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Breaking : Hamza Bin Laden Dead.
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Breaking : Hamza Bin Laden Dead.	9 21:54 trailing wife [1816]
12 Palestinians said injured in riots as Jewish worshipers visit Joseph’s Tomb	3 06:50 Woodrow [1760]
Israel said to hit Iranian sites in Iraq, expanding strikes on missile shipments	0 [1772]
Two Policemen Killed In Taliban Attack In Kapisa	0 [1759]
Kabul: 4 Talibs airstruck, 1 tied up	0 [1757]
U.S. airstrike kills senior Taliban leaders in Farah province	0 [1762]
Children among 26 killed, wounded as deadly blast rocks Spin Boldak in Kandahar	0 [1754]
Baghlan: 79 Talibs toes up in coordinated attack on Qarghab Base	0 [1761]
Afghan, U.S. forces kill, wound 11 Taliban militants, defuse 11 IEDs in Ghazni and Paktika	0 [1757]
At least 50 militants killed, wounded in Special Forces raid in Faryab: Special Ops Corps	0 [1761]
Iraqi military intelligence destroy Islamic State tunnel in Mosul	0 [1763]
Turkish airstrikes fuel fires in northern areas of Kurdistan Region	0 [1766]
Roadside bomb wounds two Iraqi civilians in Diyala	0 [1757]
2 killed, at least 19 injured due to 'carpet bombing' by Indian troops along LoC	0 [1758]
5 killed in blast outside police station in Quetta	0 [1759]
Saudi coalition attack on Yemeni market leaves 10 dead	0 [1768]
US troops and Syrian Democratic Forces in raid on ISIS sleeper cell in Deir Ezzor	2 09:55 Omorong Black8889 [1757]
Sudanese rally against deadly crackdown on student protest	1 03:38 g(r)omgoru [1759]
Somali Refugees Living in Tucson Started Hitting the Gym to Get Stronger...for Beheadings	6 22:18 anymouse [1791]
East Jerusalem lawyer sentenced to 13.5 years in jail for shooting attacks	2 08:03 Woodrow [1771]
Page 2: WoT Background
NATO ‘Ally' Germany Won't Back U.S. in Gulf to Avoid War with Iran	14 21:46 Procopius2k [1780]
Switzerland suspends payment to UNRWA after misconduct report	0 [1753]
Police debunk Palestinian reports they summoned a boy, 4, for throwing rocks	0 [1755]
Afghan Soldier Killed Two US Troops, Say Officials	0 [1755]
Saudi Arabia deposits $250 million into central bank of Sudan	0 [1758]
Senior Muslim Brotherhood member accuses leaders of corruption in leaked audio tape	1 08:05 Woodrow [1754]
UN Notes Reduction In Afghan Civilian Deaths In Mid-2019	0 [1777]
Trump to reduce U.S. troops in Afghanistan by next Presidential elections	0 [1760]
Switzerland suspends funding to crisis-hit UN agency for Palestinians	1 10:35 Roger Smith [1763]
Sindh issues code of conduct for collecting sacrificial hides	0 [1768]
Sudan army ruler renames feared spy agency from al-Bashir era	0 [1758]
Gargash: NYT Somalia recording proves Doha’s ties to terrorism	0 [1752]
Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers who resigned en masse after deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined gov’t	1 04:52 Dron66046 [1756]
Iraq says ex-governor embezzled $10 mln in aid	0 [1752]
Macron, Rouhani hold talks over Iran-US tensions	3 10:34 magpie [1758]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hundreds Of Children Repeatedly Raped For Decades In Uk Scandal.	1 18:59 Procopius2k [1779]
Chinese forces gathering at Hong Kong border, White House officials monitoring escalation	7 19:28 Frank G [1779]
UK says 2018 was 'best year ever' for arms exports	0 [1757]
No Joke: Babylon Bee Sics Lawyers On Snopes Over "Fact Checks"	12 22:29 trailing wife [1784]
Taiwan testing a new toy soon.	0 [1754]
North Korea fires unidentified projectiles for second time in week	2 02:47 g(r)omgoru [1757]
Karachi remains submerged in darkness hours after last showers	1 11:37 Glenmore [1769]
Death toll rises to 17 as monsoon rains continue to batter Karachi for second day	1 19:54 Skidmark [1792]
Outrage mounts in India over rape case teen's suspicious car crash	0 [1759]
Water meant for Puerto Rican hurricane victims dumped on farmland	3 09:06 JohnQC [1765]
Decline of the Venezuelan economy since 2013 will reach 65 percent	1 08:01 Procopius2k [1755]
Former mayor of Tehran Mohammad Ali Najafi sentenced to death for killing his wife	0 [1760]
Hong Kong will charge 44 protesters detained during recent violent clashes with rioting	1 04:33 Mike Kozlowski [1756]
Washington denies it plans to quit nuclear test ban treaty	0 [1761]
Police pop woman who peed on potatoes in Walmart	6 10:54 Dron66046 [1758]
Apple’s Siri routinely records you having sex	2 11:38 Glenmore [1757]
Transgender ex-Amazon employee, 33, is arrested for huge Capital One hack after 'stealing data from ONE HUNDRED MILLION customers'	7 14:31 M. Murcek [1750]
German authorities raid suspected members of far-right group	1 03:41 g(r)omgoru [1759]
Page 4: Opinion
Fox News Veers Left	12 22:20 anymouse [1776]
Thomas Sowell: Voter Fraud and Voter I.D.	4 22:49 Silentbrick [1782]
A Passion For Cubbyholes	0 [1754]
The SpaceX Prayer?	4 20:59 The peanut gallery [1778]
Joe diGenova - New Docs Reveal Sedition, 2733 (opens to video)	1 08:35 JohnQC [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Tim Ryan didn’t put hand over heart for national anthem	5 16:18 trailing wife [1763]
Judge Dismisses DNC Hacking Suit Against Trump Campaign	0 [1755]
Buttigieg says Obamacare saved his mother in law, who blames her skin cancer on tanning beds	4 15:33 Bobby [1756]
Trump: I think you've all learned, the intelligence agencies have run amok.	2 09:23 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1748]
DNC back to rigging primaries?	6 21:31 ruprecht [1777]
Chris Wray's FBI continues to cover for Team Comey's Russia shenanigans	4 19:57 Skidmark [1784]
N.C. gun shop buys ‘4 Horsemen' billboard insulting congresswomen	7 17:43 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1760]
Gavin Newsom OKs law forcing Trump to release tax returns to get on California's ballot	25 21:57 Maggie Whaick8235 [1776]
Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police President Left 'Speechless' By Commissioner's Crime Plan	4 15:33 SteveS [1754]
Marianne Williamson: I am not a 'wacky new-age nutcase'	5 10:48 Abu Uluque [1758]
President Trump: The exterminator of scurrying political correctness	5 14:02 SteveS [1759]
Joy Behar: Racism won’t end until black people run everything	12 21:36 ruprecht [1794]

    
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                        21:46 Procopius2k

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                        20:59 The peanut gallery

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                        20:20 CrazyFool

                        20:10 Frank G

                        19:57 Skidmark

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                        19:32 Iblis

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Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
4	Commies
3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Houthis
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda
1	Antifa
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)

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Wed 2019-07-31
Breaking : Hamza Bin Laden Dead.

Tue 2019-07-30
Accused 9/11 mastermind open to role in victims' lawsuit if not executed

Mon 2019-07-29
British warship arrives in Gulf to escort UK-flagged vessels

Sun 2019-07-28
15 killed in Islamist militant attack in Burkina Faso

Sat 2019-07-27
U.N. says air strikes by Syria, allies killed more than 100 civilians

Fri 2019-07-26
Libya Militia Arrests al-Qaida Leaders

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)

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