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Libya government forces say repel Haftar attack on Tripoli
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
9 ISIS militants, originally hailing from Pakistan killed in Nangarhar clash	0 [11127]
Airstrikes, Special Forces raid kill 10 Taliban militants in Uruzgan province	0 [11132]
Ghazni: 3 turbans in truck bomb airstruck, Talib emir and henchmen airstruck	0 [11127]
Dozens of Taliban militants killed, detained in Special Forces raids in Logar, Paktika	0 [11127]
Syrian media says Israel carried out airstrikes in country’s south	0 [11127]
Regime strikes kill seven civilians in northwest Syria – monitor	0 [11123]
Israel: Iran smuggling dual-use items for Hezbollah arms by sea into Beirut port	0 [11127]
Islamic State terrorist killed while planting bomb in Iraq’s Diyala	0 [11131]
Iraqi court sentences two men to death for joining Islamic State	0 [11129]
Iraqi security arrest 7 Islamic State members in Mosul	0 [11122]
Iraqi paramilitary fighters repel IS attack on military checkpoint in Salahuddin	0 [11128]
The regime's security services arrest commanders and fighters of those who struck "reconciliation and settlement" deals in the south of #Damascus	0 [11124]
Hayyaat_Tahrir_Al-Sham arrests a Christian young man who has been deported from the #Turkish territory to the Syrian one	0 [11126]
IED near a military checkpoint of the #SDF east of #Deir_Ezzorhttp://www.	0 [11126]
2 killed, 16 injured in Quetta IED blast: police	0 [11127]
Heavy fighting resumed near unfunctional #Tripoli International Airport	0 [11125]
Five wounded as Syria rocket hits Turkey border town	0 [11126]
Libya government forces say repel Haftar attack on Tripoli	0 [11127]
Arab coalition jets intercepted and took down Houthi drones targeting Saudi Arabia’s Asir	0 [11125]
US ‘may have brought down’ second Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz	0 [11125]
Page 2: WoT Background
Oil slips to around $63 as Iran concerns fade for now	2 09:46 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11126]
MI6 fears Iran used Russian GPS tech to send UK tanker off course - report	2 23:28 gorb [11142]
Turkey Hints at Cutting Off Access to Incirlik if US Is 'Hostile' over S-400 Purchase	12 18:31 magpie [11129]
U.S. Moves to Speed Up Summary Migrant Deportations	1 10:28 Bobby [11126]
Fury As Trump Said He Could Wipe Afghanistan Off The Earth	7 21:28 Unosh Hupinelet8756 [11131]
Kabul Air Brigade formally begins flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters	0 [11129]
Saudi blogger attacked by Palestinians sings in Hebrew at meeting with Netanyahu	0 [11123]
US peace plan won’t be based on international consensus, says envoy	1 12:30 Texhooey [11124]
Middle East economic growth slows dramatically, due in part to Iran sanctions	2 15:55 Vernal Hatrick [11131]
'Turkey constantly protects drilling vessels in E.Med'	0 [11126]
Joint Security Room of Gharyan orders the head of Awqaf Office to dismiss all Madkhali clerics who had supported warlord Khalifa Haftar	0 [11127]
Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be Kurds killed by Saddam	0 [11125]
US sanctions squeeze Iran middle class, upend housing sector	2 18:35 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Pakistan’s main spy agency provided the US with a lead that helped them find and kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden	4 19:10 SteveS [11128]
Qatar accused of being a ‘malign state’ after evidence emerged that Doha colluded in Islamist militant attacks in Somalia	0 [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Environmental activists super glue themselves to buildings on Capitol Hill	15 17:38 Vernal Hatrick [11131]
Four Chinese Indicted for Evading U.S. Weapons Sanctions on N. Korea	0 [11126]
S. Korea’s claim on warning shot firings disputed by Russia	0 [11123]
Cuba ‘sonic attacks' changed US diplomats' brains, study finds	2 02:07 Besoeker [11126]
Venezuela halts school, work activities after power cut	3 17:14 Phaick Uneretle6310 [11135]
Aid has been one of the biggest curses for Pakistan: PM Imran	2 10:26 Dron66046 [11122]
Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes in #Bangladesh	2 15:51 trailing wife [11124]
Boris Johnson Wins UK Leadership Race, Will be Prime Minister	3 15:24 ruprecht [11131]
Amazon Delivery Driver Caught Pooping in Woman’s Garden	3 11:57 gorb [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Neighbors prevent ICE from arresting illegal in Tennessee	6 08:35 DarthVader [11130]
Pres. Trump was right all along about Puerto Rico, with protests blowing apart Democrats' hurricane narrative	3 18:05 DooDahMan [11132]
Fauxcahontas consulted for Dow Chemical against boob implant lawsuits	0 [11124]
Berkeley political correctness means we’d get ‘Person-hattan’	8 14:33 SteveS [11125]
When cops get disrespected without consequence, a city falls apart	9 16:16 charger [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Upcoming Facebook changes to prep the battlespace for fighting Trump in the next election.	9 16:39 Phaick Uneretle6310 [11126]
Cornel West: ‘Fascist Frankenstein’ Trump Becoming ‘American Version’ of ‘Hitler,’ ‘Mussolini’	9 15:21 ruprecht [11127]
Julian Castro: Trump Putting Out ‘Siren Song’ to ‘White America Only’ Crowd	1 05:33 Angaiting Thising6508 [11127]
Pete Buttigieg: White Nationalism the Most Deadly Form of Terrorism in the United States	8 13:20 Lex [11126]
Cory Booker Says ‘My Testosterone Sometimes Makes Me Want to Punch Trump’	10 11:05 DarthVader [11126]
The Atlantic Declares ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Sexist, ‘Quiet Cruelty’	7 17:26 Vernal Hatrick [11128]
Omar Accuses Trump of Harboring ‘Inherent Racism’ for Years	5 13:29 Bobby [11125]
WaPo’s Robinson: The Alarm of a Nazi Uprise in America, Britain ‘Should Be at Full Volume’	11 21:59 Alaska Paul [11131]
Beetle: Trump Taking America Down ‘the Road to Fascism and Tyranny’	7 15:16 ruprecht [11128]
The left smears a senator for calling out elite ideology	2 15:13 ruprecht [11126]
Turning the tide against campus kangaroo ‘rape’ courts	4 13:33 Lex [11124]

    
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5	Islamic State
3	Govt of Syria
3	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Commies
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Nusra
1	Antifa
1	Baloch Liberation Army
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2019-07-24
Libya government forces say repel Haftar attack on Tripoli

Tue 2019-07-23
Iraq arrests Islamic State cell, including Baghdadi aide, in Nineveh

Mon 2019-07-22
Iran claims to catch 17 CIA spies, sentences some to death

Sun 2019-07-21
Kurdistan: Killer of senior Turkish diplomat arrested

Sat 2019-07-20
Saudi King approves additional deployment of US troops

Fri 2019-07-19
'HOSTILE ACT' Iran seizes British oil tanker in the Gulf with 23 crew on board days after clash with Royal Navy

Thu 2019-07-18
Iran seizes foreign tanker with 12 crew accused of smuggling oil

Wed 2019-07-17
Pakistani police arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed (again)

Tue 2019-07-16
United Arab Emirates oil tanker vanishes after drifting into Iranian waters

Mon 2019-07-15
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo

Sun 2019-07-14
African Migrants Turned Church Into Base to Deal Heroin

Sat 2019-07-13
Kismayo attack: 26 dead as gunmen storm Somali hotel

Fri 2019-07-12
Labor Sec. Alex Acosta Resigns Amid Pall of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation

Thu 2019-07-11
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats tried, failed to seize British oil tanker in Persian Gulf

Wed 2019-07-10
Egyptian Court Convicts Al-Azhar Professor, Others For Spying For Iran

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