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UAE submits official request to open embassy in Tel Aviv
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	8 23:59 Betty Crimble7900 [1789]
'Chemical attack' leaves 15 people battling for breath after masked man walks into Pizza Hut, McDonald's then Tesco and sprays unknown gas into air sparking hazmat emergency response	9 18:18 Mullah Richard [1802]
Houston police officer dead, 1 hurt; illegal immigrant suspect in custody	2 21:22 M. Murcek [1796]
Border Patrol arrests nearly 300 illegal immigrants in 18 hours	3 15:24 Betty Crimble7900 [1762]
Israel said to strike Iran-backed militia base in southern Syria	1 06:03 g(r)omgoru [1753]
Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east Congo jail	0 [1805]
Six Chad soldiers killed by Boko Haram fighters: Army	1 10:09 Jiling Gravitch9209 [1751]
50 Taliban Killed in Kandahar Battle	0 [1809]
Nimruz Blast Claims 5 ANSF, Hurts 2	0 [1754]
Maidan Wardak: Roadside Mines Claim 5, Wounds Nine	0 [1762]
District Governor in Khost Killed in Ambush	0 [1759]
Civilian Vast Majority of Victims in Ghor Bombing	0 [1761]
180 Civilians Killed, 375 Injured in Past Month: MoI	0 [1755]
Mozambican Forces Claim Death of 270 Insurgents	0 [1793]
Attack on Tanzanian Town by Mozambique-Based Militant Group	0 [1797]
Nigerian Shiites Protest Continued Detention of El-Zakzaky in Kaduna	5 12:13 Waldemar Flomonter9347 [1751]
BLM activist charged with hate crime over assault of black conservative in San Francisco	13 13:13 Woodrow [1821]
7th statue in Portland toppled, damaged	2 23:17 swksvolFF [1779]
Turkey’s S-400 missile test failed	6 16:05 Rob Crawford [1754]
Another terror tunnel crossing dozens of meters into Israel from Gaza, Gaza rocket stopped by Iron Dome, Israel bombs Khan Younis in response	2 03:54 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Armenian forces have downed another Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone over Artsakh	0 [1763]
France to dissolve pro-Hamas Muslim group, says Macron	2 15:33 trailing wife [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
Cop shot by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend during raid slams Louisville officials for letting public believe her death was like George Floyd's for months and says their silence was 'excruciating'	6 20:43 Rambler in Virginia [1744]
Left Lends Support to Insurance Industry	1 13:41 gorb [1746]
Greece Asks EU to Suspend Customs Union with Turkey, Report Says	0 [1796]
$1.7 bln pledged in aid to save Sahel from 'breaking point'	0 [1773]
Britain to Continue Supporting ‘ANDSF with £70 Million Yearly’	2 18:06 Skidmark [1748]
HR McMaster Calls Trump's Afghan Policy a 'Travesty'	30 23:14 Woodrow [1777]
Minnesota Islamists Join Progressive Church Alliance to Promote Islamist Agenda	6 13:33 Woodrow [1771]
Minneapolis residents sue city over lack of police	6 21:48 magpie [1783]
Iran massive air defense drill to cover "half the country"	1 10:14 Jiling Gravitch9209 [1742]
UAE submits official request to open embassy in Tel Aviv	2 15:33 ed in texas [1811]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Cow-hugging, an alleged wellness fad, has people cuddling farm animals to relieve stress	20 23:08 swksvolFF [1771]
Touchdown! NASA makes historic landing on 'doomsday asteroid' Bennu as OSIRIS-REx extends its 11-foot robotic arm to collect rock samples before launching back into space	7 22:30 swksvolFF [1789]
Intelligence chief Chris Mellon reveals HE provided New York Times with three infamous UFO videos it published in 2017 - after being handed clips in a Pentagon parking lot by Defense Department official	7 18:52 trailing wife [1753]
Florida deputy performs exorcism on child, instructs another to shoot anyone who enters demon-filled home	1 11:45 Punky Clunk8901 [1747]
Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from 5G, calls China biggest threat	2 17:24 Snolurt Phusoling5186 [1750]
F117s leave den!	14 21:45 magpie [1777]
Some nice blues for the day...	3 12:07 swksvolFF [1753]
Record Snowfall in Minneapolis	13 18:16 Mullah Richard [1757]
A red dragon is drooling for War!	13 18:08 magpie [1743]
Wanted Warlord in DR Congo Still Preys On Civilians	0 [1761]
St. Louis woman kills her own carjacker	9 18:17 Skidmark [1757]
Germany has issued international arrest warrants for the two founders of the firm at the centre of the tax haven scandal exposed by the Panama Papers data leak	3 18:16 Skidmark [1755]
Tensions rise in Nigeria as some 2,000 inmates escape in attacks on prisons	1 18:18 Skidmark [1762]
Cameron Peak Fire grows to more than 205,000 acres	4 16:50 Bman [1751]
Israeli Secret Agents Investigating COVID-19 Patients: Reports	4 11:16 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Japan To Release Fukushima’s Nuclear Waste Water Into Sea	2 12:33 Alaska Paul [1760]
Thousands of girls are subjected to FGM before being paraded down the street watched by machete-wielding guards during Kenyan tribe's month-long 'circumcision season'	4 23:16 Skidmark [1778]
Army reveals tiny 'bug' drone that can fly at 50mph and blow open doors with explosives	4 14:03 Skidmark [1751]
Page 4: Opinion
Some thoughts on China and kinetic vs non-kinetic warfare	3 17:20 trailing wife [1763]
I'm almost starting to think this whole pandemic really is a conspiracy	7 23:43 gorb [1771]
Facebook Chinese Censors	2 13:40 Woodrow [1756]
American Gothic Horror	9 11:23 Clem [1769]
Tim Tzouliadis' book The Forsaken reviewed	1 20:17 trailing wife [1756]
DISGRACE: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman mock military stadium flyovers in hot-mic video	9 23:45 gorb [1791]
Jordan B. Peterson Returns Home	3 17:27 Phineng Panda4690 [1759]
Did the U.S. Government Hide bin Laden In Iran? Alleged Whistleblower Releases Evidence to Make His Claim	3 22:25 trailing wife [1801]
4 Factors Suggest COVID-19 Lockdowns & Restrictions Have Caused More Harm Than Good	5 17:16 trailing wife [1744]
Page 6: Politix
Shiva Ayyadurai Sues MA Secretary of State For $1.2 Billion	5 16:32 trailing wife [1757]
Republicans thwart Schumer's latest effort to shut down Senate, block consideration of virus relief bill	2 10:03 Skidmark [1746]
Climate change researchers fly more than other academics	7 23:47 gorb [1780]
Mark Zuckerburg donated 100s of million dollars to increase Democrat votes	1 18:00 JohnQC [1755]
Commission on Presidential Debates Changes Rules, Will Mute Mics at Final Debate	6 18:29 Skidmark [1754]
Gretchen Whitmer admits it: No release from lockdown without a vote for Joe Biden	7 17:57 swksvolFF [1754]
Rudy Giuliani displays a "very, very sensitive" alleged text message from Hunter Biden, which he claims to have handed over to the Delaware state police.	12 23:49 gorb [1804]
You MUST release on THURSDAY!	1 00:09 Skidmark [1744]
Hearing that Bevan Cooney who has shared his Biden related emails with us has been REMOvED from the federal facility in Oregon where he is being detained	4 08:09 Clem [1742]
The deamons in NY?	3 10:22 Jiling Gravitch9209 [1744]
Joe Biden's Transition Co-Chair Hosted Hunter Biden-Linked Chinese Elites at Obama White House	0 [1756]
Warren delivers doomsday warning, says Trump threatens 'all life on this planet'	10 22:56 Betty Crimble7900 [1789]
Douglas Woman Charged With Attacking 73-Year-Old Trump Supporter	4 23:54 Waldemar Flomonter9347 [1770]
Joe Biden appears with Hunter's business associate in photo	4 13:24 Abu Uluque [1750]
'Struggling bar owner' in Biden ad is actually a big tech investor who inherited millions	2 17:43 M. Murcek [1747]
Joe Biden considering ex-Ohio Gov. John Kasich for Cabinet spot	6 22:49 JohnQC [1776]
Televangelist Pat Robertson predicts Trump will win re-election and bring about THE END TIMES	5 12:41 Alaska Paul [1759]
Baltimore Elected Officials Charged For Somehow Forgetting To Pay Their Taxes	4 19:30 Vernal Hatrick [1763]
Biden Defector's Emails Reveal Hunter's Associates Viewed Direct ‘Pipeline' to Administration as ‘Currency'	0 [1749]
Hunter Biden associate reveals dealings with Russian oligarch	4 18:36 M. Murcek [1747]
Hunter Biden associate's emails reveal details of deal with fmr Moscow mayors wife to launder funds into the US in avoidance of sanctions, Devon Archer claimed firm received $200M	7 20:02 Waldemar Flomonter9347 [1753]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Antifa/BLM
4	Taliban
4	Commies
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Hamas
2	Sublime Porte
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Iran)
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Salafists
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	al-Qaeda

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Tue 2020-10-20
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Mon 2020-10-19
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Sun 2020-10-18
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Sat 2020-10-17
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Fri 2020-10-16
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Thu 2020-10-15
Lavrov: Russia does not consider Turkey a strategic ally, despite the partnership between the two countries

Wed 2020-10-14
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Tue 2020-10-13
Vatican to open refugee reception centre in Rome

Mon 2020-10-12
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Sun 2020-10-11
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Sat 2020-10-10
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Fri 2020-10-09
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Thu 2020-10-08
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