for Al-Baghdadi in Libya	2 14:47 Sock Puppet of Doom [11125]
Tiger Forces pound northwestern Hama before big advance	4 09:05 Frank G [11127]
Jihadist special forces carry out operation behind Syrian Army lines, several soldiers killed	0 [11126]
Security forces apprehend terrorist in central Baghdad	0 [11123]
Nationwide curfews, social media block in Sri Lanka after anti-Muslim riots	0 [11126]
4 policemen martyred in blast in Quetta's Satellite Town	0 [11124]
Stratfor: UAE - four commercial vessels have suffered "sabotage operations" offshore.	4 16:21 Sock Puppet of Doom [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Record number of attacks on gays in France	2 15:36 Raj [11122]
Italy "Declares War On NGOs" - Will Fine Boats For trafficking Immigrants	1 17:10 Bright Pebbles [11126]
Scuffles break out at Tehran University as 'morality police' try to force students to wear the hijab	6 14:04 M. Murcek [11125]
Burgeoning numbers of Cubans trying to enter US via Mexico	2 07:47 Procopius2k [11128]
IDF says terrorists freed in Shalit deal have since killed at least 10 people	0 [11128]
IDF said to issue troops near Gaza strict open fire orders ahead of Eurovision	0 [11125]
Ministry trolls BDS supporters	2 06:38 Raj [11122]
Pakistan's Hazaras Fear for Their Lives in Besieged 'Ghettos'	1 12:55 Skidmark [11125]
UN Concerns Over Increase Of Violence During Ramadhan	2 08:13 Phomorong Pelosi5448 [11126]
Sweden requests Assange be extradited over 2012 rape allegations	1 07:06 Shinenter Gurly-Brown2386 [11125]
US envoy admits to blocking Syria’s return to the Arab League	0 [11123]
Lebanon-based news group claims US, French warplanes behind explosions at Fujairah Port	2 09:48 Chereting Pelosi1889 [11124]
Germany moots ‘mosque tax’ to replace foreign funding	4 23:14 james [11124]
Two sisters ‘married’ to Chinese men eventually saved	2 12:57 Skidmark [11125]
US denies visa to senior Palestinian official	1 05:19 Skidmark [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
HUD proposes evicting unauthorized immigrants from subsidized housing	3 19:29 Skidmark [11126]
Lawsuit Filed over Display of Bible at Veterans Hospital	4 14:42 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
Gangsters in the UK outnumber Army soldiers by TWO TO ONE	3 14:58 Bright Pebbles [11126]
German crossbow deaths: Police find more bodies	3 13:04 Skidmark [11123]
5 perish as de Havilland aircraft collide near Ketchikan, AK	3 09:49 M. Murcek [11124]
Doris Day, Bubbly Actress in Romantic Comedies, Dies at 97	1 06:43 Uleck Spererong9442 [11122]
Russian S-300 system spotted in US at test range	3 08:59 DarthVader [11124]
Venezuelan Navy confronts US ship after entering territorial waters	7 23:19 Zhang Fei [11127]
300 clinics sealed during drive against quackery in Sindh	2 10:57 Dron66046 [11122]
FO condemns alleged rape of 3-year-old girl in occupied Kashmir	1 10:45 Dron66046 [11126]
Man weighing 900lb will be CUT OUT of his mobile home on judge's orders so he can attend a court hearing to face cocaine conspiracy charges	9 11:24 USN, Ret. [11122]
Naples man impersonates FBI agent, leaves catfish on homeowner's lawn	3 11:55 swksvolFF [11122]
Que Sera Sera, Johnny Walker Red Goes Full Lesbos	2 14:39 Sock Puppet of Doom [11122]
Turkey to launch home made sat on StarShip?	2 11:16 swksvolFF [11123]
Microphone in noise-cancelling headsets worn by soldiers will send the location of an enemy sniper to the smartphones of troops	5 14:44 swksvolFF [11122]
Iranian men are ordered not to look at women during Ramadan in latest morality crackdown as probe is launched into 'devious' videos of schoolgirls dancing to a pop song	3 18:12 Phomorong Pelosi5448 [11125]
China slaps tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. imports as trade war between Beijing and Washington escalates	15 22:55 rjschwarz [11125]
Judge strikes down Kentucky law restricting abortions after 15 weeks	0 [11123]
Page 4: Opinion
The Gatekeepers of Europe (video)	1 12:55 Dron66046 [11125]
Barriers Against Barbarism	0 [11127]
Louis Farrakhan Is Hilarious, So Leave Him Alone	0 [11124]
'Sicilians have affinity for the Islamic world in their DNA'	8 11:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Looks Like Iran Still Has The EU On Their Side	0 [11123]
LGBTQ: Forcing Us to Embrace Evil, Destructive Lies	8 19:40 Rambler in Virginia [11124]
Sir Dickie Branson Wants Higher Taxes for Americans	4 14:52 rschwarz [11128]
A living hell	4 17:14 Skidmark [11128]
Larkana’s HIV outbreak	4 16:55 Frank G [11127]
Attack in Gwadar	0 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Rod Rosenstein tears into James Comey by calling him a 'partisan pundit' who 'deserved' to be fired' and slams the former FBI director for 'selling books and earning speaking fees while speculating about the fate of my immortal soul'	13 14:07 M. Murcek [11127]
Former DHS officials ousted over push back on Trump administration's plan to arrest thousands of migrants	2 07:48 Besoeker [11126]
Rashida Tlaib Relaxes After Long Day By Watching Heartwarming Concentration Camp Scenes From 'Schindler's List'	6 22:03 gorb [11129]
AG Barr Appoints U.S. Attorney To Investigate Origins Of Russia Investigation	10 15:11 Frank G [11124]
'Less than half of Americans would vote a socialist into the White House – but two-thirds would cast a ballot for a Muslim president, Gallup survey reveals	12 14:47 rschwarz [11122]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Iran
5	al-Nusra
5	Islamic State
5	Taliban
4	Govt of Pakistan
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Commies
2	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
1	PLO
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Human Trafficking
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi

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Sat 2019-05-11
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Fri 2019-05-10
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Thu 2019-05-09
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Wed 2019-05-08
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Tue 2019-05-07
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Mon 2019-05-06
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Sun 2019-05-05
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Sat 2019-05-04
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Fri 2019-05-03
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Thu 2019-05-02
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