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At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	8 22:22 Lumpy Mussolini7603 [1782]
Shin Bet: PFLP terror cells with ties to Iran, Hezbollah busted in West Bank	0 [1757]
Hezbollah terrorist killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria	1 03:58 g(r)omgoru [1754]
Kabul Police kill Taliban militant, arrest 4 others during an operation	0 [1744]
9 Taliban Killed in Attack on Ghazni City	0 [1749]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties as Afghan forces repel attack in Zabul	0 [1751]
Chicago Police Release Video Of ‘Antifa’ Using Protest As Cover, Changing To All Black, Arming Against Cops	5 23:43 swksvolFF [1771]
Navy veteran beaten and pepper-sprayed by federal agents at protest in Portland	19 23:00 swksvolFF [1798]
One person died and seven others were injured after a blast occurred in the city’s Turbat Bazaar area on Tuesday morning	0 [1744]
Missile fragments from Israeli-Syrian confrontation fall in Jordan	0 [1754]
Iran arrests ‘perpetrators’ of last week’s protests	0 [1744]
Clashes were reported between the Iraq\|i security forces and anti-government protesters in the southern province of Dhi Qar	0 [1748]
Explosion shakes Syria's Afrin, which is controlled by Turkey and its factions	0 [1737]
Turkey Continues Bombarding Kurdistan Region Borders	0 [1777]
Hizbullah terrorists kidnapped German journalist in Baghdad	0 [1783]
Portland insurgency roundup: Antifa moms form human wall	4 23:04 swksvolFF [1813]
GNA photo of UXO dismantled yesterday in southern Tripoli, including a couple of RPO Shmel launchers	0 [1785]
Large-scale attack on checkpoint in vicinity of Bir al-Abd, North #Sinai	0 [1791]
‘We Warned Them’: Dallas Police Chief Had Nearly 700 Protesters Taken Into Custody For Blocking Highway	6 09:41 DarthVader [1742]
Oklahoma DA slaps teens with terrorism charges, accuses BLM of intimidating officers, protecting criminals	1 07:11 Cesare [1749]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mladenov warns: PA at risk of total collapse due to COVID-19, annexation	3 17:14 DarthVader [1748]
German state bans burqas and face veils in schools, saying they do not belong in a free society	3 13:08 Clem [1740]
Mawla the 'Destroyer', Brutal New Head of IS Group	1 13:48 swksvolFF [1765]
Sudan adjourns trial against Bashir and allies on trial for 1989 coup	0 [1749]
Turkey proposes law to tighten control of social media	0 [1781]
Turkey to stay in Syria until 'people are free'	2 07:33 Procopius2k [1751]
Mexican president sticks to no-war approach and refuses to use force on drug cartels despite fighters showcasing their weapons in viral videos as murders hit new high of 17,439 for the first half of 2020	6 16:48 rjschwarz [1760]
Page 3: Non-WoT
What Made Asia's Largest Slum a Success Model for Treating COVID-19?	5 23:15 swksvolFF [1775]
NSA leaker Reality Winner among more than 500 women infected with coronavirus at Texas federal medical prison	6 14:10 DarthVader [1750]
UK coronavirus in retreat BEFORE full lockdown was imposed	0 [1743]
UK's leading cervical cancer charity face backlash for removing the word 'women' from its messaging in favour of 'everyone with a cervix' - as critics brand the move 'dehumanising'	1 14:56 swksvolFF [1740]
Vroom with a view! Fans rent CRANES to watch speedway race after social distancing rules meant they could not get into the ground in Poland	0 [1742]
German scientists to host a 4,000-person indoor concert to study how coronavirus spreads by tracking the movements of fans and coating their hands in glowing sanitizer in an effort to learn how to hold safe events	1 06:37 Skidmark [1746]
Alien abduction?! Mysterious giant hangar spotted at Area 51 three months ago has DISAPPEARED, new aerial pictures reveal	8 23:19 swksvolFF [1770]
Big screen heist: Cops hunt woman who tried to steal gigantic TV that's bigger than she is from Walmart	9 23:17 swksvolFF [1812]
Black Irish dancing TikTok star, 20, who was invited to perform with Riverdance when it visits Virginia reveals that trolls have accused her of cultural appropriation	5 12:40 charger [1749]
Perfected finally: Capture of SpaceX farings.	1 13:04 Spater Slaque5391 [1746]
China: Yellow and Huai rivers now have flood warnings.	4 21:52 Clem [1777]
Earthquake in Alaska: Trail of headlights as a community evacuates just hours before the threat of a tsunami is called off without any damaging waves following 7.8 magnitude quake off the coast	0 [1742]
Marine Corps under fire after canceling training session amid concerns about speaker's Christian background	2 09:54 Tom [1743]
Creepy Apollo 11 Nixon deepfake video created by MIT to show dangers of high-tech misinformation	4 18:09 Mike Kozlowski [1740]
Ethiopian 777F burns on land in Shanghai	1 10:32 Skidmark [1745]
Texas' first drive-thru strip club has 2-song limit	4 23:28 swksvolFF [1772]
The USA had asked China to close Consulate General in Houston in 72 hours	10 15:17 swksvolFF [1743]
Trump: Coronavirus will probably 'get worse before it gets better'	10 23:50 swksvolFF [1785]
34 arrested amid mass anti-government protests in Jerusalem	0 [1743]
US adds 11 companies to blacklist over China's treatment of Uighurs	0 [1739]
At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago	13 23:06 Cheaderhead [1852]
Large Crowd Smashes Front Windows, Loots Magnificent Mile Ferragamo Store	4 16:26 ranture [1746]
China admits that the Three Gorges Dam has deformed ''slightly'' in recent floods	20 23:14 swksvolFF [1778]
Azerbaijan announces destruction of 2 Armenian drones	0 [1752]
Pakistan issues final warning to TikTok over 'immoral' content	1 10:35 Skidmark [1742]
2 explosive devices disarmed at a market in Kyiv, mayor says	0 [1749]
Ukrainian police say bus hostages freed, gunman arrested	0 [1748]
University lecturer, 73, sacked for telling colleague 'Jewish people are the cleverest in the world' and 'Germans are good engineers' says he is victim of 'woke' university culture which is 'obsessed with racism' as he launches appeal against ruling	0 [1741]
Mystery surrounds murder of Army paratrooper, 21, whose dismembered body was found a week after he vanished during camping trip on North Carolina island	1 00:26 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Armed kids as young as 10 carjack more than a dozen people	8 23:59 swksvolFF [1773]
The Army's new scout-attack helicopters look stealthy	3 23:13 Cheaderhead [1775]
Second suspect arrested after corpse wrapped in plastic thrown on roof of Bronx McDonald’s	1 04:32 Mike Kozlowski [1747]
Texas parents adopt FIVE biological siblings after learning that the baby boy they were fostering had four brothers and sisters in different homes - and they're now a family of TEN	1 16:37 Vernal Hatrick [1742]
Flaw in Manufacturer's Testing System For Coronavirus Used by Labs Across the US Causing False Positives	10 18:32 Frank G [1748]
Page 4: Opinion
Ceremony Honoring Governor Cuomo's COVID-19 Response To Be Held At Now-Vacant Nursing Home	8 14:30 swksvolFF [1745]
Page 6: Politix
Democrat Chairman Adam Smith defends China hiding the true nature of coronavirus:	5 16:33 Raj [1744]
Ohio House speaker and four others are arrested in $60M bribery case over a $1billion nuclear plant bailout plan following a nearly two-year money laundering probe by the FBI	6 15:03 M. Murcek [1742]
Kanye West suggests Israel pays African mothers $1 million per child	8 21:54 Clem [1778]
Lightfoot Urges President Trump Not To Send Federal Agents To Chicago	10 15:23 Raj [1747]
Latest on Judge Sullivan's latest Michael Flynn Persecution	5 13:51 JohnQC [1750]
New York City mayor says would take Trump to court on federal troops	4 18:22 Airandee [1744]
Trump threatens defense bill veto over Confederate names, Afghan policy	2 17:31 Procopius2k [1750]
Biden pledges free preschool as part of sweeping caregiving proposal	10 14:22 Iblis [1784]
Trump signs order to prevent illegal immigrants from being counted in redrawing of voting districts	1 07:53 Procopius2k [1763]
Eric Swalwell Accuses Tucker Carlson Of Being ‘A Phony’	8 23:56 JohnQC [1781]
Planned Parenthood's New York chapter disavows founder Margaret Sanger	4 11:45 49 Pan [1754]
Missouri AG Files To Dismiss Charges Against McCloskeys	5 19:45 Clem [1752]
Lincoln Project founders have ties to Russia and tax troubles, docs reveal	4 16:29 charger [1782]

    
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4	Sublime Porte
3	Taliban
3	Commies
2	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Moslem Colonists
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2020-07-22
At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago

Tue 2020-07-21
BLM Beats Conservative Michelle Malkin With Clubs In Denver

Mon 2020-07-20
Turkey says 27 IS suspects arrested in Istanbul

Sun 2020-07-19
Minneapolis: ‘It’s 24-Hour Crime’

Sat 2020-07-18
Jordan’s top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood

Fri 2020-07-17
Nigeria: 602 Boko Haram terrorists surrender

Thu 2020-07-16
Video footage from Iranian port after 7 ships caught fire

Wed 2020-07-15
Explosion as fire breaks out at Iranian industrial complex

Tue 2020-07-14
BLM activist claimed in ultra-viral tweet that racist messages were left on his car. Video shows he placed them there himself

Mon 2020-07-13
Florida man crashes into Catholic Church,
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Sun 2020-07-12
Turkish military seizes strategic summit in Iraqi-Kurdistan

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

Fri 2020-07-10
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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

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