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Day 2:Joint US, France, UK attack launched on Syria on rural Damascus
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Russian choppers pave the way for new Syrian Army advance in northeast Homs	3 20:38 Zhang Fei [11128]
Jabhat Tahrir Souriya sends reinforcements to west Aleppo	0 [11129]
Russia’s heavy bombers return to Iran, presumably for Syria-related operations	0 [11128]
Day 2:Joint US, France, UK attack launched on Syria on rural Damascus	30 20:07 Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 [11135]
NDS Special Forces storm Taliban compound in Nangarhar province	0 [11128]
ISIS suffer heavy casualties in joint raids of Afghan and US forces	0 [11125]
Ten ANP soldiers martyred in a coordinated attack in Shindand	0 [11126]
Vienna court imprisons teen over planned Christmas attacks in Germany	0 [11125]
Israeli Drone in Akkar, Leb Overflight Similar to One that Preceded T-4 Strike	0 [11129]
Iraqi paramilitary troops repulse Islamic State attack coming from Syria	0 [11126]
Six Islamic State members, including woman, arrested in Mosul: Ministry	0 [11125]
Mosque in northern West Bank torched in apparent anti-Arab hate crime	4 18:51 Percy McCoy4369 [11139]
Page 2: WoT Background
More Than Half of German Welfare Recipients Come from Migrant Backgrounds	1 06:32 Besoeker [11128]
Libya’s Haftar reported dead in Paris	0 [11126]
US advancing colonial plots under war on terror cover: Houthi	0 [11126]
Pakistani court bans ex-PM Nawaz Sharif from parliament for life	0 [11124]
Duterte to ICC prosecutor: I will arrest you if you come here	2 20:57 magpie [11129]
Turkey orders detention of 140 people over Gulen links	3 11:46 trailing wife [11129]
Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Israel made 'historic mistake' in Syria	2 15:39 g(r)omgoru [11129]
60 leaders of Taliban’s Quetta Council ready to join peace, claims Gen. Raziq	1 07:26 Besoeker [11127]
Islamic State claims responsibility killing, injuring tens of people in Thursday’s blasts, north of Salahuddin	0 [11128]
IDF: Iranian drone we downed in February was on armed sabotage mission	0 [11128]
One machete crime every 90 minutes on Britain's streets as police try to deal with thugs carrying out murders, rapes and burglaries	6 22:49 DarthVader [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Japan just found a 'semi-infinite' deposit of rare-earth minerals ‐ and it could be a 'game-changer' in competition with China	12 23:57 Anomalous Sources [11134]
Scripps College Pool Party Desegregated	11 17:19 JHH [11126]
Ace Hardware continues ads with Laura Ingraham	4 14:11 g(r)omgoru [11130]
3 US banks post higher profits with huge assist from tax law	0 [11126]
Sit before reading this, and put your coffee far away.	3 09:39 M. Murcek [11128]
Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones	2 19:29 Anomalous Sources [11128]
CNN Person of Entitlement throws cursing hissy fit at LaGuardia Airport	2 09:57 M. Murcek [11124]
Syria Heading the United Nation's Conference on Disarmament	4 23:53 Anomalous Sources [11133]
Video: YouTube shooter tells police she won't hurt anyone	0 [11126]
UK says Russia’s false flag chemical weapons claim is ‘a blatant lie’	1 18:40 Percy McCoy4369 [11129]
Looks like extraterrestrial equipment	4 23:49 Anomalous Sources [11126]
More New York Antics: Stalled poop train stinks up Alabama town	3 20:16 Deacon Blues [11128]
Russia stops NATO's access to the Volga Dnieper Antonov 124	3 15:41 Nero Johnson7394 [11124]
Singapore to test facial recognition on lampposts, stoking privacy fears	8 23:03 Whetle Whager1381 [11127]
32 US embassy workers in Cambodia fired over alleged sharing of porn, including underage images	1 08:20 Procopius2k [11129]
Let Us Dynamically Advance under Guidance of Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un	2 13:33 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
Charlize Theron Considers Leaving America as ‘Racism Alive and Well'	11 23:04 magpie [11128]
Penn Professor Critical of Affirmative Action Receives ‘Academic Courage' Award	2 07:34 JohnQC [11125]
UN AMBO Nikki Haley: No One Is Buying Russia's Lies, Cover-Ups	1 05:42 Besoeker [11130]
Tech Industry Insiders See Hypocrisy in Dem Questioning on Facebook	4 16:12 Anomalous Sources [11128]
The De-Policing of America	3 09:21 M. Murcek [11126]
Russian AWAC plane in Syria that could harass US ships during a potential strike	4 14:13 Skidmark [11128]
This Week in Guns, April 14th, 2018	3 10:34 swksvolFF [11126]
Page 6: Politix
US to audit grants awarded to California bullet train	6 13:50 CrazyFool [11126]
'Here I Stand' ‐ Or There He Goes?	1 08:19 JohnQC [11127]
Turns out Comey gave Hillary a pass on emails because he thought she would win	7 16:17 Anomalous Sources [11125]
Ex-CIA director tears into Trump: 'Your kakistocracy is collapsing'	8 19:00 Alaska Paul [11131]
GOP financier quits over $1.6m payout via Trump lawyer	2 10:45 Glenmore [11126]
Top Republicans demand Rosenstein turn over copies of James Comey's memos about Trump	4 16:04 Anomalous Sources [11126]
U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Report on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe	7 09:48 M. Murcek [11127]
So much for President Zuck: The week a stuttering and squeaky voiced Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg saw his political ambitions crash and burn	4 08:15 AlanC [11127]

    
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                        19:25 Zhang Fei

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                        18:51 Percy McCoy4369

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