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Tanker Front Altair is on fire according to Bloomberg
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Body of seven-year-old girl from India is found in Arizona desert after being left by smugglers in remote area near the US-Mexico border with four other migrants	6 21:58 Rambler in Virginia [11131]
Pakistani passengers at Baghdad airport beaten up by Iran aligned militias.	4 08:42 Raj [11126]
Egypt officials say roadside bomb wounds 6 police in Sinai	0 [11127]
IDF Seizes M16 Weapons Near Palestinian Village In The West Bank	0 [11124]
Nangarhar: jacket wallah kabooms 9, cleric assassinated, 30 Talib turbans freed	0 [11124]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Farah clash	0 [11129]
Herat: Will fight to the last drop of blood against terrorists backed by our neighbors: Gen. Amarkhel	0 [11128]
Kunar: 8 foreign terrorists killed, wounded as Afghan forces target Lashkar-e-Taiba compound	0 [11127]
NDS Special Forces seize massive cache of weapons, munitions of Taliban in Kabul	0 [11124]
ANA Artillery pounds Taliban positions in the outskirts of Sar-e-Pul capital, Talib big turban toes up	0 [11129]
31 Taliban militants killed, wounded; 2 captured Humvees destroyed in Takhar	0 [11129]
7 Taliban militants killed, 5 detained in Helmand and Zabul operations	0 [11128]
2 Taliban militants killed, detained in Kabul and Paktika operations	0 [11130]
1 terrorist hailing from Punjab of Pakistan killed, 2 others arrested in Herat	0 [11126]
16 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Kapisa, Wardak and Herat provinces	0 [11129]
Afghan forces repel major Taliban offensive in Zabul killing at least 40 militants	0 [11128]
Taliban commanders in-charge of prisons and explosions killed in Faryab	0 [11130]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in North of Afghanistan	0 [11127]
13 Taliban militants killed in Special Forces raid, airstrike in Uruzgan and Helmand	0 [11129]
AU Troops Arrest Shaboob With 6 Detonators	0 [11128]
Saudi air defence intercepts five Houthi drones	0 [11132]
Fake news: Iran rescues 44 sailors after oil tanker attack. Real news: The Yanks dunnit	1 10:04 JohnQC [11127]
Rebel sleeper cell attacks Syrian intelligence forces in northern Daraa	0 [11132]
Large Turkish military convoy heads to western Idlib	0 [11134]
Syrian Air Force resumes airstrikes over Idlib after failed ceasefire	0 [11129]
Ahrar Al-Sham rejects ceasefire in northwestern Syria, vows to keep fighting	0 [11129]
Militants suffer heavy losses in failed offensive in southwestern Idlib	0 [11131]
Russia bombs jihadist base in Idlib with coordinates from Turkey	0 [11126]
Gaza factions are frantically evacuating their outposts and bases	1 09:48 lord garth [11126]
Israeli F-16’s begin strikes on terror targets in Gaza	2 12:31 lord garth [11126]
Operations at Abha Airport in southern Saudi Arabia have been suspended while it is under Houthi drone attack	2 11:00 trailing wife [11126]
Rocket fired from Gaza struck a school and synagogue in Israel	0 [11128]
Tanker Front Altair is on fire according to Bloomberg. Update: Iran kidnaps crew	3 18:49 The peanut gallery [11134]
IRGC Gashti Class patrol boat approached the M/T Kokuka Courageous and was observed and recorded removing the unexploded limpet mine	4 11:04 Skidmark [11129]
Turkey says Syrian forces hit observation tower in Idlib	0 [11128]
US sez it has has imagery showing Iranian boat removing unexploded mine from Gulf tanker	11 21:49 Silentbrick [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
'Difficult to be optimistic about Iran,' sez Saudi former intelligence chief	2 13:05 SteveS [11129]
Khamenei Slaps America In The Face By Refusing to receive Trump message from Abe	8 18:36 Tarzan Oppressor of the Bunions9666 [11133]
Daesh In Afghanistan Aims To Attack US: McKenzie	1 13:59 Herb McCoy [11125]
Afghanistan and Iran to expand cooperation in nuclear field	0 [11126]
Pakistan ready to help Afghanistan in post-settlement reconstruction, development: Qureshi	1 11:02 49 Pan [11127]
AU Set To Hand Over Military Bases To Somali Security Forces	1 15:07 Skidmark [11132]
Confusion over Mexico's National Guard deployment to south border	5 17:33 USN, Ret. [11129]
Sudan's toppled president Omar al-Bashir charged with corruption	0 [11127]
Suspected New Zealand mosque gunman pleads not guilty	3 15:10 Skidmark [11129]
Israel won’t allow enemies to setup ‘attack’ bases near border after Syria strike: Netanyahu	0 [11126]
Iran doesn’t want war, but ready to give ‘firm’ response: Rouhani	4 16:51 Fuckyourantandshutup [11128]
Sderot mayor calls for ground invasion of Gaza	0 [11129]
Terror Plots In United States Since 9/11	1 10:57 Frozen Al [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Mysterious white UFO is filmed hovering over Area 51 by hikers who also capture a giant new aircraft hangar, as military helicopters patrol and jets land	0 [11128]
Mumps outbreak at Texas jail strikes 14 and forces another 300 into quarantine amid anti-vaxxer-fueled return of near-eradicated diseases	0 [11126]
India may slap retaliatory tariffs on American goods ahead of Pompeo's visit next week	8 19:14 Frank G [11130]
Oberlin College hit with maximum PUNITIVE DAMAGES (capped at $22 million by law) in Gibson's Bakery case	13 17:56 Frank G [11130]
Trump's troop talk again rattles Germany's security assumptions	8 15:16 Skidmark [11126]
South Carolina father who murdered his five children with his own hands and then drove around with their bodies in his truck for nine days is sentenced to death	3 11:18 Skidmark [11130]
Antifa attacks a bus filled with cancer patients in Berlin	2 19:47 Uleck Spererong9442 [11136]
Russian hybrid forces launched 28 attacks in the #warzone in E #Ukraine	2 17:29 USN, Ret. [11131]
Malaysian singer arrested after rescuing bear she thought was a dog	4 19:26 Javiter Lumplump5494 [11134]
36 Memphis Police And Deputies Hurt In Protests After Deadly Shooting	8 20:01 Silentbrick [11131]
Man charged in murders of a black transgender woman and two others in Dallas	8 22:30 trailing wife [11133]
High school valedictorian blasts 'alcoholic' teacher and 'unavailable' counselor in shocking graduation speech	6 20:09 Vernal Hatrick [11133]
Page 4: Opinion
On the Moral and Legal Status of Islam in the United States	2 09:36 Dron66046 [11130]
Panicked CIA Turns to PR Firm (Disinformation Central) The New York Times	2 10:09 49 Pan [11127]
Sarah Hoyt: Those Who Will Not See	2 16:03 rjschwarz [11128]
Walmart Self-Checkout Machine Wins Employee Of The Month Award Again	5 13:45 Mullah Richard [11124]
CNN Reporter: CIA ‘Operates in Their Own World,' You Don't Investigate Them	3 06:23 Besoeker [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Biden Claims There Wasn't A ‘Hint of a Scandal' During the Obama/Biden Administration, Here are Ten	8 14:10 Iblis [11127]
Huge trove of DHS speeches erased from White House record just before Trump took office	5 10:49 Woodrow [11126]
Who Made The Cut: DNC Announces Primary Debate Contenders	3 11:33 Frozen Al [11128]
De Blasio makes DNC debate despite lackluster donations	1 00:54 lord garth [11129]
Bernie: ‘A Lot Of People In The Country Would Be Delighted To Pay More In Taxes’	15 23:05 JohnQC [11128]
More on OSC McStain's Henry Kerner (vs Kellyanne Conway) "Urged IRS to Engage in "Financially Ruinous" Targeting"	1 12:31 JohnQC [11125]
AOC spokesman tweets, then deletes, F-bomb rant against potential GOP challenger	3 16:17 Mullah Richard [11131]
Special Counsel recommends firing Kellyanne Conway for doing her job?	1 06:05 Dron66046 [11134]

    
                23:05 JohnQC

                        22:30 trailing wife

                        21:58 Rambler in Virginia

                        21:49 Silentbrick

                        21:25 SteveS

                        20:34 trailing wife

                        20:25 Procopius2k

                        20:09 Vernal Hatrick

                        20:01 Silentbrick

                        19:47 Uleck Spererong9442

                        19:45 trailing wife

                        19:40 Javiter Lumplump5494

                        19:26 Javiter Lumplump5494

                        19:14 Frank G

                        19:12 Frank G

                        18:49 The peanut gallery

                        18:36 Tarzan Oppressor of the Bunions9666

                        18:32 SteveS

                        18:31 trailing wife

                        18:20 Frank G

                        18:17 Frank G

                        18:16 Frank G

                        18:08 trailing wife

                        18:07 Frank G

Who's in the News
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14	Taliban
8	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
3	Govt of Syria
3	Sublime Porte
2	Houthis
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Islamic State
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Commies
1	Antifa
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-06-14
Tanker Front Altair is on fire according to Bloomberg

Thu 2019-06-13
Middle East on alert as two oil tankers are hit by explosions and one 'sinks' in suspected 'torpedo attack' in Gulf of Oman

Wed 2019-06-12
Boko Haram kills at least 26 people in Cameroon

Tue 2019-06-11
At least 95 killed in central Mali village attack

Mon 2019-06-10
Iran ammonium-nitrate stash in London and around the world ignored for 2015 Iran deal

Sun 2019-06-09
Tunisian-German couple in court over ‘ricin attack plot’

Sat 2019-06-08
U.S., Mexico: Trump Announces Deal With Mexico, Suspends Tariff Threat

Fri 2019-06-07
Houthis kill imam, 9 worshippers for following Saudi Eid al-Fitr moon sighting

Thu 2019-06-06
ISIS claiming to exterminate a Pakistani Intel agent

Wed 2019-06-05
Nanagarhar: Senior ISIS leader hailing from India killed in Afghanistan airstrike

Tue 2019-06-04
Sri Lanka Muslim ministers resign en masse over Easter bombings

Mon 2019-06-03
Houthi rebels launch a drone attack on a military parade for Saudi-led coalition forces in the port city of Aden

Sun 2019-06-02
Al-Quds rally rejects ‘deal of the century’

Sat 2019-06-01
Islamic Jihad chief says Gaza groups can fire 1,000 rockets a day at Israel

Fri 2019-05-31
COAS endorses death sentence for retired brigadier, a civilian for 'espionage, leaking information'

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