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Islamic State Declared A New Wilaya In Africa
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Over 100 Palestinians arrested, overnight clashes during searches	0 [1738]
Islamic State cites 69 casualties from Nigerian army and African troops	0 [1735]
ICC calls on all Tripoli fighters to respect international humanitarian law	0 [1739]
Brother of Toulouse killer given 30 years for aiding Jewish school attack	0 [1737]
Sudan's military rulers say two of Bashir's brothers arrested	0 [1736]
24 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces raids and airstrikes	0 [1752]
2 drug smugglers arrested in Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport	1 11:31 Frank G [1735]
Prominent Taliban leader Mullah Azizullah arrested in Farah province	0 [1741]
ISIS-K militants killed after attacking security posts of public uprising forces in Achin	0 [1749]
First time ever The Islamic State claims an attack in Congo	0 [1745]
Islamic State Declared A New Wilaya In Africa	2 20:19 trailing wife [1789]
Iraqi court sentences IS member to death for involvement in sniper attacks	0 [1742]
Iraqi forces destroy 3 IS terrorist hotbeds, booby-trapped house in Diyala	0 [1739]
Israeli Terrorist Kills Palestinian Teacher In Car Attack	2 12:20 gorb [1747]
Houthi forces seize strategic mountain after fierce battle in central Yemen	0 [1741]
Syrian Army suffers heavy casualties after ISIS carries out another ambush near Palmyra	0 [1742]
Syrian Army sends large convoy of reinforcements to Iraqi border as they prepare to reopen international highway	0 [1742]
Iranian Terror Network Exposed In Central Africa	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hundreds of Central American migrants walk through Mexico in latest caravan making its way to U.S. - as border agents capture 1,800 illegal immigrants in just one day	0 [1735]
Army announces 9-day closure of West Bank, Gaza for Passover holiday	0 [1740]
Turkey Freezes Assets of Senior Yemeni Huthi Militias	0 [1740]
Mosul prison using torture to extract ISIS affiliation confessions: HRW	5 17:59 Raj [1769]
Is ISIS winning hearts and minds in Iraq’s Makhmour?	0 [1747]
Iraqi court frees French ISIS suspect it says went to Syria to ‘help Yezidis’	0 [1736]
No military solution to Libyan crisis, need to return to dialogue says EU’s Mogherini	1 13:04 g(r)omgoru [1739]
USAID To Lay Off Most Of Its West Bank And Gaza Staff	2 08:53 Besoeker [1740]
Iranian commander claims Iran is among top 5 drone powers in the world	6 23:03 Rob Crawford [1766]
Chinese radar system destroyed by Israel has been restored by the Syrian Army	0 [1739]
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri heads to Saudi Arabia for first time since 2017 debacle	0 [1743]
Iraqi Army receives new batch of Russian T-90 tanks	0 [1740]
IDF general vows to destroy Syrian S-300 systems if used against Israeli warplanes	0 [1740]
Sweden launches new ‘top secret’ spy ship	3 10:09 Cesare [1735]
US-backed commander vows to capture Afrin and Idlib from Turkey	0 [1743]
Brazil, India to reopen embassies in Syria	0 [1734]
Assad family cash frozen after dictator's niece found living in London	3 11:24 magpie [1736]
Iran says its armed forces are not a regional threat	2 15:43 USN, Ret. [1736]
SDF is preparing for a military offensive to capture Al-Bukamal,and the area from Al-Asharah until Al-Bukamal from The Assad Regime and Iranian Forces	0 [1740]
Military experts from North Korea, Belarus and Iran titzup in the attack on the scientific research center in Musayaf	3 07:36 AlanC [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Purity Test Fail: Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' out at Yankee Stadium over racist songs	4 21:41 Rob Crawford [1773]
Catholic devotees are CRUCIFIED and hundreds whip themselves bloody with bamboo sticks for punishing Good Friday penitence ritual in the Philippines	2 18:41 Ebbavirt Clunk4147 [1758]
Airline employee worked illegally for the Chinese military at New York airports, US prosecutors say	3 22:28 Bangkok Billy [1765]
Too indolent to go pick up free groceries? Enjoy sleeping until noon? No problem.	8 18:28 swksvolFF [1760]
Rapper Kodak Black aka Bill Karpi arrested in New York on drug, weapons charges	1 07:03 Raj [1737]
Initial US intelligence assessment is that North Korea recently tested components for an anti-tank weapon	1 13:01 Skidmark [1733]
BBC sez bad word	2 23:19 Threling Thrirong3580 [1766]
Mosul Dam reinforcement ongoing as water reaches 30-year high	3 06:52 Skidmark [1737]
Chinese military chiefs set to move PLA service branch headquarters out of Beijing	2 06:58 Skidmark [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
My Simple, Effective Comprehensive Illegal Immigration Reform Plan	7 19:45 CrazyFool [1766]
Prof John Marini: Politics by Other Means: The Use and Abuse of Scandal	0 [1733]
The Path To The Presidency Runs Through The Second Amendment	1 09:44 M. Murcek [1740]
The Moral Of The Mueller Inquisition	3 16:55 Sock Puppet of Doom [1735]
CHASE Bank Shuts Down 'ALT-RIGHT' Accounts	10 21:43 Rob Crawford [1788]
Liberal Reporter Tells Colleagues To Get Off The Russian 'Collusion Crackpipe'	8 21:52 Alistaire Bluetooth6299 [1772]
Did Nick Cage Steal The Declaration? FALSE‐Plus 5 More Shocking Snopes Reveals	2 09:22 Raj [1740]
Why aren't Europeans calling Israel an apartheid state?	4 12:10 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Another line they cut into: Illegals get free public housing as impoverished Americans wait	6 21:17 SteveS [1763]
The Bombshell In The Mueller Report Is Russia's Social Media Campaign	9 14:51 rjschwarz [1745]
U.S. Intelligence Institutionally Politicized Toward Democrats	9 19:25 Nero Uninemp6884 [1768]
A PLO position paper packed with lies confirms there’s no partner for peace	0 [1756]
CNN: 'God Allowed The Mueller Report To Test Our Unshakable Faith In Collusion'	7 20:37 Anomalous Sources [1764]
EDITORIAL: Seoul must deal with Pyongyang’s offensive by sending a clear message against any provocations	2 07:19 Skidmark [1741]
Page 6: Politix
James Clapper: Mueller Report ‘Devastating,' ‘Road Map' for Impeachment	17 16:23 Bright Pebbles [1745]
Rotherham peer Lord Ahmed charged with fourth child sex offence	4 08:56 Besoeker [1732]
Top House Dem Tosses Lifeline To Trump On Mueller Report Day	3 17:03 Sock Puppet of Doom [1767]

    
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                        21:43 Rob Crawford

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                        21:17 SteveS

                        20:49 Frank G

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                        20:37 Anomalous Sources

                        20:19 trailing wife

                        19:45 CrazyFool

                        19:25 Nero Uninemp6884

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                        18:41 Ebbavirt Clunk4147

                        18:28 swksvolFF

                        17:59 Raj

                        17:58 Skidmark

                        17:50 P2kontheroad

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                        17:11 Besoeker

                        17:03 Sock Puppet of Doom

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                        16:56 lord garth

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2	Houthis
2	Arab Spring
1	al-Qaeda
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Sudan
1	PLO
1	Palestinian Authority
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-04-19
Islamic State Declared A New Wilaya In Africa

Thu 2019-04-18
German Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Recruiting ISIS Members To Syria

Wed 2019-04-17
Houthis in Yemen introduced a new airburst ballistic missile that spreads 14,000 pieces of shrapnel over a large area

Tue 2019-04-16
Violence and dozens of arson attacks in Copenhagen after anti-Islam politician throws Koran in migrant neighbourhood

Mon 2019-04-15
Notre Dame Cathedral is burning

Sun 2019-04-14
Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand succumbs to injuries sustained in an airstrike

Sat 2019-04-13
Algerian police fire water cannon at protesters

Fri 2019-04-12
Sudan President al-Bashir officially arrested

Thu 2019-04-11
Ecuador withdraws asylum from Julian Assange, arrested by UK police

Wed 2019-04-10
Election Council Rejects Erdogan's Party Demand for Full Istanbul Recount

Tue 2019-04-09
Maryland man accused of stealing U-Haul truck in 'ISIS-inspired attack'

Mon 2019-04-08
Major showdown brewing in Tripoli as rival Libyan forces clash near capital city

Sun 2019-04-07
Libya U.S. forces supporting U.S. Africa Command temporarily relocated

Sat 2019-04-06
Egypt kills hundreds of suspected militants in disputed gun battles

Fri 2019-04-05
German police arrest teen who says he planned shooting

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