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30 Civilians Killed And More Than 50 Others Wounded In Sadr City Explosion
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IDF intel chief says Israel under nonstop cyber-threats, is retaliating	0 [11127]
Philippine Troops Kill Suspect from Islamic State-Affiliated Group	0 [11126]
Good Morning	10 17:28 jpal [11127]
Reports circulating of at least two Syrian fighters killed and several injured during Israeli airstrikes Monday night in Aleppo	3 20:29 Frank G [11131]
30 Civilians Killed And More Than 50 Others Wounded In Sadr City Explosion	2 12:18 Frank G [11137]
A bomb exploded in front of the house of a civil activist in Nasiriyah	0 [11128]
Protests against water shortages in Iran spread to the city of Izeh	1 08:47 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [11125]
Turkish forces and opposition factions bombard civilian cars on the M4 road north of Raqqa,	0 [11123]
Turkish forces and Turkish-backed armed factions have targeted the Shi'ite towns of Nubl and Zahra	0 [11128]
Russian warplanes launched airstrikes on the sites of the Turkish-backed armed factions in the northern countryside of Latakia and the western countryside of Hama	0 [11130]
Turkey Installs Air Defence System in Libya's Bani Walid	0 [11127]
Recovery of drugs from CIA cops proof of their involvement in dirty business	0 [11124]
Russian Pantsyr-S and Buk-M2 systems intercept 7 Israeli air launched missiles, Syria warns of repercussions	3 14:53 Mike Kozlowski [11132]
Greek authorities on Lesbos say they are drawing up a criminal case, including on charges of espionage, against 10 people	7 14:57 Vespasian Turkeyneck4945 [11133]
US military conducted an air strike against al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants in Somalia	0 [11133]
Video from this week shows an assailant smashing a bottle over an NYPD officer's head in an unprovoked assault	0 [11132]
Coptic church in British Columbia that was recently targeted in an arson attack was burned down this week	2 13:17 [11127]
IDF has retaliated inside Lebanon for rockets fired	0 [11129]
#ISIS claims responsibility for the rocket attack near the Afghan presidential palace in #Kabul	0 [11131]
Mali's interim President Assimi Goita attacked by two men at a mosque in the capital, Bamako	0 [11124]
Hundreds of illegal immigrants try to force their way into the United States at the Del Rio crossing in Texas: Data shows 188,000 migrants were apprehended in June alone amid Biden and Kamala's border crisis	4 12:34 Abu Uluque [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al-Shabaab leader threatens electoral delegates ahead of the polls	0 [11130]
Israeli envoy urges 35 US states to activate anti-BDS laws against Ben and Jerry’s	13 20:43 Lord Garth [11127]
100,000 Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Eid al-Adha	2 04:34 Dron66046 [11123]
Suspect in fatal German knife attack sent to psychiatric hospital	2 17:16 Croque Fliting8030 [11129]
Noor: Taliban Sought Prisoner Release, Blacklisted Names Removed	0 [11128]
Afghans Spend Calm Day as Eid Begins Despite No Truce	2 11:14 Chris [11123]
Buhari Challenges Nigerians to Expose Sponsors of Insecurity	0 [11126]
EU Stresses Need for Foreign Forces to Withdraw from Libya	0 [11127]
An investigation into the alleged kidnapping of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter has found no evidence of an abduction	3 11:43 SteveS [11126]
Erdogan wants US to pay for Turks to run Kabul airport after withdrawal	1 11:15 Chris [11125]
EU policymakers propose a new agency to stop financial firms from aiding criminals and terrorists	0 [11125]
Biden sez Iran's arms transfers to Hezbollah undermine Leb sovereignty	0 [11131]
Death toll from street protests over water shortages in Iran’s oil-rich southwestern Ahwaz region rises to five	3 09:13 Mullah Richard [11127]
Peace talks on ‘two-state’ basis only way to resolve Cyprus issue: Erdogan	0 [11129]
Afghan politician rejects Iranian daily's report on 'Shia mobilization force'	0 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
'Jews are behind the pandemic' chanted at anti-vaccine protest in Poland	9 23:17 Spoter B [11127]
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Takes Stunning Loss After Kneeling For BLM At Olympic Opener	13 23:20 Spoter B [11128]
Jeff Bezos giving $100 million to CNN fellas José Andrés, Van Jones after Blue Origin rocket flight	5 18:22 Skidmark [11129]
Dubai makes its own RAIN to tackle 122F heat: Drones blast clouds with electrical charge to produce downpours	2 17:35 Bobby [11124]
At least 18 people drown as 'heaviest rain in 1,000 years' floods China with 22 INCHES in ONE day and subway passengers left trapped in neck-deep water while air slowly ran out	6 17:43 Bobby [11130]
Pegasus scandal: Are we all becoming unknowing spies?	3 14:39 NoMoreBS [11125]
Oklahoma man arrested after 12-year-old arrives at Tulsa hospital 9 months pregnant	12 14:55 NN2N1 [11130]
Game 5 Of The NBA Finals - Bottom Of The Barrell	6 17:43 swksvolFF [11126]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister sacks Health Minister amid spiraling coronavirus cases	0 [11126]
China slams Chinese Taipei’s plan to open embassy in Lithuania	1 00:36 SteveS [11126]
Leftist Castillo declared Peru's new president after lengthy election standoff	1 11:14 Glenmore [11125]
Deliveries of modern technology to Russian Ground Forces	4 14:46 NoMoreBS [11127]
1-Year-Old Hospitalized After Being Shot In West Philadelphia Double Shooting, Police Say	0 [11129]
Scientists create the world's thinnest magnet that is just one ATOM thick and could lead to huge advances in quantum computing	2 15:46 swksvolFF [11128]
Police no longer seizing marijuana at New York airports	2 10:30 SteveS [11123]
Tiny bikini bottoms all round! Beach volleyball teams from Australia and the Netherlands plan to compete at Tokyo Olympics in skimpy swimwear - after Norway's athletes were fined for wearing shorts in another competition because they 'felt sexualised'	9 18:19 Bubba Bluetooth8264 [11127]
COVID cases among migrants in Rio Grande Valley sector surge 900% as border numbers continue to rise	4 14:50 NoMoreBS [11125]
LAPD bomb squad 'miscalculated' weight of homemade fireworks when 'controlled' detonation went horribly wrong destroying armored truck and leaving 17 people injured	15 18:41 swksvolFF [11129]
'He was nonchalantly shooting at anybody and anything': Picture emerges of Tucson, AZ felon, 35, who shot dead neighbor in front of his young son before wounding firefighters and paramedics in 'nightmare scenario'	5 14:58 g(r)omgoru [11125]
'I got you!' Moment hero cop catches family of six - including four young children - as they jump from burning home in New York	1 09:12 JohnQC [11124]
State Department warns Americans NOT to travel to the UK because of COVID Delta variant surge as nation fully reopens	3 16:55 Mullah Richard [11122]
Page 4: Opinion
Haiti minister says ‘big fish' behind president's killing still at large	2 20:31 SteveS [11127]
Socialism is Loot and Plunder by a Ruling Clique	4 12:15 Abu Uluque [11126]
The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Episode 13: A Farmer's Wisdom with Victor Davis Hanson	0 [11128]
Head of the Stavropol traffic police and his golden shitter	0 [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Senator Rand Paul says he will ask DOJ for 'criminal referral' over Fauci testimony	7 18:41 magpie [11133]
Vaccinated Pelosi & Biden Aides Test Positive For The Coof After Meeting With TX Dems…	12 20:20 crazyhorse [11127]
Buzzfeed makes STUNNING revelation about the FBI and the plot to kidnap Gov. Witmer	15 18:43 magpie [11126]
Biden Brags About 'His' Economic Recovery	5 10:01 Besoeker [11131]
Motion to Proceed Immediately with Ballot Inspection in Fulton County Submitted to Superior Court	8 17:58 irish rage boy [11132]
Thousands of federal convicts released to home confinement during COVID will be sent BACK to prison when the pandemic 'emergency' is over, Biden administration says	5 18:13 swksvolFF [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Sublime Porte
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Taliban
3	Human Trafficking
2	Hezbollah
2	Narcos
2	Islamic State
2	Commies
2	Devout Moslems
2	Govt of Iran
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
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1	Antifa/BLM
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2021-07-21
30 Civilians Killed And More Than 50 Others Wounded In Sadr City Explosion

Tue 2021-07-20
Ghani Visits Herat to Review Security Situation

Mon 2021-07-19
‘967 Taliban Killed in 4 Days’ as Clashes Continue: ANDSF

Sun 2021-07-18
Syrian President Bashar Assad is sworn in for a fourth seven-year term

Sat 2021-07-17
Former Libyan PM, Al-Sarraj Purchases Vanuatu's Passport

Fri 2021-07-16
As economic conditions worsen in Leb, angry Beirut residents attack Leb army vehicles; elsehwere, PM-designate Saad Hariri resigns

Thu 2021-07-15
Taliban Control Spin Boldak Crossing in Kandahar, and beyond

Wed 2021-07-14
'261 Taliban Killed' in Past 24 Hours: MoD

Tue 2021-07-13
Turkmenistan deploying troops, heavy weapon on border with Afghanistan

Mon 2021-07-12
Anti-govt protests in Cuba

Sun 2021-07-11
Possibility of civil war in Afghanistan, sez Atta Muhammad Noor

Sat 2021-07-10
Taliban claim to control 85 percent of Afghanistan

Fri 2021-07-09
Heavy Fighting Around Ghazni City Reported

Thu 2021-07-08
Ahmad Jibril, Syria-based Paleo terror group PFLP-GC #1, dead at 83; #2 Talal Naji new #1

Wed 2021-07-07
Haitian President Jovenel Moise assassinated in his home

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