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Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Explosion shakes buildings in Tehran - report	5 19:02 g(r)omgoru [1779]
'We're taking back the streets': Mayor Bill de Blasio orders MORE cops to be stationed across NYC to curb gun violence after weeks of bloodshed with 142% surge in shootings - despite slashing NYPD budget by $1billion	18 22:14 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1772]
PA says Palestinian man killed by Israeli troops in West Bank	7 19:01 g(r)omgoru [1781]
UK police arrest four men suspected of planning terror attacks	1 09:58 Barbara [1755]
Pakistani terrorist among 2 killed in Paktiya province of Afghanistan: MoD	0 [1756]
Turkey replaces destroyed air defenses at Libyan base with Ukrainian system	7 23:35 trailing wife [1772]
Russian military helps return water to 1 million people after Turkish-backed forces shut it off	1 09:09 Clem [1762]
'We expect a Turkish attack at any time': Libyan National Army	0 [1741]
Egyptian MoD calls on forces to maintain highest level of combat readiness to face threats	1 00:36 Zhang Fei [1742]
Syrian Army moves heavy firepower to southern #Idlib as military amasses	0 [1746]
Turkey moved 3 advanced missiles, tanks into Libya: LNA	0 [1755]
Israeli forces arrest three people attempting to cross Lebanese border	0 [1744]
Can you identify me?	0 [1746]
Six weeks after the first night of Black Lives Matter and antifa-inspired looting across downtown Portland, most suspects still have not been identified or arrested	6 18:44 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1754]
Only four people were arrested at the violent BLM protest in Salt Lake City.	1 10:33 g(r)omgoru PB [1763]
Salt Lake City PD say that Black Lives Matter rioters caused between $100k–200k in damages on the District Attorney's office	1 07:40 NN2N [1759]
Iran has Executed 30 Kurdish Inmates since January: Monitor	0 [1752]
Hezbullah announces the martyrdom of Jad Yassin Soufan	1 06:47 Frank G [1750]
Katyusha Rocket launcher was found in Rusafa, Baghdad pointing towards The Green Zone	0 [1746]
Page 2: WoT Background
Former Fairfax police officer murdered in Wisconsin in alleged hate crime, police say	2 07:05 Frank G [1749]
Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque	4 19:08 g(r)omgoru [1800]
US to deliver 5 Apache choppers to India amid heightened tensions with China	4 09:04 Matt [1740]
Iranian FM warns 'severe repercussions' await perpetrators nuclear facility blast	9 11:40 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Turkey unhappy with US plans to implement military training program in Cyprus	6 17:02 magpie [1744]
Lebanon does not intend to negotiate with Iran for fuel: minister	0 [1742]
Russia supports peace talks between Syrian gov't and Kurdish parties	0 [1745]
Iraqi speaker urges speedy return of displaced people to Nineveh	0 [1736]
IRGC fails to stop Iran explosions: Jerusalem Post	0 [1740]
The Foreign Ministry and the IDF held a joint tour for 12 foreign ambassadors and diplomats on the northern border and in a Hezbollah tunnel	0 [1747]
Hezbollah Deputy Sec.Gen. Naim Qassem on Al-Manar: America is starving Lebanon to serve Israel's interests	1 02:04 Chease Wheng7067 [1741]
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraq Shia militia prominent leader was a holder of a Russian medal of courage	0 [1740]
Facilitators of Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack traced	0 [1744]
Army's 'Captain America' dies by suicide after nearly a dozen combat tours	6 16:46 JohnQC [1746]
Page 3: Non-WoT
CDC data highlight racial disparities in spread, scope of COVID-19 pandemic	6 20:19 Penguin_of_the_Desert [1774]
China's Communist Party and the Tiger women now influencing the very heart of the Establishment - one of whom gave £200k to a top Labour MP who argued against his party's opposition to a Chinese-funded nuclear plant	0 [1747]
How China seduced its useful idiots: Chinese communists infiltrated Britain to push their party line in a plan designed to blind us to Beijing's thirst for world domination, new book claims	2 20:03 Chunky Ebbanter9368 [1765]
Victim burned to death in savage church hostage massacre: Thirty gunmen storm South African place of worship and leave five dead after 'feud between warring Christian religious factions'	3 14:31 swksvolFF [1750]
The Catholic Church received $1.4B in PPP loans by lobbying to allow applicants with more than 500 workers - and many dioceses that have made huge payouts for sexual abuse were able to get funds	1 17:38 trailing wife [1739]
California grandfather, 80, robbed, beaten on grocery trip	2 14:46 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Whatever happened to Stanford?	3 17:53 trailing wife [1747]
Trump confirms he OK'd US cyberattack against Russia in 2018: report	2 11:13 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1747]
US Approves Sale of 105 F-35 Stealth Fighters to Japan	5 11:17 swksvolFF [1746]
President commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence	2 15:00 Bobby [1736]
Hong Kong doctor who fled to U.S. describes Chinese cover-up of coronavirus	0 [1738]
Coronaplague Update	5 15:31 Frank G [1743]
U.S. has approved a possible $620 million upgrade package for Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Taiwan	3 16:37 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Ahmadiyya infant exhumed, left by the road in Brahmanbaria	0 [1746]
The Netherlands is suing Russia at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over MH17	0 [1751]
The United States has also suspended the authorization for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to operate in the country	0 [1750]
Police officials turn out to be patrons of land mafia in Faisalabad	0 [1753]
Major General Wang Haibin: I advocate putting Wutong Taiwan on the agenda as soon as possible	0 [1759]
State Department OKs sale of F-35 stealth fighters to Japan worth more than $23 billion	2 16:36 trailing wife [1749]
NBC Contributor Reveals He Never Tested Positive For COVID After Network Followed His Alleged Recovery	8 13:04 bbrewer126 [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
Christopher Steele Court Case Exposes Shady New Spygate Dirt	10 18:20 Skidmark [1751]
Media Continue to Ignore That Both Parties Almost Always Agree That More War Is Good	10 21:24 Clem [1769]
Joe Biden Says He Would Rescind Exemption for Little Sisters of the Poor	7 17:40 DarthVader [1763]
Victor Davis Hanson - 'The Fragility of the Woke'	8 17:06 Maggie Poodle6767 [1749]
China talks of US decoupling and a divided world	2 16:29 trailing wife [1744]
Michigan Dem Warns Her Party: The Polls Showing Biden With A Big Lead Over Trump Are Wrong	3 12:30 49 Pan [1747]
Why It Sucks to be a Democrat in 2020	3 11:51 Cesare [1749]
Catherine Herridge Highlights British Court Docs: Steele's ‘Ultimate Client Was DNC' and Hillary Knew	0 [1757]
Why is the US Army calling its commander in chief's campaign slogan 'white supremacist'?	1 00:49 Skidmark [1771]
Bible Experts Determine Goliath Died Of COVID-19	4 22:57 Old Patriot [1779]
Omar: 'We Must Dismantle The Oppressive System That Allowed A Refugee To Get Elected To The Highest Legislative Body In The Land'	3 11:05 ranture [1754]
Page 6: Politix
Unidentified Suspect Seen Defacing NYC Mural To Read 'Orange Lives Matter'	0 [1735]
Trump Tells Minnesota Governor to Go Jump In a Lake, Denies Request for ‘Disaster' Relief After Riots	9 22:58 Jack Salami [1768]
California could release up to 8,000 prisoners to prevent coronavirus spread, officials say	5 19:29 jpal [1759]
Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated, Report Says	5 18:30 swksvolFF [1745]
Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges	13 23:26 Old Patriot [1764]
Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence	3 23:29 Old Patriot [1768]
Facebook Considers Political-Ad Blackout Ahead Of U.S. Election	2 10:18 CrazyFool [1747]
Ailuro Enfranchisement via Necromancy	3 08:37 AlanC [1737]
Stars & Stripes Jumps Shark: ‘Vindman's retirement hurts military effectiveness’	12 15:23 Procopius2k [1749]

    
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1	Arab Spring
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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-07-11
Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque

Fri 2020-07-10
Latest explosions in Tehran reportedly hit warehouses of rockets that belong to the IRGC

Thu 2020-07-09
Yemen's Ansarallah forces threaten to target Saudi palaces

Wed 2020-07-08
22 Taliban militants killed, wounded on Kabul-Jalalabad highway

Tue 2020-07-07
Iraqi security analyst Husham Al Hashimi assassinated outside his Baghdad home

Mon 2020-07-06
Sen Tammy Duckworth in favor of tearing down George Washington Statues!

Sun 2020-07-05
Officer draws gun on two men who beat him in the Bronx— de Blasio calls for his resignation

Sat 2020-07-04
Happy Fourth!

Fri 2020-07-03
MSNBC Dubs Mount Rushmore as a 'Racist' 'Symbol of White Supremacy'

Thu 2020-07-02
Massacre reported in Irapuato, Mexico — 24 people dead

Wed 2020-07-01
Lebanon’s army has scrapped meat from all meals it offers to soldiers on duty as food prices skyrocket

Tue 2020-06-30
Denmark Jails Man over Iran-Backed Assassination Plot

Mon 2020-06-29
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claiming responsibility for Karachi Stock Exchange attack. Majeed sucide Brigade

Sun 2020-06-28
Leb officials apologize to US ambassador after judge issued order banning her from speaking to media

Sat 2020-06-27
Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias threaten to assassinate Iraq's Prime Minister Kadhimi

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