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Iran, Turkey criticize US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Task Force Odin	4 20:18 Woodrow [11129]
16 Indian commandos killed in fresh election violence	1 09:03 Glenmore [11133]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties during a 3-hour clash in Faryab province	1 19:00 Zhang Fei [11133]
22 Taliban militants killed, wounded in South of Afghanistan: 205th Atal Corps	0 [11131]
Deadly airstrike target fighters of Taliban’s military commission chief in Herat	0 [11130]
Several Taliban militants detained in latest operations of the Afghan Special Forces	0 [11128]
ISIS kill PUK Asayesh member in Makhmour	0 [11126]
ISIS claims deadly ambushes on Syrian troops in Palmyra, Homs deserts	0 [11127]
Security forces dismantle IED in Halfaya oilfield in Maysan	0 [11125]
Iraqi security forces foil oil smuggling op in Kirkuk	0 [11130]
Katyusha rockets attack on Taji Military Base thwarted	0 [11131]
Iraqi intelligence forces arrest Islamic State terrorist in Mosul	0 [11128]
Family of dead Palestinian accused of spying in Turkey says he was ‘executed’	1 05:27 chris [11129]
Australian-Lebanese man found guilty in Etihad Airways bomb plot	0 [11132]
Escalation in Syria’s Idlib displaces nearly 140,000, says UN	0 [11136]
Arab Coalition targets Houthi air base near Sanaa airport	0 [11129]
TLP patron-in-chief Pir Afzal Qadri quits party citing health issues	0 [11131]
Landmine kills at least 15 police in western India	0 [11128]
3 soldiers martyred in Afghan cross-border attack in North Waziristan	0 [11124]
JeM chief Masood Azhar added to UN terror list after China removes objections	0 [11131]
Israeli F-16’s in skies above Gaza City continuing strikes now	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Qatar says tightening Iran sanctions harms oil-consuming nations	4 23:53 Bubba Smith3828 [11135]
84 children returned to Tajikistan from Iraq	0 [11130]
Algeria army chief calls for ‘dialogue’ with protesters	0 [11128]
Sri Lanka names Easter suicide bombers, security stepped up for May Day	0 [11131]
Iran, Turkey criticize US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group	4 12:15 Woodrow [11132]
New round of US-Taliban talks to start in Doha: Taliban	0 [11127]
WikiLeaks' Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail breach	0 [11126]
Opposition of anti-child marriage bill in NA disappoints Chaudhry	1 03:16 Skidmark [11125]
White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding	0 [11125]
All US Troops in the MidEast are now Terrorists. Shiite Ayatollah	3 18:01 Sheba Peacock6889 [11131]
L.A. terror suspect was ousted from U.S. Army for violent offenses, source says	0 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Inside the secret world of the CIA's social media team	8 18:13 Besoeker [11133]
Yellow vest protesters join unionists, environmentalists for May Day march in Paris	0 [11126]
Hailed as a Hero: UNC Charlotte attack	6 12:06 Tom [11126]
Three selfie-crazy Indian teens crushed by train	2 09:17 SteveS [11133]
UK’s May sacks Defense Minister Williamson over Huawei leak	12 20:11 Zhang Fei [11132]
Internet connectivity was restored in #Venezuela at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, about 20 minutes before a live-streamed speech by Maduro	0 [11127]
US military prepping for Guaidó takeover in Venezuela	7 12:10 swksvolFF [11128]
World Nuke Stockpile according to Plowshares.	0 [11127]
NASA Says Metals Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failure	11 20:37 Frank G [11130]
New game in Venezuela Military - points for shooting reporters.	22 16:40 trailing wife [11130]
Thug Russian Mafia Regime threatens the USA	2 03:29 Skidmark [11130]
Retired Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell dies in East Alabama tragic accident	3 14:54 Deacon Blues [11134]
Manuel Cristopher Figueroa, SEBIN director until today, flipped and now supports Guaid	0 [11130]
La Carlota Air Base, National Guard troops crackdown on the protesters	0 [11129]
Fresh clashes between protesters and security forces have begun in #Caracas	0 [11129]
BTRs have been deployed in Bolivar state#Venezuela	1 12:24 swksvolFF [11130]
#Brazil's President @jairbolsonaro says he has information there are dissidents in the Venezuelan army and the govt could "collapse"	6 14:00 SteveS [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Partial Assessment of ISIS's Ramadam Campaigns	3 23:49 Sock Puppet of Doom [11130]
The Forgotten Heroes of Empire - People & Power investigates the UK's scandalous neglect of its colonial-era African soldiers.	4 13:02 Procopius2k [11127]
Border security should top Egypt priorities following Sudan, Libya turmoil	0 [11128]
Algeria and Sudan can learn from the political transitions of 2011	0 [11126]
The mullahs’ conundrum: Martyrdom or capitulation?	3 17:39 Bright Pebbles [11130]
A Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism	3 08:33 Frank G [11131]
Page 6: Politix
Warren makes headway in three new polls	4 16:48 JohnQC [11127]
SICK! Dem Lawmaker on Abortion: "Some Kids Are Unwanted So You Kill Them Now or Kill Them Later" (VIDEO)	9 14:55 Secret Master [11125]
Biden's son got 50K/month from Ukraine oligarch?	5 18:06 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Rep. Meadows Files Criminal Referral Against Nellie Ohr After New Emails to DOJ About Russian Collusion Surface	2 10:00 JohnQC [11128]
Code Pink protecting the Venezuelan Embassy. Hmm.	5 21:06 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11131]
Ilhan Omar: ‘This Is Not Going to Be the Country of White People’	15 21:53 SteveS [11130]
‘It’s Over... We Have to Stop Using the Criminal Justice Process as a Political Weapon’	3 15:41 rschwarz [11130]
'Democracy Dollars': Gillibrand's plan to give every voter $600 to donate to campaigns	13 13:00 Bright Pebbles [11128]
Ralph Peters Says Mueller Report Is Not the End: Why Is Trump ‘So Slavishly Subordinate' to Putin?	14 18:07 Bright Pebbles [11132]

    
                23:53 Bubba Smith3828

                        23:50 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        23:49 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        21:53 SteveS

                        21:06 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

                        20:37 Frank G

                        20:18 Woodrow

                        20:11 Zhang Fei

                        20:08 Zhang Fei

                        20:07 Zhang Fei

                        19:57 warthogswife

                        19:31 Zhang Fei

                        19:28 Roger Smith

                        19:00 Zhang Fei

                        18:58 USN, Ret.

                        18:13 Besoeker

                        18:07 Bright Pebbles

                        18:06 Bright Pebbles

                        18:03 Bright Pebbles

                        18:01 Sheba Peacock6889

                        18:00 Gerthudion Snaviting7498

                        17:39 Bright Pebbles

                        16:48 JohnQC

                        16:44 USN, Ret.

Who's in the News
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13	Commies
8	Islamic State
5	Taliban
3	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	al-Nusra
1	Sublime Porte
1	TTP
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-05-02
Iran, Turkey criticize US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group

Wed 2019-05-01
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated businessman Malek sentenced to 25 years in prison

Tue 2019-04-30
Gunmen kill pastor, worshippers in Burkina Faso church

Mon 2019-04-29
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seen in new video for first time in five years

Sun 2019-04-28
Father, brothers of alleged Sri Lanka bombing mastermind killed

Sat 2019-04-27
Sri Lanka - Inside help?

Fri 2019-04-26
Jihadists 'blow themselves up' as soldiers raid suicide vest factory in Sri Lanka

Thu 2019-04-25
Trump says sending ‘armed soldiers’ to US-Mexico border

Wed 2019-04-24
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes, most of them minority Shiites

Tue 2019-04-23
IS claims Sri Lanka blasts

Mon 2019-04-22
Sri Lanka explosions, 24 arrested, 290+ dead, 8 kabooms

Sun 2019-04-21
3 churches bombed at Easter services in Sri Lanka 262 Dead

Sat 2019-04-20
Woman killed after shots fired during violent riots in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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

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