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Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	5 20:07 Anomalous Sources [1782]
Pak-backed terror module in Afghanistan that targeted India busted, 37 arrested	4 17:50 Dron66046 [1771]
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon	12 19:50 Barbara [1808]
Iran is setting up on the qeshm island of Al-Ahwaz, a system of surface-to-air missiles to aimed at Gulf countries	3 09:21 Besoeker [1756]
Bataan ARG enters the Persian Gulf	3 17:51 SteveS [1754]
‘Allahu Akbar' Migrant Knifeman Kills Two, Wounds Seven in France	5 23:46 Varmint Splat1454 [1782]
Syrian regime forces fire on Kurdish convoy in Qamishli, killing 1	0 [1763]
Airstrike targets Taliban gathering in Kandahar, killing 6 militants	0 [1767]
Yemeni military convoy comes under mysterious attack in Aden	0 [1753]
Turkish military strikes Syrian Army troops again in Al-Raqqa	0 [1752]
Syrian Army and jihadist rebels engage in heavy clashes in southern Idlib	0 [1750]
Turkish-backed militants deprive civilians in northeast Syria of electricity after new attack	0 [1751]
25 of Haftar's militias killed in airstrikes near Sirte	0 [1749]
LNA arrest an ISIS commander fighting with GNA militias in Tripoli	0 [1753]
Syrian mercenary Omar Abdel-Moati Al-Abo, a member of the Al-Hamzat division, was killed while fighting with GNA forces	0 [1770]
Airliners departs Istanbul Airport in the direction of Misurata or Mitika, with mercenaries and 7 Turks	0 [1753]
Disastrous Syrian-led offensive ends in heavy losses around Tripoli	0 [1752]
Second Turkish/GNA UAV has been downed over Alwashka	0 [1741]
For every libyan militia fighter there is 4 non Libyan mercenaries	0 [1784]
Munther Al-Kibti who pledged allegiance to ISIS in Benghazi no longer requires oxygen	0 [1789]
GNA 9 dead and 28 injured as a result of LNA airstrike on AbuGrian	0 [1795]
Zwarah airbase under bombardment from LNA airstrike.	0 [1785]
After months of planning Coalition departs Taqaddum (Habbaniyah) air base	0 [1790]
At Least 19 Killed in Clashes Between Armed Groups in Mexico	1 12:58 SteveS [1763]
French Gangs Engage in Machete Street Brawl Despite Lockdown, Berlin Dealers Adapt	0 [1788]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh communities take tough decision after deadly Kabul attack	0 [1745]
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's human rights body called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Order 2020	1 10:46 John Frum [1745]
168 Tableeghi Jamaat marakiz in #Sindh turned into quarantine centres	9 19:15 trailing wife [1752]
Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises above 500: minister	0 [1750]
Erdogan Take possession of a shipment of Masks, medical equipment and medicines en rout to Spain	6 17:25 AlanC [1758]
Iran's new cases of coronavirus have dropped for the fourth consecutive day	5 20:45 Chris [1780]
Businessman accused by the US of moving money for the IRGC's Qods Force served as an alternate board member of Iran's Razi Petrochemical	2 17:01 Sock Puppet of Doom [1751]
Hashd al-Shaabi factions: US only understands the language of force	0 [1752]
Iran Accuses US Diplomats of Staging Coups, Arming Terrorists Amid Spat Over Slain Journalist	1 12:59 Herb McCoy [1744]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Sweden prepares for possible tighter coronavirus measures as deaths rise	2 23:04 crazyhorse [1777]
HUGE! From CDC Website: Hospitals to List COVID-19 as Cause of Death Even if It's "Assumed to Have Caused Or Contributed to Death" - Lab Tests Not Required	6 22:52 Besoeker [1776]
Delta Airlines Coronavirus Update Center	2 15:26 Procopius2k [1758]
Greece and Turkey enter war of words at NATO meeting	0 [1770]
Utility Workers Sequester At the Job	5 22:17 gorb [1775]
Broad coalition embraces Trump fuel efficiency rule, ‘safer' and cheaper	0 [1750]
With Myriad Links to Chinese Regime, New York Is Now America's CCP Virus Epicenter	0 [1756]
Federalist update: Schools Turn Down Scholarship Donation For Poor White Boys	2 12:58 Herb McCoy [1754]
Israeli Defense Ministry manufactures 63 more ventilators	2 19:32 trailing wife [1748]
Illegal border crossings fall to zero in pandemic	6 15:28 Procopius2k [1763]
Puerto Rico discovers protective supply cache amid COVID-19	3 11:14 bbrewer126 [1758]
Coronavirus patients spend night on Navy hospital ship meant for non-infected New York patients	5 09:59 Bobby [1747]
Pakistanis immune to coronavirus? PM Imran advises citizens not to be 'foolish'	2 10:52 John Frum [1760]
Coronaplague Roundup: Italian COVID-19 Death Toll Surges Past 15,000 as 681 New Deaths Reported	0 [1757]
China’s Guangxi region tightens border controls amid increase in imported coronavirus cases	0 [1751]
Prince Charles Will Reportedly Cover Part of Harry and Meghan's Security Costs after Trump Refuses	19 19:52 Airandee [1778]
I AM THE FLAG starring JIMMY WELDON	1 08:20 Matt [1751]
Trump announces Justin Walker, former Kavanaugh clerk, as pick for DC Circuit Court	0 [1754]
As virus surges, field hospitals emerge across US; now they need staff	7 15:30 Procopius2k [1762]
Page 4: Opinion
President Trump Is Magnificently Right About Infrastructure	10 23:00 ruprecht [1789]
Italy's Virus Shutdown Came Too Late. What Happens Now?	3 15:42 g(r)omgoru [1747]
Mayor of Georgia coastal town assails governor's 'reckless mandate' to reopen the state's beaches	10 21:41 Woodrow [1782]
Doc Duc C. Vuong explains how the damn thing kills (video)	0 [1747]
The COVID-19 Power Grab	2 15:44 Canuckistan sniper [1746]
George W. Bush in 2005: 'If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare'	3 20:37 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1776]
The Coronavirus Can't Stop America's Nukes	2 17:36 Skidmark [1746]
MSM Can No Longer Ignore Theory That Wuhan Coronavirus Spread From a Chinese Lab Accident	3 10:56 Besoeker [1752]
NY Doc Says We're Treating COVID 19 Wrong, 3009 (video)	2 16:35 Texhooey [1749]
Nobody Knows How to Politicize a Pandemic Like Nancy Pelosi.	4 18:36 Abu Uluque [1754]
China Plans to Win The Pandemic World War	15 18:28 Abu Uluque [1769]
Tablighi Jamaat - its other, evil side	12 18:25 Dron66046 [1778]
Page 6: Politix
UK PM Johnson admitted to hospital with persistent coronavirus symptoms	1 18:09 Clem [1751]
Sean Hannity: Cuomo's coronavirus failure – the real reason for New York's ventilator shortage	0 [1750]
Bush Foundation Sent 2 Million Masks To China Despite Domestic Shortages	5 22:23 gorb [1771]
Top US watchdog vows 'aggressive' oversight of Trump administration after intel firing	15 15:32 Procopius2k [1759]
De Blasio: I told the Pentagon "a week ago" to give me "1,000 nurses, 150 doctors, 300 respiratory therapists" and "I'm still waiting"	26 22:21 gorb [1807]
Did Radical Democrat Ilhan Omar Just Celebrate The Coronavirus's Deadly Impact On America?	2 08:02 JohnQC [1752]
Biden Flip-Flops, Now Supports Trump's China Travel Ban He Once Called 'Hysterical Xenophobia'	10 10:15 M. Murcek [1752]
Former Secret Service Agent for Barack Obama Spills Some Major Secrets	12 22:57 ruprecht [1766]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2020-04-05
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon

Sat 2020-04-04
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Fri 2020-04-03
Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus

Thu 2020-04-02
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

Wed 2020-04-01
Trump says Iran planning 'sneak attack' on US troops in Iraq

Tue 2020-03-31
Iran gas pipeline to Iraq blows up

Mon 2020-03-30
Turkish military attacks Syrian Army, YPG
in northern Aleppo

Sun 2020-03-29
Khamenei family fears he might have Coronavirus

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,
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