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ISIS claims responsibility for killing of top Iraqi commander
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	4 19:03 Skidmark [11124]
Portland: Black Conservative Journalist Stabbed in the Back	14 18:28 Deacon Blues [11131]
Man arrested for carrying illegal 'Carlo' style gun	6 16:59 ed in texas [11126]
Turkey launches new phase of military operation against PKK in country’s eastern province	0 [11128]
ISIS claims responsibility for killing of top Iraqi commander	0 [11133]
3 Policemen Killed in Uruzgan Roadside Mine Blast	0 [11124]
17 Taliban Killed in Faryab Clashes: MoD	0 [11131]
Pakistani accused of blasphemy gunned down in Peshawar court	2 09:41 jpal [11131]
Turkish forces and associated opposition groups bomb the village of Tawila, near Tel Tamr	0 [11129]
Anti Narcotics Force Pakistan seized 596.42 Kgs Narcotics worth US $ 11.781 Million	1 02:17 Chris [11130]
Five people injured, as a bomb targeted a commuting bus near a fuel station in Central Baghdad	0 [11135]
Karbala demonstrators block the road linking the province with Babel in protest	0 [11129]
US imposes sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s eldest son Hafez	0 [11132]
Iran launches underground ballistic missiles during exercise	3 23:01 ChrisInFtWorth [11132]
Reputed leader of Black Disciples street gang among 23 arrested in federal drug takedown	2 07:28 M. Murcek [11130]
Federal law enforcement will remain in Portland until the violent activity toward our federal facilities ends	2 14:35 magpie [11133]
ACLU sues Portland police, challenging bureau’s livestreaming of protests	10 21:56 James [11126]
Left-wing journalist alerts Antifa to Andy Ngo's location, then they try to blind him with lasers	8 21:09 Frank G [11130]
Madeleine Conger, aka "Molly Conger" or @socialistdogmom, a 30-year-old from Charlottesville, was arrested & charged. Conger is a communist activist & writer.	9 22:11 swksvolFF [11128]
Woman in controversial NYPD arrest seen in newly released video apparently damaging cameras 5 times	5 21:28 Anomalous Sources [11126]
School social worker placed on administrative leave, accused of attacking state senator	5 17:53 Capsu78 [11127]
US expands deployment of federal agents to Cleveland, Milwaukee and Detroit	1 11:54 Dale [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Holdovers with Islamist Connections Still Employed by the DoJ	4 23:30 Besoeker [11131]
New US sanctions on Syrian regime target Assad’s eldest son	1 07:43 Skidmark [11129]
‘I’ll never abandon you’: the French fight to bring ISIS-linked women and kids home from Syria	3 20:47 trailing wife [11130]
Close to a million people in Beirut can no longer afford basic necessities and children are likely to starve to death	9 14:34 ed in texas [11127]
Turkey's parliament pass a government-backed law regulating social media that critics said will increase censorship	0 [11127]
Editor of a Turkish magazine that called for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate defending the decision	0 [11128]
Kuwait to examine amending money laundering, terrorism financing law	0 [11130]
Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al-Nasiri passes away at the age of ninety	0 [11128]
UK ambassador to Iraq targeted with threatening messages	0 [11131]
Ali Larijani, former speaker of the Iranian Shura Council, has contracted coronavirus for the second time	4 19:08 Skidmark [11126]
The Night A Drone Swarm Descended On Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant	3 15:42 Skidmark [11126]
Nevada sheriff tells library that supports Black Lives Matter not to call 911	10 14:08 charger [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Starship SN5 just completed full duration static fire. 150m hop soon.	5 19:11 Skidmark [11127]
WHO promotes China's organ transplant program, despite allegations of human rights abuses	2 21:58 gorb [11133]
From the Rantburg Heroes Gallery: Doctor who saved man's life in bikini opens up about Instagram fame, slams sexism in medicine	3 17:09 CrazyFool [11132]
Trump Floats Plan to ‘Delay the Election' Until Americans Can Safely Vote in Person	2 18:54 JohnQC [11129]
Man removed from Delta flight following face mask meltdown, threatening crew members	2 12:54 Skidmark [11130]
Lockdown Killed More British than COVID	5 22:02 swksvolFF [11132]
Winnie-the-Flu Comparison	3 13:24 Procopius2k [11130]
China's Three Gorges Dam faces mounting pressure from raging floodwaters amid fears the huge hydropower plant could COLLAPSE	12 19:02 Frank G [11129]
Smoke break! Two uniformed NYPD officers are spotted smoking a hookah through the window of their squad car	7 15:44 swksvolFF [11128]
Tropical Storm Isaias forms south of Puerto Rico after power outage on the island and slams the Caribbean with heavy rains and 50mph winds as it may swirl to the US mainland near Florida by the weekend	2 15:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Lift-off! NASA's $2.4billion Perseverance mission launches successfully on 7-month journey to the Red Planet to hunt for signs of alien life	2 21:58 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11129]
Kodak CEO's personal fortune soars by $79MILLION after he bought thousands of shares in June before $765million government loan to the fallen photo giant sparked stock rally	2 17:00 swksvolFF [11128]
Space Force on alert: Behind Russia's mysterious testing of deadly anti-satellite weapons in orbit	1 15:42 Skidmark [11129]
Mars Perseverance launches despite NASA, Boeing, Intel invlovement.	2 23:00 SteveS [11135]
Zimbabwe signs billion-dollar deal to repay white farmers	8 18:26 swksvolFF [11128]
RBG Back in Hospital For 'Minimally-Invasive' Warranty Work	11 22:00 gorb [11127]
Trader Joe's Decides Against Caving To The Mobs, Will Not Change Packaging	6 18:31 swksvolFF [11128]
Lukashenko holding emergency meeting of Belarus Security Council about situation with detained Wagner militants	1 12:17 Rob Crawford [11126]
Ecuador navy 'on alert' as 260-strong Chinese fleet nears Galapagos Islands	9 18:39 swksvolFF [11128]
Police force is ridiculed for releasing CCTV images of suspects wanted for racist attack on 15-year-old boy with faces blurred out to protect THEIR privacy	4 22:02 gorb [11124]
Naked man who was running after woman's car at 3:30am dies after being tasered by campus police at University of Texas in El Paso	6 21:33 Anomalous Sources [11134]
Man, 40, dies after cops find him BURNING ALIVE on the side of a California highway 'after getting into argument outside a 7-Eleven'	8 22:24 Clem [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
The Deadliest Virus in The World (video)	0 [11129]
The Cease Fire That Won't Be	0 [11126]
Best place to see the night sky is from Antarctica's highest dome ‐ the coldest place on Earth where stars seem to 'twinkle' the least	3 22:15 James [11137]
Democrat Liars Are Barely Even Trying to Fool Us Anymore	8 22:17 James [11131]
The ‘law of the sword’ of Turkey’s neo-sultan Erdogan	1 04:43 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Are Sinai attacks linked to Egypt’s plan to intervene in Libya?	3 17:20 ed in texas [11128]
Coronavirus Test Can Detect Virus In 30 Seconds By Inserting 6-Inch Tube Inside Urethra	9 23:15 trailing wife [11133]
Page 6: Politix
REPORT: John Brennan Finally Blocked From Accessing Classified Information?	7 23:27 Besoeker [11126]
RIP Herman Cain	18 19:49 trailing wife [11130]
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies after battle with coronavirus	0 [11128]
DAs backed by Soros, other liberal activists join fray in clash with police	3 21:19 trailing wife [11131]
Barry Soetoro to give eulogy at civil rights icon John Lewis's funeral	6 22:12 CrazyFool [11129]
Tennessee state senator charged with stealing federal funds	7 12:24 Clem [11127]
King County judge who ruled earlier this month that a recall petition against Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan could proceed is sticking by that decision	0 [11128]
Judge rules St. Louis prosecutor must release records in bungled prosecution of ex-governor	2 09:28 b [11132]
Polls: Biden's Lead in Minnesota Narrows	1 14:00 Mullah Richard [11128]
Portland mayor blames federal law enforcement again for the violence and vandalism by rioters.	8 22:10 trailing wife [11125]
Russia! Vid: McCaskill: ‘Does Putin Have a Stake' in Hydroxychloroquine?	5 17:45 ed in texas [11129]
Big Tech Floods House Judiciary with Cash as Committee Intensifies Antitrust Review	8 11:47 DarthVader [11133]
Portland police union claims Commissioner Hardesty violated her oath of office	0 [11132]
2-year-old girl was shot by her mother last week; she is the Milwaukee woman's second child to die within seven months	3 15:47 swksvolFF [11130]
Election Interference: Google Purges Breitbart from Search Results	4 12:25 Clem [11124]
Seattle Mayor: Trump Doing ‘Dry Run for Martial Law’ and Is ‘Responsible’ for Riots in City	11 13:30 Elmerert Hupens2660 [11127]
Six Milwaukee leaders will share their vision for city's future on Aug. 12	5 22:32 James [11135]
Biden calls for violent protesters to be ‘found, arrested and tried’	8 21:44 gorb [11126]
de Blasio forced to defend his grasp on reality of New York City	2 15:22 Skidmark [11124]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney hasn't disclosed trips as required by law, documents show	4 12:39 Skidmark [11130]
Spies reveal Russian plot to spread chaos with 'news' websites exploiting Covid-19, BLM protests and attacking BOTH Joe Biden and Donald Trump	9 12:03 Abu Uluque [11124]

    
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6	Commies
4	Sublime Porte
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2	Govt of Iraq
2	Islamic State
2	Muslim Brotherhood
2	Narcos
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Salafists

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Thu 2020-07-30
ISIS claims responsibility for killing of top Iraqi commander

Wed 2020-07-29
Iran launched several ballistic missiles from Iran to the Southern Arabian Gulf

Tue 2020-07-28
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Mon 2020-07-27
Islamic extremists in Nigeria execute 5 men as warning against converting to Christianity

Sun 2020-07-26
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Sat 2020-07-25
Taliban ready for intra-Afghan dialogue immediately after Eid

Fri 2020-07-24
Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers

Thu 2020-07-23
Photo Appears to Show Black Lives Matter Supporters Holding Down and Kneeling on Neck of White Baby

Wed 2020-07-22
At Least 14 People Wounded In Mass Shooting Outside Funeral in Chicago

Tue 2020-07-21
BLM Beats Conservative Michelle Malkin With Clubs In Denver

Mon 2020-07-20
Turkey says 27 IS suspects arrested in Istanbul

Sun 2020-07-19
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