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Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Protesters gather outside Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home and demand she defund police ahead of Columbus statue removal as unrest continues in Portland and Trump vows to send 60,000 federal troops onto the streets of America	3 15:02 g(r)omgoru [1759]
US fighter jets near Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace	12 20:05 trailing wife [1787]
Good morning	7 23:58 trailing wife [1779]
Avg. 50 Security Incidents/Day Since US-Taliban Deal	1 03:41 Procopius2k [1759]
Released Taliban Prisoners Returned to the Battlefields: ONSC	1 09:23 Chris [1759]
Pakistanis among 46 Taliban militants killed, wounded in clashes in East of Afghanistan	0 [1759]
Businesses looted, pair of fires started on Capitol Hill, Seattle police say; judge orders local news media to turn over protest images	0 [1764]
US Military Strikes ISIS In Somalia	0 [1797]
Al-Shabaab Operative Slapped With Life Imprisonment In Somalia	1 08:32 Frank G [1757]
Armenia must abandon its hostility and withdraw from occupied Azerbaijani lands: Turkey	1 00:13 Rob Crawford [1755]
Afghan teen who shot Taliban attackers reportedly killed own husband	0 [1802]
Israeli army sends reinforcements to Lebanese border amid fears of Hezbollah retaliation	0 [1793]
Iraqi security forces have captured a drone carrying a 2 kilogram projectile that was flying over buildings in Baghdad	0 [1751]
Ershad Karimi, of MEHR engineering company, has been identified as the person responsible for the blast in Natanz	1 05:13 g(r)omgoru [1752]
Muslim Brotherhood cell got busted in Alexandria, according to investigations it was run by MB leaders who are in Turkey	0 [1786]
Portland insurgency roundup: Nicholas Kristof sez ‘Come to beautiful Portland’	5 15:10 g(r)omgoru [1753]
Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers	14 23:43 CrazyFool [1848]
Page 2: WoT Background
Qatar to distribute monthly grant of $100 to every family in Gaza	0 [1746]
Twitter acknowledges mistakenly closing accounts of some users for posting Star of David	5 10:23 SteveS [1748]
U.S. General Sees Iraq Troop Drawdown as IS Threat Dims	1 09:26 Chris [1752]
Marine vet holds US flag high amid chaotic Portland protest, gets followed home by Antifa	1 14:43 Skidmark [1743]
U.S. Deports Lebanon-Born Palestinian Man	2 19:59 trailing wife [1772]
Resistance to the Brotherhood in Yemen	1 08:39 b [1757]
Tunisia's parliament to start confidence-withdrawal procedures against Ennahda's Al-Ghannouchi	1 09:58 Mercutio [1778]
Greece will do 'whatever necessary' in dispute with Turkey	0 [1749]
Taliban propose potential Afghan talks timeline as violence soars	0 [1750]
South Korea, Japan Engage In Anti-Piracy Drills Near Somalia	0 [1748]
Erdogan’s misreading of Hagia Sophia’s history	0 [1754]
British Daesh terrorists dubbed the ‘Beatles’ admit mistreatment of US aid worker	0 [1748]
Former Unaoil boss jailed for five years over Iraq bribery	0 [1793]
Lawyers seek justice from Council of Europe for Demirtas case	0 [1748]
Turkey defies Greek, Egyptian threats to continue drilling in Mediterranean	1 08:48 b [1757]
Erdogan boasts of Turkey's 'historic achievements' in Syria, Libya, Mediterranean	1 11:47 Alaska Paul [1748]
Azeri President calls for all ‘occupied lands to be freed’ from Armenia	0 [1749]
Emmanuel Macron posts in Greek in his official page on Facebook to fully support Greece & Cyprus against #Turkey's actions in Eastern Mediterranean	1 04:38 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Washington Post settles $250M suit with Covington teen Nick Sandmann	17 23:56 gorb [1778]
Revealed: Tens of thousands of 'golden visas' have been granted to wealthy foreign investors - including 3,966 to Chinese and 2,477 to Russians - since 'backdoor' scheme was launched 12 years ago	9 22:45 Bangkok Billy [1786]
Huge crowds gather for the first Friday prayers at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia since Turkey's President Erdogan sparked Christian anger by turning it back into a mosque	0 [1759]
'NRA Karen' threatens to shoot man after he asked her to wear a face mask inside a Stater Bros grocery store	9 18:36 swksvolFF [1748]
Wild moment man points an assault rifle at a fellow driver who accused him of throwing 'gang signs' during a road rage incident at a North Carolina gas station	0 [1750]
Eight murderers and rapists on San Quentin death row die of coronavirus as prison outbreak worsens	5 18:38 Clem [1751]
One-punch killer is let off with ZERO jail time in homicide of Florida tourist in New York City because judge deems the ex-Wake Forest basketball coach had a 'positive impact' on community	4 14:54 charger [1763]
North Carolina professor is found dead weeks after taking early retirement following online petition to get him fired over tweet where he dubbed State governor 'Massa Cooper' and compared coronavirus restrictions to a 'slave state'	3 19:09 trailing wife [1754]
Chicoms kick US consulate out of Chengdu.	5 21:51 Alaska Paul [1787]
Chinese Researcher Facing U.S. Charges Takes Refuge in Consulate	3 14:27 Skidmark [1745]
US accuses Russia of testing anti-satellite weapon in space	4 22:07 DooDahMan [1776]
Fau Xi's Ceremonial First Pitch Goes As Expected	2 20:13 swksvolFF [1775]
Kuwait's emir arrives in the US for medical treatment and is in a stable condition	4 09:47 Procopius2k [1763]
Saudi king, 84, has successful surgery	0 [1751]
Disturbing video shows six young men pummel 12-year-old boy in Brooklyn deli	4 14:29 Skidmark [1787]
Page 4: Opinion
Insanity Wrap #13: Joe Biden's Nasal Fantasy	7 19:29 swksvolFF [1750]
IRS Announces Taxpayers Can Make Checks Directly Payable To Any Corporation Or Billionaire They Want This Year	1 10:04 Mercutio [1748]
The Brotherhood’s fifth column	1 07:27 Sonny Black [1773]
Page 6: Politix
Trump Cancels In-Person Jacksonville Republican National Convention	0 [1747]
Video shows uniformed sailor screaming ‘F*** Trump!' and angrily confronting protesters	16 21:03 Frank G [1779]
Oakland mayor’s home vandalized with graffiti calling for defunding police	4 19:37 Frank G [1754]
Biden says Trump is America's first racist president	19 23:59 gorb [1783]
Maxine Waters: Trump’s Paramilitary Are a ‘Trial Run’ -- He is Organizing ‘to Not Accept’ Losing Election	14 21:41 Frank G [1785]
Trump, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot agree to deployment of federal agents	3 07:35 Skidmark [1751]
Cuomo violated his own mask rules while in Georgia, declined to self-quarantine on return to N.Y.	0 [1753]
Dem Chicago Alderman: Mayor’s ‘Grandstanding’ and ‘Pettiness’ Costing Lives	1 08:11 Mullah Richard [1777]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2020-07-24
Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers

Thu 2020-07-23
Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby

Wed 2020-07-22
At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago

Tue 2020-07-21
BLM Beats Conservative Michelle Malkin With Clubs In Denver

Mon 2020-07-20
Turkey says 27 IS suspects arrested in Istanbul

Sun 2020-07-19
Minneapolis: ‘It’s 24-Hour Crime’

Sat 2020-07-18
Jordan’s top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood

Fri 2020-07-17
Nigeria: 602 Boko Haram terrorists surrender

Thu 2020-07-16
Video footage from Iranian port after 7 ships caught fire

Wed 2020-07-15
Explosion as fire breaks out at Iranian industrial complex

Tue 2020-07-14
BLM activist claimed in ultra-viral tweet that racist messages were left on his car. Video shows he placed them there himself

Mon 2020-07-13
Florida man crashes into Catholic Church,
sets it on fire with worshipers inside

Sun 2020-07-12
Turkish military seizes strategic summit in Iraqi-Kurdistan

Sat 2020-07-11
Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque

Fri 2020-07-10
Latest explosions in Tehran reportedly hit warehouses of rockets that belong to the IRGC

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