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Shabaab tries to assassinate US diplomat
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Shabaab tries to assassinate US diplomat	4 14:49 Mercutio [1777]
Three bombings rock Afghanistan's Kabul, killing a dozen people	0 [1761]
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Forces Assad Supporters Out Of Checkpoint	4 12:05 Mullah Richard [1754]
Suicide attack kills six at Mogadishu government HQ: Official	0 [1754]
Sudan military says it thwarts coup attempt, arrests senior officers	0 [1755]
One Coalition Service Member Killed In Kabul	0 [1756]
11 Taliban militants killed, large caches of weapons, munitions destroyed in Special Forces raids	0 [1752]
Airstrikes kill 13 militants including ISIS-K terrorists in various provinces	0 [1749]
Badakhshan: Keran Wa Manjan District Falls To Taliban	0 [1742]
Taliban commander Qari Kefayat among 19 killed, wounded in North of Afghanistan	0 [1747]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Special Forces raid in Uruzgan	0 [1749]
Combat airdrop by Afghan Air Force helps Commandos maintain pressure on Taliban in Badghis	0 [1749]
ISIS militants clash with Hashd al-Shaabi in Shingal	0 [1744]
Iraqi rapid response forces arrest four Islamic State militants in Baghdad	0 [1745]
Iraqi soldier wounded in sniper attack by Islamic State in Diyala	0 [1738]
Bombardment kills 18 civilians in northwest Syria — monitor	0 [1748]
Jihadists launch new attack on Aleppo city	0 [1752]
Shin Bet says it thwarted Iranian operation to recruit Israeli assets	0 [1749]
3 Sunni Muslims imprisoned for firebombing Australian Shiite mosque	1 09:36 g(r)omgoru [1753]
Page 2: WoT Background
Tunisian President Exits Life	0 [1745]
Palestinian Journalist Tells How Hamas Brings Kids To Front Line To Die	2 09:37 g(r)omgoru [1753]
West Africa piracy threatens regional trade plans: Ghana minister	0 [1747]
Gujranwala court extends Hafiz Saeed's judicial remand for 14 days	0 [1763]
6,000 migrants arrested in Istanbul crackdown	2 10:50 Dron66046 [1754]
Police Chief Admits Existence Of Ghost Soldiers In Zabul	0 [1745]
Turkey, US begin work on joint ‘safe zone’ in northern Syria: defense ministry	0 [1767]
No Islamic State link to Sri Lanka Easter attacks, investigator says	3 09:43 Procopius2k [1742]
The Shady Connections of a Retired U.S. General Who Made It Rain in Iraq	2 15:06 3dc [1752]
Iran hints at swap with UK in bid to reduce tensions	1 07:14 Mercutio [1740]
Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi	0 [1747]
Page 3: Non-WoT
16 Camp Pendleton-based Marines arrested following human smuggling investigation	3 20:08 Frank G [1795]
~~China~~ "Hong Kong" police ban 'anti-triad' protest	3 16:48 Dron66046 [1761]
'I'll make Britain great again', PM Johnson says, echoing Trump	1 13:09 Abu Uluque [1756]
Breaking : Barr Reinstates Death Penalty. 5 Overdue Departures Already Scheduled.	12 22:38 Silentbrick [1776]
Ukraine's Constitutional Court Upholds Law Equating Communism To Nazism	0 [1756]
Presidential Seal Doctored With Symbols Of Russia And Golf	2 16:38 Lex [1760]
Jeffrey Epstein Attacked in Jail, Faking It To Go Home, Rather Die ?	28 20:51 Lex [1778]
North Korea fires short-range missiles in latest provocation	1 02:14 Dron66046 [1763]
Man nominated in attempted murder case killed in successful murder case at Lahore district kachehri	1 01:44 Dron66046 [1754]
China warns of war in case of move toward Taiwan independence	5 08:35 DarthVader [1757]
Pakistan-Funded Hospital Inaugurated In Logar	0 [1761]
US imposes record $5b. fine, restrictions on Facebook in privacy probe	2 10:34 Lex [1745]
No good reason to send people farther than the moon	6 10:32 Dron66046 [1747]
Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ Co-Star, Dies at 75	3 12:51 Woodrow [1752]
Dad pleads guilty to paying $250K to get son into USC as fake volleyball recruit	2 13:36 Frank G [1757]
'The Time Has Come To Act': BoJo Takes The Helm As U.K. Prime Minister	2 09:31 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Actress Bella Thorne just came out as pansexual: ‘Doesn’t have to be a girl or a guy’	16 19:09 Frank G [1792]
Page 4: Opinion
Study: Home-delivered meals could save money for Medicare	5 13:54 Mullah Richard [1743]
Hundreds of US returnees dumped in Mexico's Monterrey	7 14:07 USN, Ret. [1751]
Poll: Israelis Find the Security Establishment "Too Timid"	3 12:12 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Neoprene factory in Reserve, Louisiana may be responsible for 50% higher cancer rates	0 [1744]
'I'm Still Sharp As A Tack,' Insists Mueller Moments Before Taking Phone Call On A Banana	0 [1745]
Mueller's Labored Performance Was a Departure From His Once-Fabled Stamina	4 15:34 Procopius2k [1744]
Erdogan Death Rumors	3 10:50 Whiskey Mike [1742]
What Caused the Coming Boeing Bailout?	6 14:11 USN, Ret. [1756]
Page 6: Politix
Mueller Refused To Deny His Team Leaked Roger Stone's FBI Raid To CNN	13 19:45 Frank G [1780]
Federal Judge REFUSES to block new Trump restriction on asylum	4 16:07 Glenmore [1759]
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns amid leaked chat scandal	4 11:25 Frank G [1763]
Bernie Sanders campaign hit with unfair labor practices federal complaint	3 12:07 49 Pan [1740]
Mueller Says He Is ‘Not Familiar’ With Fusion GPS, The Firm Behind The Steele Dossier	9 16:09 gorb [1739]
Tulsi Gabbard: Kamala Harris 'not qualified' to be president	3 16:15 Glenmore [1744]
Puerto Rico Legislature to begin impeachment process against Gov. Ricardo Rossell	2 14:01 Mullah Richard [1742]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'I am very much alive'	20 17:10 magpie [1742]
Rep. Omar calls audience member's question 'appalling'	7 19:06 Frank G [1768]
Giuliani shreds de Blasio over videos of NYPD officers doused with water: ‘He’s a disgrace’	4 11:16 Frank G [1748]
Forget reading and math - Carranza wants focus on racial privilege, activism	6 18:53 gorb [1797]
Colorado State: Don’t Use the Word ‘America’ Because It’s Not ‘Inclusive’	12 20:19 Titus Peacock7962 [1796]

    
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6	Taliban
5	Islamic State
3	Commies
2	Govt of Iran
2	Sublime Porte
2	al-Nusra
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Pirates
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-07-25
Shabaab tries to assassinate US diplomat

Wed 2019-07-24
Libya government forces say repel Haftar attack on Tripoli

Tue 2019-07-23
Iraq arrests Islamic State cell, including Baghdadi aide, in Nineveh

Mon 2019-07-22
Iran claims to catch 17 CIA spies, sentences some to death

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

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