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Kurdistan: Killer of senior Turkish diplomat arrested
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
'Everyone started coughing uncontrollably': Panic on the Tube as two men release a canister of TEAR GAS on packed London train at Oxford Circus	9 21:23 Rob Crawford [1782]
IDF arrests Palestinian man with knives who breached Gaza security fence	0 [1757]
British Airways and Lufthansa suspend flights to Cairo	3 10:43 chris [1765]
Border agents use tear gas and pepper pray to stop almost 50 undocumented migrants from storming barricades at the Rio Grande bridge to make their way into the U.S.	3 12:57 Varmint Splat1454 [1767]
Ohio man gets 30 months in prison for attacking man he thought was Jewish	4 21:22 Rob Crawford [1784]
Kurdistan: Killer of senior Turkish diplomat arrested	0 [1807]
Iraqi army launches second phase of military operation against Islamic State	0 [1758]
Turkish soldier killed in armed clashes north of Iraq	0 [1760]
#Algerian #tanker forced to head for #Iranian territorial waters	1 15:00 Phaick Uneretle6310 [1752]
Russian, Syrian forces launch largest attack of year on jihadist stronghold	0 [1762]
US military convoy enters Syria with heavy equipment destined for SDF-held territories	1 07:38 Mercutio [1753]
Kurdish forces strike Turkish Army, rebel positions in northern Aleppo	0 [1754]
Iraq allegedly refuses to reopen crossing with Syrian Kurds over refusal to hoist Syrian flag	0 [1767]
Iraqi security arrest three Islamic State members in Mosul	0 [1759]
Afghan forces conduct 103 joint, special ops and 27 airstrikes in past 24 hours: MoD	1 11:22 Bobby [1759]
Nearly 500 Taliban militants killed in Faryab in past one month: 209th Shaheen Corps	0 [1752]
Taliban military chief; Punjabis killed in Ghazni operation, not civilians: MoD	0 [1755]
6 Taliban militants killed while preparing a car bomb in Maiwand district of Kandahar	1 07:33 Mercutio [1748]
8 Taliban militants killed, detained; weapons, explosives destroyed in Special Forces raids	0 [1762]
14 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Afghan, coalition forces operations: Thunder Corps	0 [1763]
Car bomb destroyed, 7 Taliban militants killed in Uruzgan and Paktiya airstrikes	0 [1754]
Taliban mine planters blown up by own IED in Paktiya province	0 [1753]
Guided artillery strike kill, wound dozens of Taliban militants in Uruzgan province	0 [1759]
Casualties toll in Kabul bombing rises to over 40, Taliban blamed for the incident	0 [1753]
Two Afghans Among 5 Arrested On Drug Smuggling Charges In India	1 15:00 Abu Uluque [1765]
Page 2: WoT Background
Qatar delivers more cash to Gaza as part of truce understandings	1 19:09 Phaick Uneretle6310 [1786]
Palestinians seeking to disengage economically from Israel	2 12:40 Angeath Phons7455 [1770]
Pentagon sees high risk of ‘unintended conflict' with Iran	5 17:28 The peanut gallery [1792]
Ex-jihadist Tania Joya now fights to 'reprogram' extremists	0 [1765]
Ahrar al-Manama in #Najaf is funded by #Iraq’s #IMIS budget to attack #Bahrain’s security	0 [1752]
Hezbollah allegedly preparing for war with Israel after Syrian conflict	0 [1781]
Syria’s S-300 system, Russian drones no threat to Israel	0 [1744]
Turkey is prepared to reinvade Cyprus if needed: Erdogan	7 21:19 Rob Crawford [1771]
First video of British tanker seized by Iran	5 17:09 Lex [1757]
Pence urges Pakistan to release professor accused of blasphemy	0 [1747]
Marvin Oswaldo Esquivel-Lopez, charged in triple homicide, was deported twice	0 [1758]
Gulen Adviser ‘Deeply Disturbed’ By Testimony That Flynn Business Partner Sought Surveillance	1 06:36 lord garth [1764]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Top secret locations of 150 US nukes hidden in Europe are accidentally leaked in Nato report sparking major security fears	3 18:00 Snavimble Bucket1794 [1791]
Inside the vast tornado-proof global operations centre of the world's biggest airline, where staff marshal one million annual flights and over 1,500 aircraft	3 21:33 Skidmark [1784]
The Navy's 6th Generation Fighter Could Put the F-35 in a Museum	12 15:21 trailing wife [1773]
Hong Kong police seize explosives as rival camps rally	0 [1748]
Status on Skunkwork's Fusion Reactor Effort	2 16:28 Angavinter Unerert4962 [1768]
Turkey's Erdogan Faces New Threat, Say Former Allies	2 09:42 magpie [1765]
#MaleaEmma (7 yo) singing National Anthem at San Diego Padres game	1 13:55 lord garth [1756]
Hamza District’s Police Chief killed in tribal clash in Baghdad	0 [1759]
German churches lose 430,000 Catholic and Protestant members in 2018	8 21:17 European Conservative [1791]
Karachi teenager trapped in lift dies	0 [1764]
Texas teen busted for spitting into Arizona Tea bottle, putting it back	3 07:05 M. Murcek [1770]
7 shot in separate lakefront shootings on North, South sides	2 13:18 SteveS [1747]
Page 4: Opinion
As U.S. 'superstar' cities thrive, weaker ones get left behind	10 21:01 Procopius2k [1783]
Least Masculine Society In Human History Decides Masculinity Is A Growing Threat	5 15:41 Abu Uluque [1752]
How Trump's arch-hawk lured Britain into a dangerous trap to punish Iran	6 21:16 Rob Crawford [1778]
Charlottesville Mayor: Don't Worry, Jefferson Can Still Celebrate Birthday 'in Hell'	8 23:55 Punky Fluling8656 [1782]
Immigration The Path To Power	1 11:24 Bright Pebbles [1763]
The Lost Frontier by Mark Steyn	1 23:12 Varmint Splat1454 [1784]
Page 6: Politix
Let's accuse one of the best BB closers of being a NAZI	4 21:18 Rob Crawford [1804]
No 2020 Democrats Will Attend Muslim Caucus Conference	5 11:29 lord garth [1770]
Kyrsten Sinema, Eight Other Senators Sign Letter To Speed Up Removal Of Certain Migrants	5 13:55 gorb [1746]
De Blasio used state account he controls as campaign slush fund	4 15:57 Phaick Uneretle6310 [1747]
Mueller Witness Indicted On Child Sex-Trafficking Charges	0 [1749]
Florida Dem admits lying about treating Pulse shooting victims	2 12:02 SteveS [1765]
Bernie Sanders Refuses to Pay His Campaign Workers $15/hr	6 21:21 European Conservative [1777]

    
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                        21:33 Skidmark

                        21:27 Skidmark

                        21:23 Rob Crawford

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                        21:21 European Conservative

                        21:19 Rob Crawford

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                        21:17 European Conservative

                        21:17 Rob Crawford

                        21:16 trailing wife

                        21:16 Rob Crawford

                        21:02 Procopius2k

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                        19:12 Rjschwarz

                        19:09 Phaick Uneretle6310

                        19:05 Mullah Richard

                        18:09  Herb McCoy

                        18:00 Snavimble Bucket1794

                        17:53 magpie

                        17:32 M. Murcek

                        17:30 Lex

                        17:28 The peanut gallery

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6	Sublime Porte
3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
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2	Govt of Syria
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Commies
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2019-07-21
Kurdistan: Killer of senior Turkish diplomat arrested

Sat 2019-07-20
Saudi King approves additional deployment of US troops

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
Radioactive material worth $72m seized from car in Turkey

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