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Turkey starts bombing Kurds
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkey starts bombing Kurds	2 19:22 magpie [1807]
Syrian sources claim Turkey attacked in Iraq, not Syria	0 [1761]
Asim Umar, Chief of AQIS Reported Toes Up in Afghanistan	1 23:20 trailing wife [1781]
IDF arrests Palestinian With A Weapon And Ammunition In Samaria	0 [1753]
Hamas arrested four for attempting to target leaders	0 [1753]
‘Very small number' of troops pulled from Syria-Turkey border: US official	7 11:26 JohnQC [1754]
Iraqi police to replace army in Baghdad neighborhood	0 [1749]
Indian fire kills woman in Azad Jammu and Kashmir: police	2 12:30 g(r)omgoru [1760]
Taliban release 3 Indian engineers, insurgents say	0 [1760]
Russian military increases presence in northern Aleppo to block potential Turkish Army operation	5 17:46 AlanC [1766]
Ansarallah forces kill several Sudanese soldiers in devastating attack in western Yemen	0 [1753]
Russian Special Forces open new Euphrates crossing between SDF, SAA lines	2 04:56 Dron66046 [1752]
LNA repelled the GNA attacks on Dawuna, east of Tarhunah.	0 [1760]
Over 30 foreign jihadists killed in joint Syrian-Russian operation in Idlib	0 [1751]
Five Drug Traffickers Arrested In Nangarhar	0 [1757]
18 Militants Killed After Taliban Attack Repelled In Kunduz	0 [1751]
A Key Commander Of Daesh Terrorists Group Arrested In Nangarhar	0 [1757]
Nine dead as refugee boat sinks off Italian coast	0 [1750]
#Iran's FM calls Turkish counterpart, stresses #Syria sovereignty, opposes military action as Turks shell Kurdish positions	0 [1752]
Israeli troops attack Palestinians near Joseph's Tomb in West Bank	3 14:53 trailing wife [1762]
Demonstrations in #Najaf: #violence and #killing against demonstrators continue	0 [1754]
Second killed in #demonstrations in Al Sader City at 8 pm in Al Sader Hospitel	0 [1750]
Multiple Injuries As Stolen Truck ‘Rams Into Traffic' In German State Of Hesse	11 23:27 trailing wife [1785]
Abu Sayyaf militant nabbed in Quezon City	0 [1754]
Page 2: WoT Background
Police release man who brought a knife into a Berlin synagogue	8 12:27 g(r)omgoru [1752]
Tens of thousands flock to Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur	0 [1738]
Iran plans to start using more advanced centrifuges in coming weeks	0 [1759]
Internet services partially back to normal in Iraq despite renewed protests	0 [1750]
JUI-F sez list of instructions telling marchers not to engage in sodomy is fake	3 09:58 Frank G [1767]
JKLF asks AJK government to remove hurdles, let marchers cross LoC	1 10:46 Frank G [1747]
US will not support Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria: White House	2 09:38 Frank G [1752]
Arak reactor’s secondary part operational in 3 weeks: Iran's nuclear chief	0 [1746]
More than 16,000 flee unrest in Indonesia’s Papua	0 [1753]
Iraq says all evidence points to 'malicious hands' in protests	0 [1750]
Iraqi army admits using 'excessive force' against protesters	1 09:22 lord garth [1741]
Khamenei’s representative grimaces fearsomely: Saudi Arabia, Israel fear destruction by Iran	0 [1765]
BarhamSalih stresses the need to abide by orders prohibiting the use of bullets against #Demonstrators.	0 [1743]
Arab Parliament Denounces Situation in Iraq	0 [1741]
Iran kills protesters in Iraq and calls for restraint	0 [1740]
IMIS says was ready to confront protesters to prevent coup d'etat	0 [1741]
Thai court approves detention of suspected militant	0 [1754]
Page 3: Non-WoT
UN Faces $ 230 M Deficit. Staff could Go Unpaid in November.	8 23:56 trailing wife [1776]
Baltimore Residents Now Upset At Soaring Homicide Rates After City Acted On BLM Demands To Limit Police Presence In Certain Communities	15 22:18 JohnQC [1767]
Navy CO Was Fired Over 'Repeated, Vigorous and Obvious False Statements:' Investigation	14 20:37 Procopius2k [1784]
Energy Company Says Their Solar Power Program Is Increasing NOx Pollution	0 [1747]
Venezuelans turn to alternative medicine amid shortages	1 14:38 magpie [1746]
Intel Community IG Stonewalling Congress On Backdated Whistleblower Rule Changes	7 13:58 Chereting Pelosi1889 [1756]
FBI verifies Samuel Little murder confessions, says he is worst serial killer in US history	5 16:21 Dron66046 [1751]
Chinese muslims reveal rapes, abortions, forced sterilisations 'using chilli paste' at 'concentration camps' as footage emerges of 100s of shackled and blindfolded prisoners	9 08:42 g(r)omgoru [1754]
Kansas City bar shooting: One suspect arrested as manhunt continues	2 08:35 Procopius2k [1756]
Whipped into a frenzy: Women are smothered in butter and flogged to give encouragement to boys 'on brink of adulthood' who leap over bulls in traditional Ethiopian coming of age ceremony	12 17:07 Dron66046 [1749]
Blue Origin starts building at LC-36	0 [1750]
Disturbing tool that projects one person's face onto another is NOT being used by Hong Kong protests to combat facial recognition - as viral video is revealed to be art project from 2017	0 [1740]
North Korea warns US, Europeans against raising issue of missile test at UNSC meeting	0 [1755]
Dick's Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack virtue signals	11 22:22 JohnQC [1778]
Lawmaker Wants To Make Gun-Free Zones Liable If Someone Hurt	2 12:00 brujotejano [1747]
Page 4: Opinion
VDH - The Death of American Citizenship	7 16:30 charger [1756]
Biden, son could be forced to testify in Trump impeachment trial	3 11:42 JohnQC [1746]
How the Hobbs Act Could Sink Joe Biden	0 [1760]
Syria Could be Turkey's Vietnam	2 20:27 Sgt.D.T. [1769]
After Trump, We're Next	4 08:29 Procopius2k [1748]
The Witch of Chappaqua Again Walks Among Us, and She's as Spooky as Ever.	1 10:47 Whiskey Mike [1747]
New Law Requires You To Listen To Greta Thunberg Lecture Before Purchasing Gasoline	9 21:04 swksvolFF [1779]
What would an all-out war between Turkey and the SDF entail?	10 13:54 Abu Uluque [1752]
Trump Supporter Brutally Beaten Is Speaking Out And Fighting Back	0 [1741]
Page 6: Politix
Trudeau Rumored To Be In Talks To Suppress Potentially Career-Ending Sex Scandal	8 18:41 Lex [1774]
Iowa Hawk on NBA	6 21:15 US , Ret. [1771]
Andrew McCarthy: If the House won't vote, impeachment inquiry is just a Democratic stunt	2 20:35 Anomalous Sources [1789]
Fox Confirms Whistleblower Did Not Tell IG About Contacts With Schiff, Had Prior Working Relationship With Dem Politician	3 08:18 Procopius2k [1759]
PROOF: Audio, email evidence shows DNC colluded with Ukraine to take down Trump in 2016	2 10:58 JohnQC [1745]
Stephen Miller Exposes the Deep State	0 [1755]
Cory Booker Warns Trump: 'If You Come After Joe Biden, You're Going to Have to Deal with Me'	13 18:40 Lex [1767]
Minneapolis police union selling 'Cops for Trump' T-shirts in response to uniform ban	0 [1750]
Ukraine’s President: ‘I Was Never Pressured’ by Trump, ‘No Conditions’ Were Imposed	0 [1752]
John Brennan Complains He's Being 'Pilloried As an Example of the Deep State'	15 23:19 crazyhorse [1782]
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump: ‘His Bigotry is Reflective of the White Supremacist Base He Relies On’	15 18:45 Lex [1782]
Senator Sanders will miss 10 October Democrat Town Hall on LGBTQ	5 16:55 Bright Pebbles [1755]

    
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7	Govt of Iraq
6	Sublime Porte
4	Govt of Iran
3	Moslem Colonists
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Commies
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Houthis
1	Islamic State
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2019-10-08
Turkey starts bombing Kurds

Mon 2019-10-07
Iraqi premier rejects resignation of seven ministers, Baghdad governor steps down

Sun 2019-10-06
91 protesters killed by Iraqi police over week of demonstrations

Sat 2019-10-05
Masked gunmen attack TV stations reporting the protests in Iraq

Fri 2019-10-04
At least 35 Russian mercenaries killed fighting for Haftar in Libya

Thu 2019-10-03
Breaking: Paris knife attacker kills 4 people at police headquarters

Wed 2019-10-02
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Tue 2019-10-01
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Mon 2019-09-30
Yemeni army captured over '2000 troops', inflicted heavy casualties on Saudi army

Sun 2019-09-29
Susan Rice: Obama Put Call Transcripts On Top Secret Server, Too

Sat 2019-09-28
Egypt Armed Forces kills 118 takfiris in anti-terrorism operations in north, central Sinai; 10 army personnel killed, injured: Statement

Fri 2019-09-27
US deploys air defense systems, troops to Saudi Arabia

Thu 2019-09-26
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Wed 2019-09-25
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Tue 2019-09-24
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