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California authorities seize enough fentanyl to make 4 million lethal doses
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Militants lob grenade at CRPF camp in J&K’s Kulgam, Army jawan injured	3 19:06 swksvolFF [1750]
Zakir Musa gang wiped out: Jammu and Kashmir police	1 05:04 Dron66046 [1763]
Man briefly holes up inside French museum, writes threatening messages in Arabic	0 [1747]
Yemen's rebels, government set up joint positions in key port city	0 [1748]
Airstrikes kill 12 Taliban militants, destroy multiple caches of weapons in 5 provinces	0 [1749]
Special Forces kill 6 Taliban militants, destroy large caches of weapons and IEDs in 3 provinces	0 [1747]
String of explosions rock northern Syria	0 [1760]
Albania says police thwarted attack plot by Iranian terror cell	1 08:25 Mercutio [1753]
Turkish troops, Syrian rebels take over Kurdish town	0 [1729]
Ansarallah forces destroy several vehicles belonging to Saudi-backed troops	0 [1748]
Israeli military on high alert over potential Iranian attack from Syria	2 12:09 Skidmark [1741]
Massive Syrian Army convoy heads to Al-Raqqa	0 [1741]
Military choppers land for first time at strategic Tabaqa Airport	0 [1743]
Libyan Counterterrorism Force has busted a human smuggling ring	0 [1751]
3 civilians killed, 8 injured in new airstrikes by Haftar's warplanes	0 [1751]
Libya's Coast Guard intercepts 150 illegal immigrants off the Libyan coast	0 [1741]
Mitiga Airport attacked by F-16 with US-made bombs	1 12:16 Skidmark [1747]
Haftar’s UAE-backed air force militia strikes a civilian’s house in Ramlah area of Swani region in south #Tripoli	0 [1748]
A howitzer shell has landed at Rixos compound in Hai Damascus in #Tripoli where Libyan parliament HQ is located	1 12:17 Skidmark [1737]
California authorities seize enough fentanyl to make 4 million lethal doses	6 17:21 Skidmark [1792]
Iraqi defense minister gives US troops 4 weeks to leave Iraq	14 19:21 Zhang Fei [1778]
Page 2: WoT Background
CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed ones in Syria	12 16:22 JohnQC [1742]
Classes resume at NIT Srinagar, 80% students return	1 12:29 Skidmark [1748]
Sec Gen: NATO Committed to Fighting Daesh	2 08:39 M. Murcek [1743]
Iraq to transfer around 2,000 convicted ISIS members from Mosul to Baghdad	1 12:31 Skidmark [1746]
Trial date finalized for Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher attacks	2 12:36 Skidmark [1750]
Lebanon presses charges against former PM for unjust enrichment	0 [1745]
Russia demands US end its occupation of Al-Tanf in southern Syria	0 [1746]
Russian-Turkish patrols set to be deployed at Syrian border	0 [1754]
Pursued by NAB, JUI-F leader Akram Khan Durrani files pre-arrest bail plea	0 [1749]
Safdar sent to jail on judicial remand	0 [1738]
Afghan rivals to meet in China after US talks stall	0 [1738]
US still sees held Kashmir as disputed, Congress panel told	0 [1751]
Smartphone malware targeting Pakistani officials: report	3 13:28 Dron66046 [1742]
Trump announces Turkey sanctions 'will be lifted'	1 12:41 Skidmark [1745]
Government to allow JUI-F's 'Azadi March' to go ahead as long as it remains peaceful	0 [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
MMA legend Randy Couture, 56, is 'hospitalized and in intensive care after suffering a heart attack'	0 [1750]
CNN President Jeff Zucker Says He Would Be Interested in Hiring Shepard Smith	5 23:51 SR-71 [1766]
Man Doused In Flammable Liquid Set On Fire By Cop's Stun Gun	0 [1754]
Rat-eating monkeys in Malaysia stun scientists	10 14:23 Dron66046 [1745]
Blind men say they were ‘accosted' by animal rights activist for using guide dogs	1 10:24 Dron66046 [1746]
The E.U.'s looking at a ‘carbon border tax.' What's a carbon border tax?	10 18:26 Bright Pebbles [1752]
Sex Offenders Sue Georgia Sheriff for Placing 'No Trick-or-Treat' Signs on Their Property	14 19:46 M. Murcek [1778]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg awarded $1 million prize for 'thinkers' in philosophy and culture	10 18:09 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1745]
Military Leader of Syrian Kurds Thanks Trump for Cease-Fire	2 13:35 Dron66046 [1740]
Illinois: Manufacturing Executives Charged with Knowingly Hiring Illegal Aliens	13 13:09 ranture [1764]
Chinese ship heads away from Vietnam after disputed surveys in South China Sea	0 [1740]
Hong Kong withdraws Chinese extradition bill that sparked protests	1 08:33 Mercutio [1735]
Chief Trump science adviser moves against foreign threat to research secrets	2 12:54 Skidmark [1749]
New Report Reveals Climate Change Protesters Are Being Paid, May Be In Trouble Because Of It	4 15:41 rjschwarz [1743]
TX Governor Sending AG And Family Services To Review James Younger "Trans Kid" Case	16 23:56 Fat Bob Javish1936 [1764]
Poor toilet hygiene, not food, spreads antibiotic-resistant E. coli superbugs	6 19:50 M. Murcek [1778]
King Salman appoints Prince Faisal bin Farhan as new Saudi FM: Al-Arabiya	0 [1741]
Norway police say no terror motive in ambulance rampage	6 23:08 trailing wife [1768]
‘It’s not the police’s job to punish people’	1 01:47 Lex [1747]
Prisoners in Khyber district to undergo weekly medical check-ups	1 11:48 M. Murcek [1764]
Worst. Nazi. President. Ever.	11 20:11 Frank G [1767]
Ecuador’s President Calls Nicolás Maduro an ‘Ass’ After ‘Stupid’ Insult	1 08:38 Mercutio [1754]
Media faked out by 84-year-old phony Vietnam veteran army nurse	3 18:07 Glusomble the Tiny4117 [1732]
China may replace Carrie Lam as Hong Kong chief	1 08:39 Mercutio [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
The Rise of the Western Spy Assclown	0 [1751]
The N.B.A. and China and the Myths of Sports Diplomacy	5 16:55 Dron66046 [1744]
Why Retired Military Officers Need To Shut Up About Politics	10 13:39 Dron66046 [1746]
We, Too, Can Be a Failed Latin American State	1 10:20 rjschwarz [1739]
VDH: Untenable Alliance Is No Turkish Delight	3 23:28 Lex [1778]
The Odd Conservative Love Affair With Tulsi Gabbard	16 20:40 M. Murcek [1769]
Trump and Syria: The Myth of Betrayal	1 16:11 rjschwarz [1759]
How many lies can Soetoro tell in one speech? (graphic terrorism video clips)	2 09:05 Raj [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Tim Ryan ends 2020 presidential campaign	4 20:19 Lex [1767]
Breaking: Lindsey Graham And Mitch McConnell Introducing Resolution To Condemn House Dems' ‘Impeachment Inquiry'	1 13:40 Bright Pebbles [1744]
Joaquin Castro: GOP SCIF Walk-in ‘Absolutely' Was a Risk to National Security	7 16:26 Pancho Flerens6518 [1739]
House Ethics Cmte To Investigate Katie Hill's Alleged Relationship With Staffer	1 13:21 Skidmark [1753]
Katie Hill, the Decidedly Non-Milfolicious Brazen Strumpet Representing California's 25th District, Denies Affair With Male Staffer, Does Not Deny Affair With Female Staffer	3 10:06 rjschwarz [1745]
Biden on Building the Economy: ‘I'm Going to Start by Reversing the Trump Tax Cuts'	4 16:29 JohnQC [1746]
Steven Crowder shares 'chilling' YouTube behavior during Tulsi Gabbard's fight against Clinton's smears	2 10:08 rjschwarz [1750]
Dick's CEO Floats Prez Bid	10 17:46 Skidmark [1751]
Republicans Storm Closed-Room No-Rules Lynching, Demanding Due Process In Fake Impeachment	4 12:37 NoMoreBS [1751]
Hawley to Introduce Bill to Move Federal Agencies out of Washington D.C.	6 14:43 Bright Pebbles [1753]
Democrat Katie Hill Denies Affairs with Staffers Despite Photographic Evidence	2 12:35 Bright Pebbles [1757]
Pudgy Transgender Activist Jessica Yaniv Loses ‘Brazilian Wax’ Lawsuit in Canada	8 14:09 Dron66046 [1755]
Mass. Dem’s Bill Would Make It Illegal To Call Someone ‘Bitch’	21 19:35 swksvolFF [1773]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Commies
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Arab Spring
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Syria
3	Sublime Porte
3	Moslem Colonists
2	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
2	Houthis
2	Islamic State
2	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-10-24
California authorities seize enough fentanyl to make 4 million lethal doses

Wed 2019-10-23
Senior ISIS leader surrenders to Afghan forces in Nangarhar province

Tue 2019-10-22
Mexico sends in troops after failed 'El Chapo' son arrest

Mon 2019-10-21
Spokesman: Governor of Wardak Survives Car Bomb

Sun 2019-10-20
Kurdish politician appeals to Israel for help in northern Syria

Sat 2019-10-19
Blasts collapse roof at Afghan mosque, killing at least 62 at Friday prayers

Fri 2019-10-18
Heavy fighting between Turkish/SNA and YPG/SDF

Thu 2019-10-17
Pence announces ceasefire at the US Embassy in Turkey.

Wed 2019-10-16
Spain, Sweden, Canada, UK halting sales of military material to Ankara

Tue 2019-10-15
Notre-Dame plot: Five women jailed over foiled car bomb attack

Mon 2019-10-14
Trump tells Pentagon to begin withdrawing remaining troops from northern Syria

Sun 2019-10-13
Syria now considers itself at war with Turkey!

Sat 2019-10-12
Palestinians riot on Gaza border; 49 said wounded

Fri 2019-10-11
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Thu 2019-10-10
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