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US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	10 21:55 Department of Justin Wilson8602 [1795]
BBC liveblog: Taliban step up hunt for collaborators - UN report	8 18:41 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1757]
Report: Taliban Killing People Found with Bibles on Their Phones	7 20:32 Woodrow [1775]
Afghans clash with Taliban for 2nd day; Biden vows to get U.S. evacuees out	3 20:57 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1787]
Exiled Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani claims he ‘would have been hanged' had he stayed: report	3 11:04 Shatle Whemp8911 [1745]
The Taliban special forces: Heavily armed fighters with American equipment and commando-style bullet proof vests and 'night vision goggles'	6 14:36 M. Murcek [1756]
Palestinian teen arrested for attempted West Bank stabbing	0 [1752]
Taliban blow up statue of foe they killed in 1996, stoking more fear over rule	1 00:23 Trump B. Baque6876 [1757]
IDF allegedly destroyed Hezbollah post in last night's strike in Syria, warning pamphlets from IDF followed	1 02:58 Dron66046 [1756]
Turkish warbirds hit targets in Sinjar	0 [1797]
So much for 'Taliban 2.0': Fighters shoot dead journalist as he raises Afghan flag in defiance at Jalalabad protest as Kabul 'car thief' is tarred and locals claim woman was shot dead for not wearing a burqa in rural province	8 18:02 Ulesh Slolulet4261 [1760]
Security forces arrest a senior ISIS terrorist eastern Iraq	0 [1795]
47 killed, including 30 civilians, in BurkinaFaso terrorist attack: govt	0 [1783]
US defense chief says no hostile interactions with Taliban	11 12:46 swksvolFF [1754]
They're passing babies to strangers to escape	3 09:27 Skidmark [1753]
Snapshot of suffering: Afghans trying to reach airport are penned up, beaten by Taliban	1 21:20 Ding [1817]
At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad	0 [1786]
Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield	8 10:50 Shatle Whemp8911 [1771]
Page 2: WoT Background
China-Pak-AFG Will Attack India In One Year, says Gummint Guru	1 17:05 Percy Flotle3938 [1745]
Fort Bliss in Texas becomes ground zero for resettling Afghan refugees during chaotic exit	4 21:25 Ding [1770]
Arizona governor to keep National Guard at the border for another year	2 12:58 Skidmark [1764]
New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans	1 00:30 Chris [1765]
US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover	5 16:18 Angstrom [1803]
Biden admin moved to dismantle protections for citizens trapped overseas months before Kabul's fall: memo	3 08:24 Shatle Whemp8911 [1751]
Egyptian President al-Sisi invited Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to visit Egypt in the coming weeks	1 05:55 M. Murcek [1744]
Biden commits to getting all Americans out of Afghanistan	15 23:39 Department of Justin Wilson8602 [1778]
Closing Bagram airbase was a 'recipe for disaster': Army terrorism analyst calls for CENTCOM commander to be fired for 'dumpster fire' plan to choose Kabul airport to evacuate thousands of people	10 20:53 SteveS [1764]
Biden administration says asylum officers and not judges will consider cases for migrants in an effort to speed up the huge backlog amid the chaos at the border	2 15:35 NoMoreBS [1746]
US to evacuate as many as possible from Afghanistan: defense secretary	4 18:54 swksvolFF [1744]
Taliban violently disperses one of the first protests against its takeover of Afghanistan	0 [1797]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Police investigating potential explosive device on Capitol Hill, evacuate Cannon building	17 21:00 Albert Floluting2000 [1790]
Journalist Joe Galloway, Vietnam War chronicler and author of 'We Were Soldiers Once,' dies at 79	8 20:51 Frank G [1773]
T-Mobile admits hackers swiped data of nearly 50 MILLION current, former and prospective customers - including social security numbers	7 15:11 M. Murcek [1751]
Japan has a new island! Underwater volcanic eruption 745 miles south of Tokyo has created a new crescent-shaped, 0.6-miles-wide landmass near the Japanese archipelago	10 15:21 Woozle Tingle5813 [1742]
China reveals plans to launch a fleet of mile-long solar panels into space to beam energy back to Earth by 2035 – and says the system could have the same output as a nuclear power station by 2050	15 20:35 Woodrow [1769]
Former Albanian government minister lights up a forest	1 11:33 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1748]
MiG-29 crashed in the Astrakhan region	1 00:20 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1755]
Trump claims COVID booster shots are a 'money-making operation' for Pfizer and he can 'see the dollar signs' in CEO Albert Bourla's eyes	9 15:45 Thruth B. Hayes3444 [1751]
San Diego County board meeting is hijacked by anti-vaxxers who accuse members of ‘crimes against humanity' and being Nazis for debating mask and vaccine mandates	2 13:30 Angstrom [1756]
'Iraq war veteran', 37, wanted on five warrants is arrested over attack on man with hatchet inside Manhattan bank and taken for psychiatric evaluation	3 14:12 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1791]
'I did the best I could': School resource officer accused of hiding during Parkland massacre where 17 staff and students died breaks down outside court after child negligence hearing	10 11:47 Woodrow [1759]
Russia is about to test a nuclear-powered cruise missile	7 17:44 Speaque Munster4958 [1752]
TropicalStormGrace strengthened to a hurricane on Wednesday as it barreled toward Mexico's Caribbean coast	5 07:11 Cromosh Phereng2109 [1749]
Polish army deployed to Belarus border amid migrant surge	0 [1755]
Palantir buys $50 million in gold bars...	0 [1775]
Page 4: Opinion
Pepe Escobar: China, Russia are stage-managing the Taliban	11 20:36 SteveS [1786]
COVID Home Treatment - Peter McCullough, MD testifies to Texas Senate HHS Committee	3 15:54 746 [1743]
Nolte: There's Nothing Normal About Joe Biden Going AWOL for Four Days	3 16:45 Gunter FootStomp [1742]
Europe's Afghan Crime Wave Is Mind-Boggling	12 11:05 Besoeker [1747]
Generation GWOT And The Fall Of Afghanistan	6 10:35 Dron66046 [1740]
Something Is Very Wrong Here With Latest News About Biden	17 13:07 swksvolFF [1753]
Constitutional expert warns looming Durham report has Beltway 'rattled'	16 20:38 Woodrow [1772]
Israeli Publication Slams Biden Over Afghanistan, Issues Warning Americans Need to Hear	1 09:49 Skidmark [1752]
Are Ethiopian troops using Iranian drones in the Tigray war?	0 [1775]
Is Natural Immunity More Effective Than the COVID Shot?	23 18:47 Omolutch Protector of the French5741 [1750]
Spengler: We Are Perilously Close to a Post-American World - [PJMedia]	6 14:19 M. Murcek [1746]
Page 6: Politix
Federal judge rules against COVID vaccine mandate at Louisiana medical school	3 15:43 Thruth B. Hayes3444 [1756]
'A bald-faced lie': Biden is slammed for claiming Kabul 'chaos' was inevitable after months of saying it was NOT. Irritable President snaps in car-crash interview over questions on Afghans falling from planes	6 23:30 trailing wife [1771]
New York shop owner who called cops on BLM protesters ordered to pay $4.5K	10 15:17 M. Murcek [1745]
Epic Fail -The 780 Top National Security Advisors who supported Biden appear to have gotten it all wrong.	18 21:32 Grampaw Cooky [1812]
For anyone that doubted the billboard hacking was real	3 07:37 Jumbo Oppressor of the Nebraskans3867 [1744]
Trump says C-17 should have been 'full of AMERICANS' and not the 640 refugees trying to escape the Taliban - two days after hammering Biden for not doing enough to help Afghan civilians who aided the US	8 13:20 swksvolFF [1747]
Biden: ''The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing—I don't know how that happens.''	11 19:01 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1747]

    
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                        21:32 Grampaw Cooky

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                        21:00 Albert Floluting2000

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17	Taliban/IEA
3	Human Trafficking
2	Commies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	ISWAP
1	Islamic State
1	Sublime Porte
1	Arab Spring
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Devout Moslems
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