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Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Antifa protesters throw concrete at police and vandalize a war memorial with 'Kill Cops' messages during demonstration against a planned KKK rally in Portland	11 23:58 Enver Cravimp7844 [1786]
Top NYPD cop warns officers not to wear their uniforms in public for their own safety following assassination attempts on police as suspect is pictured handcuffed to hospital bed	6 19:02 JohnQC [1766]
Shutdown in Kashmir on Afzal’s death anniversary	1 21:02 Woodrow [1774]
Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose	2 21:04 Woodrow [1803]
After rocket fired into Israel, aircraft strike Hamas targets in Gaza early Monday morning	0 [1755]
Egypt’s military foils checkpoint attack, kills 10 terrorists in North Sinai	0 [1739]
Farah Officials Claim Civilians Were Killed in Airstrike	0 [1749]
Key Taliban sniper among 5 killed in a premature bomb explosion in North of Afghanistan	1 20:06 Glenmore [1783]
Female students in #Baghdad and other provinces in Iraq taking the lead in anti- #MuqtadaAlSadr protests	1 08:16 Lex [1749]
#Baghdad's University of Technology students march in streets to voice rejection of the oppression by security forces and Sadr-backed militias	0 [1751]
Iraq Protests continue in #Hilla	0 [1748]
For seventh time: #Iraqi protesters set fire to headquarters of the #terrorist Badr Organization in #Nasiriyah	2 07:33 Lex [1746]
Notorious gang leader arrested in special operation carried out by GCPSU in of Kabul City	0 [1744]
GCPSU discovered & seized 76 packs of illicit drugs, 12 AK-47 rifles & 33 pistols in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar	0 [1752]
Enemy convoy engaged in Labarjin area of Chahr Bolak district #Balkh	0 [1753]
Infiltrators with help from other Mujahidin killed 8 Sangori militiamen inside a CP in Deh Yak area of #Farah capital	0 [1748]
Drone strike on Hakim Khelo area of Jalga district #Wardak	0 [1762]
Syrian regime forces are set to retake the strategically important M5 motorway which will connect the capital Damascus to the second city Aleppo	0 [1753]
Two Lebanese soldiers are dead and three others wounded following an ambush in the northeast region of Hermel	0 [1738]
Algerian soldier was killed in a suicide car bomb attack near the Mali border	0 [1760]
FC personnel martyred, 5 injured in landmine blast in Harnai	0 [1746]
Maulana Aziz agrees to leave Lal Masjid after authorities promise 20 kanals of land for Jamia Hafsa	0 [1749]
Iran's Zafar launch fails	2 09:59 Skidmark [1749]
Video of around 4 dozen Leb Hezbollah preparing to go to battle on the front lines around Aleppo	1 09:17 lord garth [1744]
Gunman who 'ambushed NYPD cop in patrol car and shot lieutenant inside precinct hours later' recently RELEASED from jail	3 09:49 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
2 Iranian spies arrested in Ecuador with fake Israeli passports	1 17:27 Lex [1753]
'No such thing as a rehabilitated jihadist' - Thanks, we figured as much	4 16:35 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Over 60 Germans among Islamists in Idlib	3 18:34 jpal [1759]
Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues	3 15:01 746 [1747]
13 migrants freeze to death on Turkey-Iran border	0 [1757]
Russian gun maker Kalashnikov unhappy with India's choice to buy American Sig Sauer guns	1 16:31 Texhooey [1753]
Expanded and modernized Turkish navy adds further muscle to country's objective of protecting national interests on high seas	13 19:46 Frank G [1760]
Former AK Party mayors Özhaseki, Türel and Yılmaz injured in traffic accident	1 06:56 Mercutio [1766]
Turkey acquires 3rd drillship for $37.5 million as East Med tensions rise over gas exploration	0 [1743]
Projects that cost #Iraq 222.3 billion dollars 2003-2013 have not been realized	3 16:28 g(r)omgoru [1750]
There is no military solution in Libya: African Union Commission	3 14:58 AlanC [1758]
Talks between representatives of Libya’s warring parties in Geneva end without a deal on a ceasefire	0 [1754]
Algerian military court starts hearing an appeal against the 15-year jail term for the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika	0 [1758]
Iraq’s incoming prime minister will face ‘hell’ and be removed within days if he includes members of the political elite in his cabinet	0 [1754]
Three doctors sentenced to flogging in Iran for ‘insulting’ cleric	9 10:24 Skidmark [1763]
Iraqis ridicule Shia leader’s calls for gender segregation during protests	0 [1745]
Police summoned two journalists in Srinagar for reporting strike call given by Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front	0 [1759]
IRGC unveils "Raad 500" Ballistic missile, with 500 km range	2 21:09 magpie [1776]
Trump administration is considering halting humanitarian assistance to Yemen after Houthi rebels adopted new restrictions on aid including a 2% tax	0 [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Can anyone save the walking pine cone? Prince William's favourite animal is being blamed for spreading the coronavirus, but with 300 caught daily and many sold as a delicacy for up to £11,000, pangolins are critically endangered	5 21:22 Enver Cravimp7844 [1770]
Persistent Surveillance 'Community Support Planes'	0 [1747]
British police 'wearing hazmat suits' will be able to HANDCUFF suspected coronavirus patients and force them back into quarantine: Tough new laws after a patient tried to 'BREAK OUT' from Arrowe Park and total UK infected DOUBLES to eight	3 16:15 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Saga cruise ship with 89 passengers suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and fever is due to dock in Southampton - days after it was turned away from Gibraltar	0 [1750]
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC	2 16:25 Anomalous Sources [1738]
Fire Weaver: Israel's Super High-Tech Secret Weapon to Win the Next Big War?	10 17:36 charger [1745]
British Airways flight crosses Atlantic in less than 5 hours	2 10:27 Skidmark [1743]
Gunman ambushes NYC police twice in 12 hours, spawns outrage	7 16:15 Rambler in Virginia [1741]
Henry's Brass Frame 45-70 – Cutting Edge 1866 Tactical is Now Heirloom Rifle	3 18:48 JohnQC [1750]
Impeachment witness LTC Sausage to attend prestigious Army War College after White House ouster	26 19:58 Rambler in Virginia [1767]
Thousands from cruise ship in Hong Kong freed after virus tests	2 17:22 Glenmore [1746]
CDC report on status of Coronavirus 2019 in the US	1 03:00 Skidmark [1756]
North Korea - Virus runs rampant?	4 12:26 Skidmark [1741]
Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia, threatening 10 million people in the region	1 09:58 SteveS [1751]
1 Spanish, 5 British tourists catch coronavirus in France	2 06:03 Besoeker [1757]
70+ passengers on cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama now infected with #coronavirus, with over 3,000 people stuck on board	4 22:17 Enver Cravimp7844 [1768]
Wuhan all bodies. Upper Limit?	8 14:14 Abu Uluque [1742]
Deutsche Bahn says it halted long-distance train services in many parts of northwestern Germany because of disruptions caused by Storm Ciara	4 20:12 Barbara [1774]
Wuhan's Mayor says nearly 5 million exited the city before its borders were sealed	3 06:42 Lex [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
WaPo admits (or brags) that all the Dem candidates are far left	1 17:31 Lex [1741]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proves why the American education system is broken	6 23:17 Dale [1765]
Time for Trump to Get His Godfather On	3 17:36 Lex [1762]
Wuhan and the World	1 22:15 Woodrow [1774]
Will suspension of US drone operation impact Turkey’s campaign against PKK?	0 [1757]
Obama Fundamentally Transformed Our Two-Party System	13 17:07 Lex [1754]
Lebanon’s leaked policy platform lacks original ideas, simply copying and pasting requests from the World Bank and other international agencies	1 10:42 Skidmark [1748]
Page 6: Politix
Death of a Media Narrative: Barr Confirms DOJ Taking Ukraine Info From Giuliani	1 16:33 g(r)omgoru [1749]
Karl Marx gets shoutout during Barack Obama-produced film's 2020 Oscars speech	4 17:41 Lex [1750]
Biden jokingly calls voter who asked about Iowa a ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier'	16 16:46 Lex [1743]
Forget about Impeachment, Here's a Legal Case that Actually Matters	6 22:10 Woodrow [1773]
'We have been winning': DNC chairman says he won't resign and blames 'angst' among Democrats on 'dangerous' Trump	6 15:38 M. Murcek [1757]
Buttigieg father that was the head of the International Gramsci (Marxist) Society	10 13:36 Lex [1750]
Man, 25, is arrested outside the White House with a knife	0 [1746]
Man accused of driving through Republican voter registration tent arrested	5 09:55 rjschwarz [1746]

    
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4	Govt of Iran
4	Taliban
4	Commies
4	Govt of Iraq
3	Arab Spring
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	al-Nusra
2	Hezbollah
2	Islamic State
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Antifa
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	TTP

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Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose

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Fri 2020-02-07
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