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Iran Revolutionary Guards Raid President and Foreign Minister's Offices
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
'We're under siege here': Texas rancher's interview with Fox over border crisis is disrupted by federal agents chasing migrants on his property as he reveals he caught three himself before breakfast	4 16:24 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1754]
Good Morning	5 18:11 CrazyFool [1761]
New Mexico police officer gets up, fires back after shot by accused cop killer (video)	10 13:54 Abu Uluque [1750]
Palestinians suspected of firebombing cabin at illegal outpost; man lightly hurt	0 [1756]
IDF nabs 4 Gazans for crossing into Israel	0 [1751]
Turkey launches fresh domestic operations against PKK	0 [1759]
Suicide bomber's belt explodes outside Kirkuk national security building	2 08:43 Clem [1760]
Turkish forces advance towards Amedi village: mayor	0 [1763]
As many as 20,000 people displaced in Qamishli clashes: UN	0 [1757]
Philippine Military: 2 Women Linked to BIFF Killed by Bomb Blast	0 [1755]
ANDSF Continues Clearance Operations in 3 Balkh Districts	0 [1759]
Gunmen Kill Cousin of Slain Journalist Bismillah Aimaq Adel	0 [1749]
ANDSF kills 118 Taliban during separate operations across Afghanistan	0 [1779]
6 Wounded as Blast Targets DABS Employees in Nangarhar	0 [1763]
US deploys ‘HIMARS’ to support withdrawal from Afghanistan	8 23:36 CrazyFool [1784]
Coastguard Rescues 108 Migrants Off Libya	0 [1752]
France Limits Access for People Causing Lebanon's Political Stalemate	0 [1748]
Iran Bans 15 People from Travelling Over Zarif Leak	1 12:33 Frank G [1755]
Five PKK fighters were killed in a Turkish UAV attack Kurdistan	0 [1751]
Baghdad Operations Command apprehends scores of wanted persons, including terrorism suspects	0 [1757]
An attack targets the US-led coalition in Iraq	0 [1758]
SDF dismantles six explosive devices and arrests three terrorists	0 [1759]
Iraqi army arrests an ISIS terrorist in a preemptive security operation in Nineveh	0 [1753]
Three terrorists arrested in Kirkuk	0 [1756]
Two terrorists arrested in al-Anbar	0 [1751]
Latest event at Portland's 'red house' generates nearly 2 dozen 911 calls	0 [1797]
Trump supporter shares what he uncovered after infiltrating anti-fascist group in Sonoma Co.	5 12:00 M. Murcek [1760]
Boko Haram Leader, Shekau On Killing Spree After 'Betrayal', Appoints New War Commander	0 [1789]
Nigeria on high alert as Boko Haram approaches Abuja	0 [1789]
Cameroon Military Says It Pushed Boko Haram Fighters into Nigeria	0 [1793]
Antifa Doxes, Threatens to Kill Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler	16 22:58 Whaitch the Wide4676 [1785]
Auburn man arrested for alleged threats to kill Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan	11 20:28 Skunky Sheaper3117 [1797]
Delaware cop, 54, dies after being 'repeatedly stomped on head by suspect who also assaulted elderly couple	2 07:16 NN2N1 [1756]
Suspect Steals Off-Duty LAPD Officer's Gun, Shoots Him Multiple Times	1 20:02 NN2N1 [1779]
1100 Venezuelans Cross into West Texas Border Town Within 2 Weeks	9 18:55 swksvolFF [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Chinese President Xi offers to help India fight COVID-19 - state media	0 [1750]
Israel reopens Gaza fishing zone as cross-border tensions subside	0 [1762]
Iranian Arab separatists plead not guilty to terror charge in Denmark	0 [1755]
Saudi Arabia closes eight Turkish schools	0 [1765]
51 Candidates to Run for Presidential Elections in Syria	0 [1745]
Aoun Rejects Using Lebanon to Harm Saudi Arabia, Gulf States	0 [1753]
Turkey Central Bank Sees Year-End Inflation at 12%	2 16:20 swksvolFF [1749]
Israeli Minister: Our Warplanes Can Reach Iran	0 [1756]
Houthi official: 9-11 was American and Zionist ploy to attack Islam	1 12:37 Frank G [1739]
PA President Abbas effectively announces the Palestinian elections are postponed	3 12:21 SteveS [1751]
Iran Revolutionary Guards Raid President and Foreign Minister's Offices	4 14:45 Sheger Thromotch7944 [1815]
Fazl accepts resignations of ANP, PPP from PDM	0 [1746]
500 Christian graduates join the Peshmerga Forces	1 07:14 Sonny Black [1757]
Trans antifa member Jarrod DeFerrari aka “Sofie” is being cancelled by Portland antifa groups following accusations of abuse toward her ex, Leslie Johnson	5 20:25 Fester Barnsmell9203 [1776]
Identity Of Ruthless Bandits' Leader Holding 29 Kaduna Students Exposed	0 [1783]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Florida set to approve sales of 'alcohol to-go drinks' beyond pandemic	6 19:41 Skidmark [1749]
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license rule	2 16:36 JohnQC [1747]
Brazil rejects Sputnik V vaccine, says it's tainted with replicating cold virus	0 [1741]
People of Color Breathe More Unhealthy Air from Nearly All Polluting Sources	8 20:08 NN2N1 [1752]
Russian Northern Fleet starts removing oldest ballistic missile subs	1 09:16 Raj [1758]
Mount Meron tragedy: 44 killed, over 150 injured in Lag Ba'omer stampede	4 10:13 M. Murcek [1759]
Kenya tells UN it will shut two camps with 410,000 refugees by June 2022	0 [1756]
California man pleads guilty to defraud Afghanistan of more than $100 million	6 18:56 swksvolFF [1752]
Deputy kills attacking dog, then kills angry owner, police say	4 19:49 CrazyFool [1748]
Grandmother fatally punched in French Quarter	14 23:54 Spusomp Hupoluque5907 [1809]
North Korea reportedly testing 'suicide' drones to spy on, attack enemies	2 07:01 Frank G [1747]
Russian frigate narrowly avoids blasting ITSELF in failed weapon test as cruise missile spins in the air before exploding in the sea just yards from the vessel	7 14:49 swksvolFF [1751]
Volunteers spend five days digging out perfectly-preserved WWII TANK that has been buried 30ft beneath Cambridgeshire Fens for 74 YEARS	5 09:41 Warthog [1752]
Tempers flaring as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan comes to deadly blows	0 [1760]
Pentagon launches investigation into 'directed energy attack' near the White House that sickened National Security Council official and another in Virginia	10 19:51 Skidmark [1754]
China takes a step closer to its 'space dream' after launching the core module of its ISS rival space station 'Heavenly Palace'	1 08:24 Mike Kozlowski [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
Black Pastor Blindsides Black Lives Matter – Calls Them The Worst Thing You Could Think Of	7 17:16 Tom [1750]
Hunter Biden Relieved After Learning His Dad Only Cracking Down On Menthol	4 20:56 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1778]
Former CIA head targets Jewish suffering in Israel's actions	10 17:46 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1751]
Ethiopian wars on multiple fronts	0 [1763]
Why are Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan shooting at each other?	7 21:02 SteveS [1788]
Page 6: Politix
Democrats Intro Bill To Strip Federal Grants From Employers Conducting Criminal Background Checks	9 23:39 CrazyFool [1811]
Tim Scott in GOP response to Biden: 'Hear me clearly — America is not a racist country'	5 20:26 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1781]
De Blasio: Cuomo's Scandals Don't End, 'He Just Has to Go'	10 23:00 Chavith de Medici2724 [1770]
Al Sharpton said banning a product that is most popular among African Americans is discriminatory.	11 20:24 Frank G [1782]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
5	Sublime Porte
5	Antifa/BLM
3	Commies
3	Boko Haram (ISIS)
3	Govt of Iran
2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
2	Human Trafficking
2	Taliban
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1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Houthis

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