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Minnesota National Guard have deployed to Brooklyn Center following mass race rioting and looting by BLM
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	1 10:23 Frank G [1761]
Five suspected ISIS militants arrested in Erbil: Security council	0 [1766]
At least 25 killed militants in anti-Al-Shabaab operation in Somalia	0 [1748]
Philippines: IS Sub-Leader Killed in Marawi	0 [1779]
Cops declare Minneapolis protests unlawful as they clash with demonstrators outside of police station after the boarded-up home of cop Kimberly Potter who shot Daunte Wright dead was targeted	17 16:01 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1760]
23 ANDSF Killed in Taliban Attacks, Security Incidents	0 [1750]
Turkey rescues 117 asylum seekers in Aegean Sea	0 [1758]
PMF arrests six terrorists in Nineveh	0 [1764]
SDF arrest two ISIS leaders in al-Qamishli and Deir Ezzor countrysides	0 [1766]
ISIS revives a strategic camp between Saladin and Diyala and deploys, local officials say	0 [1760]
Iraqi Judiciary summons the incumbent governor of Kirkuk along other senior officials	0 [1755]
Security forces clear thousands of dunums within the Samarra operations sector	1 13:34 Skidmark [1764]
Death Toll up to 42 after Migrant Boat Capsizes off Djibouti	0 [1750]
Iraq Upholds Death Sentences against 5 ISIS Terrorists	0 [1765]
Yemen Houthis Kidnap Medics for Refusing to Treat Wounded Fighters at Battlefronts	0 [1753]
Syrian Government Sacks Central Bank Governor	0 [1750]
Large antifa mob marches in DC for DuanteWright. They’re carrying umbrellas to shield their comrades while committing crimes	6 20:08 Beldar Lover of the Boskonians3113 [1753]
Mob of antifa in Portland attacked a @PortlandPolice facility by setting fires and throwing explosives and bricks, ACLU there as witness against police	2 13:30 746 [1750]
Artsakh reports firing from Azerbaijani side in the direction of Sarushen village	0 [1759]
Security forces kill TTP terrorist in South Waziristan	0 [1786]
Killings, arrests and protests continue for second day in Pakistan	0 [1814]
Niger Seizes Record Number of Weapons from Libya	0 [1789]
Car Bomb Kills One, Injures Two in Libyan capital	0 [1792]
Israeli-owned vessel Hyperion Ray was struck by an Iranian missile near the UAE port of Fujairah	4 09:31 b [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel celebrates Independence Day	3 21:58 Clem [1778]
French court upholds decision not to try Muslim man who killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi	5 16:33 M. Murcek [1757]
BLM protester, 29, sues LAPD after bodycam footage shows cop firing foam-covered round at his groin 'causing grapefruit-size swelling'	11 22:37 KBK [1784]
Chauvin Trial - Day 12 Wrap-up	0 [1765]
Huge 'no bid' Gov't money to be made in kid trafficking	1 07:18 Skidmark [1748]
Nigerians 'Besiege' U.S. Embassy Over Communications Minister's Alleged Link to Boko Haram	0 [1769]
Will Derek Chauvin take the stand? Ex-cop's defense opens its case with video of George Floyd 'feigning medical distress and swallowing pills' in never-before-seen 2019 arrest	5 17:22 Spolurong Bonaparte7201 [1765]
Courted by Likud, Ra’am adamant it will not back away from anti-Zionist charter	1 18:17 g(r)omgoru [1780]
How to pay for a used car in Lebanon.	2 07:57 Mercutio [1756]
US Troops to Leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021: Washington Post	8 21:14 Clem [1784]
Taliban unwilling to attend the ‘Peace Conference’ on Afghanistan in Turkey until Americans gone	0 [1755]
A special force from Baghdad arrests Babel's Governor	0 [1754]
Iraq PM pushes for Assad's return to Arab League	0 [1750]
Syria Proposes Initiative to Confront Turkish, Iranian 'Infiltration', Return to Arab Fold	0 [1773]
Top European Court Rules Turkish Writer Altan's Rights Were Violated	0 [1757]
Swiss Money Laundering Probe Eyes Lebanon Central Bank Chief	0 [1770]
Lebanon Opposition Wants Joint Election Push to Oust Elite	0 [1747]
Lebanon's President Says New Maritime Claim Needs Government Approval	0 [1747]
BLM says story about co-founder's new multi-million dollar home are fueled by 'white supremacy'	25 21:52 SteveS [1783]
Opposition's anti-government narrative dies after PPP split from PDM	1 03:27 g(r)omgoru [1756]
Syrian FM demands US pay compensation for 'heavy damage' to the country	2 11:00 Phavimp Smith9261 [1787]
Iranian politician Alireza Zakani says several thousand centrifuges at Natanz were knocked out, IAEA to pop in	0 [1795]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Inspired by Hank Azaria's apology ‘to every single Indian person in this country' for voicing Apu, John Cleese issues an apology of his own	0 [1753]
Biden canceling Trump's COVID food relief program	4 13:09 Phavimp Smith9261 [1758]
Bernie Madoff, infamous Ponzi schemer, dead at 82	1 15:19 Matt [1749]
Special Opns Vet, Elite Athlete Patty Collins on Life After Losing Her Leg	1 16:16 Skidmark [1763]
Ukraine's Unconventional Warfare Plan To Resist A Russian Invasion	17 23:26 Besoeker [1784]
Uber says it will start delivering marijuana once federal law permits - as it sets aside $250million in sign-up bonuses for new drivers to deal with surge in business	4 20:11 Thatch Grusoper5430 [1753]
Biden Withholds $150 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine Amid Russian Buildup at Ukrainian Border	7 16:56 badanov [1752]
Pentagon develops MICROCHIP that goes under a person's skin and detects COVID-19	6 11:53 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [1762]
Our FEMA pals will help cover COVID-19 funeral costs up to $9K	5 13:32 Abu Uluque [1760]
Man is arrested for shooting dead an 11-month-old girl who was riding in a car and wounding her two cousins, 3 and 8, in a drive-by shooting in upstate New York	2 03:54 M. Murcek [1793]
US will base 500 additional troops in Germany, minister tells Berlin	6 09:49 DarthVader [1749]
Egypt 'Seizes' Suez Megaship, Demands Nearly $1 Bln Compensation	4 20:59 trailing wife [1779]
DR Congo's President Now in Full Control of Government	1 03:22 g(r)omgoru [1764]
VICE removes images adding smiles to Khmer Rouge victims	11 22:09 Mad Eye Flemp4426 [1790]
Moment a gang of thugs punch a 62-year-old pizza delivery man to the ground before kicking him and stealing $100	4 14:46 Frank G [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
If this is a woman....	4 16:10 Angstrom [1742]
The Arab street has come to America	2 09:06 ruprecht [1760]
Page 6: Politix
Ban on On-Line Ammo Sales?	9 21:55 Silentbrick [1775]
'Our focus was to get Trump out of office': CNN technical director makes candid admission to undercover Project Veritas reporter he thought he was on date with after listing his employer on TINDER	4 13:52 Skidmark [1754]
U.S consumer prices surge in March, CPI finds, pushing inflation to 2 1/2-year high	10 17:42 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1753]
Schumer: Dems Won't Sacrifice 'Bold, Progressive Change' Just to Work with GOP	8 16:49 swksvolFF [1762]
Democrat Rep Rashida Tlaib Calls for 'No More Policing, Incarceration'	11 21:12 These Forkbeard7574 [1822]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
5	Antifa/BLM
4	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
2	Human Trafficking
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Sublime Porte
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1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Devout Moslems
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	TTP
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)

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Wed 2021-04-14
Minnesota National Guard have deployed to Brooklyn Center following mass race rioting and looting by BLM

Tue 2021-04-13
Babel's governor ''disappears'' after an arrest warrant issued against him

Mon 2021-04-12
Occupied Portland ICE building set afire by left-wing extremists during Saturday night insurrection

Sun 2021-04-11
Convicted ISIS supporter tells Chicago judge he's 'just a normal guy'

Sat 2021-04-10
Somali army captures Al-Shabab bases in central region

Fri 2021-04-09
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99

Thu 2021-04-08
US vows to ‘return to compliance’ with Iran nuclear deal, lift sanctions

Wed 2021-04-07
Iranian ship affiliated with IRGC attacked

Tue 2021-04-06
Puntland troops foil car bombs, kill 24 ISIS militants in operation

Mon 2021-04-05
Mozambican Armed Forces Secure Palma Airstrip

Sun 2021-04-04
Police arrest 100 gang members who smuggled drugs into Spain on speed boats

Sat 2021-04-03
125 ISIS arrested in al-Hol operation

Fri 2021-04-02
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