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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good evening	5 21:22 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1781]
Chinese killed in DRC attack	3 10:38 Besoeker [1749]
Boko Haram Bombers Kill Seven in Cameroon	0 [1745]
Video: Airstrike destroys key Taliban compound in Balkh province	2 18:36 Ducatisti [1761]
39 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Uruzgan and Zabul airstrikes	0 [1757]
5 ISIS militants surrender to Afghan forces in Kunar province	0 [1754]
Rockets landed near a district that houses foreign workers in #Iraq’s oil industry but caused no damage or casualties	4 21:24 Besoeker [1769]
Several Turkish-backed militants killed in clashes with one another in northeast #Syria	1 08:12 Mullah Richard [1750]
US military convoy enters northeast #Syria from Iraq	0 [1792]
UFO violates Iranian airspace and activates air defenses	10 11:49 NoMoreBS [1771]
Libyan Army shoots down another Turkish aircraft near Misrata	0 [1797]
US soldier allegedly killed in ambush in eastern #Syria	2 08:33 Woodrow [1743]
Haftar’s armed groups indiscriminately shell #Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport	1 08:18 Mullah Richard [1742]
GNA drone strike destroys two ammunition-laden trucks for warlord Haftar's armed groups north of Bani Walid town	0 [1794]
Fighting between the GNA's Syrian mercenaries and LNA in Ain Zara	0 [1783]
LNA airstrike on AbuGrian initial results 7 dead 14 injured.	0 [1786]
50 Migrants Force Way Over Morocco-Spain Border, Five Injured	0 [1784]
Cub of the Caliphate Faraj Abdul Salam Aldrewi beyond all cares and woe	4 15:43 Skidmark [1751]
Smugglers posing as wall construction crew in shootout with border patrol	1 08:22 Dron66046 [1756]
Page 2: WoT Background
Gwadar PK appears to have a major virus problem.	0 [1750]
Iran has 500,000 people infected with coronavirus	2 08:51 lord garth [1752]
PKK confirms top commander's death by Turkish airstrike in Kurdistan Region	0 [1746]
Taliban Seeks Release of 15 Key Commanders	0 [1754]
Mosque Instructed Mob to ‘Manhandle’ Coronavirus Health Workers	1 04:55 Dron66046 [1752]
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country	3 18:41 Ducatisti [1764]
Lebanon will audit its central bank’s accounts in a bid to show transparency after launching debt restructuring talks with creditors	0 [1748]
Sudan’s justice ministry says it has finalized a settlement with families of the victims of the USS Cole bombing	0 [1747]
Al-Sarraj: Haftar is obsessed with gripping power in Libya	0 [1772]
Libya’s Government of National Accord in its Death Throes	2 09:57 b [1761]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Drone footage captures prisoners digging graves in hazmat suits on Hart Island as NYC eyes it as a mass temporary burial site for coronavirus victims after 437 die in a day, bringing city death toll to 3,485	3 22:21 M. Murcek [1776]
Navy Secretary resigns	8 19:31 Lex [1753]
Alarming data shows people of color across the US are more likely to become infected and die from COVID-19 as Chicago's mayor reveals that black residents account for 72% of deaths in the city	5 21:44 Frank G [1776]
Wuhan: reports living but terminal patients sent to crematoria	4 19:55 Alistaire Tingle9882 [1781]
James Drury, ‘The Virginian' star, dead at 85	2 21:17 trailing wife [1770]
Protesting residents in the Ivorian capital Abidjan ransack makeshift coronavirus hospital (video)	3 18:27 trailing wife [1744]
Argentinean journalist: 'Coronavirus was created by rich Americans and Israelis'	5 16:34 Silentbrick [1750]
Zoom security flaw copies your meeting to China	8 21:16 trailing wife [1787]
Russian space agency says Trump paving way to seize other planets	2 15:19 SteveS [1745]
FBI: ‘Bad Wig Bandit' bank robbery suspect arrested after trying to enter Fort Benning	1 10:23 M. Murcek [1754]
40 Of 60 Asympthomatic Voluntary Blood Donors in Lombardian Town Test Positive For COVID-19 Antibodies	3 10:29 M. Murcek [1745]
Boeing will repeat test flight of its astronaut capsule before flying with crew	0 [1743]
The Bureau of Prisons Just Bought a Ton of Hydroxychloroquine	10 18:44 Ducatisti [1757]
Things are very bad in Guangzhou City	1 19:58 Alistaire Tingle9882 [1767]
51 Recovered (Coronavirus) Patients Test Positive Again	9 18:31 trailing wife [1750]
Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients	9 19:11 John Frum [1754]
Body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend recovered, search for her son to continue	9 15:48 Skidmark [1753]
Coronavirus patients rush to join studies of Gilead drug	3 11:49 lord garth [1755]
Wisconsin's Supreme Court orders primary to proceed as planned on Tuesday	3 08:24 Mullah Richard [1738]
Virus pain easing in Spain, Italia; UK braces for bleak days	3 14:04 Bobby [1764]
BDS founder: Israel-invented virus vaccine would be OK for boycotters to use	6 21:48 Vernal Hatrick [1771]
Chernobyl radiation levels spike dramatically as forest fires burn in exclusion zone	6 15:51 Skidmark [1756]
1.5 million Chinese expelled from Russia to protect it from virus.	6 13:40 swksvolFF [1751]
China oil imports in Jan-Feb from Saudi Arabia rise 26% from year ago	3 15:52 Skidmark [1737]
Boeing space capsule to attempt another demo mission to ISS	7 19:07 Bobby [1750]
100 Vanderbilt Students Suffer Chinese Virus Symptoms After Campus Parties	7 15:54 Skidmark [1750]
Coronaplague update: Norway under control - reproduction rate below 1	10 15:01 KBK [1749]
My self Isolation	12 18:26 Frank G [1749]
A nice executive order - read it!	27 15:27 g(r)omgoru [1779]
Venezuela mobilizes forces for potential confrontation with US	10 23:45 Old Patriot [1771]
~~Hypergenius~~ Man arrested after bragging ‘we don’t give a f--k about coronavirus’ during party	7 17:10 Procopius2k [1753]
Two Pandas At An Empty Zoo Under Coronavirus Quarantine Finally Boned After 10 Years Together	8 16:01 Skidmark [1745]
Huge fire at a Florida airport has destroyed more than 3,500 hire cars (boy that Hertz)	11 21:42 Frank G [1778]
Page 4: Opinion
CDC director downplays coronavirus models, says death toll will be 'much lower' than projected	12 21:44 M. Murcek [1774]
NY Gov. Cuomo affirms Pres. Trump is right, hydroxychloroquine show pos results (video)	5 13:21 Iblis [1758]
FISA court ordering target list shows it 'suspects' pattern of FBI seeking political dirt, Joe DiGenova says	2 09:28 Besoeker [1754]
Two academic brothers have a plan for putting the country back to work in just weeks	5 16:04 Skidmark [1743]
UK MAIL update: Boris Johnson's government reportedly believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a Chinese laboratory	1 06:35 3dc [1754]
Michigan Dem lawmaker describes how Trump's boosting of hydroxychloroquine 'saved my life'	3 14:15 SteveS [1753]
Economic resumption rates in China	3 22:01 Old Patriot [1777]
India’s super spreaders	6 22:23 trailing wife [1782]
Ventilators aren't a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus	7 10:06 M. Murcek [1749]
What the Racial Data Show The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest.	25 17:31 rjschwarz [1751]
Consider the Possibility That Trump Is Right About China Critics are letting their disdain for the president blind them to geopolitical realities. APRIL 5, 2020	6 18:07 M. Murcek [1769]
Iran is plotting attacks around the region to deflect attention from the regime’s utter failure in responding to the #coronavirus	4 10:49 M. Murcek [1750]
Page 6: Politix
ANOTHER Georgia senator faces questions over shares sell-off as it's revealed he dumped 34 stocks worth $825,000 in March after closed-door coronavirus briefings	2 18:20 M. Murcek [1794]
Pandemic Could Jeopardize Law Firm Diversity Efforts	5 15:46 Raj [1750]
State Department refuses to back Hillary Clinton attempt to avoid deposition	7 16:59 Procopius2k [1755]
Trump Asked a Reporter If She Was Working For China… She Is.	7 16:25 g(r)omgoru [1749]
Chuck Schumer Provides List of Names for Coronavirus Czar	8 14:35 ranture [1746]
Ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in jail for misuse of campaign funds	2 11:13 crazyhorse [1752]
Ohio State Rep Wants Trump, Not China, To Stand Trial At The Hague	9 17:04 Procopius2k [1758]
Kentucky Governor Vetoes Mandatory Voter ID for 2020 Election	1 10:58 M. Murcek [1738]
Democrats ‘Want the Federal Government to Take Over Elections’	11 13:27 Mullah Richard [1740]

    
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1	Moslem Colonists
1	Narcos
1	PLO
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	Govt of Sudan
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-04-07
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country

Mon 2020-04-06
Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,

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

Sat 2020-04-04
China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!

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
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Wed 2020-03-25
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Tue 2020-03-24
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