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US navy ship seizes 150 Iranian-manufactured anti-tank guided missiles after boarding a vessel in the Arabian Sea
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Over 800,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, flee Russian-backed offensive: U.N.	2 22:02 Dron66046 [1785]
Rocket attack hits northern Iraq base hosting US troops	5 17:51 Herb McCoy [1767]
Syrian to be tried for plotting attack on U.S. embassy in Lebanon -agency	0 [1751]
Defense source: Hamas says it will end rocket, balloon bomb attacks	3 10:42 Rambler in Virginia [1749]
20 gunmen kill Honduran policemen to free senior MS-13 gang leader	0 [1756]
Nigeria's army burns villages in fight against Islamist forces - report	4 02:04 Lex [1763]
Three killed, seven wounded in Khanaqin ISIS attack	0 [1761]
Heavy Turkish artillery shelling on villages in Afrin region	1 10:02 Woodrow [1764]
Coastguard catches and returns 81 #migrants off #Libyan coast	0 [1753]
Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies	0 [1758]
30 terrorists killed, wounded in 5 provinces: Special Ops Corps	0 [1757]
Kabul Police Department’s Counter-narcotics chief sentenced to 17 years in prison	0 [1755]
Blast kills another TTP leader in Afghanistan	0 [1754]
Protesters in Karbala continue peaceful demonstrations against Iranian influence in Iraq	0 [1764]
Iranian backed Militias are placing symbolic ‘death by hanging’ posters of U.S soldiers in the middle of Baghdad	0 [1764]
Two rockets targeted a military base in #Kirkuk which hosts #US troops, no casualties reported	0 [1766]
Militias of the #GNA demolish the house of the Libyan consul in Tunis, Mohamed El-Merdas in Ben Achour after he deflected from the #GNA	0 [1749]
#GNA dead today	1 12:31 swksvolFF [1774]
#GNA militias opened fire and attacked #LNA positions in #Tripoli AlHadba	0 [1759]
German court sentences Syrian man for war crime	0 [1753]
US navy ship seizes 150 Iranian-manufactured anti-tank guided missiles after boarding a vessel in the Arabian Sea	2 21:37 Anomalous Sources [1816]
Syria’s air defenses intercepted ‘hostile targets’ over the capital Damascus	7 10:03 Woodrow [1755]
Page 2: WoT Background
Arab media accuse US, Israel of coronavirus conspiracy against China	6 23:13 Dale [1777]
Peshmerga's 80th Command Forces graduate from training	0 [1751]
SDF has ‘understandings’ with Syrian regime, not formal relations: Mustafa Bali interview	0 [1744]
US, Taliban Negotiated 7-Day Reduction in Violence: Esper	0 [1759]
Turkish President #Erdogan arrives in Islamabad on 2-day visit	0 [1756]
Families of APS martyrs approach CJP over Ehsanullah Ehsan's reported escape	8 21:55 Dron66046 [1792]
Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels will put on trial military personnel suspected of being behind deadly air strikes on civilians in #Yemen	0 [1748]
#Sudan Gov. Agrees to Pay $30 Million for Families of sailors in USS Cole bombing	1 15:21 magpie [1757]
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and all 18 cabinet members pledge ‘not to run or support any candidate’ in upcoming parliamentary elections	0 [1749]
‘I hypothetically told the angel of death to take me instead of Qassem Soleimani’ says Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah	8 20:31 Dron66046 [1752]
Russia’s foreign ministry calls on Turkey to refrain from making provocative statements about events in Syria	1 05:47 g(r)omgoru [1755]
Iranians mock poster depicting slain Soleimani in heaven with male angels	3 18:03 Woodrow [1756]
Senate approves a bipartisan measure limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran	5 10:04 Procopius2k [1759]
Iran is ready to strike the US and Israel if they give it any reason to do so, says the head of the Revolutionary Guards	3 17:46 Mike Kozlowski [1747]
Lebanon’s government forms a committee to study how to deal with looming sovereign debt maturities	2 14:45 AlanC [1750]
Tariq Ramadan has been charged with raping two women besides two others he was already facing accusations over	3 20:41 Dron66046 [1749]
Israel will buy and develop drones on a ‘massive’ scale	2 23:40 SteveS [1779]
Page 3: Non-WoT
New Study Indicates How Long Coronaviruses Can Survive on a Surface (We are all going to die)	3 21:41 Lex [1779]
Woman visits toilet at vegan cafe, finds 'satanic sex cult' meeting	2 21:07 Lex [1743]
Another SPIKE in coronavirus cases in China with 5,000 new cases recorded in 24 hours as death toll nears 1,400 across the world	4 21:29 Lex [1743]
Guns of a Different Breed	9 10:45 M. Murcek [1754]
Cathay Pacific turns to old playbook for virus crisis amid employee resistance	0 [1749]
NKorea execuates a man for breaking quarantine!	4 20:15 Dron66046 [1741]
White House does not have ‘high confidence' in China's coronavirus information, official says	5 16:16 Herb McCoy [1755]
MINI MIKE in Deep Doo-Doo: Reporter documents 40 Discrimination & Harassment Cases vs him & his firm; Told a Pregnant Employee, "Kill it!"	2 21:32 Lex [1778]
Pentagon to shift $3.8B for fighter planes, ships toward border wall	13 20:49 swksvolFF [1746]
'Like mosquitoes': Extinction Rebellion plans surprises for City of London	9 23:46 anon1 [1777]
Coronavirus nurses in China are shaving their heads to ‘improve efficiency'	10 15:08 AlanC [1754]
US Energy Info Admin lowers forecast world oil consumption	2 09:08 g(r)omgoru [1760]
Female high school runners are suing Connecticut amateur athletic bodies to block transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports, saying 'it's not fair to compete against boys'	7 17:20 g(r)omgoru [1755]
Navy Seal went on a crime spree after suffering a psychotic breakdown he blames on 'radical, unresearched' brain stimulation therapy that made him believe he was a 'nuclear weapon who could communicate with the sun'	15 22:57 trailing wife [1767]
DNA reveals ancient Africans bred with new unknown race of humans just 50,000 years ago	10 21:23 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [1757]
Page 4: Opinion
Navy Punishes Sailors Over 'Make Aircrew Great Again' Patches Worn at Trump Speech	7 21:03 Dron66046 [1753]
Calculating the Californication - Will migrating Golden State residents bring left-wing politics to their new homes? Maybe not.	18 20:48 Jan [1768]
Biden: 'Your Mother Was A Hamster, And Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries'	3 10:13 M. Murcek [1746]
Alexander Vindman Did Nothing Wrong, Reported ‘Illegal Order' so sez fired Former WH Chief of Staff John Kelly:	13 16:27 JohnQC [1755]
Global Elites Shun Commercial Airlines, Look to Private Jets as Coronavirus Death Toll Surges	2 06:30 Procopius2k [1755]
Prosecutors Dodge Michael Flynn's Best Arguments, Attempt To Hide Evidence	0 [1746]
Trey Gowdy Blasts Dems Calling for Barr's Resignation Over Stone Sentence, ‘Dumbest Damn Thing I Ever Heard'	5 15:28 M. Murcek [1760]
Diana West and Frank Gaffney - The Red Thread (55 min video)	1 12:03 trailing wife [1761]
Blood-Soaked Mayor Bloomberg Announces Homelessness No Longer A Problem In New York City	2 12:36 rjschwarz [1745]
Shade Tree Mechanics Outlawed.	18 22:10 Dron66046 [1773]
Page 6: Politix
Michael Avenatti found guilty on all counts in Nike extortion case, faces 42 years in prison	3 21:45 Anomalous Sources [1780]
DOJ won't pursue criminal charges against McCabe	17 23:41 Lex [1768]
Joe Biden: Hunter ‘Has Done Nothing but Good Things His Whole Life'	11 15:55 JohnQC [1757]
US prosecutors seek nearly 5-year sentence for former Baltimore Mayor Pugh's ‘broad range of criminal acts'	7 22:28 Dron66046 [1774]
The Fighting Between Bernie Sanders and AOC Begins	13 21:39 Lex [1782]
Barr vs. Orange Man	11 14:52 trailing wife [1748]
New Hampshire Man Assaults Pro-Trump Teenager at Polling Site, Leaving Him 'Traumatized'	6 22:24 Dron66046 [1778]
Joe Biden predicts he'll win South Carolina	14 14:36 swksvolFF [1745]
"NO BOXES, PLEASE!" Trump sez "Mini Mike is a 5'4" mass of dead energy ..."	6 14:23 Lex [1744]
MISTRIAL: Roger Stone juror "Tomeka" Hart outed as rabid anti-Trump Dem pol who Tweeted a sh!tstorm throughout trial	7 12:39 Omimp Angoque7333 [1750]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Hezbollah
3	Sublime Porte
3	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Syria
2	Antifa
2	Commies
2	Islamic State
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Narcos
2	TTP
2	Taliban
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hamas
1	Govt of Iraq
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2020-02-14
US navy ship seizes 150 Iranian-manufactured anti-tank guided missiles after boarding a vessel in the Arabian Sea

Thu 2020-02-13
Hafiz Saeed sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terror financing

Wed 2020-02-12
Sudan will hand over Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court

Tue 2020-02-11
Russians bomb a joint Turkish & Jihadi column

Mon 2020-02-10
Ehsanullah Ehsan sends greetings from Turkey, thumbs nose

Sun 2020-02-09
Multiple US troops killed during shootout in eastern Afghanistan

Sat 2020-02-08
Khalid Haqqani and Qari Saifullah banged in Kabul

Fri 2020-02-07
Syria says its troops enter the strategic city of Saraqib in Idlib and begins ‘combing’ its neighborhoods

Thu 2020-02-06
Hazim Al-Halafi, a senior commander of Saraya Al-Salam dead

Wed 2020-02-05
Trump acquitted by Senate on articles of impeachment for abuse of power

Tue 2020-02-04
8 Turkish personnel, 13 #Syrian troops killed in north Syria festivities

Mon 2020-02-03
Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims December shooting at Florida naval base

Sun 2020-02-02
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh assigns Mouhammed Tawfiq Allawi with forming a new government

Sat 2020-02-01
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Fri 2020-01-31
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