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After alleged Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
After alleged Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria	18 22:01 trailing wife [1784]
Militants Shell Center of Syrian Capital, Killing 1 Person	0 [1742]
Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Two Missiles over Riyadh	0 [1739]
Civilians suffer heavy casualties in Taliban mortar attack in Nangarhar	0 [1733]
Insurgent Attacks In Kabul Leave Five Dead	0 [1739]
SDF 200 metres from ISIS in Deir ez-Zor	0 [1736]
Five servicemen injured in ambush set by Islamic State in Kirkuk	0 [1737]
Iraqi army, Kurdish troops repulse Islamic State attack in Diyala	0 [1735]
Suicide attacker killed by security in Iraq’s Samarra	0 [1733]
Syrian rights group: people went missing since Iraqi troops recaptured border villages	0 [1734]
Mosul clearance continues: 7 turbans, 1 big turban arrested	0 [1737]
Syrian government forces carry on with anti-terror operations	0 [1741]
Prison riot in Indonesia leaves police officers dead	0 [1733]
A Bomber Kills At Least 10 People In Wanlaweyn Market	0 [1738]
US embassy official arrested in Islamabad	5 18:46 gorb [1754]
Quetta police arrest LJ-Alami member accused of killing Hazaras, security officials	0 [1739]
Local PML-N leader critically injured in gun attack in Lyari, say police	0 [1736]
Iran Attacks Israel, Golan Heights with 20 Rockets After Trump Withdraws From Nuke Deal	1 16:11 Frank G [1727]
Attempted Assassination Of Iranian Dissident In New York	0 [1755]
Palestinians hurl pipe bomb at Border Police base during West Bank riot	0 [1735]
Page 2: WoT Background
Illegal immigrants could escape detection after ministers announce Home Office will no longer use NHS records to track them down	6 16:27 USN, Ret. [1733]
Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution says number of Wilayat Sinai terrorists received Daesh training in Syria, Iraq	0 [1727]
Iran faces banking turmoil after US nuclear “deal” exit	3 11:52 Tom [1729]
Boeing, Airbus licenses to sell jets to Iran to be revoked: US Treasury	2 11:29 Skidmark [1736]
Nigeria: Soldiers Elope With Young Women	4 11:31 Skidmark [1729]
Iran's Khamenei to Trump: Like hell, you will!	5 10:43 Alaska Paul [1730]
HRW: Israel attempting to shut down human rights record criticism	1 03:37 g(r)omgoru [1727]
Malaysia's opposition pulls off shocking election win	1 19:58 AlanC [1751]
Deputy PM Boards Warship To Meet EU Delegates Over Piracy	2 19:50 Frank G [1747]
Kenyan Police Issue Al-Shabab Attacks Warning Ahead Of Ramadan	0 [1737]
Scholar Tariq Ramadan loses bid for release ahead of rape trial	0 [1735]
Croatia court okays extradition of alleged killer of Hamas engineer to Tunisia	0 [1735]
Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does	2 09:18 Frank G [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Stormy Daniels' Lawyer In Deep Doo-Doo?	4 20:04 AlanC [1747]
New Research Reinforces Earlier Studies Suggesting PDMPs Are Adding to Opioid Overdose Rate	3 17:28 Silentbrick [1731]
David Goodall, Australia's oldest scientist calls it quits in SZ	0 [1729]
Ford faces halt to F-150 production after fire, could idle 7,600 workers	4 10:54 Alaska Paul [1731]
Justice Department invites Devin Nunes, Trey Gowdy to view classified Russia investigation info	1 19:34 Jumbo Glans5956 [1756]
Argentina minister to meet IMF's Lagarde to request loan	1 16:51 jvalentour [1736]
"The Treasury Department's inspector general is investigating whether confidential banking information involving a company controlled by President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen was leaked..."	3 11:35 Anomalous Sources [1746]
Students 'deeply hurt' by criticism of liberal intolerance	10 23:12 Silentbrick [1760]
The ‘Russian Collusion' Trial Is On, And Mueller May Be The First Casualty	13 19:32 trailing wife [1746]
Man Tries To Take Selfie With Bear - Gets Fatally Mauled	9 19:40 Jumbo Glans5956 [1773]
Americans Turn To Harder Drinks	4 22:34 Snamp Omusock5098 [1754]
Who Are the Three US Citizens Released Yesterday by North Korea?	2 18:15 Mercutio [1742]
Berlin court bars teacher from wearing headscarf at work	1 06:58 P2kontheroad [1738]
New Armenia PM ‘ready for talks with Baku on Karabakh’	0 [1730]
Madrid blocks second Puigdemont comeback bid in Catalonia	0 [1734]
Botswana: Masisi's Purge - Khama's House of Cards Collapses	1 08:42 Besoeker [1729]
Zimbabwe Could Be Running Out Of Beer	1 23:36 JohnQC [1760]
Pakistan passes landmark transgender rights law	2 11:55 Skidmark [1737]
DRC: Fresh Ebola outbreak kills two in Equateur Province	0 [1731]
Potential successor to President Xi gets life for bribery	0 [1746]
Maldives’ chief justice jailed for five months	1 11:10 M. Murcek [1733]
JI ministers yet to resign after quitting govt	0 [1735]
Pakistani-origin Italian woman Sana was strangled to death: autopsy report	0 [1736]
Man with concealed weapons permit shoots and kills man who tries to rob him in Gainesville	3 15:51 Warthog [1735]
‘My dad's the mayor!' Video shows Denver mayor's son using slur against officer during traffic stop	12 19:49 Silentbrick [1757]
Elephants Attack Rohingya	2 13:31 swksvolFF [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
Maasai herders driven off land to make way for luxury safaris, report says	2 11:13 M. Murcek [1740]
Former CIA officer Phill Mudd: Tired of Selective Amnesia on Gina Haspel	6 14:01 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1729]
Sarah Hoyt: The President Is Not Your Daddy	2 14:03 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1732]
Maverick To Senate: Don't Let Haspel Run The CIA	14 18:22 JohnQC [1759]
Nawaz Sharif’s ET politics	0 [1752]
SPENGLER: What Next for Iran?	3 19:47 Jumbo Glans5956 [1764]
Jill Filipovic: The Problem With ‘Feminist' Men	4 11:24 M. Murcek [1738]
Page 6: Politix
Maverick: I Gave The Dossier To Comey Because ‘Duty Demanded' It	20 15:57 trailing wife [1733]
Skakel’s tossed conviction just another example of Kennedy privilege	3 12:45 Besoeker [1732]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Islamic State
7	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Haqqani Network
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Pirates
1	Taliban
1	Tin Hat Dictators & Kleptocrats
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2018-05-10
After alleged Iranian barrage, Israel launches massive counterattack in Syria

Wed 2018-05-09
Israel Will 'Eliminate' Assad if He Continues to Let Iran Operate From Syria, Minister Warns

Tue 2018-05-08
BREAKING. President Trump's Remarks On Leaving The Iran Nuclear Deal

Mon 2018-05-07
District governor among 5 killed, wounded in Paktia car bombing

Sun 2018-05-06
ISIS intruding into Afghanistan via Iran, claims Hekmatyar

Sat 2018-05-05
Sweden arrests suspect on suspicion of planning terror attack

Fri 2018-05-04
Syrian rebels start pull-out from south Damascus

Thu 2018-05-03
28 foreign females sentenced to death over belonging to Islamic State

Wed 2018-05-02
Ellwangen, Germany: Deportation Fails, Refugees Issue Ultimatum, Police Witthdraw

Tue 2018-05-01
ISIS claim deadly suicide attacks in Kabul city, Taliban sez they didn’t do it

Mon 2018-04-30
Possible missile strike causes massive explosion in Hama

Sun 2018-04-29
Two Libyan ex-Guantanamo inmates vanish upon returning home

Sat 2018-04-28
Prosecutors Identify 416 French Islamic State Donors, Terror Group’s Cash Estimated in The Billions

Fri 2018-04-27
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Thu 2018-04-26
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