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Israel moves cyber sabotage units to UAE to turn Persian Gulf into crisis hub
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Heavy Clashes Still Ongoing in Herat City	2 22:14 Chris [11132]
Taliban Killed 'Possibly 800-900 People' in Kandahar: Tadin Khan	13 22:57 CrazyFool [11130]
More than 1,500 coronavirus-positive migrants released in one week into Texas border town	3 16:22 NN2N1 [11127]
War Displaced 900,000 in Three Months: Watchdog	0 [11125]
After 7 Days, Heavy Clashes Still Ongoing in Helmand’s Capital	0 [11126]
Good Morning	9 15:23 Slearong Poodle8010 [11128]
Eleven people are dead and 13 are injured after a Ford van carrying two dozen illegal migrants flips over in Texas while speeding	6 17:37 M. Murcek [11127]
The Taliban claim responsibility for a car bomb attack on the residence of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister	1 08:48 Dron66046 [11126]
Protesters clash with security forces near Beirut's parliament	0 [11129]
Anti-Hezbollah protesters marching on the anniversary of the Beirut port blast demand an end to Iranian influence	1 07:56 Skidmark [11131]
Four family members killed in Syria by Turkish forces	0 [11130]
Israel moves cyber sabotage units to UAE to turn Persian Gulf into crisis hub	1 08:01 Skidmark [11133]
Rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, IDF responds with artillery fire	3 10:23 Lord Garth [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Anti-Taliban chants, thousands including vice-President Saleh took to streets	4 15:53 Wren [11129]
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says Hezbollah’s insistence on forging its control is a main reason behind Lebanon’s problems	0 [11128]
Tanker hijacking off Oman coast 'false-flag' op designed to rally support against Iran, analyst tells Press TV	4 08:00 Skidmark [11129]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok about the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray	0 [11125]
Mexico sues US gun manufacturers over arms trafficking toll	11 12:03 Matt [11129]
Texas border city puts up temporary shelters to cope with ‘rapidly escalating' migrant surge	3 08:15 Skidmark [11134]
Gantz: Iran is 10 weeks from breakout to a nuclear weapon	0 [11128]
Iran's Revolutionary Guard drone commander behind ship attack	3 09:46 Mercutio [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
PM: High Holiday lockdown depends on vaccination rate	0 [11128]
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns calls Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg an 'enemy of the state' and says he should be JAILED	10 23:03 CrazyFool [11126]
China's war on big tech: Crackdown has wiped $1.2trillion off firms' value in six months - so is jealous Xi putting billionaires in their place, punishing Western influence, or something even MORE sinister?	9 12:01 Abu Uluque [11132]
Spirit Airlines is accused of lying to severely out-of-pocket passengers about delays as mass-cancellations enter a FOURTH day	12 19:17 Besoeker [11130]
Mother, 34, is arrested for 'murdering her husband, chopping up his corpse with an ax then making her two CHILDREN help put his dismembered remains into bags so she could burn them'	6 21:19 Phains Wittlesbach5853 [11130]
More Wacandan Airline rage, or something	2 17:23 Lord Garth [11130]
Squad member Cori Bush, who was with BLM trespassers on gun-toting St.Louis couple's property, slams their pardon and says their 'day will come'	11 22:16 Chris [11130]
Perp who decapitated Minnesota mother was an illegal alien	3 09:10 Procopius2k [11130]
Retracted COVID Paper Lives on in New Citations (ACE Inhibitors, Surgisphere)	3 18:48 Goober Bluetooth7005 [11135]
Australia's Rugby and Rowing Teams Went on a Drunken Rampage Through the Olympic Village Before Departing Tokyo	15 23:07 Canuckistan sniper [11128]
MO Governor pardons Mark and Patricia McCloskey - PDF	6 16:48 Glenmore [11127]
Zakharova remarked on statements of the French Foreign Minister about neo-Nazism in Ukraine	0 [11127]
2 more dead Russian female civilians found in WWII mass graves site	3 16:11 g(r)omgoru [11127]
VA to start processing disability claims for certain conditions related to particulate matter	2 11:59 NoMoreBS [11135]
Amr Khaled's spiritual chicken should serve as a warning of Islam led astray	4 12:10 Frank G [11128]
China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalates with dozens more cases around the country	8 18:00 Chris [11126]
Wildfires raging across Europe, Turkey, Russia; EU sends fire-fighting resources to Greece, Italy, Albania, Northern Macedonia	8 19:43 Elmomoque Phitch9088 [11135]
Texas mom shot dead by husband after threatening to leave him	3 11:21 Frank G [11129]
Vlogger Chris Chan arrested for alleged incest with mom suffering from dementia	4 17:41 M. Murcek [11128]
American Medical Association Faces Backlash for Calling to Remove Sex From Birth Certificates	6 13:32 Procopius2k [11130]
Man duct-taped to seat after allegedly groping flight attendants	4 12:43 Silentbrick [11128]
Cuba Threatens to Attack America: ‘We Are Armed'	16 20:01 Frank G [11135]
Page 4: Opinion
Confidence in Institutions Falls. Support for Secession Rises (video, charts, hokum)	4 19:31 rjschwarz [11131]
Imagine… Communism	6 14:54 CrazyFool [11131]
Page 6: Politix
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dead at 72, sources say	10 23:56 Ulatle Splat5742 [11130]
Two of the Texas Democrats Leave D.C. to Vacation in Portugal	6 20:22 Spegum Snore4018 [11128]
Girl Who Was Touched by Creeper Joe Biden on Camera Confirms he Groped Her and Pinched Her Nipple	8 21:25 Phains Wittlesbach5853 [11131]
'I don't want to hear a blip about COVID from you': Gov. DeSantis rages at Biden for criticizing Florida's pandemic response and demands HE secure the border and stop 'importing' the virus	7 11:07 Bobby [11130]
Austin Star Police Detective Accuses DA Jose Garza's Office of Criminal Witness Tampering in High-Profile Case	3 16:07 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Secretary of Defense Austin to announce mandatory vaccine policy for all active duty military	5 13:01 Lemuel Gray4629 [11130]
Senator Introduces Legislation To Mandate Voter ID For States That Mandate Vaccine Passports	1 09:58 Mercutio [11126]
Trump gloats after newcomer and coal lobbyist Mike Carey wins crowded GOP 12-man primary in Ohio	0 [11131]
Memo to Eric Adams: If elected mayor, ditch homeless czar Steven Banks	1 18:48 Rob Crawford [11131]
Andrew Cuomo's eldercide was worse	8 13:13 Frank G [11127]
Millions in federal money flowing to tissue bank that collects fetal 'heart, gonads, legs, brain': report	8 18:45 Besoeker [11128]
House Dem calls for course correction or GOP could win 2022 majority	6 10:51 M. Murcek [11127]
Psaki says claims against Biden have been 'litigated' when pressed on probe	5 22:58 CrazyFool [11128]
Sen. Hawley: Public schools must shape kids who love America and our founding	1 07:01 Procopius2k [11128]
DAs close in on Gov. Cuomo, launch criminal probes in Manhattan, Westchester	12 18:42 Greater the Anonymous5721 [11129]
Biden ATF nominee Chipman failed to disclose Chinese state TV hit used as propaganda by the communist state	0 [11128]
So Apparently Some Of Twit's "fact-Checkers" Collect Government Paychecks	3 17:32 Lord Garth [11130]
DHS Mayorkas Blames Trump for Biden's Record 2021 Migration Wave	2 15:51 Procopius2k [11129]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
5	Commies
4	Govt of Iran
4	Hezbollah
3	Human Trafficking
2	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Sublime Porte
1	Govt of Sudan
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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2021-08-05
Israel moves cyber sabotage units to UAE to turn Persian Gulf into crisis hub

Wed 2021-08-04
375 Taliban killed in past 24 hours: MoD

Tue 2021-08-03
Possible 'Mine Attack' Incident In Gulf Waters

Mon 2021-08-02
15 Niger troops killed in ambush, subsequent blast

Sun 2021-08-01
Bus with soccer players blown up in Somalia as key election starts

Sat 2021-07-31
Tanker managed by Israeli firm attacked off Oman, killing two

Fri 2021-07-30
Secret files show Iranian plans to sink ships using cyberattacks

Thu 2021-07-29
3 Tunisian parties, including Ennahda, face legal probe
over foreign funding

Wed 2021-07-28
Libya militia leader Mohammed al-Kani diagnosed with rigor mortis

Tue 2021-07-27
'Death to the dictator!': Anti-government protests reach Tehran

Mon 2021-07-26
Tunisian army deployed in the capital

Sun 2021-07-25
US military targets Al-shabaab again in Somalia
Ilhan Omar bitches about it

Sat 2021-07-24
Nigeria jails 10 pirates over ship hijacking

Fri 2021-07-23
Taliban claim control of some 90% of Afghanistan's border areas

Thu 2021-07-22
Nigeria: 100 kidnapped villagers released by bandits

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