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Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning, afternoon edition	8 21:28 Whiskey Mike [1791]
Saudi coalition in Yemen announces two-week ceasefire to battle coronavirus	2 13:41 Mullah Richard [1805]
Command of Volcano of Rage Operation under GNA declares the western and central regions of #Libya a military exclusion zone	7 10:14 swksvolFF [1764]
Chemical weapons watchdog for the first time explicitly blames Syria for toxic attacks in the country	4 14:33 gorb [1764]
Houthis respond to impending ceasefire in Yemen by shelling civilian neighborhoods in Hodeidah	0 [1804]
Usbat al-Thairen (likely a front group for other long-established Iranian-backed militias in Iraq) releases drone footage purporting to show military positions and equipment at Ain al-Assad Airbase	0 [1764]
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy	1 07:48 b [1784]
US strikes target sites for Iran-backed Hezbollah elements before Yusufiya	0 [1771]
Houthis Yemen fire ballistic missile at Ma'rib, an hour after Saudi-led coalition announces ceasefire	1 06:58 M. Murcek [1802]
15 civilians martyred and wounded as a result of US and internal forces brutality in Zabul and Uruzgan	0 [1773]
40 enemy military personnel switch side to Islamic Emirate	3 16:39 Skidmark [1763]
Invaders drone martyr 3 children, hurt 8 others in Kandahar	0 [1764]
Six Mimika residents nabbed while supplying food to armed Papuans	0 [1763]
Tablighi Jamaat Leader in India, Maulana Saad Kandhlawi Arrested	4 19:57 trailing wife [1763]
Dozens of aggression mercenaries killed in ballistic missile attack in Abyan	0 [1767]
Army repels aggression mercenaries attack in Bayda	0 [1754]
33 Saudi-led airstrikes hit Marib, Jawf, Nehim	0 [1767]
Fourth victim of Tennessee truck stop stabbing released from hospital	11 16:50 Woodrow [1812]
Taliban, Govt Forces Engaged in 'Silent,' Unreported War: MoD	0 [1767]
Page 2: WoT Background
Coronavirus Invades Saudi Inner Sanctum	11 21:59 Lex [1834]
Iraq president names intel chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi as PM	3 12:20 g(r)omgoru [1749]
Ilhan Omar faces Actual Americans after calling illegal immigrants as 'American taxpayers'	4 17:28 crazyhorse [1760]
Previously Undisclosed Iranian Nuclear Weapons Site Identified	1 02:04 Besoeker [1756]
Medical staff in Iranian hospital seen kissing holy piece of cloth to protect them from coronavirus	5 12:12 DarthVader [1803]
Lebanon requires net external financing of $10 billion-$15 billion over the next five years	1 00:48 SteveS [1760]
Lebanon will not allow #Israel to use airspace: PM	4 17:13 Zhang Fei [1767]
Iraqi Shiite militant faction Ashab al-Kahf has announced that it will soon release its "first message threatening the American occupying enemy"	0 [1760]
Ukraine demands explanation from Iran over shocking remarks on plane crash	0 [1802]
20,400 people have died of the novel coronavirus in 245 cities across all of Iran's 31 provinces	0 [1749]
Bangabandhu's killer Majed appeals for clemency	0 [1759]
Erdoğan hails 'healthcare army' fighting virus	0 [1753]
Ansarullah, JMPs confirm rejection of partition projects	0 [1754]
Reform of Sudan security apparatus is crucial for peace: Minnawi	0 [1759]
Under new coronavirus rules, US deports 400 migrant children	8 16:54 Woodrow [1773]
NBC News: Pompeo Warned Full Troop Pullout on Kabul Trip	7 23:38 crazyhorse [1786]
Iran atomic chief says modernization work on heavy water reactor progressing	3 17:30 g(r)omgoru [1767]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Israeli [experimental] COVID-19 treatment shows 100% survival rate - preliminary data	6 22:35 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1783]
Online education platforms could scale high-quality STEM education for universities	2 15:46 g(r)omgoru [1761]
Economic Fallout	3 15:01 swksvolFF [1763]
Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show	3 15:17 M. Murcek [1759]
Strategic National Stockpile nearly out of coronavirus N95 masks, other protective equipment, HHS says	9 22:36 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1778]
US F-22 stealth fighter jets intercept Russian patrol aircraft near Alaska	13 22:40 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1793]
Wonders Down Under: New Zealand Prime Minister declares the country is beating coronavirus and prepares to lift strict lockdown in a week as Australian measures squash curve as well	1 15:32 M. Murcek [1755]
How Australia IGNORED the World Health Organisation and stayed one step ahead on COVID-19 - after the WHO argued against closing the border, refused to call the virus a 'pandemic' and heaped praise on China	4 22:38 Marilyn Tojo7566 [1795]
Dupe headline: 'China imposes Wuhan-style lockdown in a city bordering Russia after recording 127 new 'imported cases'	0 [1752]
'Inside Russia's £92 million new emergency coronavirus clinic built from scratch in less than a month as Putin warns the worst is yet to come	1 10:10 gorb [1754]
Herr Volker Pannes' Bird Song Opera - Genießen Sie bitte (please enjoy)	0 [1754]
Looters are targeting restaurants and small businesses left idle across the United States	15 22:32 Skidmark [1782]
Car company designs ventilator using windshield wiper motor for COVID-19 treatment	5 15:33 M. Murcek [1753]
Zim Author Karsten Noko Sez Medical colonialism in Africa is not new	9 14:59 swksvolFF [1801]
CDC Relaxing Some Virus Restrictions, Letting Some Essential Workers Return to Work	2 10:48 Bobby [1762]
Adm. Giroir: Trump Admin Expects To Roll Out ‘Millions' Of Antibody Tests to Help Reopen Country	0 [1758]
Sky News: World Health Organisation's 'China centric' leader launches bizarre attack on Taiwan	1 08:17 Matt [1750]
Here's A List Of Countries That Received Faulty Coronavirus Medical Supplies From China	9 22:43 SteveS [1781]
India-US Ties : HCQ Export to America (And Brazil)	4 20:40 Alaska Paul [1755]
Google! Concerned Over Privacy	5 14:50 charger [1766]
Coronaplague Roundup	5 11:28 3dc [1767]
‘If India can make 10,000 ventilators for us, Pakistan will remember this gesture forever.'	11 20:10 trailing wife [1764]
Linda Tripp, the Clinton sex scandal whistleblower who secretly recorded private phone calls with Monica Lewinksy, dies at age 70 'after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer less than a week ago'	3 16:55 Skidmark [1748]
Andarabi: All Kabul Roads Will be Blocked Because of Coronavirus	0 [1751]
Page 4: Opinion
Urban Outbreak 2019 Pandemic Response: Select Research & Game Findings	0 [1757]
Anthony Fauci sets stage for mandatory -- lucrative! -- vaccine	29 21:43 Whiskey Mike [1787]
Gates & Fauci Conspiracy	7 21:53 Lex [1781]
Bill Gates Crosses the Digital Rubicon, Says ‘Mass Gatherings' May Not Return Without Global Vaccine	28 22:44 crazyhorse [1801]
WHO Director General attacks Trump, tells him to stop politicizing coronavirus unless he wants more body bags…	11 14:56 bbrewer126 [1766]
Coronavirus: The porous borders where the virus cannot be controlled	0 [1754]
I spent decades as a covert Klingon operative – this is my new mission	9 15:39 NoMoreBS [1752]
The Left's Ugly Reaction to Hydroxychloroquine	12 23:01 Lex [1788]
San Diego Officials Urge People to Avoid 'Experimental' Coronavirus Treatment	11 22:59 Lex [1784]
Pentagon Denies ABC News Report Military Intelligence Knew About Coronavirus in November	5 14:52 charger [1759]
3 Disinfectants You Can Use If You Can't Find Clorox Wipes	4 21:22 Anomalous Sources [1784]
Bankrupting America	15 15:55 rjschwarz [1755]
The Coronavirus Encounters of an Average American Nobody	10 17:35 crazyhorse [1763]
The IG Who Never Inspected Anything	7 17:03 Woodrow [1777]
Page 6: Politix
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care with coronavirus	3 15:26 M. Murcek [1762]
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Headed To Alabama Women's Prison, Asking For Delay Again	3 17:32 Besoeker [1787]
Sen. Loeffler's Stock Liquidation ‘is essentially a guilty plea,' says opponent Doug Collins	4 14:07 Cholutch Shereper2174 [1760]
Look back: 2015 deal by Hunter Biden/Chris Heinz's private eq firm + Bank of China + AvIndustry Corporation of China to buy US dual-use parts manufacturer Henniges	4 18:02 Anomalous Sources [1770]

    
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1	Moslem Colonists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Arab Spring
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Thu 2020-04-09
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy

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Tue 2020-04-07
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Thu 2020-04-02
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