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Turkish ship delivers tanks to Libya amid mass build up: LNA
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Afternoon	2 18:20 Mullah Richard [1765]
Armed ‘Patriots' patrol Coeur d'Alene, Idaho	26 23:23 Clem [1809]
In first, classified Israeli missile hits 400km target range	6 12:00 M. Murcek [1763]
Philadelphia Man Shoots a Looter in the Head After an Armed Crew Breaks Into His Gun Shop	4 10:25 lord garth [1746]
Retired St. Louis Police Captain Killed Protecting Business From Looting	2 10:48 Skidmark [1763]
Los Angeles mayor kneels with protesters	12 20:27 Procopius2k [1748]
Turkish-backed factions impose zakat levy on agricultural crops, while committing arsons on frontlines	2 12:39 Mullah Richard [1756]
Al-Bab \| Al_Safirah faction brings in military reinforcement to storm military police headquarters, following the arrest of woman	0 [1759]
‘#SOHR camera’ captures Turkish-backed factions setting agricultural land on fire	0 [1759]
Iraqi forces reveal locations of high-ranking ISIS commanders	0 [1750]
Turkish-backed forces launch big assault in southern Tripoli	0 [1790]
Joint Yemeni forces inflict heavy losses on Ansarallah troops in Hodeidah	0 [1754]
Jordan thwarts two potential ISIS terrorist attacks	0 [1782]
Iraqi military kicks off big operation against ISIS	0 [1796]
Turkish ship delivers tanks to Libya amid mass build up: LNA	6 21:47 Chris [1798]
Kata’ib Hezbollah issues a statement calling for terrorist attacks to be launched against Saudi Arabia	0 [1760]
Turkey issued detention warrants for 118 suspected Gulenists	4 10:09 swksvolFF [1753]
Belgian extremist arrested in kidnapping probe	0 [1792]
Five suspects on trial in Jordan for allegedly plotting to carry out suicide attacks against Israeli targets in the occupied West Bank	0 [1759]
Forces of the GNA have made significant gains in southern Tripoli and advanced on Qasir Ben Ghashir district	0 [1752]
Libya Limp List	0 [1756]
Antifa Riot Roundup	26 21:43 Chris [1782]
Intramural sports in Kabul	1 18:25 Skidmark [1750]
A list of sites with all the money collections to bail out ANTIFA protesters	0 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
Arrested Looters in NYC Are Immediately Released Because of Bail-Reform Law	7 21:41 gorb [1773]
Philippines suspends abrogation of defense pact with US	3 18:26 Skidmark [1749]
NYPD Union Writes Explosive Open Letter to Officers Under Siege: "We Have No Leadership, No Direction, and No Plan"	23 18:28 rjschwarz [1755]
Islamic hackers release hundreds of Israeli credit card details online	0 [1743]
Fearing ISIS, farmers harvest early in Iraq's disputed territories	0 [1749]
Taliban Chief Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada may have died of coronavirus: Report	1 11:50 M. Murcek [1753]
I Call BS: AmerAirlines CEO mysteriously ends up talking race & APOLOGIZING for slavery, Floyd, etc to black flight attendant... on Southwest Airlines flight!	9 23:21 Clem [1784]
Mike Pompeo previews likely visa, financial sanctions against ICC	1 22:12 Clem [1791]
George Floyd had ‘violent criminal history’: Minneapolis police union chief	21 20:59 Frank G [1753]
Austrian Parliament designates #Hezbollah as terrorist entity	0 [1753]
British investigator looking into allegations that UK soldiers committed war crimes in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 says that all but one of the thousands of complaints have been dropped	5 18:34 Skidmark [1754]
Israel says it has successfully tested two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean	1 11:00 Skidmark [1750]
Yassin Ibrahim, a retired army general, is sworn in as Sudan’s new defense minister	0 [1792]
Libya’s warring parties agree to restart ceasefire talks, says the UN mission to the country	2 10:59 Skidmark [1750]
Retailers respond to weekend protests...focus their statements on support for the protestors' cause	11 15:29 Klem Kadiddlehopper [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Unmasked Coronavirus Deniers Crowd Italian Piazza to Protest Health Measures Amid Pandemic They Claim 'Never Existed'	8 20:56 Frank G [1748]
Defense Ministry [Israel] investigates purchase of 1.5 million faulty face masks	0 [1750]
Tennessee - 2A Sanctuary	13 18:39 Skidmark [1751]
Chart of China's orbital class launchers	1 07:27 Mercutio [1739]
Kurdish man is stabbed to death by three Turkish men near Ankara	0 [1756]
‘China is demonstrating once again that it is willing to bully its neighbors’	0 [1758]
Suspect in murder of Tessa Majors expected to plead guilty	7 18:22 swksvolFF [1753]
Shocking New AP Report Shows WHO Actively Covered Up For China's Lies	4 12:54 Chris [1745]
Yellowstone National Park in Montana is hit with nearly a DOZEN earthquakes in just 24 hours with the strongest tremor measuring 3.1 magnitude	11 21:04 Frank G [1754]
Page 4: Opinion
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Sounds Off On Trump: ‘I Cannot Remain Silent'	25 21:41 charger [1802]
Houston Police Chief Rips Donald Trump's Violent Rhetoric: ‘Keep Your Mouth Shut'	18 22:37 Woodrow [1779]
Poll Finds Clear Majority of Americans Want Military to Help Police Deal With Riots	1 15:26 rjschwarz [1747]
Get Up Off Your Knees By Michelle Malkin	8 22:49 charger [1782]
Reuters Exclusive: Most Americans sympathize with protests, disapprove of Trump's response - Reuters/Ipsos	13 14:39 rjschwarz [1755]
Covid has exposed America as a failed state	3 14:21 Abu Uluque [1762]
Dow futures march higher as investors await private-sector jobs report	8 18:42 Skidmark [1747]
Tucker Carlson Spent Tons of Politcal Capital In This Monologue (lengthy video)	3 11:42 rjschwarz [1749]
Stop Kneeling. Start Policing	11 19:03 charger [1760]
This Is Not a Revolution. It's a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation	7 18:43 Skidmark [1771]
Judge Sullivan Delivers Response in Flynn Case and It’s Something	9 10:02 Besoeker [1752]
Troublemaker vs. Superpower: Iran’s absurd claim of power equivalence with US	0 [1772]
Dog exorcisms prohibited!	5 22:40 Woodrow [1776]
Michael Yon: ANTIFA and other clowns better have their OPSEC on	24 21:17 3dc [1774]
Page 6: Politix
Brakes on a Plame	5 14:39 crazyhorse [1762]
Minneapolis City Council Members Want To Abolish The Police	14 20:24 CrazyFool [1746]
Confusion, missing ballots as eight U.S. states vote during coronavirus pandemic	7 15:22 Klem Kadiddlehopper [1740]
George W. Bush praises protesters who ‘march for a better future'	31 21:48 charger [1812]
US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell resigns from post	3 08:25 Lex [1754]
New York Attorney General says she will go to court to stop Donald Trump deploying military to the state	13 14:55 Frank G [1749]
Joe Biden Appears to Blame Police for Riots: They ‘Escalate Tension’	4 14:53 Frank G [1760]
George Floyd family attorney says Biden to attend funeral	15 21:58 gorb [1776]
TASS and Reuters MERGE!	6 12:47 Abu Uluque [1744]
Treasury IG: 879,000 High-Income Earners Didn’t File Tax Returns	7 22:01 gorb [1780]
Left splitting in two: Cuomo calls DeBlasio a "disgrace," says that he can "displace" him and "take over the Mayor's job."	20 23:56 Clem [1780]

    
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Who's in the News
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18	Antifa
7	Sublime Porte
5	Commies
4	Islamic State
2	Arab Spring
2	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Muslim Brotherhood

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2020-06-03
Turkish ship delivers tanks to Libya amid mass build up: LNA

Tue 2020-06-02
Small groups now canvassing LEOs' neighborhoods,
'threatening to burn down our homes and kill our families'

Mon 2020-06-01
Son of Minnesota's attorney general: 'I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA'

Sun 2020-05-31
As American Cities Burn, Trump Declares 'ANTIFA' a Terrorist Group

Sat 2020-05-30
SpaceX makes history, launches NASA astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011

Fri 2020-05-29
SpaceX SN-4 BLOWS up at 1:49 PM Local time in Boca Chica Tx

Thu 2020-05-28
Afghan Nation Calls for Continued
Ceasefire, Violence Down 80 Percent

Wed 2020-05-27
Palestinian teen dies while working with explosive in Gaza Strip

Tue 2020-05-26
Three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to continue for another week

Mon 2020-05-25
Kurdish policeman found beheaded in Kirkuk

Sun 2020-05-24
UN committee urges France to prevent execution of convicted jihadists in Iraq

Sat 2020-05-23
Large cyber attack against Israel conducted from Gaza, Turkey, North Africa

Fri 2020-05-22
PA refuses UAE aid sent via Israel, won’t be ‘tool for normalization’ – report

Thu 2020-05-21
Iraq security forces arrest the new ISIS leader

Wed 2020-05-20
Abbas says the PA sees itself free of all agreements with Israel and the U.S. - including on security matters

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