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China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good morning	2 15:08 Lex [11137]
Life goes on	0 [11129]
Germany Arrests 4 Islamic State Suspects Planning Attack on US Bases	0 [11134]
Man Indicted in Switzerland for Plotting Attacks in Lebanon	0 [11132]
Egyptian police kill 7 terrorists in raid in Cairo’s El-Amiriya ahead of Easter	0 [11133]
83 Afghan Civilians Killed Since US-Taliban Deal: Watchdog	0 [11129]
29 Taliban militants killed, wounded in separate incidents in Badghis province	0 [11133]
Egyptian police tighten procedures around churches and security installations	0 [11129]
Khamenei and Sistani's IMIS planning to attack SaudiArabia as a base from the biological Bahr Al Najaf camp	0 [11129]
China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy	10 16:41 bbrewer126 [11135]
Hundreds of Syrian militants surrender to Syrian army coming from the bordering US base of Al-Tanaf in southeast Syria	1 12:35 Skidmark [11134]
LNA forces advancing in Abuslim the largest neighborhood in Tripoli killing 27 Syrians mercenaries	0 [11131]
Sarraj Welcomes the ‘Liberation’ of Sabratha and Surman	0 [11133]
Libyan government condemns the public execution Professor Muhammad Abu al-Qasim Ali Abbas, education observer, Sabratha	0 [11134]
GNA convoy of 13 cars completely destroyed by LNA Air Force west of AbuGrian	0 [11132]
GNA terrorist commander admits the displacement of the families of safe citizens in Sabratha	0 [11133]
GNA admits that militias committed executions and looting in Sabratha	3 12:18 Frank G [11135]
Ansarullah reports rise in Saudi-led aggression after truce claim	1 07:32 Frank G [11137]
Page 2: WoT Background
Taliban Denies 'Charter' Document	0 [11129]
Karachi court grants prayer leader, two others pre-arrest bails in female SHO, policemen attack case	0 [11127]
DG ISPR terms Indian allegations of ceasefire violations, infiltration 'baseless' and 'delusional'	0 [11130]
Forget everything you thought you knew about dismantling IEDs	6 11:55 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Erdogan Continues to Send Mercenaries from Syria Despite Coronavirus Pandemic	3 16:07 AlanC [11127]
Border wall construction surpasses 150 miles: CBP	1 09:29 Bobby [11127]
GNA Militia attack Municipal Guard Center while performing their daily work in controlling prices and markets	0 [11128]
US exploiting coronavirus to ‘reassert hegemony’ over nations	0 [11133]
Saudi Arabia blocks Turkish state media outlets	0 [11129]
Iran coronavirus fatalities drop to double figures for first time in month	4 14:24 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
World's first drive-in funeral theater in San Antonio allows mourners to watch the service and grieve from their cars amid coronavirus lockdown	7 20:51 JHH [11132]
First Arizona patient on ventilator survives COVID-19 with rare ECMO blood treatment	2 10:11 Raj [11135]
Navy authorizes retiring officers to stay until December	2 12:39 Skidmark [11126]
Pres. Trump's move to cut WHO funding prompts world condemnation	17 23:56 ruprecht [11139]
Kudlow: ‘Pay The Moving Costs' Of American Companies Leaving China	18 20:51 Lex [11131]
French automaker Renault SA calls it quits in China	5 15:18 Lex [11126]
Affirmative Action on Parade	6 13:25 Rambler in Virginia [11133]
Debt moratorium agreed for poorest nations: France	1 17:13 magpie [11135]
Further on Smithfield // Large South Dakota HCQ Trial	12 20:43 Sock Puppet of Doom [11133]
Fear of an Impending Car-Price Collapse Grips Auto Industry	3 17:11 magpie [11125]
Wuhan Institute of Virology used $3.7m in US Gov't money for bat research	4 20:23 Ebbereper Munster6449 [11135]
McDonald's Apologizes For Chinese Franchise Banning Black People…	1 14:55 swksvolFF [11132]
Jordan to ban mosque prayers during Ramazan	0 [11126]
Coronaplague Roundup: Age, obesity are biggest risk factors for hospitalization	12 16:46 Lex [11134]
Turkey's Covid-19 infections cross 65,000 after 4,062 new cases reported in a day	0 [11128]
Trump halts US payments to WHO	1 00:13 DarthVader [11131]
Iraq confirms 22 coronavirus cases, raising total to 1400	0 [11125]
Bloomberg News' campaign to silence its own journalists for reporting on China corruption	0 [11131]
Ukraine says security service general is secret agent for Russia	3 15:23 Procopius2k [11130]
Forest fire around defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant put out, Ukraine government says	0 [11128]
NorthKorea test-fires multiple cruise missiles	3 15:08 g(r)omgoru [11132]
Frenchman accidentally ejects himself from fighter jet during surprise flight	6 18:59 Woodrow [11129]
U.S. passenger airlines are close to accepting $25 billion offer for government coronavirus payroll aid	3 22:05 Besoeker [11131]
DOJ Declines to Prosecute Senior FBI Intel Analyst Who Was Fired Over Child Porn Possession	6 15:25 Procopius2k [11128]
WWE deemed 'essential business' in Florida, resumes live shows	3 08:34 Mercutio [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Test Pilot: U.S. Marine F-35 Stealth Fighters Are Useless	4 16:31 AlanC [11130]
The pandemic poses a mortal threat to Western civilization	0 [11127]
#FireFauci Should be the Rallying Cry for a Generation	8 20:46 Lex [11135]
Thoughts on 'community' from Kentucky poet Wendell Berry	0 [11133]
Dem. Rep. Adam Schiff and his impeachment fairies go full Wuhan	3 15:12 Lex [11136]
Trump Whitewashes the Fence	7 20:40 Lex [11133]
Sweden Tops 1,000 Deaths As Criticism Of ‘ Herd Immunity’ Strategy Grows	9 19:03 Lex [11134]
Chinese inroads into Africa jeopardized over charges of racist coronavirus response	8 20:13 trailing wife [11132]
Conrad Black: "All lives are equal, but the demise of an 80+ year old is not economically or strategically equivalent to the ruination of the careers + lives of 1000 in their prime, and we all know it."	24 22:46 Skidmark [11135]
COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?	17 19:21 Clem [11134]
The Long Hard Road to Decoupling from China	18 23:36 JohnQC [11134]
NYT's In-Depth Investigation Of The Allegations Against Biden Reveals That He's A Democrat	2 09:52 JohnQC [11129]
Boycott China – Stop Funding A Communist Dictatorship	3 14:34 Mercutio [11131]
Page 6: Politix
Here's 'Anonymous,' Trump Aides Say. And Here's How They Outed Her.	3 17:12 Silentbrick [11127]
Trump's Name to be on 70 million Relief Checks	15 18:25 Chris [11131]
Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price	3 13:08 Abu Uluque [11130]
Kentucky lawmakers override veto of voter ID measure	4 22:09 magpie [11136]
Democratic bills call for racial breakdown of COVID-19 cases	7 10:49 Bubba Claing1437 [11129]
Black Georgia Democratic lawmaker endorses Trump's presidential bid	4 15:45 Lex [11128]
CNN Allows Baltimore Sun Reporter to Display his TDS	5 13:23 Abu Uluque [11128]
Over 200,000 Michiganders Sign Petition to Oust Governor Whitmer	9 23:52 JohnQC [11132]
Biden Gets Confused Again - Says He Wants to ‘Put Millions of Citizens on a Pathway to Citizenship’	5 15:15 Lex [11131]
Coonman Signs Law Ordering ‘All Places’ Open to Public to Let Transgenders Use Ladies’ Rooms	11 17:07 bbrewer126 [11136]
Chicago is not sharing the names of released prisoners, 29 shot over Easter weekend	2 10:28 Clem [11131]

    
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2	Islamic State
2	Govt of Pakistan
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1	Human Trafficking
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1	Houthis
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2020-04-15
China-Flagged Tanker Attacked In Gulf Of Oman By Iranian Navy

Tue 2020-04-14
GNA carry out mass executions in the cities of Sabratah and Sorman

Mon 2020-04-13
Libyan National Army captures Abu Grein

Sun 2020-04-12
Houthi militia has sentenced four journalists to death in Yemen for ‘treason and espionage,’

Sat 2020-04-11
Krakatoa volcano blows up

Fri 2020-04-10
Iraq names its third prime minister in 10 weeks

Thu 2020-04-09
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi withdraws his candidacy

Wed 2020-04-08
Pakistan Scrambles to Quarantine 100,000 Who Attended Tablighi Jamaat Event

Tue 2020-04-07
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun calls on international donors to provide financial assistance to the crisis-hit country

Mon 2020-04-06
Iranian regime has blamed the US, Israel, and Jews for the outbreak of coronavirus in Iran,

Sun 2020-04-05
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon

Sat 2020-04-04
China orders 200,000 body bags from Taiwan!

Fri 2020-04-03
Iran’s Speaker Reportedly Diagnosed with Coronavirus

Thu 2020-04-02
Pakistan court overturns conviction in death of Daniel Pearl

Wed 2020-04-01
Trump says Iran planning 'sneak attack' on US troops in Iraq

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