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Turks Use Drones in Tear Gas Attacks on Greek Border Guards
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
New Sudan PM survives attempted assassination	2 13:36 trailing wife [1746]
Good morning	2 09:01 Chris [1751]
Erdogan tells Greece to let migrants across border ahead of his talks with EU	3 12:55 NoMoreBS [1781]
~~Two~~ Six Taliban mine planters killed by own explosives in Kandahar	0 [1787]
Palestinian refugee killed in northern Syria shootouts	0 [1762]
Saudi cordons off Shiite-majority region over coronavirus	0 [1752]
Turkish police use tear gas in Istanbul to disperse Women's Day crowd	4 14:38 Skidmark [1746]
American forces raid Islamic State hideouts on Qarachogh mountain: witnesses	0 [1780]
Logar Provincial Council Member Killed in Kabul	0 [1744]
One Policeman Killed in Helmand Roadside Mine Blast	0 [1751]
ANDSF to End Defensive Stance: Khalid	0 [1756]
Liwa Zainabiyoun fighters buried earlier this week in Qom	0 [1743]
Turkey continues to pour armor and soldiers into Idlib	2 11:51 DarthVader [1746]
Paramedic Amer Mahmoud al-Eithawi killed by government troops in attack against al-Khillani Square	0 [1753]
US air strike in Somalia kills senior Shaboob, Bashir Mohamed, responsible for exporting terror in Somalia as well as attacks into Kenya	1 09:53 Mercutio [1757]
UK: Underage Girl Used Like ‘Piece of Meat’ By ‘Asian’ Grooming Gang	7 18:00 Matt [1762]
Turkish Police Use Drones to Organise Tear Gas Attacks on Greek Border Guards	19 19:06 Frank G [1851]
Page 2: WoT Background
Dodged the bullet?	0 [1744]
Iran’s former deputy of the IRGC Ferzad Tazari died of the coronavirus	3 13:00 Matt [1752]
Human traffickers exploiting 'easy-peasy' route into Britain by flying illegal migrants to Ireland with fake IDs and driving them over the border for £2,000-a-go	4 18:30 Chris [1782]
KSA Releases King's Photos after Purge over 'Coup Plot'	2 12:17 Albemarle Omearong7627 [1786]
Egypt's parliament approves new amendments to anti-money laundering law	3 18:25 SteveS [1812]
Disruption at Islamabad's International Women's Day march as throw stones	0 [1769]
Coronavirus claims lives of two Iranian clerics, former prosecutor	7 19:16 Woodrow [1826]
Erdogan says he will hold talks in Brussels with European Union officials to discuss the migration issue	0 [1744]
Negotiations to restructure #Lebanon’s foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months	1 05:19 g(r)omgoru [1748]
Man suspected of having coronavirus in #Iran’s northern city of Rasht in Gilan province collapsed outside a hospital	0 [1749]
Al-Mismari: The GNA militias, supported by Turkey are planning a wide attack on our forces in Tripoli	0 [1747]
Iran ‘appreciates’ Iraqi efforts to expel US troops: advisor	0 [1766]
Saudis. Takfiris, Wahabis, Daesh are all the same. They are all plans of the great Satan	0 [1745]
DGCX Brent Crude Drops More Than 31% After OPEC Collapse	16 18:31 Chris [1765]
Ayatollah Sayed Hadi al-Modaressi in Iraq diagnosed with the novel coronavirus	5 12:33 Albemarle Omearong7627 [1749]
Page 3: Non-WoT
5.8-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California	0 [1750]
Max von Sydow, star of 'The Exorcist,' 'Game of Thrones' and 'Star Wars,' dead at 90	4 19:18 Woodrow [1779]
Top Brands accused of using Chinese forced labor	2 11:40 DarthVader [1770]
Topless Women Protest ‘Climate Rape' in London on International Women's Day	8 22:30 DarthVader [1797]
Satellite images of PLAN type 075 landing helicopter dock amphibious assault vessel under construction.	5 11:25 Besoeker [1745]
Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus	6 17:16 g(r)omgoru [1779]
Germany and France are condemned by other EU members after blocking the export of medical supplies, raising alarm among smaller countries hit by coronavirus	3 10:17 Unatch Forkbeard8785 [1743]
Airlines are burning thousands of gallons of fuel flying empty 'ghost' planes so they can keep their flight slots during the coronavirus outbreak	7 09:44 M. Murcek [1754]
Bomb-Making Materials Seized by Hong Kong Police	0 [1753]
North Korea has fired 3 projectiles towards the East Sea	5 19:15 Frank G [1770]
Evacuation flight w/ foreign diplomats freed from quarantine in North Korea has landed in Vladivostok	2 16:10 Spinetch Angaviting2938 [1744]
Israeli Researchers Announce Breakthrough in Coronavirus Treatment, Arthritis Drug May Also Help	9 19:29 Woodrow [1776]
Malaysia’s palace denies 'royal coup' in appointing new PM	0 [1749]
Tunisia will seek a new loan deal with the International Monetary Fund	0 [1751]
Herat Residents Alarmed by Coronavirus Outbreak	0 [1746]
S-125 Air Defense system has been deployed next to the Amuay refinery in Falcon	3 22:28 DarthVader [1770]
Danny Tidwell, ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ finalist, dead at 35	0 [1743]
Coronavirus roundup: US needs to restore pharmaceutical production—in Puerto Rico	12 16:07 Abu Uluque [1739]
Illinois Supreme Court Won’t Dismiss Charges Against Jussie Smollett	6 09:13 Chris [1777]
Page 4: Opinion
Flu has killed 20K Americans including 136 children so far this season, CDC says	0 [1743]
Europe's Defense Debate is all about America.	1 15:02 Skidmark [1753]
In celebration of very brave women - 'Harriet Tubman'	0 [1743]
In celebration of very brave women - 'Emily Hobhouse'	0 [1738]
In celebration of very brave women - 'Madame Fourcade's Secret War'	0 [1761]
Rahm Emanuel: Coronavirus Could Be ‘Devastating' for Trump Reelection Bid	6 09:11 DarthVader [1758]
The Dems Are Right. Americans Find Annoying Liberal Women Very Annoying.	0 [1746]
"You Can't be President… We Can't Play Any Games Here Folks… This Is Not a Joke" – Joe Rogan Demolishes Democrat Joe Biden (VIDEO)	2 23:19 Texhooey [1767]
Seniors Who Walk For 30 Minutes Daily Cut Risk Of Death From Any Cause	3 11:53 Skidmark [1751]
ROGER L. SIMON: "Sanders has THE LOSER WISH - he wants to SPEECHIFY without the messy inconvenience of actually doing the job."	2 08:03 Lex [1750]
Hezbollah and the killing fields of Idlib	1 13:37 lord garth [1771]
Page 6: Politix
Congress Quietly Repeals More of Obamacare	0 [1748]
Plame out	5 17:13 NoMoreBS [1783]
Biden's brother facing fraud allegations, used family ties to advance business interests: report	0 [1755]
Sanctuary Authorities Asking Public For Help After Releasing Illegal Alien Charged With Child Sexual Assault	2 11:24 Rambler in Virginia [1760]
Blue and White concerned Liberman won't join minority government	1 14:49 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Trump associate and Blackwater founder Erik Prince 'hired British and American ex-spies to infiltrate Democratic campaigns in Project Veritas sting operation', bombshell report claims	2 10:05 Mercutio [1761]
Sanders hires top campaign adviser -- the guy promotes abolition of prisons	0 [1753]
Bill protecting Black hairstyles from discrimination passes Legislature, awaits Inslee’s signature	3 11:32 ruprecht [1744]
Kamala Harris endorses Joe Biden for president	1 16:05 Whiskey Mike [1751]
Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders for President	2 16:04 Whiskey Mike [1756]
Sanders Promises To Ban State Regulation Of Abortion	2 09:00 Procopius2k [1746]
Drunk Woman Abandons Scooter, Crawls On Floor And Bites Security Guard At Bernie Rally	2 15:04 Skidmark [1766]

    
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                        18:31 Chris

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                        18:28 Chris

                        18:25 SteveS

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                        17:47 AlanC

                        17:16 g(r)omgoru

                        17:13 NoMoreBS

                        17:12 Mullah Richard

                        17:06 Warthog

                        17:03 Black Charlie Flerong3458

Who's in the News
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7	Sublime Porte
6	Commies
5	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Hezbollah
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic State
1	Moslem Colonists

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Mon 2020-03-09
Turks Use Drones in Tear Gas Attacks on Greek Border Guards

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