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High Seas: US and Netherlands authorities intercept 8,500 pounds of cocaine worth $245m and arrest 13 drug smugglers during 45-day sting operation in the Caribbean Sea
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
14 said arrested in Jerusalem over past 3 days for alleged attack plans, incitement	1 18:59 jpal [11134]
Chinese pistol, AK-47s seized near terrorist hideout near LoC	4 16:59 M. Murcek [11129]
IIT graduate attacks two constables at Gorakhnath temple; UP govt terms it an 'act of terror'	0 [11131]
Kashmiri Pandit shot at by terrorists in Shopian; Fourth attack in valley in 24 hours	1 17:26 Papa Cooky [11139]
ISIS members overseeing Baghdad suicide bombing handed death sentence	0 [11134]
High Seas: US and Netherlands authorities intercept 8,500 pounds of cocaine worth $245m and arrest 13 drug smugglers during 45-day sting operation in the Caribbean Sea	11 18:44 swksvolFF [11136]
Mosul: Iraqi soldiers injured in suicide attack	0 [11129]
Scores of ISIS militants killed in armed clashes with Iraqi army in Nineveh	0 [11132]
Turkey Targets Vehicle of Syriac Military Council in Hasakah	0 [11134]
Unknown gunmen kill, injure members of government forces in Daraa	0 [11132]
Government forces and opposition factions exchange shelling in Syria’s Idlib and Aleppo	0 [11134]
Gunmen Attack Local Government Headquarters In Imo	0 [11128]
Suspected Herdsmen Kill 12 Persons In Plateau	0 [11129]
Bandits Invade Zamfara Community	0 [11130]
Bandits Abduct 22 Villagers On Abuja-Kaduna Highway	0 [11134]
15 More ‘Boko Haram Fighters’ Surrender To Nigerian Troops In Borno	0 [11131]
Bandits Invade Kaduna Communities, Abduct 4 Families	0 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran says oil production back to pre-Trump maximum pressure sanctions levels	0 [11131]
Hamas said to have stopped Islamic Jihad from firing rockets to avenge dead members	0 [11127]
More than 150 still missing after Nigeria train attack	0 [11137]
Mass grave found in Najaf	0 [11131]
Black Lives Matter secretly used $6 million in donations to buy luxurious 6,500-square foot mansion with seven bedrooms and parking for 20 cars in Southern California in 2020 where leaders have filmed YouTube videos	6 14:31 NN2N1 [11130]
Relief charities supported and funded by Turkey grant lands to settlers without reference to their owners	0 [11133]
Imran Khan accuses US diplomat of trying to overthrow government	41 21:23 Rob Crawford [11135]
Taliban BANS opium: Hardline rulers of Afghanistan say anyone caught growing poppy crop will be subjected to Sharia law	18 21:26 Rob Crawford [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
TimCast: Elon Musk Was Just Appointed A DIRECTOR At Twitter, Woke Leftists Panic Over Losing Censorship Power	4 18:53 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11130]
'Fundamental flaws' of Russian warfare in Ukraine revealed-Sky News Australia	12 21:15 Rob Crawford [11134]
Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka are victims of the Chinese debt trap	1 05:52 Dron66046 [11135]
Great News! Elon Musk Becomes Twitter's Largest Shareholder After Conducting a Poll	12 13:30 swksvolFF [11132]
Dead rapper's body propped up in club for ‘disrespectful' public viewing	8 18:19 JohnQC [11132]
Germany Seizes Control of Gazprom Unit to Secure Gas Supply	1 10:35 Vespasian Omereque5237 [11128]
Shanghai separates coronavirus-infected children from their parents with under 7s taken to health centres and older kids held in quarantine facilities as part of brutal zero-Covid policy	0 [11127]
Woman cheated out of $108,000 to fraudster using Latvian official’s photos	1 13:51 Tom [11133]
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: April 4th, 2022	0 [11135]
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appears in court as jury selection begins for trial to decide whether he will get the death penalty or life in prison	16 16:17 Skidmark [11133]
From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary April 4th (updated)	6 13:49 Matt [11134]
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Military summary of the LDNR. April 4 (updated)	0 [11129]
Russian Gives Up Sumy area in Ukraine- militaryland sitrep	1 01:05 Besoeker [11131]
US considers vaccinating chickens to protect from devastating bird flu outbreak that has caused 22 million poultry deaths in America	25 14:32 Rex Mundi [11129]
'Gunman', 26, suspected of carrying out Sacramento shooting that killed six as final victims are named as homeless woman, 57, who slept on nearby street and much-loved only child, 32	12 23:58 Phusoper Snore3986 [11132]
Al-Assad’s advisor announced Syria’s support to Russia and Syrians readiness to join along Russia in its war in Ukraine	0 [11129]
Police Inspector Dies During Sex Romp With Secret Lover In Oyo Hotel	7 13:34 Abu Uluque [11131]
Russian Army is now visually confirmed to have lost at least 400 tanks	59 22:32 Thumper Dark Lord of the Wee Folk2728 [11132]
From the Russian Perspective: More on Bucha Incident	3 20:31 badanov [11135]
News from the Breakaway Republics, April 5th, 2022	2 11:37 M. Murcek [11127]
Map of the approximate situation in Ukraine as of 20:00 UTC 03/04/22	1 08:33 Greng Black3494 [11127]
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 4 April 2022	1 16:36 Skidmark [11130]
Zelensky wants mothers of Russian soldiers to see their sons' atrocities in Ukraine	7 17:44 swksvolFF [11128]
Indonesian court sentences teacher to death for raping 13 students	0 [11127]
Man linked to a series of brutal sexual assaults in the 1980s sentenced to 650 years in prison	7 13:22 M. Murcek [11128]
Bodies in Bucha were visible in satellite imagery for weeks	21 20:39 ruprecht [11136]
Boris Johnson goes nuclear: PM plans SEVEN new reactors to boost UK's energy self-reliance - but drops plans to double the number of wind turbines amid Tory backlash	6 21:24 magpie [11129]
Finland will decide whether to join NATO within weeks in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite Moscow threats of retaliation	5 12:46 Omomolet Phutch9064 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Background Info: Wikipedia Entry on The Hue Massacre	0 [11126]
What Is China Learning from the Ukraine War?	11 19:04 Procopius2k [11130]
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, "The New Normal": Obligatory confinement of entire population was recommended in 2001 by NSC's Richard Hatchett	0 [11131]
Corporate News Outlets Again 'Confirm' the Same False Story, While Many Refuse to Correct it	2 04:55 Bangkok Billy [11133]
Bloomberg columnist explains why gun control research is worthless	0 [11129]
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon slams Biden administration for 'incomprehensible and uncoordinated' policies, crippling cost of regulation and 'dysfunctional' politics	4 18:52 swksvolFF [11134]
Polish-Soviet contradictions, Belarus, Lithuania, the Baltic States at beginning of 1919	4 11:41 badanov [11128]
Civilians of Bucha were shot by the Nazis	0 [11128]
Bucha: The banality of staged atrocities	11 15:21 M. Murcek [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Biden pushes for US mines to ramp up production of EV battery components	27 17:50 swksvolFF [11131]
I Had No Idea Biden Was Doing This	15 12:19 Abu Uluque [11128]
President Biden described ~~Fox News~~ Rantburg as 'one of the most destructive forces in the US' and owner ~~Rupert Murdoch~~ Fred as 'the most dangerous man in the world', according to latest revelations from new book This Will Not Pass	17 16:46 M. Murcek [11128]
Nets Refuse to Cover Secret Service Spending Thousands with Hunter in Malibu	6 12:23 Skidmark [11127]
Sen. Blunt says he's a no vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court, Mittens and Lisa Murkowski pledge yes	4 10:52 Woodrow [11129]
Joe Biden 'confident' Hunter didn't break law in dealings with Ukraine, China: Klain	7 14:46 NN2N1 [11125]
Donald Trump endorses Sarah Palin in Alaska's special congressional race	2 11:00 M. Murcek [11129]
'Wicked man': McMuffin denounces Trump endorsement of Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee	3 12:38 Abu Uluque [11129]
Greg Abbott eyes a third term	0 [11128]
Ted Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race	1 06:33 The Walking Unvaxed [11134]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
4	Commies
4	Banditti
2	Islamic State
2	Govt of Syria
2	Sublime Porte
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)
1	Narcos
1	Taliban/IEA
1	Antifa/BLM
1	Devout Moslems
1	Fatah
1	Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Haram)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies

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