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Violent protests all over Iran sparked by massive price increases.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
1 passerby killed, at least 9 injured in blast in Karachi's Saddar	0 [11129]
East Jerusalem man caught after allegedly resisting arrest during riot, fleeing in ambulance	0 [11130]
Christian community demands justice over shooting incident in Rawalpindi	0 [11125]
Austria leads international bust of massive human trafficking ring	3 22:56 Super Hose [11124]
Turkish forces bomb villages in northern Aleppo	0 [11123]
Turkey Bombs Government Forces’ Posts And Villages In Kobani	0 [11124]
Turkish forces target the countryside of Manbij	0 [11126]
Iranian drones target areas north of Erbil	0 [11126]
UAV downed over a base of the Coalition in Saladin	0 [11129]
An Iraqi soldier found dead in Sinjar	0 [11127]
DEA quietly removes narco-busting aircraft from Mexico as drug overdoses skyrocket	10 20:59 Jefe101 [11129]
Peshmerga commander survives explosion in Tuz Khurmatu	0 [11124]
Kurdish citizen sustains wounds from IGRC gunshots	0 [11123]
Terrorist killed, nine captured in separate security operations in Baghdad and Kirku	0 [11126]
Kurdish and Iraqi forces join hands to clear Kafri and Tuz Khurmato from ISIS cells	0 [11122]
Five terrorists killed in Nineveh	0 [11124]
Three killed in militant attack in Nigeria	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Violent protests all over Iran sparked by massive price increases.	12 17:15 Chris [11131]
Abbas says reporter’s death will go to the ICC so Israel doesn’t ‘go unpunished’	5 19:25 trailing wife [11129]
France says two of its citizens detained in Iran, calls for their immediate release as admits nuclear talks talled	0 [11125]
Yasin Malik’s unilateral trial in India widely condemned	0 [11126]
'Nearly 50 Former Govt Officials Returned': Anas Haqqani	0 [11125]
US and Tajikistan discuss the fate of helicopters transported from Afghanistan	2 16:07 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11127]
Afghan Evacuees Cutting a Rough Time in US: Report	2 08:33 Too Old To Work [11127]
Gender Segregation Plan of Taliban in Restaurants	3 12:10 Super Hose [11127]
US to facilitate foreign investment in northeastern Syria, bypassing sanctions	0 [11124]
Duhok official says around 300 families have returned to Shingal	0 [11128]
In Deep South, people hope Ramadan truce can help bring permanent peace	3 15:47 Rob Crawford [11127]
SDF Denies Bombing Area Inside Turkey	0 [11125]
Death row inmate in al-Hout dies on Thursday	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russia's top commanders fired, suspended or arrested over blunders	3 16:25 DarthVader [11129]
Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal Is ‘Temporarily on Hold' on recalculating how many bots/fake accounts there are	34 17:22 NN2N1 [11128]
Finance Experts downplay yuan's depreciation	2 17:33 Mullah Richard [11127]
North Korea fires missiles after Covid lockdown	2 09:31 Skidmark [11127]
Crack Pipes in 'Safe Smoking Kits' Prove Psaki and Fact-Checkers Lied in Denials	6 15:12 Skidmark [11125]
Republican J. D. Vance Calls Out Both Parties for Having ‘gotten rich off' Doing Business with China	1 07:08 NN2N1 [11124]
Concentration of Russian cellular SIMs in Ukraine gives a good estimate of force distribution.	18 17:04 magpie [11126]
The states hit hardest by the baby formula shortage revealed: More than 50% of product is out of stock at stores in Tennessee, Texas and Biden's home state Delaware - while 43% is missing from shelves nationwide and infants go hungry	10 20:54 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11126]
Why You Shouldn’t Draw Your Weapon If You Don’t Intend To Use It	3 09:43 Skidmark [11124]
Outrage as prosecutors agree to slash sentences for pair of NYC lawyers who firebombed NYPD van during 2020 BLM riots	3 11:54 NoMoreBS [11127]
San Diego County Passes Ordinance to Change Definition of ‘Woman'	6 19:31 Frank G [11133]
Dramatic new videos show Russian tanks being blown sky-high in Ukraine	7 13:15 Greater the Anonymous5721 [11126]
Russian military hardware wrecked in Ukraine war could ‘lower demand' in Southeast Asia	6 16:39 swksvolFF [11125]
The Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine	10 13:27 NoMoreBS [11124]
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 12th, 2022	1 08:26 Rob Crawford [11130]
Ukrainians take stock of what remains of their village after Russian forces retreat	1 12:35 Procopius2k [11123]
Grain seizures in Ukraine evoke memories of 1930s famine	3 15:39 Rob Crawford [11127]
Suspect in armed elevator rape is Level 3 sex offender who spent 16 years in jail and just got out	2 10:08 Skidmark [11123]
Russian soldiers seen shooting dead unarmed civilians	0 [11126]
Putin warns about the consequences if the policy of sanctions continues	1 08:14 Rob Crawford [11127]
From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary May 12th (updated)	1 08:21 Rob Crawford [11126]
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: May 12th, 2022	0 [11125]
'Absolute chaos': Yoot mob overtakes Chicago streets, wild video shows	8 18:39 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11129]
Ruble soars again to five year high against dollar, 65 RUB:USD	56 20:18 swksvolFF [11127]
UNITED STATES Named Host Nation for 2031 and 2033 Rugby World Cup	4 16:37 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Debacle On The Donets: How Russian Forces Got Obliterated Trying To Cross A River	1 21:53 Greater the Anonymous5721 [11127]
Russian & Ukrainian Actual Casualty Rates - Parsing Propaganda with Statistics (pro-Russian Source)	2 12:23 Lord Garth [11127]
Who’s Paying Protesters to Harass Justices and Churches?	4 11:25 3dc [11133]
A message of Greeting	1 13:10 Procopius2k [11124]
Russia Looking Forward To Picking Up $40 Billion In New Equipment After US Abandons Ukraine	3 10:36 ruprecht [11122]
Briefly in Severodonetsk. 05/12/2022	0 [11125]
Formula for Baby Formula	10 21:54 trailing wife [11129]
VDH - Imagine the Unimaginable - dumpster fires	3 07:33 Besoeker [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Women Need Abortions To Fight Inflation, Dem Rep Says	5 22:17 Airandee [11129]
More than 80 former Chuck Schumer staffers employed by Big Tech	4 17:11 magpie [11127]
Judge orders Steele dossier firm Fusion GPS to turn over 22 emails to John Durham	1 17:36 NN2N1 [11130]
Florida press hides black Democrat's gay sex scandal	5 10:45 swksvolFF [11131]

    
                22:56 Super Hose

                        22:17 Airandee

                        21:54 trailing wife

                        21:53 Greater the Anonymous5721

                        21:02 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

                        20:59 Jefe101

                        20:54 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843

                        20:25 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

                        20:18 swksvolFF

                        19:40 Matt

                        19:31 Frank G

                        19:25 trailing wife

                        18:56 Frank G

                        18:39 Seeking Cure For Ignorance

                        18:35 swksvolFF

                        18:21 swksvolFF

                        17:48 Albemarle Ulease2342

                        17:36 NN2N1

                        17:33 Mullah Richard

                        17:22 NN2N1

                        17:21 Nero

                        17:15 Chris

                        17:11 magpie

                        17:07 Papa Cooky

Who's in the News
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9	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
4	Commies
3	Govt of Iran
3	Sublime Porte
3	Taliban/IEA
3	Islamic State
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Antifa/BLM
1	Devout Moslems
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Moslem Colonists

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2022-05-13
Violent protests all over Iran sparked by massive price increases.

Thu 2022-05-12
Ukraine thwarts Russian battalion's river-crossing and destroys at least 58 vehicles

Wed 2022-05-11
Camps Discovered in Russia House Thousands of Ukrainians Forcibly Removed From Homeland

Tue 2022-05-10
Sri Lanka PM quits as violence kills 3, injures 150

Mon 2022-05-09
At least 11 Egyptian soldiers killed in armed attack in Sinai

Sun 2022-05-08
Islamic Emirate Announces Rules for Women’s Covering

Sat 2022-05-07
Taiwan’s air force scrambled to warn away 18 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone

Fri 2022-05-06
Russia's Admiral Makarov warship 'on fire after being hit by Ukrainian missile'

Thu 2022-05-05
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Three In Borno As @UN Chief Visits Maiduguri

Wed 2022-05-04
Oil depot on fire in occupied Makiivka

Tue 2022-05-03
Russian Army’s Chief Of Staff Wounded In Ukraine, Other Officers Feared Killed

Mon 2022-05-02
Russia's offensive along a broad front in Ukraine’s east has been stalling

Sun 2022-05-01
Russia will quit the International Space Station due to economic sanctions over war in Ukraine

Sat 2022-04-30
Nigerian Troops Killed ISWAP Commander, Dan-Buduma, Over 100 Other Terrorists

Fri 2022-04-29
Russian Military Attacks Ukrainian Capital During UN Secretary-General's Visit

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