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Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
As Bombings Spread, Denmark Closes Border With Sweden.	6 21:00 Rob Crawford [1783]
Suspected suicide bombing at police headquarters in Indonesia's Medan	0 [1753]
India says Israeli, Jewish targets under immediate terror threat — reports	1 03:16 Dron66046 [1769]
LeT terrorist among two killed in gunfight in Kashmir’s Bandipora	1 03:58 Dron66046 [1757]
Militant killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Ganderbal	0 [1746]
Turkish convoy kills protesters in Northern Syria: SDF	0 [1757]
Sadr to US: ‘Interfere in early elections and you’ll be kicked out of Iraq’, 319 dead, 15,000+ injured	3 09:50 M. Murcek [1773]
US troops at Syria base say they’ll keep pressure on ISIS	0 [1767]
Egypt, Fatah, UN and Russia seek a truce in Islamic Jihad vs Israel action	6 11:33 Rambler in Virginia [1754]
Seven People Killed in Kabul Car Blast	0 [1744]
Police: Four ANA ‘Mistakenly Killed in Airstrike’ in Logar	0 [1758]
Airstrikes kill 11 Taliban militants in Paktiya and Logar provinces	0 [1745]
ISIS militant hands himself and 45 family members of his comrades to Afghan Special Forces	3 09:06 trailing wife [1750]
Special Forces kill, detain 18 Taliban and ISIS militants in Kabul and 2 other provinces	0 [1753]
Allahr Dal militant held in Gaibandha	0 [1750]
Saudi court convicts 38 people on terrorism-related charges	0 [1757]
Two children killed at hospital by excessive use of tear gas	0 [1743]
New kidnapping case reported as female activists targeted in Iraq	0 [1745]
Protesters block two bridges in Nasiriyah	0 [1754]
President #MichelAoun called on protesters to go home, saying their demands had been heard, and warned of a "catastrophe" if they stay in the streets	0 [1742]
One shot dead as protesters block street in Beirut	0 [1744]
N.C. sheriff’s deputy shot in hospital ER after scuffle with suspect	3 09:12 DarthVader [1751]
3 soldiers martyred in IED blast in North Waziristan	0 [1745]
Iraqi cabinet has decided postponing the provincial elections	0 [1748]
GPS-guided rockets target Haftar’s armed groups in south #Tripoli	0 [1747]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey hosts Iranian tied to Jewish center bombing in Argentina	2 05:56 Bright Pebbles [1759]
After Gaza rocket fire, Indians tweet #IndiaWithIsrael in show of support	0 [1741]
Argentina asks Azerbaijan to arrest Iranian suspect in Jewish center bombing	0 [1750]
Erdogan said on Tuesday he would tell President #DonaldTrump that the #UnitedStates has not fulfilled its agreement last month to remove the Syrian #Kurdish YPG militia	2 10:25 swksvolFF [1748]
Syndicate of Teachers has called on teachers across the country to join nationwide demonstration on Wednesday	2 06:07 Skidmark [1745]
Afghanistan to release three senior Taliban prisoners: Ghani	3 20:28 Frank G [1776]
Angered at EU, Turkey threatens to release IS prisoners	2 03:24 Dron66046 [1740]
Fazl asks JUI-F workers to come out for 'Plan-B' but piously adds 'don't take the law in your hands'	1 03:25 Dron66046 [1744]
87 Muslim scholars, including Libya's Mufti, call for boycotting UAE	0 [1745]
Sudanese girl accuses ICC-wanted Mahmoud Al-Werfalli of torturing, killing her mother	0 [1744]
Libya's Presidential Council decreases salaries of government officials by 40%	4 15:57 Vernal Hatrick [1746]
EU States Must Label Products From Israeli Settlements, European Court of Justice Says	8 08:53 Dron66046 [1747]
Cartels are growing pot in our national Forests where their heavy use of pesticides and litter stand to permanently damage the ecosystem.	23 23:23 Dron66046 [1780]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Police Besiege Hong Kong Campus in Nighttime Clashes With Student Protesters	0 [1746]
Meteor that lit up St. Louis sky was 220-pound fireball that broke off asteroid belt: NASA	0 [1739]
Baby Trump Balloon-Slasher Says He's Never Seen Liberals ‘Mad About Chopping Up A Baby'	23 21:57 Lex [1761]
Homeless man hurls bucket of diarrhea at woman near Hollywood Walk of Fame	18 22:50 swksvolFF [1780]
Australian gets 4 months in jail over drunken Bali rampage	2 11:21 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Morales Accepts Asylum In Mexico	5 17:47 Lex [1748]
Lethal infections claim four lives in Karachi	0 [1748]
‘PSP man’ among five held for over 100 house robberies	2 05:39 Dron66046 [1745]
Rawalpindi police arrest man for raping minor boy for 4 days, filming the assault	1 10:31 Dron66046 [1747]
Catalan parliament defies Spanish court with motion on self-determination	1 03:08 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Pizza Hut Employee Kills Armed Robber	11 16:07 Vernal Hatrick [1768]
Supreme Court Guts the 2A	15 20:21 Frank G [1767]
Fracking Causing Earthquakes - New Study	4 13:08 Silentbrick [1758]
Facebook looks at you with i-phone camera when you scroll.	2 14:40 rjschwarz [1751]
Page 4: Opinion
The Truth About Income Inequality	2 13:02 g(r)omgoru [1764]
The US could end up running on gasoline forever, leaving electric vehicles to China and Europe	14 16:35 USN, Ret. [1752]
Wayne Allyn Root - The Real Ukraine Scandal Leads to the Clinton Foundation	2 15:30 Bobby [1762]
Watchdog report on Russia probe nears public release	3 14:44 Jack Bonaparte7513 [1754]
An Open Letter to Greta Thunberg	9 22:26 European Conservative [1786]
Hillary Clinton Says She Is Being Urged To Run By Many, Many, Many Voices In Her Head	2 09:02 JohnQC [1743]
Newt Gingrich on impeachment probe: ‘All of this is garbage' (video)	0 [1757]
"Monumentally Evil": Bill Whittle Explodes Over Trump Impeachment Hearings (video)	1 07:30 Procopius2k [1747]
Interagency Consensus: Another Term For: Deep State	2 05:27 Bright Pebbles [1741]
The Impeachment Hearings Are the Beginning of the End	7 14:38 Lex [1746]
Hamas’s Islamic Jihad Dilemma	0 [1762]
Joe Rogan: They Snapped Jeffrey Epstein's Neck	6 23:34 Dron66046 [1784]
Page 6: Politix
Live: the House’s Trump Impeachment hearings starting at 10 a.m. ET	4 19:35 Glenmore [1802]
Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono: 'Believe in Climate Change as Though It's a Religion'	18 16:08 Rex Mundi [1741]
Adam Schiff blasted as 'lying sack of excrement'	2 08:59 JohnQC [1753]
Jimmy Carter hospitalized following cerebral hemorrhage	1 09:10 Besoeker [1739]
Politico:Secret Senate Ballot Could Lead To Trump's Removal	11 14:40 Abu Uluque [1753]
Trump-Ukraine whistleblower may be soliciting illicit donations	1 01:54 Lex [1740]
Hillary Clinton: I’m Facing ‘Enormous Pressure’ to Enter 2020 Race — I Want to ‘Retire’ Trump	12 18:12 Bobby [1752]
Mark Sanford Ends Long Shot Campaign for President	6 22:22 trailing wife [1776]
10 reasons why this impeachment ‘inquiry' is really a coup	13 21:42 Lex [1782]
Dems' Desperation, cont'd: HRC, Bloomberg, now Deval Patrick ready to join race	0 [1741]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2019-11-13
Live: the House’s Trump Impeachment hearings starting at 10 a.m. ET

Tue 2019-11-12
Israel hit by rockets after killing Islamic Jihad leader Abu al-Ata in Gaza

Mon 2019-11-11
Thanks to all the veterans on Veterans Day!

Sun 2019-11-10
Bolivia's president announces his resignation

Sat 2019-11-09
Will Julian Assange Die in Prison? Is that why a "dead man" data dump just took place?

Fri 2019-11-08
WikiLeaks just dropped their databomb

Thu 2019-11-07
Extremist outfit Allahr Dal banned in Bangladesh

Wed 2019-11-06
Mexico Deploys Forces to Northern State After Nine US Mormons Killed

Tue 2019-11-05
Three American Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED

Mon 2019-11-04
Report: Turkey-backed militia attacks American troops in Syria

Sun 2019-11-03
Three people detained in connection with Swedish explosion

Sat 2019-11-02
Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam

Fri 2019-11-01
Iraqi President Salih says PM Abdul-Mahdi willing to resign, vows early polls

Thu 2019-10-31
Confirmed: The Emir is dead! Long live the new Emir!

Wed 2019-10-30
Islamic State Promises Big Announcement

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