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Pak Doctor on H-1B Visa Wanted to Attack U.S. for ISIS
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Seven Iran-backed fighters killed in airstrike in east Syria	0 [1751]
Afternoon Edition	5 22:35 Besoeker [1782]
PA said to arrest 3 Palestinians planning attack on Israeli targets in West Bank	3 16:17 Bob Grorong1136 [1758]
Iran Sentences French-Iranian Academic to 5 Years	0 [1806]
14 dead in sixth day of fighting in south Yemen	0 [1792]
Atmar’s Special Assistant targeted in Kabul city	0 [1751]
5 killed and 6 wounded in a rocket attack launched by militia groups of Haftar on a residential compound for IDPs in Furnaj district of Tripoli	0 [1746]
Taliban commander, in charge of high-tech weapons, among 23 killed in Uruzgan	0 [1799]
Lebanon cracks down on illegal money transfers to terrorist groups in Syria	0 [1750]
Iraqi forces thwart ISIS naval incursion in Salaheddine	0 [1759]
Iraqi lawyer and activist Dawoud Al-Hamdani has been assassinated in Nahr Al-Sheikh village in #Diyala	0 [1746]
1920 Revolution Brigades has released video footage of what it claims are recent IED attacks on U.S. military supply convoys	0 [1752]
Trucks of Iranian militias enter Al Bukamal city through Al-Bukamal-Al-Qaim crossing	0 [1754]
Looks like it could be a possible Iranian-made Ababil-T loitering munition/suicide drone (Ababil-2 variant)	0 [1745]
Tripoli: GNA Spokesman Qanuno: Airstrikes today destroyed the Russian-made air defense system Pantsyr, and three armed vehicles, including an ammunition truck	7 14:02 lord garth [1747]
Azaz \| Clashes erupt between rebels from Tal Refaat and ‘security bureau’ at Bab Al-Salamah border crossing.	0 [1749]
Jammu & Kashmir: Policeman injured in attack by terrorists at a police naka party in Kulgam district has succumbed to his injuries	0 [1754]
Tens of trucks enter regime-held areas daily under "#National_Army" protection, via crossings used for smuggling in north-eastern #Aleppo	0 [1753]
Ras_al_Ain \| Turkish army and proxy factions target civilian vehicle, leaving casualties	0 [1747]
Nearly 40 tents burned down and more than 100 families flee from Deir_Hassan camp	1 16:30 Skidmark [1752]
Turkish-backed factions attacks \| Fires break out in villages in eastern Aleppo	1 09:42 b [1772]
LNA forces have downed a Turkish UAV around Alwitya airbase	0 [1755]
GNA weapons and ammunition deposits up in flams in Alkrimia after being targeted by #LNA artillery	1 15:49 AlanC [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
Newsweek Publishs an Op Ed exposing the BDS movement	2 21:16 KBK [1786]
Vehicles, not marches, to mark Iran's annual anti-Israel rally	4 12:57 Frank G [1753]
Former Mayo Clinic researcher indicted on terrorism charge after telling FBI informants he wanted to carry out attacks	7 10:24 NoMoreBS [1751]
Diversity in Utah: Imam on Terror Watch List Delivers Prayer at State Senate	3 11:03 Skidmark [1780]
‘Taliban Killed 120 Civilians Since Start of Ramadan’: Govt	1 08:13 Cesare [1751]
German Ambassador reacts to Taliban’s latest statement regarding Kabul, Nangarhar attacks	0 [1754]
Iran warns #US to stay away from tankers going to #Venezuela	8 14:09 Clem [1786]
Turkey’s Defense Minister: Our Forces in Libya Have Helped GNA Achieve All Successes	5 19:48 Chris [1779]
Iranian OPEC governor who fell into a two-week coma after suffering brain haemorrhage dies aged 68	1 10:03 Lex [1739]
Pak Doctor on H-1B Visa Wanted to Attack U.S. for ISIS	10 08:32 Phusotle Dingle5823 [1785]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Virginia shoplifting suspects wore watermelon disguise: police	1 18:26 CrazyFool [1800]
Israel's Pluristem: 75% of treated COVID-19 patients off ventilators	0 [1749]
Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in Herzliya home	6 21:30 trailing wife [1766]
How America Brought the 1957 Influenza Pandemic to a Halt	5 13:38 Spike Grineng8188 [1749]
Locust swarms threaten Middle East, India, Africa amid COVID-19 outbreak	4 19:19 SteveS [1765]
Leaked data suggests China may have 640,000 coronavirus cases, not 80,000	4 17:36 Skidmark [1761]
France Arrests Fugitive Rwandan Genocide 'Financier'	0 [1759]
Newsom Proposes Cuts For State Worker Pay, Schools, Health Care In Grim COVID-19 Budget Revision	18 19:21 Lex [1769]
Former Georgia state rep tapped for Norway ambassador position	4 07:46 Procopius2k [1750]
New jobless claims totaled over 2.9M last week, bringing total to 36.5M since mid-March	18 14:29 trailing wife [1744]
National Felon League (NFL) duo surrenders to Miramar police	2 15:30 Lex [1762]
First large scale evidence that Vitamin D can prevent the Wu	7 20:13 trailing wife [1787]
Little Tokyo in LA has possible multiple buildings blowing up!	6 17:44 Skidmark [1787]
Greta Thunberg Jeered at as She Stars as Psychic Warning of Climate Apocalypse in Pearl Jam Clip	16 16:52 swksvolFF [1753]
Looks like the manufactured crisis is colliding with a big business model	0 [1749]
US developing hypersonic missile unlike the world has ever seen	4 10:39 magpie [1752]
Coronaplague Update	13 14:13 Clem [1747]
Heart-stopping moment Air Force Thunderbird has to take evasive action amid fears of a midair crash during flyby over Southern California	2 20:12 trailing wife [1771]
Chinese-Born Researcher at Cleveland Clinic Accused of Fraud, Links to Espionage	1 08:35 Frank G [1748]
Commune Magazine, a flashy and professional looking	4 14:12 JohnQC [1753]
Border wars: France & Spain eyeing tit-for-tat Covid-19 travel quarantines, as EU leaves border control up to its members	3 14:16 Clem [1753]
Bizarre EU-Funded Comic Book Predicted Pandemic, With Globalists As Saviours	0 [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
Sullivan, Russiagate, And COVID-19 Reveal Dems And Progressives As 'Defenders Of The Spy State' And The Real Authoritarians	4 21:32 Deacon Blues [1775]
Why did France lose to Germany in 1940 ?	18 15:31 Lex [1752]
France's No-Go Zones: The Riots Return	1 14:08 NoMoreBS [1767]
Fed chair Jerome Powell issues dire warnings on economy	12 17:12 AlanC [1759]
Rep. Liz Cheney: China Deliberately Exported Global ‘Economic Devastation' via Coronavirus	2 01:46 g(r)omgoru [1745]
VDH - Coronavirus and Fear - Lessons from WW II	9 22:30 Besoeker [1766]
Page 6: Politix
Ilhan Omar's Daughter Calls US Soldiers Bitches And Call For Communist Revolution	13 23:02 Rob Crawford [1791]
Justin Amash Drops Out of Presidential Race	1 00:59 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1750]
Justin Amash will not pursue third-party presidential run	4 16:42 Skidmark [1748]
While VP, Plugz Weinstein paraded nude every day in front of his FEMALE Secret Service detail	10 15:59 Frank G [1783]
After ex-CIA chief Brennan sought to ‘unmask’ Flynn he wails releasing names is ‘abominable abuse of authority’	6 14:13 Clem [1762]
New House vote-by-proxy measure sets off screaming alarms as Pelosi gobbles power	4 16:56 Skidmark [1751]
Trump Says US Will Resume Funding WHO — At Same Level As China	4 15:05 Procopius2k [1748]

    
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Who's in the News
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4	Arab Spring
4	Commies
3	Taliban
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3	Islamic State
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Antifa

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-05-17
Pak Doctor on H-1B Visa Wanted to Attack U.S. for ISIS

Sat 2020-05-16
Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze

Fri 2020-05-15
France: Pro-Refugee Activist Murdered by Migrant He Was Sleeping With

Thu 2020-05-14
Nangarhar Funeral Bombing Death Toll Rises to 32

Wed 2020-05-13
President Ghani, in light of attacks, orders Afghan forces to resume attacks on the Taliban

Tue 2020-05-12
GNA militia evacuate their headquarters in Abuslim

Mon 2020-05-11
Iran navy own goal in Oman Gulf exercise; 24 dead

Sun 2020-05-10
GNA militias lines collapsing quickly
in Abuslim and Salah AlDin with a LNA advance

Sat 2020-05-09
Houthi Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Saud Clan Is a Jewish Family

Fri 2020-05-08
933 Taliban Prisoners Freed by Afghan Govt, More Promised

Thu 2020-05-07
PM is elected in Iraq without guidance from Qassem Soleimani

Wed 2020-05-06
16 killed as airstrike targets gathering convened by Red Unit commander of Taliban

Tue 2020-05-05
U.S. approves first Sudanese ambassador in two decades

Mon 2020-05-04
66 civilians killed, wounded in Taliban attacks in first week of Ramadan

Sun 2020-05-03
Multiple gunshots fired from N. Korea
hit S. Korean DMZ guard post

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