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Final US evacuation flights leave, ending America’s 20-year Afghanistan war, equipment left behind disabled
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Convicted rapist reached the U.S. on Afghan evacuation flight	2 14:53 Rex Mundi [1757]
Last man out of Afghanistan: Two-star general and 30-year Army veteran Christopher Donahue is revealed as the final American soldier to board a plane out of Kabul Airport	11 20:49 Percy de Medici7930 [1791]
Veteran Green Beret says special ops volunteers will STAY in Kabul to save Afghan refugees after using encrypted phones and 'shepherds' to rescue more than 500 allies in secret nighttime operations	1 20:06 Canuckistan sniper [1770]
Terrified Afghan TV news presenter reads out the headlines while surrounded by gun-toting Taliban thugs	2 11:09 Dron66046 [1750]
Republican Tom Tiffany raises security fears over 2,000 unvetted Afghan refugees at Wisconsin military base who are allowed leave WITHOUT checks	1 10:25 g(r)omgoru [1750]
White House defends letting billions in military equipment fall into Taliban hands	10 12:34 Matt [1754]
Good Morning	2 03:15 Thack Shaising6963 [1763]
Bangladesh University Jubilant after Afghan Students Evacuated from Kabul	0 [1748]
Former British soldier stranded in Kabul plans escape for 400 Afghans	3 05:12 g(r)omgoru [1753]
Senator Seeks Investigation Into Americans Reportedly Denied Entry to Kabul Airport	3 08:00 Besoeker [1751]
Taliban celebratory gunfire, fireworks lights up Kabul sky as US forces leave	0 [1753]
Final US evacuation flights leave, ending America’s 20-year Afghanistan war, equipment left behind disabled	8 17:42 ruprecht [1825]
IS claims rocket attack on Kabul airport	0 [1747]
More than 11 soldiers killed in Houthi attacks against Yemen's Marib	0 [1752]
House to house executions now underway… Raw	4 16:33 Glenmore [1751]
Border policeman dies from Gaza riot shooting injury	0 [1751]
SAA and Iranian allies blow up Mosque in Daraa with Elephant rocket	1 09:03 Lord Garth [1762]
The Taliban conducts anti-terrorist operations	0 [1754]
Saudi Defenses Destroy Houthi Ballistic Missile Fired at Jazan	0 [1758]
Germany Arrests Woman Accused of Helping ISIS Group	0 [1755]
Fighting in Syrian City after Russia-Brokered Talks Collapse	0 [1755]
Over 100 Killed, Wounded in Houthi Attack on Yemen Military Base	0 [1758]
ISIS Attacks Russian-Backed Militia in Deir Ezzor	0 [1766]
Head of Tunisia's Qalb Tounes Party Held in Algeria	0 [1756]
Six Iraqis on Death Row Executed, Three for 'Terrorism'	0 [1755]
Antifa: ‘security’ volunteer now being accused of preying on homeless women	0 [1755]
Militant killed as army foils infiltration bid in J&K’s Poonch	0 [1762]
Sweets distributed at the Gaza border riots tonight	2 14:58 g(r)omgoru [1752]
McKenzie says number of US citizens left behind in Afghanistan is in ‘very low hundreds', 150 mil working dogs left on tarmac	12 21:01 james [1776]
Pakistani Military Opens Fire on Afghan Refugees at Border, Kills 6	1 12:09 Abu Uluque [1768]
Three Cartel Gunmen Incinerated During Border City Shootouts in Mexico	0 [1793]
Taliban Cuts Telecom Service to Panjshir	2 12:27 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1790]
Possible Terrorist Attack In Garland, Texas, USA	9 18:38 NoMoreBS [1825]
Those Black Hawks the Taliban seized?	9 23:08 CrazyFool [1784]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israeli weapons in Afghanistan	0 [1757]
What does the meeting between Taliban and Jaish-e-Mohammad mean for India	0 [1746]
Gantz says Israel to extend NIS 500 million loan to Palestinians	0 [1747]
90 retired generals and admirals call for Austin and Milley to resign immediately over the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal	5 22:50 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1776]
Qatar Emerges as Key Player in Afghanistan after U.S. Pullout	1 00:14 Chris [1764]
Leb is entering a third mass exodus wave of emigration.	0 [1744]
Blinken vows efforts to help Americans and others to leave Afghanistan	2 13:15 swksvolFF [1748]
Pentagon Had Advanced Intel on 'Mass Casualty Attack' at Kabul Airport Attack But Failed to Stop It: Report	0 [1746]
Sudan, Chad: Joint Plans to Fight Terrorist Groups	0 [1748]
Rahi: Corruption Has Spread in Lebanese Society	0 [1751]
Israel Provides Intel to Western Countries on Extremism Financing	2 07:36 Dron66046 [1751]
Taliban Spokesman to Asharq Al-Awsat: Sharia Rule Not up for Debate	0 [1764]
Since January, some 287 Seattle cops have retired or resigned	4 17:02 DarthVader [1739]
Taliban Claims French Govt Envoys Held Secretive Meeting with New Regime in Qatar	1 22:49 ed in texas [1819]
White flag over the Green Zone: the embassy quarter in Kabul is empty	0 [1796]
Al Qaeda/Bin Laden's Arms Chief Amin ul-Haq RETURNS to Afghanistan after 20 years	0 [1792]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Fears of a nationwide gas price surge after Hurricane Ida halts production at 95 PER CENT of Gulf Coast refineries	5 22:44 ed in texas [1776]
How One Officer's Enlisted Men Ensured He Received the Medal of Honor	1 19:06 Croque Fliting8030 [1778]
Vegas store requires proof-of-horse photo to deter customers seeking Ivermectin for COVID-19	13 18:26 swksvolFF [1757]
Finally! Christhian Rivera gets sentenced to life without possibility of parole	3 09:12 Lord Garth [1753]
Chase Bank Cancels General Mike Flynn's Credit Cards	4 22:12 Hupeth Henbane6225 [1786]
New Orleans is hit by LOOTING in wake of Hurricane Ida: [black] Thieves are seen stealing from store by a drone as city faces at least THREE WEEKS without electricity and death toll rises to 2	14 16:41 M. Murcek [1784]
N Korea appears to have resumed nuke reactor operation: IAEA	2 13:16 Abu Uluque [1781]
Repost of Twitter thread on Free Republic: Ivermectin, Covid, and Africa	6 21:29 james [1781]
Page 4: Opinion
Importing Enemies	0 [1753]
The Taliban have an ‘Emirate,' if they can keep it	2 12:43 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1755]
Towards Sects and Clans - March	2 03:30 SteveS [1760]
Wait – the Taliban Offered Control of Kabul to US Forces...And We Turned Them Down?	3 17:45 ruprecht [1790]
Caribbean Sea is Mandarin for ‘Chinese Lake’	12 14:27 Blinky Pholuling8616 [1751]
Page 6: Politix
Trump: We should demand the return of our equipment from the Taliban and use "unequivocal military force" if they don't comply	12 19:43 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums [1779]
How Biden became the godfather of corruption in Ukraine	0 [1764]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib promotes fundraiser tied to terrorist groups Hamas and the Taliban, tweets support for Paleo knife attacker	2 09:53 Warthog [1752]
Portland councilwoman @JoAnnPDX has taken off entire month of August for a ''vacation''	0 [1743]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew: Biden 'Cognitively Impaired or He's Purposely Harming the Country'	5 17:55 746 [1763]
ABC's Karl: Biden Admin Is 'Describing Something That Isn't Reality'	3 20:28 Silentbrick [1769]
Jim Acosta Discovers the Need for National Unity in a Crisis	4 17:35 swksvolFF [1751]
Florida Redistricting Has Dems in a Panic Over Losing the House	4 13:29 ruprecht [1769]

    
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                        21:29 james

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                        20:49 Percy de Medici7930

                        20:28 Silentbrick

                        20:06 Canuckistan sniper

                        19:55 Rambler in Virginia

                        19:43 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums

                        19:42 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums

                        19:30 ruprecht

                        19:06 Croque Fliting8030

                        18:55 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        18:43 mercutio

                        18:38 NoMoreBS

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                        18:26 swksvolFF

                        18:08 Bubba Threck5817

                        18:02 Rex Mundi

                        17:55 746

                        17:45 ruprecht

Who's in the News
21	Taliban/IEA
20	[untagged]
5	Islamic State
3	Hamas
3	Hezbollah
3	Houthis
2	Antifa/BLM
2	al-Qaeda
2	Commies
1	[untagged]
1	ISWAP
1	Arab Spring
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Qatar (MB)
1	Govt of Syria

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