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Bus with soccer players blown up in Somalia as key election starts
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
USS Ronald Reagan on Scene After Surprise Attack on Ocean Tanker, All Signs Point to Foreign Drone Strike	0 [1751]
Good Morning	2 18:43 Rob Crawford [1771]
ISIS leader killed in Diyala: Security Media Cell	6 06:42 Woodrow [1763]
Security forces seize 18 missiles intended to target Baghdad Airport	0 [1759]
5 Egyptian troops killed in Islamic State attack in northern Sinai	0 [1755]
One life jacket for our whole family: ‘migrant’ mother-of-two describes the reality of trying to cross the Channel... including a skipper who gave everyone an electric shock starting the boat and waves so fierce she had to tie her children to her	1 07:53 Rob Crawford [1753]
Top Jaish militant 'Lamboo', a relative of Masood Azhar, killed in J&K encounter	0 [1781]
At Punjab border, BSF guns down two Pakistani intruders	0 [1743]
Bus with soccer players blown up in Somalia as key election starts	4 10:55 Clereque Spaise7723 [1811]
Regional forces join offensive against Mozambique extremists	0 [1760]
Six civilians killed in rebel attack on C.Africa village	0 [1751]
Ocean Viking ship rescues nearly 200 migrants off Libya	2 06:47 Woodrow [1753]
Weapons of Pak origin recovered from Amritsar based operative in Hizbul narco case	3 23:37 Dron66046 [1784]
Taliban begins Sharia Law in Helmand, are pushed back in 4 provincial capitols	1 19:27 Grunter [1788]
Tunisian security forces placed a judge, accused of being close to extremists under house arrest	0 [1794]
Jordan will temporarily close the Jaber border crossing with Syria	1 06:57 g(r)omgoru [1764]
“The clerics must get lost,” soccer fans who had taken to the streets late on Friday in Iran	5 13:39 DarthVader [1753]
Battle in Herat forces more Afghan civilians from homes	0 [1803]
Yemen's army details recent anti-terror operation in Bayda	0 [1796]
Government troops have pushed back Taliban forces from Lashgargah city	0 [1788]
Page 2: WoT Background
Albania repatriates 19 ISIS-linked women, children from Rojava	0 [1752]
‘We are leaving the Middle East due to China-Russia - We suffered a crushing defeat in simulated war’ (video)	16 19:29 Procopius2k [1779]
TV: Israel believes Iran struck ship in response to cyberattack on train syste; Israel shares evidence, contemplates response	4 12:31 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Hamas intensifies efforts to launch West Bank terror attacks — report	2 09:11 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [1744]
MPs: Army Chief Focused on Rivalries, Not War	0 [1749]
Pakistan, Russia, US, China representatives to discuss Afghanistan in Doha in August	1 01:03 Dron66046 [1745]
Taliban offensive, national revenue decreased: officials	1 09:51 Dron66046 [1749]
US Reiterates Need for Departure of Foreign Forces from Libya	1 09:13 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [1747]
Ennahdha's Ghannouchi takes ill amid political turmoil in Tunisia	1 09:15 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [1746]
Border Patrol union official warns COVID-positive migrants being released into US ‘day in, day out'	4 12:38 Dron66046 [1741]
Gaddafi’s Kid Hints at Upcoming Presidential Bid	3 09:53 CrazyFool [1740]
EU adopts framework for sanctions against crisis-hit Lebanon	0 [1773]
Resistance front won't allow Israel to perpetrate crimes with impunity, says analyst	0 [1796]
Ayatollah Khamenei pardons, commutes sentences of 2,825 prisoners on occasion of two Islamic festivities	1 01:04 Chris [1749]
Art, literature contests being held about Prophet Muhammad	6 23:38 Dron66046 [1783]
14 countries decide to expel Tel Aviv from AU	4 19:32 Procopius2k [1778]
US lawmaker calls plan to evacuate 'allies' from Afghanistan 'complete disaster'	6 13:39 magpie [1756]
Page 3: Non-WoT
President Trump is Holding ‘Cabinet Meetings' at His Golf Club in New Jersey	0 [1758]
Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos	0 [1752]
After latest attack at King County courthouse, calls grow to move it of Seattle	5 21:03 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1786]
Florida man, 76, is jailed for performing botched CASTRATION on a man he met on eunuch fetish website - after officers found victim's testicles in a jar on a bedside table	3 19:35 JohnQC [1803]
Swine in love, indeed:Retired priest - and brother of late Genovese crime family boss Vincent 'Chin' Gigante - is accused of sexually assaulting boy, 9, during bible study sessions in the 1970s	1 15:00 JHH [1746]
Social media star Hayes Grier, 21, is arrested after 'beating man to a pulp, leaving him with brain damage, and robbing him of his $1,200 phone' in North Carolina	2 13:30 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1752]
Details on the Covid Outbreak among vaccinated in Massachusetts	1 09:17 Procopius2k [1749]
US seizes tanker used to deliver oil to N.Korea	1 23:25 Skidmark [1775]
Yerevan accused Baku of firing on Armenian forces on the border	0 [1751]
Maryland aunt of children found dead in car during traffic stop drove around with them for months	7 11:40 Ulinens Snerong4748 [1751]
US Marine quick reaction force deployed twice in last 30 days to defend embassies	0 [1751]
California pig rules could cause bacon to disappear	20 19:58 Grunter [1785]
Two more studies show infected vaccinated people have viral loads similar to the unvaccinated, but...	7 09:55 M. Murcek [1743]
First person convicted under Hong Kong's national security law jailed for nine years	2 07:16 Procopius2k [1746]
Firemen in Italy say they are battling for a second straight day wildfires in Sicily	1 09:24 Skidmark [1743]
Top army commanders from India and China meet in a bid to ease the 15-month border tensions and clashes	0 [1743]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied calls on banks to reduce interest rates	0 [1744]
Millionaire admits to botched kidnapping of wife after henchmen drown	3 10:02 Dron66046 [1748]
Wildfire in Turkey leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes persist for 4th day	0 [1742]
Page 4: Opinion
Imagine If They Hadn't Lied to Us for the Last 18 Months	23 22:04 Airandee [1785]
Soviet immigrant says critical race theory uses 'the same concepts and language' as Marxism	2 23:41 Dron66046 [1765]
Harvard lecturer takes heat for defending existence of biological sex on 'Fox & Friends'	1 08:23 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Coronavirus survivors support America's Frontline Doctor's virus ‘cure'	10 20:46 Woodrow [1772]
Sense of desperation: Why are terrorists choosing soft targets in Jammu and Kashmir	0 [1769]
Watch Closely, JoeBama Network Signaling Team for 2022	3 15:52 JohnQC [1752]
Bill Maher Bashes the Woke and Libs Freak	4 13:12 Chris [1742]
Page 6: Politix
And now for something lighter	27 23:54 Dron66046 [1789]
'Defund Police' Advocate AOC Paid Thousands for Her Own Security	4 09:27 Skidmark [1751]
Ballots Mailed in Maricopa County Showed an Individual's Party and Voter Registration Number – Likely Violating the Law	1 08:13 NN2N1 [1739]
DC homeless encampment in the shadow of Watergate stays for now	1 13:15 Big Unineper2204 [1749]
DeSantis announces executive order to let parents decide on masks in schools:	0 [1755]
Hunter Biden Responds to Critics of Art Sales: 'F*** 'Em'	5 13:13 Chris [1748]
'Unprecedented, Unreasonable, Unconstitutional, and Wrong'	5 11:18 Matt [1762]
Joe Manchin Booed by Democrat Senators for Raising Concerns over 'Infrastructure' Expense	5 19:52 magpie [1770]
Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of 'trespassing' at prison holding Capitol rioters	6 22:25 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1776]
Activist Shaun King lives lavishly in lakefront New Jersey home	7 13:39 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1782]
Cori Bush vows to sleep outside Capitol as eviction freeze nears end	5 15:20 warthogswife [1747]
Sarah Palin teases 2022 Senate run in Alaska	1 01:14 Chris [1757]
WaPo and NYT Go Completely Off Script	4 18:59 Too Old To Work [1781]

    
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                        22:04 Airandee

                        21:15 Anomalous Sources

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                        20:46 Woodrow

                        19:58 Grunter

                        19:52 magpie

                        19:40 JohnQC

                        19:35 JohnQC

                        19:32 Procopius2k

                        19:29 Procopius2k

                        19:27 Grunter

                        19:23 rjschwarz

                        19:00 M. Murcek

                        18:59 Too Old To Work

                        18:45 Rob Crawford

                        18:43 Rob Crawford

                        18:38 Cesare

Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
4	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
3	Commies
3	Human Trafficking
3	Islamic State
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Muslim Brotherhood
1	[untagged]
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Houthis
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Sublime Porte
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	al-Shabaab (IS-Mozambique)

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