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Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	13 20:22 swksvolFF [1778]
Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria	0 [1817]
Syria-Bound Swiss Man Jailed in Bulgaria on Terror Charges	7 13:20 g(r)omgoru [1769]
39 ISIS killed in Salahuddin province	0 [1753]
4 Civilians Killed in Taliban Attacks on 5th Day of RIV: MoI	0 [1741]
Syrain AD units in south #Idlib downed unidentified target over Al Zawyeh mountain	1 09:50 mossomo [1750]
US Treasury Department to announce sanctions on three Lebanese persons and 12 Lebanese entities who are linked with the #Hezbollah Martyrs Foundation	0 [1740]
Syrian Army commander is injured in the heavy Turkish bombardment on the village of Evdeko	0 [1744]
Turkish Atilgan surface-to-air missile systems with 8 km flight ceiling entered Idlib	4 07:40 Besoeker [1745]
US targets Iranian-backed militia active in Iraq	1 16:44 mossomo [1741]
Turkey’s Defense Ministry says two of its soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an airstrike	0 [1742]
Riot police on the #Greek island of Lesbos fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing protesters	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Thousands Of US Troops Return to PSAB After 17-Year Absence To 'Deter Iran'	11 23:02 Richard Aubrey [1792]
US Navy resumes training Saudis after base terror attack	4 15:12 Lex [1776]
As PA seethes at Trump plan, top officials say all of Israel is Palestine	8 16:54 gorb [1781]
Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings, fishing zone as fragile calm returns	0 [1775]
France dissolves group run by rapper for defending terrorism	1 04:03 Besoeker [1782]
Iraqi authorities still allow #Iranian planes to land in #Najaf, despite the outbreak of #coronavirus	1 04:38 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Iraqi workers wearing protective suits and spraying disinfectant as a precaution in #Najaf's Imam Ali Holy Shrine	2 12:47 bbrewer126 [1746]
'We Are Seeing Downward Trend in Violence': Miller	1 04:40 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Berlin’s commissioner to fight antisemitism urges Merkel to ban Hezbollah's entire organization in Germany	3 10:57 g(r)omgoru [1747]
Lebanon has paid $71 million in coupons due on Eurobonds maturing in 2025 and 2030	0 [1748]
Representative of Khamenei in Qom urges Iranians to visit	13 10:36 lord garth [1749]
Iran will sentence anyone who spreads false information about #coronavirus to flogging and up to three years in prison	1 17:42 Bobby [1744]
#Iraq bans public gatherings and travel to 9 countries including #Kuwait and #Bahrain due to increasing fears of the spread of #coronavirus	2 10:28 Skidmark [1740]
Lebanon’s search for offshore oil and gas will begin on Thursday, announces President #MichelAoun	2 15:37 Lex [1742]
EU asylum applications rise for first year since 2015	0 [1737]
Isis and al-Qaeda join forces in West Africa	0 [1767]
1 in 5 Europeans says secret Jewish cabal runs the world, survey finds	7 21:28 Bright Pebbles [1782]
Page 3: Non-WoT
China to send 100,000-strong 'duck army' to help Pakistan fight its worst locust plague in 20 years	5 19:59 Frank G [1766]
Dunkin' Donuts launches the ultimate snack for meat lovers - a $2.79 bag of BACON - but some people complain it's 'gross'	1 19:54 Anomalous Sources [1777]
Japanese tour bus worker who recovered from coronavirus tests positive for it AGAIN	7 18:30 James [1744]
Coronavirus confirmed in Israeli who returned from Italy, traveled El Al	1 12:35 Skidmark [1754]
All schools in Japan told to close until April over virus outbreak	0 [1746]
Boston Mulls Parking Fines Based On Income	6 20:34 Ho Chi Obama8050 [1778]
Coronavirus: El Al cancelling all flights to Italy and Thailand	3 10:29 Skidmark [1745]
Mitholz: Swiss town faces 10-year evacuation over arms dump	5 10:21 Count Galeazzo Untervehr7098 [1740]
Illegal immigrant from El Salvador, 20, and 19-year-old man, both enrolled in Maryland high schools, charged with raping 11-year-old girls	4 15:08 Lex [1742]
Peter Nygard insists FBI sex trafficking probe is a 'set-up' launched by his arch-nemesis, 'buttoned-up' billionaire neighbor Louis Bacon who has spent $6million trying to bring him down since they started feuding over their Bahamas mansions	2 15:11 Lex [1744]
Ninth Circuit Upholds Trump Admin Rule Stripping Funding for Abortions	2 13:54 rjschwarz [1743]
~~Five~~ six people killed in Molson Coors shooting in Milwaukee	5 20:00 Frank G [1771]
CDC confirms first coronavirus case in US resident who's not recently been abroad or exposed to another patient	5 16:52 Mullah Richard [1747]
Afghanistan: 1 Case of Coronavirus, 14 Others Test Negative	1 05:12 Skidmark [1747]
Iraq bans public gatherings and travel to 9 countries over coronavirus concerns	2 19:17 trailing wife [1749]
Qatar's Emir orders the evacuation of Qatari and #Kuwait-i citizens from #Iran	0 [1743]
Saudi Arabia suspends entry for Umrah pilgrimage over coronavirus fears	4 13:43 3dc [1755]
Can't vote for more than half of candidates in student union election because of my race/gender etc.	9 16:27 Skidmark [1746]
Number of #coronavirus cases on mainland #China reaches 78,497 and total death toll stands at 2,744	5 18:09 Bobby [1741]
Trump says the #US is ‘very, very ready’ for whatever the #coronavirus threat brings	9 15:48 European Conservative [1747]
#Bahrain suspends all flights to and from #Iraq and #Lebanon as part of its latest efforts to combat the spread of the #coronavirus	0 [1750]
Winter Park Florida woman zipped up boyfriend in suitcase, left him to die: detectives	6 15:37 Procopius2k [1749]
Earth has a new mini-moon: Asteroid the size of a washing machine has been orbiting Earth for the past three years	10 16:31 Skidmark [1755]
Shocking moment transgender woman is shot dead in Puerto Rico hours after McDonald's customer called the police to complain about her using a women's restroom	5 13:49 Silentbrick [1757]
Famed novelist Clive Cussler whose book Sahara was turned into a blockbuster film starring Matthew McConaughey dies, aged 88	10 20:01 Woodrow [1770]
Mystery smell overwhelms Pennsylvania county again, investigators baffled	9 11:42 Rex Mundi [1755]
Pope to Catholics: For Lent, give up trolling	13 20:03 Woodrow [1786]
Scientists warn AI super-intelligence on verge of 'destroying civilisation'	8 21:55 swksvolFF [1788]
Horrifying moment crowd mocks and racially-abuses elderly Asian man for picking up recyclables in San Francisco street	10 20:15 Lex [1765]
US government is developing a nuclear thermal rocket to send satellites into the vast 'cislunar' space between Earth and the Moon in a renewed space race with China	6 21:57 James [1771]
Now coronavirus reaches BRAZIL: 61-year-old tests positive for the deadly infection after returning from Italy in South America's first case	0 [1743]
Police backtrack on Obama-era DHS whistleblower's initial 'suicide' reports after his body was found by a California highway - as they reveal the FBI is examining documents and a laptop found near the scene	4 18:08 Silentbrick [1760]
SpaceX and the Air Force team up for live fire...	2 10:33 Count Galeazzo Untervehr7098 [1748]
Page 4: Opinion
Embarrassing Festival Of Never Trump Losers Occurs For Some Reason	1 15:06 charger [1753]
De Klerk finally comes to his senses, then aplogizes for.....coming to his senses	1 20:24 European Conservative [1767]
Mike Bloomberg did more than tell women a few unfunny jokes	11 21:48 Zhang Fei [1791]
Tulsi Gabbard on Dem Debate: ‘I Couldn't Watch Much of It, to Be Honest'	6 11:00 M. Murcek [1752]
Federal Ruling on Sanctuary Cities a Victory for Criminal Justice	4 15:27 Lex [1758]
Carter Page at CPAC: Congress Should Pass Reparations for Victims of Deep State Wiretapping	1 03:25 Besoeker [1760]
Ex-FBI unit chief blows whistle on Comey, McCabe over warrantless spying	1 08:57 JohnQC [1747]
Administration Insiders: Pentagon House Cleaning of Never Trumpers Looms	6 14:50 charger [1750]
Two of the Iranian protesters who were sentenced to death last week had fled to Turkey in December in order to apply for political asylum	0 [1748]
Page 6: Politix
AOC Has Warning For Migrants Caravans: Mike Pence literally does not believe in science.It is utterly irresponsible to put him in charge of US coronavirus response as the world sits on the cusp of a pandemic.	10 18:40 Capsu78 [1751]
Obama steps into the presidential race for the first time to demand South Carolina TV stations pull 'despicable' Republican ad using his voice that attacks Biden because it 'takes my words out of context'	12 20:13 Lex [1781]
Hillary Clinton took more cash from Harvey Weinstein than any other Democrat	3 15:20 Lex [1745]
Omar's Accuser Takes Out Suicide Insurance	7 15:21 Lex [1762]
ABC suspends reporter for telling the truth about ABC	2 15:26 Lex [1749]
Mike Bloomberg's OTHER cash gusher: How he has donated billions to politicians, campaigns and charities - and is now raking in endorsements in return	5 17:25 Bright Pebbles [1759]
House candidate in Arizona suspends campaign after drug overdose	1 20:32 Texhooey [1779]
Joe Biden finally admits he WASN'T arrested trying to visit Nelson Mandela: Campaign says he was only separated from a congressional delegation meeting the ANC leader	4 17:50 Frank G [1744]
SANDERS IN 2011: Promoted editorial arguing that "the American dream is more apt to be realized" in Venezuela than in the U.S.	9 19:55 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1777]
Turn Out the Lights....The Party's Over	1 15:00 charger [1755]

    
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                        20:34 Ho Chi Obama8050

                        20:32 Texhooey

                        20:24 European Conservative

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                        20:18 Grunter

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                        20:07 Woodrow

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                        19:57 Anomalous Sources

                        19:55 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        19:54 Anomalous Sources

                        19:52 Procopius2k

Who's in the News
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5	Hezbollah
4	Sublime Porte
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Govt of Iran
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Islamic State
1	Hamas
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Iran Proxies

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Hezbollah operative killed in drone strike in southern Syria

Wed 2020-02-26
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Tue 2020-02-25
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Mon 2020-02-24
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Sun 2020-02-23
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Sat 2020-02-22
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Fri 2020-02-21
Missile intercept by #Saudi forces in #Yanbu

Thu 2020-02-20
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Wed 2020-02-19
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Tue 2020-02-18
LNA claims to destroy Turkish arms ship in Tripoli harbor.

Mon 2020-02-17
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