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US Embassy Tells Americans: Do Not Go to Kabul Airport
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Ministers reveal people on UK's terror 'no fly list' have ALREADY tried to board RAF planes in Kabul amid fears of ISIS suicide bomb attack while troops have 'guns in one hand and babies in the other'	2 19:37 SteveS [1756]
Hardware captured going to Kashmir?	4 10:33 trailing wife [1763]
Afghan staff at US Embassy losing hope of rescue: Report	1 06:38 The Walking Unvaxed [1756]
Good Morning	8 23:59 Theans Spoper2099 [1797]
SAS in dramatic desert raid to save troops from Taliban: As Kandahar fell, our elite soldiers were stranded hundreds of miles from safety... until a daring rescue in the dead of night	4 10:50 Skidmark [1755]
Two civilians were killed in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region by a Turkish army bombardment as forces battle the Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels	0 [1763]
Killer of Iraqi official sentenced to 'death by hanging'	0 [1760]
Portland police chief says officers won't intervene to protect residents from Antifa rioters	10 17:29 49 Pan [1765]
US F-15E shot down a UAS near the Green Village military base in eastern Syria	2 09:07 Besoeker [1754]
Live from Kabul Airport	8 16:33 Whulet Hupailing5376 [1812]
Iraq Joint forces arrest a terrorist, seize equipment in Al-Anbar and Kirkuk	0 [1788]
Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria	1 16:57 Skidmark [1796]
Suicide attacker kills self but no others in Libyan desert town	0 [1790]
Taliban says 'hundreds of fighters' heading for holdout PanjshirValley	2 06:19 The Walking Unvaxed [1796]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israeli PM Bennett: I Will Present Biden with Plan to Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb	9 17:33 swksvolFF [1751]
Macron blasted Biden for 'abandoning' Afghan allies in phone call - but White House scrubbed it from summary	0 [1745]
'There will be consequences': Taliban warn US and Britain to get out, saying August 31 withdrawal deadline is a 'red line' and it will 'provoke a reaction if they are intent on continuing the occupation'	9 21:39 Flart Omitle8889 [1778]
Victory celebration in Karachi Pakistan by Afghans	0 [1753]
Attacks on Chinese in Pakistan	2 14:44 Skidmark [1743]
US banks and money-transfer firms tread carefully in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan	0 [1751]
Biden admin quickly processes migrants at border but can't do the same with trapped Afghan interpreters	0 [1750]
National security expert: Blaming American public for Afghanistan collapse is 'the definition of insanity'	6 14:52 Skidmark [1751]
Soetoro's Joint Chiefs chair says US should have gotten out of Afghanistan earlier	4 15:17 Glumble Pheque5370 [1757]
Biden 'hubris,' generals' lack of plan led to 'sloppy' Afghanistan exit, ex-Green Beret says	1 09:49 Skidmark [1761]
Palestinian Authority arrests 24 protesters in West Bank after PA critic’s death	0 [1751]
Efforts to revitalize Portland's downtown economy have failed	17 21:00 Large Threating7783 [1780]
Egypt closes Rafah border crossing to Gaza after Israel-Hamas escalation	0 [1745]
Taliban to hold grand gathering on new government in Kabul	0 [1769]
Abdullah, Karzai, Taliban discuss inclusive political process	1 14:45 Chris [1755]
U.S. Bases in Africa - Lessons for Continent from Afghanistan?	0 [1753]
Sudan, South Sudan to Reopen Borders After 11 Years	0 [1749]
Nigeria Conflict Forces Review of Grazing Reserves in 25 States	0 [1753]
Nasrallah sez, 'our second ship will sail within days, and other ships will follow,' a never-ending flow of Iranian oil	2 22:28 Slats Thans1619 [1784]
G7 leaders will discuss the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday in a virtual summit	0 [1788]
Blinken was forced to admit that it was not true that AlQaeda was 'gone' from Afghanistan	4 17:20 Retard Strength [1788]
Page 3: Non-WoT
FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for 16 and older age group	5 18:22 swksvolFF [1748]
Chip giant's IPO hit by Beijing crackdown on business	0 [1746]
Binmen face violence over complex new rubbish rules: Attacks on refuse collectors increase after they were ordered to police recycling	0 [1749]
Moment NYC man is left with huge head wound that needed seven stitches after being hit with hammer for looking at suspect 'the wrong way' amid ongoing Big Apple crime spiral	2 20:44 trailing wife [1783]
A game changer for the French Resistance: The Barbès metro attack, 80 years on	1 17:01 Skidmark [1749]
With Chinese And Russian Knives At The Throat Of GPS, Senate Calls For A Study, Waits For Administration To Follow Law	9 22:44 Slats Thans1619 [1777]
Strict COVID-19 Lockdown to Begin in Vietnam	6 21:19 Solomon Angotch3312 [1782]
Rescue Dogs Shot Dead Over CoVid Fears - (CFP)	7 18:26 ruprecht [1754]
Atlanta federal pen nearly vacant amid corruption investigation	1 14:49 Chris [1748]
St. Thomas Becket & Joe Biden: The Next Four Years ~ Fr. Kirby	0 [1745]
Children's picture book about families with same-sex parents has been published in Russia to challenge the country's LGBT+ propaganda law - one month after a Hungarian bookshop was fined £600 for selling a copy of the same story	0 [1754]
Wisconsin sheriff says inmates will be called 'residents' and 'those in our care' to maintain the 'dignity' of criminals while in jail	6 12:11 Besoeker [1750]
Orlando Mayor urges residents to limit water usage because liquid oxygen used by treatment plants is being diverted to hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients	2 05:09 Vinegar Spolusing6485 [1754]
'You are not a cow!' FDA warns Americans to stop taking livestock de-wormer drug Ivermectin as an unproven treatment for COVID-19	13 18:05 Lord Garth [1755]
The boy on the beach - Omaha Beach 2014	1 01:30 Matt [1761]
Anti-vaccine US radio host Phil Valentine dies of COVID-19	23 21:43 Dale [1785]
SADC Fails the People of eSwatini	0 [1751]
death toll from Haiti's earthquake this month has risen to more than 2,200	4 11:22 Besoeker [1750]
Student in Egypt uses rat poison to kill school security guard, steals $41,000	4 16:39 ruprecht [1755]
Flash flood warning issued for parts of southern NY state and northeastern NJ, courtesy of Tropical Storm Henri	1 17:16 Abu Uluque [1748]
Deaths of Brit Google engineer, wife, baby and dog during California hike are now NOT being treated as murder	10 21:32 Frank G [1793]
Ukraine sanctions lawmaker accused of meddling in US election	0 [1755]
Page 4: Opinion
Biden should 'step down in shame' for leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan: Lisa Boothe	5 20:41 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1787]
Wuhan lab leak theory: How Fort Detrick became a centre for Chinese conspiracies	2 14:02 Dale [1760]
Booster shot of Pfizer's vaccine slashes the risk of catching Covid FOURFOLD in over-60s, Israel's health ministry says	4 16:49 Angstrom [1750]
Indian General discussing Dawn article about China talking security with Pakistan	4 12:30 Abu Uluque [1750]
If you want to know how much the Deep State hates you...	4 13:47 swksvolFF [1753]
Taliban's mocking Iwo Jima propaganda image tells us who they are	6 16:40 ruprecht [1757]
Biden was always unfit to be president but his Left-wing media cheerleaders didn't dare admit it	5 13:19 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1747]
White Acacia and Japanese Unit 731	1 03:20 g(r)omgoru [1750]
Page 6: Politix
Kamala Harris joins diplomatic charm offensive in South East Asia	3 20:17 ed in texas [1791]
Democrats' disdain for Afghanistan: Nancy Pelosi speaks at lavish Napa Valley fundraising brunch where tickets cost up to $29,000 while Americans are trapped in Kabul and Biden admits airport is under threat from ISIS	6 15:15 DarthVader [1761]
California Recall – Man Arrested With Illegal Firearm, Drugs And Thousands Of Blank Election Ballots (f)	3 08:17 Skidmark [1792]
Former British Commander in Afghanistan Calls for Joe Biden’s Court-Martial	0 [1754]
Tony Blair brands Biden an 'imbecile'	6 15:40 Glumble Pheque5370 [1761]
Trump blasts Biden over 'total surrender' in Afghanistan at massive Alabama rally	6 20:48 SteveS [1800]
The Drooling Class	1 03:23 g(r)omgoru [1769]
Kamala Harris lands in Singapore for Asia visit that will include Vietnam	26 22:24 Grunter [1817]

    
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Who's in the News
31	[untagged]
18	Taliban/IEA
4	Commies
2	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
2	Antifa/BLM
2	Sublime Porte
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	Islamic State
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	[untagged]
1	Devout Moslems
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Human Trafficking

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Fri 2021-08-20
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Mon 2021-08-16
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Sun 2021-08-15
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