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LNA scores big advance around Tripoli Turkish-backed forces suffer tremendous losses
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	1 22:01 Phump Thraiger8586 [1765]
Aggression warplane launches 7 airstrikes on Amran	4 10:23 swksvolFF [1754]
Turkish-backed fighters kill each other in northern Aleppo	0 [1743]
Pentagon has ordered military commanders to plan for an escalation of American combat in Iraq	6 12:26 Dron66046 [1751]
Afghan forces thwart deadly car bomb attack in Paktia province	0 [1754]
Iranian diplomats instigated killing of dissident in Istanbul, Turkish officials say	2 20:47 York Harding [1760]
Turkish military convoy in Idlib, potentially transporting a Hawk medium-range air defence battery	4 08:06 TZSenator [1743]
LNA scores big advance around Tripoli as Turkish-backed forces suffer tremendous losses	1 16:38 AlanC [1780]
Syrian Army repels militant attack along Sweida-Daraa axis	0 [1776]
Battle of AbuGrian is till ongoing but so far LNA advancing	0 [1776]
Turk-supplied GNA mercenaries in Salah al-Din lose another hundred bad guys	2 11:11 swksvolFF [1758]
GNA conducts airstrikes western Sirte	0 [1776]
27 Haftar-loyal militants and officers arrested GNA raid on Watiya airbase arrive in Tripoli	0 [1773]
Iraqi armed forces deployed in streets to enforce a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew	0 [1768]
Riot police open fire with live ammunition on Iraqi protesters at Al-Khillani Square in Baghdad	0 [1774]
Hundreds dead in Iran after consuming methanol thinking it was coronavirus protection	8 17:39 The peanut gallery [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
More than 40 miles of border wall constructed since coronavirus outbreak began, DHS says	5 18:50 Frank G [1747]
Turkey moves migrants from Greek border amid virus pandemic	0 [1739]
US withdraws ‘non-emergency’ staff from Iraq and Kurdistan diplomatic missions	1 18:27 Skidmark [1745]
US grants Iraq 30-day waiver to import Iranian gas	1 07:23 Woodrow [1743]
New details emerge regarding the Indian man who attacked the Afghan Sikhs in Kabul	3 19:46 trailing wife [1761]
Russia demands Turkey not hide jihadists in Idlib by renaming them	7 10:52 swksvolFF [1744]
Libya’s National Forces Alliance, Mahmoud Jibril, has been infected with coronavirus in Egypt	1 01:05 Skidmark [1746]
Iran confirms new 2,926 coronavirus cases, 144 deaths	1 01:06 Skidmark [1750]
US blacklists Iran-, Iraq-based companies over backing terror groups	2 21:22 jpal [1768]
Iraq reports its highest daily counts, as it confirms 76 new cases and 4 deaths	2 21:38 jpal [1770]
Iraq extends airports’ closure to commercial flights until April 11 due to Coronavirus pandemic	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Over 1,000 Israelis receive fines for lockdown violations	0 [1739]
HUGE! Second French Study by Dr. Raoult finds Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin Helped EVERY PATIENT in Study Group of 80 Minus One (VIDEO)	3 20:30 lord garth [1767]
Parked	1 19:36 magpie [1776]
65 year old male American Airlines FA dies from COVID-19 or something	7 20:11 Hellfish [1777]
Potential Vaccine Candidates Identified	10 18:36 Skidmark [1749]
Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers Seeking Refuge	11 19:33 magpie [1761]
Possible funeral urn shortage in Wuhan, China	2 18:09 Skidmark [1746]
Report: Coronavirus lab results halted for fear of data error	2 17:53 ruprecht [1749]
Itailian Documentary from 2015	8 18:49 Skidmark [1741]
'Experimental' Drinking Binge Kills Hundreds in Iran	5 20:12 Hellfish [1761]
MS Zaandam - Unable to dock at any local ports. 1800 on board, 138 are sick, 4 are dead	4 19:45 Capsu78 [1762]
Top Republican calls for global investigation into China's 'dangerous disinformation campaign' about coronavirus	1 04:07 Besoeker [1738]
Professors Worry Their Bias Will Be Exposed by Online Classes	9 23:33 g(r)omgoru [1771]
Coronaplague Roundup: House approves $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package	10 18:12 James [1751]
News of PM Imran Khan testing positive for Covid-19 is not true: PTI senator	1 11:49 Dron66046 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
Coronavirus sends city dwellers fleeing to second homes, inflaming tensions in towns across the nation	5 19:49 Capsu78 [1768]
2007 Study: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection.	3 15:38 Bobby [1743]
Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure	7 23:20 Thorong Grundy1520 [1773]
How Grandmother's Gargling Remedy Could Help Abate The Coronavirus	8 20:48 KBK [1997]
Jill Biden is the answer	4 19:47 Skidmark [1760]
This Indiana area has highest rate of COVID-19 cases in state	1 10:14 Warthog [1748]
Pres. Trump Covid-19 pressers a yuge ratings success	2 08:19 Frank G [1736]
FOX primetime host Trish Regan booted for Covid19 story	10 11:56 SteveS [1750]
Why the World's Doing a Double-Take on China's No-New-Infections Claim	0 [1744]
Gear Tastemasters	0 [1749]
The Real Pandemic Is Globalism	0 [1748]
COVID-19 in the Light of History	4 18:22 Clem [1744]
Grim phase arrives ‐ three more hot-spot cities, Chicago, New Orleans, Detroit	6 13:50 Frank G [1741]
America does not need a Director of National Intelligence	2 16:32 NoMoreBS [1738]
PR Disaster: President Xi Forgets To Remove 'Made In China' Tags From Coronavirus	4 17:14 Phump Thraiger8586 [1745]
Page 6: Politix
Moron Alert: Mayor New Orleans fails to cancel Mardi Grax, blames Trump	19 15:38 Phump Thraiger8586 [1742]
Biden Tells Jimmy Kimmel His Phillies Cap Is ‘A Way To Be Able To Sleep With My Wife'	8 17:11 Ebbaish Jomong9152 [1739]
Joe Biden Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Former Staffer: ‘Penetrated Me With His Fingers’	8 20:49 KBK [1776]
New York AG leads fight to stop Texas abortion ban	17 16:25 Procopius2k [1735]
Baltimore population drops below 600,000, the lowest total in a century, census estimates show	11 11:37 g(r)omgoru [1771]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-03-28
LNA scores big advance around Tripoli
Turkish-backed forces suffer tremendous losses

Fri 2020-03-27
Riots in China

Thu 2020-03-26
Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi confirms Saudi coalition ceasefire

Wed 2020-03-25
LNA forces eliminate GNA/al-Qaeda leader Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli

Tue 2020-03-24
Gutierrez calls for an immediate global ceasefire

Mon 2020-03-23
27 Taliban militants killed, 19 others wounded in Kunduz

Sun 2020-03-22
Greeks Find Tunnel Full of Weapons Under Athens,
Arrest Turkish Terrorists

Sat 2020-03-21
TSA halts all NY airport departures do to infected people showing up at each one.

Fri 2020-03-20
Militant attack kills about 30 Malian soldiers -army

Thu 2020-03-19
Migrants at Refugee Camp in Germany Riot,
Display ISIS Flags After They’re Put Under Coronavirus Quarantine

Wed 2020-03-18
Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi guilty of 22 murders

Tue 2020-03-17
China expels ALL American reporters!

Mon 2020-03-16
Saudi Arabia detains 298 officials in new corruption cases

Sun 2020-03-15
Hezbollah commander prosecuted in Austria for terror finance

Sat 2020-03-14
Violence by Taliban Spikes Despite Peace Efforts

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