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Over 60 Taliban, 30 Soldiers Killed in Past Day's Violent Surge
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Afternoon	6 20:57 SteveS [11126]
Ethiopia ‘at a crossroads' amid spiraling ethnic conflict	3 15:17 ed in texas [11125]
Updated, late arriving comment to previous post 'France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill'	4 09:46 Dron66046 [11135]
Somalia: Al-Shabaab commanders sentenced to death in Puntland	0 [11134]
Four PMF members injured in an ISIS attack in Kirkuk	0 [11129]
Palestinian media reports several injuries due to an accidental explosion inside a militant site near Khan Yunis	0 [11131]
Over 60 Taliban, 30 Soldiers Killed in Past Day's Violent Surge	1 09:23 Lord Garth [11129]
ANDSF kills al-Qaeda affiliates fighting along Taliban	0 [11130]
Taliban digs a tunnel to ANDSF camp, kills more than 20	1 04:14 Dron66046 [11129]
IRGC dismantles counterrevolutionary group in northwest Iran: Fars News	0 [11127]
Russian and Turkish forces carry out record long patrol in northeast Syria	0 [11125]
Libyan Red Crescent: 50 Migrants Drown Off Western Libyan Coast	0 [11126]
Libya's Muslim Brotherhood Organisation Becomes NGO	5 13:54 Dron66046 [11126]
Turkish-backed armed group arrests civilians in Syria's Afrin	0 [11127]
Asayish arrests ISIS leader in Syria's Deir ez-Zor countryside	0 [11127]
Clashes between local armed groups erupted in Syria's Daraa	0 [11131]
Nigerian police have deployed mounted and motorbike forces in the capital Abuja	0 [11130]
Boko Haram kills 8 people in Nigeria	0 [11127]
At least three rockets landed in Iraq’s Balad Air Base hosting US contractors	0 [11127]
An intruder has tried to get into the CIA headquarters in Virginia	8 16:13 Angunter Whusonter9583 [11124]
BLM issues demands	11 15:03 rjschwarz [11135]
Page 2: WoT Background
Report: Mexico Gains Leverage over Joe Biden by Helping Secure U.S. Border	1 15:19 Tom [11125]
Tunisia Jails Repatriated Women With Suspected ISIS Ties	0 [11122]
Turkish Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, Chief of Army Staff and Head of Intelligence on route to Libyan capital Tripoli	0 [11126]
Taliban, US in Talks Over Full Withdrawal by July: Sources	2 10:41 Chris [11133]
Turkey develops new air defense system	4 15:41 Lord Garth [11124]
Al-Mangoush Calls on Turkey to Cooperate in Expelling Foreign Forces and Mercenaries From Libya	1 07:41 Frank G [11125]
'No talks possible with view that ignores Turkish Cypriots'	0 [11125]
Institute of International Finance raised its “fair value” estimate for Turkey’s lira to 9.50 versus the dollar from 7.50	3 09:12 Lord Garth [11135]
Turkey wants to improve economic relations with Egypt as it pushes to repair strained diplomatic ties	0 [11126]
'Border truce won't resolve Kashmir dispute'	1 04:52 Wren [11128]
Activists file legal complaint over alleged Lebanon corruption, money laundering	0 [11123]
Syria’s constitutional court says it has approved Bashar al-Assad and two other candidates to run in the upcoming presidential elections	0 [11128]
Russia sets up two new military sites in the south of Armenia near the Azeri border as an “additional security guarantee”	0 [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Royal Marines test out jet suit	3 16:20 Dave Mac [11129]
Incredible moment HUNDREDS of dolphins gather to devour shoal of fish... and are gatecrashed by humpback whales in front of stunned fishermen	0 [11123]
Mission IMPOSSIBLE: NASA warns even a nuclear bomb wouldn't stop a giant asteroid heading for Earth after massive six month simulation exercise ends in devastating impact	21 23:33 SteveS [11126]
Stunning therapy lands knock-out blow to cancer by training immune cells to seek and destroy deadly threats in trials	0 [11129]
NJ police department's autism awareness project equips officers with sensory tool kits	2 15:44 M. Murcek [11126]
‘Moral Evil': Pelosi's Archbishop Demands Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians Refrain From Communion	7 15:19 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Savage's Impulse Hog Hunter Featuring a Straight-Pull Bolt	6 20:10 magpie [11124]
Chipmaker TSMC eyeing expansion of planned Arizona plant	3 15:32 ed in texas [11127]
StarShip SN-15 should launch on the 4th or the 5th	3 15:08 Frank G [11130]
Russian Foreign Ministry: the development of US missile defense provokes an arms race	17 20:55 rjschwarz [11127]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune seeks to calm social anger	0 [11129]
Kachin Independence Army says it has shot down a helicopter after returning fire following air strikes	0 [11126]
Bill And Melinda Gates Are Getting A Divorce	18 18:41 Besoeker [11127]
In South Africa, life imitates a movie...	4 23:03 Zorba Ulimble3833 [11128]
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, plans to run for a second five-year term as the head of the agency	3 14:17 M. Murcek [11127]
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he will let his estranged former protege NaftaliBennett serve as premier	0 [11123]
Juror in Chauvin Trial Makes Potentially Problematic Statements on Morning Show	12 21:05 Chert Prince of the Pixies5538 [11126]
Bronx judge RELEASES man, 29, who 'smashed windows of four synagogues'	3 19:17 Clem [11127]
Teen, woman targeted in NY Anti-Asian hate crime attacks	4 13:57 rjschwarz [11128]
Seattle chocolate shop fires employee who refused to serve cop	4 22:32 trailing wife [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Inside the secret briefing from a top Australian military general as he warned troops of an all-out WAR with China - saying conflict is 'highly likely'	6 20:45 Hupaving Darling of the Leprechauns9055 [11125]
The Left Is Eating Itself: Black Lives Matter Suddenly Turns on Biden	6 16:14 Angunter Whusonter9583 [11127]
How Do You Like the Thought of Being Deprogrammed?	6 18:16 Skidmark [11127]
D'Souza: Abolish The FBI	10 22:11 Zorba Ulimble3833 [11127]
Do You Want a Caste System in America? Keep Pushing Critical Theories and We'll Have It in No Time.	4 14:10 CrazyFool [11126]
Conservatives Need To Get It On	0 [11123]
Page 6: Politix
Bidens visit tiny town	1 15:48 One Eyed Tsar [11123]
Biden: "Anybody making less than $400,000 a year will not pay a single penny in taxes. And we will not increase the deficit either"	14 23:34 CrazyFool [11126]
The former Democrat House Speaker for the state of Oregon was arrested and charged over human sex trafficking	4 17:08 DarthVader [11124]
'Squad' Rep. Cori Bush Calls America 'Racist AF' After She Backs Defunding St. Louis Police	4 07:03 Besoeker [11126]
Austin voters approve proposition aimed at reinstating public camping ban	3 11:38 Abu Uluque [11131]
There's no stopping the GOP's divorce from big business	3 13:48 rjschwarz [11125]
45 People Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago	5 08:45 Flirong Glerese1011 [11127]
Florida congressman Charlie Crist expected to announce bid for governor next week	6 15:35 Lord Garth [11130]
'Biden team may partner with private firms to surveil suspected domestic terrorists online	16 17:26 swksvolFF [11131]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Sublime Porte
3	Taliban
3	Islamic State
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
2	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Human Trafficking
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
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1	Antifa/BLM
1	Arab Spring
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies

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Tue 2021-05-04
Over 60 Taliban, 30 Soldiers Killed in Past Day's Violent Surge

Mon 2021-05-03
Abbas Wants to Form Palestinian National Unity Government

Sun 2021-05-02
Over 800 migrants rescued at sea head to Italy

Sat 2021-05-01
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Fri 2021-04-30
Iran Revolutionary Guards
Raid President and Foreign Minister's Offices

Thu 2021-04-29
Boko Haram Releases Photos Of Tanks, Vehicles Captured From Nigerian Army

Wed 2021-04-28
Afghanistan: US Will not Provide Air Support after Withdrawal

Tue 2021-04-27
Explosive-laden balloons launched from Gaza towards Israel

Mon 2021-04-26
Pak: National Counter Terrorism Authority sez more than 19,000 social media accounts taken down for inciting hate and spreading terrorism

Sun 2021-04-25
Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter attacks

Sat 2021-04-24
German court convicts ISIS woman of crimes against humanity for Yazidi enslavement

Fri 2021-04-23
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Thu 2021-04-22
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Wed 2021-04-21
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Tue 2021-04-20
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