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Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Afternoon	5 23:18 Thaith Elmeresing6163 [11134]
Clashes erupt in Yabad as IDF raid village to arrest soldier's killer	1 10:17 Whiskey Mike [11134]
Turkey detains 38 in Van over suspected links to armed attack, 4 more Kurd-linked mayors	0 [11129]
Egyptian military kills 7 takfiri elements in North Sinai	0 [11129]
Islamist militants kill five soldiers in Nigeria's northeast	0 [11133]
3 Palestinians attempt attack on army post near Jerusalem, are hit by IDF fire	1 10:42 Frank G [11136]
huge explosion was heard in Aleppo city after unknown aircraft conducted airstrikes on the Ramouseh military base	3 14:56 Skidmark [11133]
Al_Bab \| Clashes erupt between #Turkish-backed factions and "#Al_Bab_Military_Council"	0 [11128]
Deir Ezzor \| Iranian forces continue boosting positions in the desert	0 [11130]
National_Liberation_Front responds to regime bloody attacks, shelling positions in southern Idlib	0 [11126]
New reinforcement from 4th Division arrive at rural #Daraa frontlines	0 [11131]
Clashes erupt among #Turkish-backed factions near #Bab_al_Salama border crossing with #Turkey	0 [11129]
Jisr_al_Shughour Radical members humiliate muezzin of mosque, accusing him of heresy	0 [11126]
On the 15th of April 2020, both Abdulrahman Milad & Ahmed AlDabbashi led the GNA attack on Sibrata.	0 [11126]
Civilian bus, another watermelon truck hit via #Turkish UAV	4 14:08 Skidmark [11129]
Mitiga airbase under bombardment	0 [11127]
LNA's Air-Force conducts air-strikes and targets #GNA terrorists positions and their ammo/weapon depot in #Zuwara	0 [11129]
Sheikh Abdullah Makhlouf, Head of the Municipality of Kabou has been assassinated by #GNA terrorists	0 [11135]
'3 Police, 5 Taliban Killed' in Kunduz Clashes	0 [11133]
Page 2: WoT Background
EU Courts Tells Hungary to Release Migrants In Border Transit Zone Detention	8 17:00 Vernal Hatrick [11128]
Paris prosecutors say murder of Holocaust survivor was anti-Semitic	1 06:28 Deacon Blues [11130]
Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze	2 16:04 jpal [11139]
Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Stoltenberg's comments do "not express the positions of the Alliance"	0 [11127]
Mercury Public Affairs Gets $150k A Month Contract With Expired UN Selected MB ‘govt’ Occupying Tripoli	1 08:47 b [11125]
EU Foreign Ministers joint statement: Turkey should avoid making threats and taking actions that damage good neighbourly relations	0 [11127]
Was it Taliban or ISIS; Khalilzad confirms US assessment regarding recent deadly attacks	0 [11132]
Egypt: Missing Christian Mother Reappears as Pious Muslim in Video	1 07:38 Procopius2k [11129]
Grooming Gang Victim Speaks Out After Encountering Rapist Who Was Supposed to Be Deported	2 14:07 Lex [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Coronavirus's Economic Blow Forces Universities To Adapt	5 22:54 trailing wife [11128]
F.D.A. Halts Coronavirus Testing Program Backed by Bill Gates	0 [11130]
F-22 Crashes Near Eglin - Pilot Safe	4 20:06 SteveS [11131]
New Harvard Business School Study: Majority of US Small Businesses Expect to Be Wiped Out; 100,000 Have Already Permanently Shuttered	5 16:41 Skidmark [11127]
Covid Modeling by Kegger	0 [11134]
Yuge Rise in Attendance at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Queens	0 [11131]
M1 Carbines ~ .30 Carbine, Cabelas La Vista	4 15:03 Skidmark [11134]
Cafe in Germany Asks Customers to Wear Pool Noodles On Their Heads	13 22:50 trailing wife [11133]
Trump threatens China ties, says he’s in no mood for talks with Xi	0 [11129]
Coronavirus roundup	14 17:00 Lex [11134]
Taiwan rejects China's main condition for WHO participation	1 06:57 M. Murcek [11131]
CNBC: Get Ready For New Trump EO To Force Essential-Drug Production In US	1 05:42 Phusotle Dingle5823 [11131]
Still Hiring! Walmart, Other Superstores Buck U.S. Employment Trend	6 23:38 Bobby [11133]
Blacklight experiment shows how coronavirus spreads on surfaces - WATCH	1 14:02 swksvolFF [11132]
Francis, Vicar of Gaia, Joins Imams in Interfaith-Type Prayer-Sorta	2 22:21 Woodrow [11130]
Convict freed from prison due to coronavirus accused of murder in Denver	9 12:54 g(r)omgoru [11129]
YouTube: 'Wanna Be Friends?' - The Most Dangerous Comment On YouTube	1 06:42 M. Murcek [11131]
More than 600 Pakistani girls 'sold as brides' to China	1 18:33 M. Murcek [11129]
Earthquake 6.5 on Nevada/Cal border just near 2 supervolcanos and Nuke test sites.	8 13:52 swksvolFF [11132]
Businessman showers in front of Brazil's President after forgetting to switch his camera off	0 [11130]
NIH to study malaria drug championed by President Trump against COVID-19	2 18:54 Clem [11145]
Page 4: Opinion
Reminder: Adolf Hitler Also Wanted To Go Outside And Do Things	3 18:28 CrazyFool [11130]
John James, the Michigan GOP's Rising Star	10 16:59 Vernal Hatrick [11136]
Obama-Appointed State Department Inspector General Fired	8 16:34 Regular joe [11128]
Trump Appoints Angry Honey Badger As New Press Secretary	12 20:03 SteveS [11130]
A Failure of Leadership, Part III: The Beginning of the End of China	14 17:27 Bobby [11131]
NSC Insider: ‘Beyond Biden, Brennan, and Clapper - How Grenell's satchel tells us this is on the right track’	2 09:35 JohnQC [11129]
Sabo Street Art Calls Out California, L.A. Coronavirus Lockdown Overreach	2 12:10 M. Murcek [11134]
Heather M: Outdoor Masks = Opportunity for Left to replace masculine values of ‘honor, duty, sacrifice, risk-taking with feminized ethos’	11 14:23 Lex [11130]
North Sinai security situation may be deteriorating, concern increases	1 00:18 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Page 6: Politix
Michigan's Sociopath Lady Governor: Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Just Trump Rallies In Disguise… Yeah, no.	8 12:40 bbrewer126 [11135]
Former Shadow President Brennan Urges ‘Remarkable' FBI Dir. Wray to ‘Stay Strong' Amid Trump's ‘Abuse of Authority'	6 10:21 Cesare [11135]
Vid: White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany thanks CBS Steven Portnoy	9 13:27 Skidmark [11125]
Slam! DNI Ric Grenell Announces the FBI Will No Longer be Giving Intelligence-Based Threat Briefings to Candidates	3 13:31 Skidmark [11132]
What did China want for the $1.5 BILLION they gave to Joe Biden's deadbeat son Hunter? Trump has this fast commercial	5 13:32 Skidmark [11127]
Los Angeles to shut off water, power of nonessential businesses that refuse to close amid coronavirus	17 23:15 SteveS [11132]
Bee or Not Bee? ACLU Sues Betsy DeVos on behalf of Kampus Kangaroo Courts	7 14:04 Lex [11136]

    
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                        19:37 DarthVader

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Who's in the News
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5	Arab Spring
3	Moslem Colonists
3	Islamic State
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Commies
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	al-Nusra
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Syria
1	Human Trafficking
1	Salafists
1	Taliban

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2020-05-16
Tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran reportedly set ablaze

Fri 2020-05-15
France: Pro-Refugee Activist Murdered by Migrant He Was Sleeping With

Thu 2020-05-14
Nangarhar Funeral Bombing Death Toll Rises to 32

Wed 2020-05-13
President Ghani, in light of attacks, orders Afghan forces to resume attacks on the Taliban

Tue 2020-05-12
GNA militia evacuate their headquarters in Abuslim

Mon 2020-05-11
Iran navy own goal in Oman Gulf exercise; 24 dead

Sun 2020-05-10
GNA militias lines collapsing quickly
in Abuslim and Salah AlDin with a LNA advance

Sat 2020-05-09
Houthi Yemeni Scholar Ibrahim Al-Ubeidi: Saud Clan Is a Jewish Family

Fri 2020-05-08
933 Taliban Prisoners Freed by Afghan Govt, More Promised

Thu 2020-05-07
PM is elected in Iraq without guidance from Qassem Soleimani

Wed 2020-05-06
16 killed as airstrike targets gathering convened by Red Unit commander of Taliban

Tue 2020-05-05
U.S. approves first Sudanese ambassador in two decades

Mon 2020-05-04
66 civilians killed, wounded in Taliban attacks in first week of Ramadan

Sun 2020-05-03
Multiple gunshots fired from N. Korea
hit S. Korean DMZ guard post

Sat 2020-05-02
Trial begins in Denmark of man accused of attack plot for Iran

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