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Resistance leaders Massoud, Saleh still in Afghanistan's Panjshir, setting up parallel govt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	6 19:20 Bertie Hupusosh4648 [1799]
Minister vows to capture ‘fleeing terrorists’ as prisoner manhunt enters 4th day	2 09:52 g(r)omgoru PB [1779]
Libya Says Top Jihadist Fugitive Arrested	0 [1770]
Turkish forces target journalists in Syria's Ain Issa	0 [1765]
Jabhat al-Akrad (Kurdish Front) forces affiliated with Manbij Military Council thwarts infiltration operation of Turkish-backed factions	0 [1755]
Armed faction in Syria's Afrin shows readiness to work with HTS	0 [1766]
Opposition factions target government forces in Syria's Idlib	0 [1765]
Unidentified persons target government forces' vehicle in Syria's Daraa, settlement terms implemented	0 [1770]
The few Assyrian Christians remaining in their villages near Syria’s Tel Tamr are fleeing by the hundreds amid violent Turkish bombardment	0 [1752]
Libya's Most Notorious Human Trafficker Arrested	2 17:46 ed in texas [1770]
Protesters have blocked oil exports at two Libyan ports (Ras Lanuf and Es-Sider)	0 [1755]
Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris terrorist attacks begins in France	1 07:03 Skidmark [1760]
Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service arrests ISIS eight terrorists	0 [1753]
PMF and security forces arrested two ISIS members in Baghdad	0 [1796]
Resistance leaders Massoud, Saleh still in Afghanistan's Panjshir, setting up parallel govt	2 12:27 g(r)omgoru [1822]
Two cells were set on fire in southern Israel's Ramon Prison	0 [1796]
US Navy launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions	2 13:54 magpie [1820]
Coalition targets 15 Iran-backed Houthi missile launchers during the last night airstrikes on eastern Taiz Yemen	0 [1802]
Antifa member Chad Loder turned in his firearm to the Redondo Beach PD because of a restraining order he was served	1 07:45 NN2N1 [1758]
Two Russian planeloads of Kyrgyzstan citizens evacuated from Kabul	0 [1795]
Page 2: WoT Background
With Sirajuddin Haqqani in, Taliban can forget about recognition and the world- diplomacy	4 17:42 ed in texas [1751]
Farooq Abdullah backs new Taliban 'govt' in Afghanistan; urges talks with other nations	0 [1764]
UN chief appoints German lawyer to lead ISIS investigation	2 18:00 SteveS [1757]
Coalition gives over 150 vehicles to Peshmerga forces	2 10:41 magpie [1770]
French court accepts charges against cement company for complicity in crimes against humanity by ISIS	1 17:40 ed in texas [1752]
US troops killed in Kabul airport bombing awarded Purple Hearts	3 17:37 ed in texas [1759]
Egypt, Jordan and Syria Agree Energy Plan for Lebanon	0 [1748]
Turkish lira tumbles over central banker's comments	2 09:40 Lord Garth [1759]
Taliban monopolize power in Afghanistan, will not last longer: Salahudin Rabbani	0 [1760]
Will Libya Open an Investigation into Gaddafi's Death?	2 17:38 ed in texas [1748]
Libya interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh said on Wednesday he would visit Tunisia Thursday and meet President Kais	0 [1754]
Former Afghan president AshrafGhani has apologized, saying he regretted “how it ended”	0 [1747]
Germany skeptical about new all-male interim Taliban government	3 09:14 Raj [1755]
Ramzi bin al Shibh strolled into courtroom at Gitmo this morning wearing sunglasses and smiling while talking to mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad	1 08:52 Skidmark [1799]
Indian news channel uses Arma 3 gameplay footage to claim Pakistan bombed Afghanistan	2 08:48 Chris [1763]
Page 3: Non-WoT
ANOTHER vessel ‘runs aground in the Suez canal': Ship ‘is successfully refloated after route was temporarily blocked', local reports claim – following Ever Given grounding in March	2 22:11 Raj [1787]
Google staff are undergoing 'antiracism training' which promotes CRT, asks employees to 'identify their privileged identities' and rank themselves on a hierarchy and claims 'MAGA' is 'socially acceptable white supremacy'	0 [1752]
‘Havana syndrome ' and the mystery of the microwaves	0 [1751]
Smoke alarm goes off on ISS as astronauts 'smell burning': Incident is latest to affect Russia's segment of the space station	4 14:01 Skidmark [1748]
LAPD police chief ordered officers to 'collect social media profiles on every civilian they interview - including those who are NOT arrested or accused of committing a crime'	8 10:09 ed in texas [1757]
Could this be a cure for PTSD? Pill that could treat the disorder shows promise in animal trials as US Army and Air Force help fund the research	0 [1748]
'My university sacrificed ideas for ideology': Read the terrifying testimony of how Portland State University's cancel culture - obsessed with race and gender - drove a philosophy professor out because he would not conform	2 08:44 Skidmark [1751]
The footage that shames Louisiana's State Police: How officers routinely buried video evidence of 'racially motivated' attacks on black suspects, 'rubber-stamped' their reports and gave a 'wink and a nod' to the violence	4 14:18 Skidmark [1754]
Trial of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Theranos begins	6 12:30 g(r)omgoru [1786]
Aluminium prices hit 13-year high after GuineaCoup	3 17:04 SteveS [1764]
Philippines' Duterte accept 2022 vice-presidential nomination to stay in power	0 [1761]
Facebook pays contractors to read your 'encrypted' WhatsApp messages, shares info with prosecutors	8 21:51 trailing wife [1778]
At least 125 villagers were massacred in the Amhara region earlier this month	0 [1753]
NorthKorea appears to have staged a night-time military parade of a type it has used in the past to unveil new military hardware	3 11:12 SteveS [1753]
Five dead in residential gas explosion in Moskva	0 [1743]
Colorado city pays $3M to settle THAT police brutality lawsuit after laughing cops broke arm of dementia sufferer, 73, who forgot to pay for $13 of Walmart groceries	4 08:33 Skidmark [1757]
Evergrande: China's fragile housing giant	3 19:36 Percy Flotle3938 [1785]
Mercedes-Benz demos mind controls in its 'Avatar'-inspired car of the future	3 15:07 Rambler in Virginia [1749]
Bill Gates' investment firm to take control of Four Seasons in $2.21B deal	0 [1753]
Page 4: Opinion
CDC Says A New COVID Variant May Be Needed To Effectively Bury Afghanistan News	11 18:23 Bertie Hupusosh4648 [1751]
Former Fox host Bill O'Reilly predicts he 'will wind up in prison' after new book on the war on terror 'filled with classified information' is published	8 19:58 magpie [1785]
The American elite will be female	21 20:43 The Traveling Unvaxed [1791]
Watch: Joe Rogan Says He May Sue CNN For ‘Making Sh*t Up’ About Him ‘Taking Horse Dewormer’	28 22:45 The Traveling Unvaxed [1796]
Peter Zeihan from the slopes of Mt. Doom: Chinese ambitions must be evaluated against Chinese and Taiwanese and Japanese capabilities.	2 19:09 Chesney Gromose9602 [1746]
Who is provoking the Taiwan Strait War?	4 10:35 magpie [1775]
Goblin and Steshin about the Leningrad Blockade	0 [1768]
Page 6: Politix
White House to withdraw controversial ATF nominee David Chipman	4 17:39 Raj [1756]
Biden speech: 'Now, I'm supposed to stop and walk out of the room'	12 21:43 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1822]
AOC Defends Using the Phrase ‘Menstruating People': ‘Not Just Women' Can Menstruate'	10 17:36 ruprecht [1760]
Treasury Reiterates Warning US Government Could Run Out of Money to Service Debt By October	7 13:52 Tom [1765]
Man freed by Kamala-backed Minnesota bail fund charged with murder	1 13:27 Abu Uluque [1757]
@tedwheeler backtracks on the emergency resolution to ban Portland's government and employees from doing business with or traveling to Texas	5 16:47 Rex Mundi [1746]
Woman in gorilla mask throws projectile at @larryelder’s head	8 23:58 Chris [1787]
White House blames the beef, pork and poultry industry for 50% of grocery stores price rises and announces crackdown on meatpacking 'pandemic profiteering'	19 23:57 Skidmark [1789]

    
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                        22:45 The Traveling Unvaxed

                        22:40 The Traveling Unvaxed

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                        21:43 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589

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                        20:43 The Traveling Unvaxed

                        20:07 Lemuel Omeang2211

                        20:06 Frank G

                        20:04 magpie

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                        19:58 magpie

                        19:56 Angstrom

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                        19:36 Percy Flotle3938

                        19:29 Shomomp Tingle7088

                        19:20 Bertie Hupusosh4648

Who's in the News
29	[untagged]
8	Taliban/IEA
6	Islamic State
4	Sublime Porte
4	Commies
3	Arab Spring
2	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Nusra
1	[untagged]
1	Antifa/BLM
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Houthis
1	Human Trafficking
1	Islamic Jihad (Palestian)
1	PLO
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2021-09-09
Resistance leaders Massoud, Saleh still in Afghanistan's Panjshir, setting up parallel govt

Wed 2021-09-08
UN Vows Full Support For The Taliban

Tue 2021-09-07
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Mon 2021-09-06
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Sun 2021-09-05
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Sat 2021-09-04
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Fri 2021-09-03
British-born ISIS "Beatle'' due to plead guilty

Thu 2021-09-02
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Wed 2021-09-01
Six Iraqis on death row executed, three for 'terrorism': medic

Tue 2021-08-31
Final US evacuation flights leave, ending America’s 20-year Afghanistan war, equipment left behind disabled

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

Sun 2021-08-29
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Fri 2021-08-27
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Thu 2021-08-26
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