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US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pakistani soldiers killed in cross border fire from Afghanistan	0 [1763]
Good Morning	6 18:19 Thuling McGurque7901 [1753]
Marine Lt. Col. who demanded ‘accountability' for Afghanistan failures: ‘I'm resigning my commission'	7 17:46 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1760]
Blinken: 'Not likely' US will have an 'on-the-ground diplomatic presence' in Kabul on Sept. 1st	4 18:39 swksvolFF [1781]
Kabul airport targeted in rocket attack foiled by US system	4 15:44 swksvolFF [1750]
Dan Crenshaw, Lara Logan Bring Disturbing Reports Out of the Kabul Airport	8 22:57 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1780]
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport	9 17:07 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1817]
The £62bn spoils of war: Taliban militants help themselves to helicopters, hi-tech radios and armoured vehicles amid ramshackle withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan	2 02:58 g(r)omgoru PB [1758]
Dozens Killed in Houthi Attack on Yemen's Anad Air Base	0 [1752]
Syria's Fourth Division Insists on Escalation in Daraa	0 [1755]
Tehran Thieves Attack Car, Steal COVID-19 Shots	0 [1760]
Ty J. Fox, a Portland antifa riot suspect, was arrested the fourth time this month and charged w/felony criminal mischief, attempted assault on officer, menacing and more	4 16:51 CrazyFool [1753]
Syrians protest US arrest of 300 tribesmen for fighting Daesh	0 [1756]
Saudi shelling leaves 3 civilians martyred in northwestern Yemen	0 [1756]
Two soldiers of Pakistan Army embrace martyrdom in Pak-Afghan border attack: ISPR	0 [1751]
Suspected militants kill 19 in eastern Congo village	0 [1756]
Joint international statement says Taliban will allow Afghans to leave after Aug. 31	1 17:19 ed in texas [1755]
Secretary of State Blinken tells ABC about 300 Americans remain in Afghanistan who “want to leave”	0 [1744]
''We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today,” Centcom says	0 [1754]
Three terrorists arrested in al-Anbar	0 [1759]
One killed and three injured in an ISIS attack in Kirkuk	0 [1771]
5 Syrian Migrants Drown Off Libyan Coast	0 [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Why Americans will be paying for the cost of the war in Afghanistan for decades	25 23:39 JohnQC [1784]
Erik Prince hits back at Biden, says Blackwater contractors rescued him	9 23:57 Thuling McGurque7901 [1779]
Gen. McMaster puts blame for Afghanistan disaster squarely on Biden - ‘self-defeat’	11 15:45 magpie [1754]
Taliban to complete cabinet in two weeks	4 15:49 magpie [1744]
Taliban: Male and Female Students to Study in Separate Classrooms	6 17:07 ed in texas [1750]
Hamas Refuses Abbas' Condition for Acknowledging Int'l Resolutions	0 [1751]
Turkey cannot take new refugee burden, foreign minister says	0 [1748]
Mozambique Insurgency - Focus Needs to Shift to Preventing Criminality At Sea	0 [1748]
Israel Air Force opens 1st-ever specialized munitions dept. for unmanned aircraft	2 17:06 ed in texas [1752]
Noor, Dostum to form new front for negotiating with Taliban	2 06:45 Procopius2k [1753]
President Salih stresses the region's need for a new system to confront crises	1 09:23 Bertie Crains2651 [1759]
Has Libya's Al-Watiya airbase Become a Turkish Military Operation Headquarters?	0 [1769]
Misrata Military Commander Salah Badi: Turkey Controls Libya's Foreign Policy Today	0 [1796]
Libyan Parliament Speaker Ageela Saleh: The Turkey-Libya Security agreement is not valid	0 [1789]
Libyan Oil Minister Suspends NOC's Chairman	0 [1793]
Bus Trips Between Tripoli and Tobruk Resume in Libya	0 [1781]
Russia Signs Military Cooperation Pact with Nigeria	1 08:49 Besoeker [1779]
Granholm Chartered Military Jet to Ukraine as US Struggled To Evacuate Americans From Afghanistan	2 09:54 M. Murcek [1760]
How Kabul lives under the Taliban: myths and reality	3 18:28 Retard Strength [1821]
Page 3: Non-WoT
China will study how to build a massive spacecraft over a half-mile long	13 21:30 SteveS [1771]
Tesla using Autopilot crashes into police car in Florida	6 14:56 DarthVader [1756]
American Mass Shootings At Record High, Average 2 Per Day	6 18:11 NN2N1 [1785]
China Is "Cleansing" Online Content Of Anyone Critical Of The Country's Economy	5 15:34 Rex Mundi [1740]
Ten hostages are strapped to getaway cars as human shields as 50 criminals armed with assault rifles and bombs raid EVERY bank in Brazilian city centre	2 20:58 Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 [1771]
Colonial Pipeline shuts down fuel lines due to Hurricane Ida	4 14:07 magpie [1747]
FBI suffers another black eye, admits it hid payments to informant in white supremacist case	17 20:16 Thuling McGurque7901 [1772]
Eric Adams raises $2 million for law-and-order mandate during mayoral race	2 09:41 Bertie Crains2651 [1755]
Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana, toughest test of levees in years	3 17:56 ed in texas [1741]
Report: China Forcibly Quarantines 5,000+ near Myanmar Border	6 19:45 Saltie Fork [1783]
Page 4: Opinion
Lt. Col. James Zumwalt: Why Joe Biden is not my president	5 16:50 Rex Mundi [1745]
In the midst of a White House breakdown: Goodwin	3 20:49 magpie [1787]
Brass vs. Steel Cased Ammo – An Epic Torture Test	8 09:36 badanov [1755]
Russian empire: The fall of Port Arthur and the eve of the revolution	2 20:06 badanov [1781]
Escobar: 'Forever War' Benefiting Afghans? Follow The Money	6 18:11 Rex Mundi [1748]
Page 6: Politix
Roughly 43,000 absentee ballot counted in DeKalb County, GA in 2020 violated chain of custody rule	2 15:05 Sloluper Munster6900 [1759]
CDC to Spend Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Gun ‘Health Threat'	13 16:54 CrazyFool [1748]
Biden slammed for appearing to look at his watch during ceremony for dead Marines	6 15:11 M. Murcek [1751]
Joe Biden Falls Asleep During Meeting With Israeli Leader	13 15:57 swksvolFF [1778]
Rev. Al Sharpton is not running for Governor of New York	8 12:34 trailing wife [1752]
Kamala Harris Poses In Front Of Communist Ho Chi Minh Bust	7 15:58 SteveS [1753]
Veritas Whistleblower: DHS Officials Given Bonuses for Importing Contract Workers	2 18:50 Rex Mundi [1774]

    
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5	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
4	Commies
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2	Arab Spring
1	Hamas
1	Human Trafficking
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1	al-Shabaab (IS-Mozambique)
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1	Antifa/BLM
1	Govt of Iran
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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2021-08-30
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport

Sun 2021-08-29
Last British flight evacuating civilians from Afghanistan leaves Kabul

Sat 2021-08-28
Biden Pledges to 'Hunt Down' Those Behind Airport Attack

Fri 2021-08-27
Karzai, Abdullah house-arrested by Taliban in Kabul

Thu 2021-08-26
Bomb explodes in northern gate of Kabul airport

Wed 2021-08-25
Taliban Vows to Help Fight Climate Change

Tue 2021-08-24
Firefight at Kabul airport kills Afghan guard
16,000 more leave Afghanistan

Mon 2021-08-23
US Embassy Tells Americans: Do Not Go to Kabul Airport

Sun 2021-08-22
9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks

Sat 2021-08-21
U.S. charges man who made bomb threat near U.S. Capitol

Fri 2021-08-20
IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds

Thu 2021-08-19
US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover

Wed 2021-08-18
Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir

Tue 2021-08-17
Reports say Ghani in Oman to escape to US

Mon 2021-08-16
Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace

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