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'HOSTILE ACT' Iran seizes British oil tanker in the Gulf with 23 crew on board days after clash with Royal Navy
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
'HOSTILE ACT' Iran seizes British oil tanker in the Gulf with 23 crew on board days after clash with Royal Navy	11 23:04 Clolutch Shaving8167 [1799]
Karma in action: drones attack Iran sock puppet bases	1 12:41 Dron66046 [1745]
Iranian 'bomb boat is discovered in the path of Royal Navy destroyer' sent to protect British vessels in the Gulf as EU leaders desperately try to salvage crumbling nuclear deal	6 20:38 jpal [1767]
Trump: U.S. destroyed Iranian drone near Strait of Hormuz	12 16:50 gorb [1749]
Trio sentenced to death for beheading backpackers in ISIS-inspired slayings	6 13:18 SteveS [1754]
Abu killed, nine surrender in Basilan	0 [1745]
Three Thai rangers seriously injured by roadside bomb	0 [1749]
Iran releases video showing seized tanker same as missing UAE vessel, US demands release	3 15:47 AlanC [1748]
Egypt's army foils suicide attack on North Sinai security checkpoint	0 [1747]
Afghan Elite Forces Sustain Heavy Casualties In Badghis	0 [1758]
Taliban militants target civilian houses with grenade launcher in Kapisa: 201st Silab Corps	0 [1746]
12 Killed In Attack On Kandahar Police HQ	0 [1748]
Airstrikes kill more than 20 Taliban militants in Kajaki and Ab-e Kamari districts	0 [1747]
Special Forces rescue 2 oil tanker drivers, kill 5 Taliban militants in Baghlan	0 [1751]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Afghan, coalition forces operations in Ghazni, Logar	0 [1747]
Prominent Taliban commander Mawlavi Jundullah and his 18 fighters killed in Faryab	0 [1740]
Car bomb goes off prematurely killing 2 suicide bombers in Balkh province in the north of Afghanistan	2 16:59 Mercutio [1755]
Afghan forces arrest top ISIS leader’s security who was appointed for targeted assassinations	0 [1754]
Syrian rebels say Moscow deploys ground forces in Idlib campaign	0 [1744]
US sanctions five people, seven entities over Iran nuclear program	0 [1749]
Suspected ISIS member brought to US for prosecution	1 18:38 gorb [1750]
Vice President Mike Pence says Washington is slapping sanctions on Iranian-linked militia leaders in Iraq	0 [1743]
Argentinian authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization	0 [1743]
Air traffic at Mitiga airport in Tripoli closed after it was targeted by an airstrike	0 [1753]
Gunmen Kill A Somali Elder In Galkayo Town	0 [1746]
Jubaland State Forces Arrest Leading Traditional Elder In Kismayo	0 [1761]
Migrant found dead as nearly 300 rescued in Mediterranean	0 [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran says U.S. may have shot down its own drone by mistake	1 17:04 Mercutio [1741]
Miss World contest - Miss Michigan title stripped.	5 18:36 gorb [1745]
Why beards are holding you up at the airport: Trendy face fuzz blamed for long queues and even flight delays	8 19:00 Skidmark [1740]
Future fighter jets will use AI-enabled weapons and sensors	5 15:54 3dc [1746]
The Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (LMADIS) Iranian Drone Slayer ?	2 09:49 Besoeker [1749]
MDA paramedics prepare faith groups in Milwaukee to respond to attacks	0 [1740]
Taliban’s Plan To Overrun Kabul Failed: Mohib	0 [1742]
Peace must be returned to Yemen in accordance with the UN council’s resolutions, the United Nations envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says	0 [1742]
Trump says he is not looking at sanctions on Turkey right now	0 [1737]
US Navy says it is conducting search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea following reports of a missing US sailor	0 [1749]
Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian spy Jadhav: FO	0 [1753]
SC issues notice to TLP chief Khadim Rizvi on Punjab govt's petition for bail cancellation	0 [1754]
In rebuke to Trump, US Congress blocks Saudi arms sales	3 19:05 Bobby [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
'Think'Progress Blames Current Heat Wave On...	6 20:42 Glenmore [1758]
Michelle Obama Is ‘Most Admired' Woman In The World'	10 19:13 Bobby [1770]
Merkel 'Feels Solidarity' With Ilhan Omar, Tlaib et al. In Light Of Trump Attacks	5 20:39 trailing wife [1759]
Judge hits Oberlin with $6.5M in attorney's fees after college loses libel case	2 12:18 Lex [1750]
'Global health emergency' is declared over Ebola outbreak as priest, 46, dies having transported the disease to city of Goma, home to two million people and a transport hub from DR Congo to the rest of the world	0 [1738]
Giant mushroom cloud erupts into the sky after a huge explosion rocks a Chinese gas plant	0 [1743]
Panicking Russian paratrooper cadet screams hysterically as he is tossed out of a plane by an unsympathetic instructor	4 23:00 Snavimble Bucket1794 [1778]
China's space station will plummet back down to Earth TODAY: Spacecraft will burn up in the atmosphere before debris is scattered across the Pacific Ocean in 'planned destruction'	2 20:41 ed in texas [1767]
Water Mission co-founder Molly Greene drowns during family trip to Bahamas	2 11:21 Dron66046 [1744]
Big Penis supplement contains hidden ingredient, FDA warns	4 20:40 ed in texas [1773]
House Chaplain Casts Out Demons During Morning Prayer In Capitol Building	6 19:22 3dc [1779]
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda, says WHO	5 22:50 M. Murcek [1760]
Jet2 sends big bill to passenger for flight return to London	1 05:01 Lex [1735]
Girl who survived sexual assault shifted from ICU to ward	1 07:15 Dron66046 [1748]
Page 4: Opinion
‘I’ve Never Seen a Stronger Economy in My Life’ says ‘Shark Tank’ Investor Kevin O’Leary	0 [1748]
The rise of corporate nations	0 [1747]
Wasp spray used as alternative meth, contributed to three overdoses	5 15:24 Glenmore [1742]
Dem Dot Coms vs. Trump's Soldiers and Steelworkers	6 20:56 trailing wife [1775]
Page 6: Politix
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador calls El Chapo's life term 'inhumane' after the drug lord is flown to US Supermax prison within hours of sentencing	8 17:40 gorb [1736]
Bill Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart Calls Trump Supporters ‘Resentful, uneducated people screaming for blood from people of color’	19 20:51 trailing wife [1761]
Thousands demand resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor	5 20:49 Glenmore [1784]
US House of Representatives voted to sideline an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump	6 09:23 DarthVader [1736]
Immigrant advocates file lawsuit against new Florida law prohibiting 'sanctuary cities'	4 10:37 Bobby [1744]
Manholes in Berkeley will now be called 'maintenance holes'	11 19:24 Besoeker [1759]
Politician Pushing ‘Gender Neutral’ Toilets Charged with Child Sex Crimes	1 11:47 Dron66046 [1740]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Taliban
6	Govt of Iran
4	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Sublime Porte
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Antifa
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2019-07-19
'HOSTILE ACT' Iran seizes British oil tanker in the Gulf with 23 crew on board days after clash with Royal Navy

Thu 2019-07-18
Iran seizes foreign tanker with 12 crew accused of smuggling oil

Wed 2019-07-17
Pakistani police arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed (again)

Tue 2019-07-16
United Arab Emirates oil tanker vanishes after drifting into Iranian waters

Mon 2019-07-15
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo

Sun 2019-07-14
African Migrants Turned Church Into Base to Deal Heroin

Sat 2019-07-13
Kismayo attack: 26 dead as gunmen storm Somali hotel

Fri 2019-07-12
Labor Sec. Alex Acosta Resigns Amid Pall of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation

Thu 2019-07-11
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats tried, failed to seize British oil tanker in Persian Gulf

Wed 2019-07-10
Egyptian Court Convicts Al-Azhar Professor, Others For Spying For Iran

Tue 2019-07-09
Hafiz Multan, Taliban’s deputy Red Unit commander killed in Kandahar

Mon 2019-07-08
Bouteflika’s ex-party chief detained in Algeria corruption probe

Sun 2019-07-07
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Sat 2019-07-06
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Fri 2019-07-05
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