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Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Two US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan	0 [1759]
22 Taliban, Haqqani network militants killed in Special Forces raids and airstrikes	0 [1758]
6 ISIS militants including 2 Pakistani nationals killed in Nangarhar airstrike	0 [1749]
Death toll rises to 80 from suicide attack in Kabul wedding hall	4 11:51 lord garth [1748]
14 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Kunduz clash	0 [1752]
AAF, U.S. airstrikes kill at least 18 Taliban militants in Ghazni and Logar: Thunder Corps	0 [1748]
Afghan Special Forces kill, detain 16 Taliban militants in Logar	0 [1751]
30 detained in protest over elected Turkish mayors' ouster	0 [1763]
Egypt arrests son of PA official, a BDS activist, for aiding ‘terror group’	0 [1754]
Palestinian tries to strangle off-duty IDF soldier at border crossing, 2 more arrested in West Bank with knives	0 [1756]
IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after two rockets hit countryside	1 07:30 Frank G [1756]
Ansarallah forces launch large-scale attack inside southern Saudi Arabia	0 [1764]
Syrian Army completes encirclement of militants, Turkish Army in southern Idlib	0 [1763]
Anti-Assad fighters withdraw from key Idlib area	0 [1768]
Two killed in gunbattle in occupied Kashmir: police	0 [1753]
Iraqi security forces arrest Islamic State photographer in Mosul	0 [1748]
Yemeni govt says will not talk to separatists until standoff ends	0 [1766]
Migrants on Open Arms ship disembark in Italy after 6 days at sea	0 [1769]
Heavy clashes between GNA and LNA forces in the Al-Sabiah area	0 [1755]
Two children injured in a mine blast left behind by Daesh terrorists in Deir Ezzor countryside	0 [1744]
U.S. drone shot down over Yemen - officials	0 [1751]
Page 2: WoT Background
'Not Fair India Not Fighting Terror in Afghanistan.' - Trump	10 19:38 Frank G [1777]
Germany spends almost three quarters of a billion euros on US military bases	9 21:59 Wharong Splat5641 [1766]
German captain of migrant rescue ship turns down Paris award	1 09:34 Frank G [1757]
Night Raids Draw Public Criticisms; NDS Defends The Move	0 [1755]
A quarter of people living in Germany have foreign roots	3 12:10 AlanC [1748]
Iranian news agency says Adrian Darya tanker leased to Revolutionary Guards	0 [1759]
Death of Gaza activist who fled Hamas shocks Palestinians	4 13:52 Dron66046 [1784]
Iran’s new weapons corridor now goes through Iraq – report	0 [1757]
Iraq probe of Baghdad explosion says drone strike set it off	0 [1751]
China warns of next jihadist wave in Syria	0 [1758]
US transporting Israeli drones to Azerbaijan to attack Iraq: Hashd Al-Shaabi commander	0 [1765]
Death sentence of PTI leader’s killers commuted to life term	0 [1764]
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency	0 [1781]
Customs and Border Protection rebuked by watchdog and whistleblowers for 'failure' to collect DNA from migrant detainees	2 12:34 NoMoreBS [1759]
Pompeo: We Will Act If Iranian Tanker Tries to Deliver Oil to Syria	2 09:22 Dron66046 [1756]
Members of Sudanese ‘Sovereign Council’ revealed	0 [1751]
Aoun Remarks on Change of Defense Strategy Standards Spark Debate	0 [1757]
Israel ‘Pursues’ Iran in Iraq with US approval, in Syria Under ‘Russian cover’	0 [1772]
Iran's Rouhani Threatens Top Waterways Safety If US Halts Oil Exports	1 09:42 Procopius2k [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Maduro clique seeking safe exits from Venezuala (maybe)	6 21:29 gorb [1762]
President Trump Cancels Federal Student Debt for Wounded Warriors	11 16:26 lord garth [1755]
Mahala View Lion Lodge in Cullinan under new management	0 [1748]
Qandeel Baloch's parents announce pardon for sons, urge court to wrap up murder case	3 09:09 Dron66046 [1753]
India's ex-finance minister arrested in dramatic raid at his home	2 10:18 Dron66046 [1746]
Tectonic Shift As NRO Moved Under Space Command In Wartime	1 00:30 3dc [1761]
Best Buy deliveryman set elderly woman on fire and beat her to death: cops	10 18:22 gorb [1741]
5 people shot dead in one bloody New York night	5 18:13 AlanC [1746]
An Alaskan Women’s Shelter Is Sued for Turning Away a ‘Man in a Nightgown’	3 07:36 Dron66046 [1753]
Florida man attacked by a kinkajou	6 14:59 trailing wife [1753]
Facebook Audit Proves Bias Against Conservatives	2 11:13 Dron66046 [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Quang Nguyen - The Difference btwn Legal and Illegal	4 13:53 magpie [1756]
A Michigan Court Case Shows the Right of Armed Self-Defense Is Broader Than You Might Think	7 14:54 Blackbeard Thratle8320 [1750]
Lawmakers Condemn Chinese Influence through Confucius Institutes on College Campuses	1 17:34 charger [1742]
Tlaib And Omar Try To Sneak Into Israel Stacked On Top Of Each Other Inside A Trenchcoat	1 07:12 Frank G [1751]
Federal Government Recommends Setting Your Thermostat to a Sweltering 82 Degrees While You Sleep	12 17:20 Regular joe [1761]
Harry Reid tries out new role: truth-teller, warning Dems over open borders and Medicare for all	3 13:20 SteveS [1754]
South African court partially bans display of 'apartheid flag'	1 05:43 Besoeker [1757]
Why Charging Jeffrey Epstein's Alleged Accomplice Is Going to Be Difficult	6 18:31 Lex [1789]
Ann Coulter: Why the New York Times Is Unreformable and Must Die	10 16:51 magpie [1759]
Page 6: Politix
Scaramucci Hosted Trump Jr At A Dinner To Promote His Business Just Two Weeks Before Breaking With POTUS	3 08:11 M. Murcek [1750]
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee drops out of presidential race - Nobody remembers which dwarf he is	5 11:47 swksvolFF [1743]
Tlaib Goes Toe to Toe with Detroit Police Department over ‘Facial Recognition Bulls**t’	17 20:25 Frank G [1781]
Romney Says He's No Longer 'Part of The Republican Establishment'	20 23:48 ruprecht [1762]
Audio snafu turns Bill de Blasio into laughingstock at campaign event	6 22:56 Alaska Paul [1767]
What the grievance brigade misunderstands about America	4 19:24 Lex [1765]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Iran
5	Islamic State
4	Commies
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	Houthis
1	al-Nusra
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Haqqani Network
1	Hezbollah
1	Human Trafficking
1	Lashkar e-Taiba

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2019-08-22
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency

Wed 2019-08-21
Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah was the primary target of Quetta bombing

Tue 2019-08-20
Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer

Mon 2019-08-19
Another prayer leader killed near Quetta

Sun 2019-08-18
Explosion Targets Wedding Hall In Kabul; Casualties Feared UPDATE: 63 dead, ISIS claims it

Sat 2019-08-17
Two killed in Pakistan mosque bomb blast

Fri 2019-08-16
Special Forces arrest Khalifa Daud, Haqqani network’s key member in Kabul

Thu 2019-08-15
Iraq anti-terrorism troops kill 10 IS militants, capture 5 others in Anbar

Wed 2019-08-14
On beyond Veritas: Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Of Docs And Laptop To DOJ

Tue 2019-08-13
North Macedonia police find 22 migrants packed into SUV

Mon 2019-08-12
UAE-backed forces expel Saudi-backed troops from Yemeni Presidential Palace

Sun 2019-08-11
Southern Transitional Council stages an attempted coup, says Yemeni government

Sat 2019-08-10
Jeffrey Epstein dead in Arkancide

Fri 2019-08-09
US slaps Hezbollah financier with 5-year prison sentence, $50m. fine

Thu 2019-08-08
Clashes erupt between Indian, Pakistani forces in Kashmir

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