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Haftar declares himself a ruler of Libya
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Chaotic moment soldiers in #Lebanon abandon a military jeep during a clash with protesters in northern Tripoli	1 12:41 Skidmark [11128]
34 dead & 30 wounded in today's bombing in Afrin.	0 [11126]
Israeli Jet Planes Stage Mock Raids over Sidon	8 15:20 Frank G [11125]
Two Pakistani Soldiers, Nine Militants Killed In North Waziristan Clash	0 [11129]
IRGC Quds Force was preparing for an attack at #IDF using loitering drones	1 13:37 Frank G [11128]
Indian security forces launched search ops at multiple locations in Samba district of Jammu Kashmir this morning	1 12:46 Skidmark [11129]
Ammo depot blew up in Kapisa this evening. No casualties were reported.	0 [11130]
New American military convoy entered Syria from Iraqi Kurdistan via al-Walid crossing, headed for Qamishli	1 11:36 bman [11127]
Lebanon’s Tripoli is out of control tonight. Fires burning, shots fired, people injured. The economy is in total free fall	1 01:08 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Logar province	0 [11125]
Tatar Islamic Scholar Arrested For Allegedly Running Branch Of Banned Islamic Group	2 23:22 trailing wife [11131]
LNA forces have shot down a #GNA L39 fighter over AlWashka	1 09:05 b [11125]
Woman and her son killed, three other family members severely wounded in rocket attack by Haftar’s armed groups on Qarabulli	0 [11130]
Haftar declares himself ruler of Libya	2 17:38 DooDahMan [11137]
Libyan Army shoots down pro-Haftar drone in Al-Wishka	0 [11124]
Militants destroy transmission tower in Kabul, disrupting electricity supply to Kabul	0 [11125]
4 Policemen Killed in Taliban Attack in Paktia: Official	0 [11128]
Massive military operation launched along Syrian-Iraqi border	0 [11123]
Over 17,000 Syrian mercenaries are fighting in Libya	1 12:43 lord garth [11125]
Five prisoners from Homs die under torture in Sednaya prison	0 [11124]
SDF member survives assassination attempt in a market in rural Deir_ez_Zor	0 [11125]
Turkish army cuts off roads at administrative border near the new crossing of HTS	0 [11124]
Turkish forces shell #M4 road, west of #Ain_Issa	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iranians Poisoning Themselves Faster Than The Virus Can Kill Them	5 21:00 Rambler in Virginia [11126]
Pres. Trump Pushes Advisers to Get US Troops Out of Afghanistan, Citing Coronavirus	8 19:49 Lex [11127]
Saudi intel ex-chief speaks candidly about the Safari Club formed by Paris with Arab regimes & Iran post watergate	11 19:14 York Harding [11129]
Lawfare: PA ordered by Israeli court to pay $150 million to terror victims	0 [11129]
US says ‘prepared to recognize’ Israeli annexation of parts of West Bank	4 09:15 Clem [11125]
US grants Iraq another 30-day waiver to import Iranian energy	0 [11124]
Coronaplague Roundup	22 17:28 Procopius2k [11128]
Tajik Father Stunned By Son's Arrest In Germany On Terror Charges	2 09:45 Woodrow [11132]
Islamists behind attempts to destabilize Sudanese revolution: Burhan	0 [11124]
Darfur’s Jebel Marra holdout rebels join SLM-Transitional Council	0 [11128]
NBC: Trump Tells Advisers US Should Pull Troops from Afghanistan	1 00:08 Clem [11124]
Lebanese International Affairs Expert Abdo Al-Laqis: COVID-19 Was Made by the U.S. and Deliberately Sent to China	1 14:16 Frank G [11124]
500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan in Year's First Quarter: UN	3 08:06 Bob Grorong1136 [11124]
An intelligence community shakeup is returning assets to field, where they are welcomed	7 14:10 Frank G [11128]
Nicolás Maduro names powerful politician sanctioned by US as drug kingpin to be new Venezuelan oil minister	7 16:41 Besoeker [11124]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Trump to Order U.S. Meat Plants to Stay Open Amid Pandemic	1 18:00 49 Pan [11128]
Little Women Atlanta star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dead at 34 after hit-and-run car accident	3 13:57 Clem [11123]
Moment DIY dentist pulls out his wife's tooth with PLIERS after she was denied an emergency appointment	9 16:00 Procopius2k [11123]
Moment McLaren supercar worth $250,000 is washed away after driver attempts to pass through a flooded road	1 21:57 Dino McCoy5459 [11127]
China threatens to stop Australian imports	0 [11123]
India finds some Chinese coronavirus testing kits are only FIVE PER CENT accurate and scraps order for half a million of them - including Wondfo brand already rejected by Britain	0 [11123]
GPs posted naked selfies to draw attention to healthcare workers fighting on the German coronavirus frontline without protective equipment and clothing	1 14:49 Woodrow Slorong1815 [11123]
California Doctors Go on Ingraham Angle, Challenge Official COVID Policy ‐ YOUTUBE THEN TAKES DOWN THEIR VIDEOS	2 15:49 Iblis [11124]
Five dead in shooting at a home on Milwaukee's north side	3 14:02 Skidmark [11123]
Why the World's Highest Virus Death Rate Is in Europe's Capital	4 09:55 Bobby [11124]
Texas Relaxes Many COVID Restrictions Thursday	1 07:32 Matt [11125]
Top Manhattan ER doc commits suicide, shaken by coronavirus onslaught	5 10:29 Skidmark [11126]
PNAS Study traces 'A,' 'B,' and 'C' variants (Wuhan, E.Asian and European) of COVID using phylogenetic network analysis	4 12:55 Skidmark [11123]
Sen. Tom Cotton Calls To Ban Chinese Students From Studying Science In The US	17 18:12 Thorong Grundy1520 [11126]
Coronavirus: Captain Tom Moore gets Royal Mail birthday postmark	1 13:57 Besoeker [11124]
FOX News goes Full-Drudge on Pro-Trump 'Diamond & Silk'	4 13:56 Clem [11123]
Italy, UK explore possible COVID-19 link to child inflammatory disease	4 14:10 Klem Kadiddlehopper [11124]
N.Korean Slave Laborers Still Working Overseas	0 [11124]
Critics Lash Joint US-Russia Declaration on Elbe River Anniversary	8 15:45 rjschwarz [11124]
NK leader Kim Jong-un 'alive and well': Seoul	3 11:53 SteveS [11123]
YouTube and Twitter Censor Pharma Company Researching UV Light Treatment for Chinese Virus, Twitter Backs Down	2 08:14 Procopius2k [11126]
COVID-19 Knocks Out Postal Service from US to Israel	0 [11124]
COVID-19 in North Korea: an overview of the current situation	1 03:38 Marilyn Tojo7566 [11124]
Every Vaccine and Treatment in Development for COVID-19	1 14:14 JohnQC [11123]
First ever 'road map' of the moon released	1 10:05 Bobby [11123]
Page 4: Opinion
Joe Biden's sexual assault problem gets worse, and he seems more senile than ever	11 13:45 JohnQC [11125]
Australia to China: Don't Push Us on COVID-19, Mate	6 14:14 Alaska Paul [11125]
Pelosi Says Trump Should Have ‘Shut The Door' To Americans, Stranding Them In Coronavirus Plagued China	10 18:00 49 Pan [11126]
What Really Happened to the Crew of the H.L. Hunley?	2 10:22 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11124]
Inspiring: Celebrities Spell Out 'We're All In This Together' With Their Yachts	8 12:39 M. Murcek [11126]
East Texas Hog Hunting In The Time Of Coronavirus	17 15:20 Whiskey Mike [11125]
Meanwhile, in other news, Israel’s Labor Party is finished	2 11:33 Bright Pebbles [11125]
Cops Should Enforce the Law, Not the Whims of Politicians	5 14:14 magpie [11125]
Page 6: Politix
Joe Biden To Hold ‘Virtual Women’s Town Hall’ Amid Sexual Assault Allegations	15 13:52 bbrewer126 [11125]
Trump: "What happened to General Flynn should never happen again in our country."	9 16:43 Lex [11127]
Newsom goes Full Whitmer - chastises beachgoers, warning that defying order could delay reopening California	21 22:14 Lex [11127]
DOJ Instructs U.S. Attorneys To Lookout For State And Local Governments Violating Civil Liberties	2 03:29 g(r)omgoru [11128]
New York cancels presidential primary, citing coronavirus	5 17:27 JohnQC [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Commies
4	Islamic State
4	Taliban
4	Sublime Porte
3	Hezbollah
3	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Sudan
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Iran Proxies
2	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	al-Nusra
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-04-28
Haftar declares himself a ruler of Libya

Mon 2020-04-27
Pakistan to keep Mosques open during Ramadan

Sun 2020-04-26
GNA Refuses Operation IRINI Because It Will Disrupt Arms Supplies From Turkey

Sat 2020-04-25
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un again rumored to be dead

Fri 2020-04-24
Poland Detains Lebanese Man Suspected of 'Planning Attacks'

Thu 2020-04-23
Afrin: Kurdish population more than halved since 2018 offensive

Wed 2020-04-22
Trump says he's ordered Navy to destroy
Iranian boats should they harass U.S. ships

Tue 2020-04-21
North Korea's Kim Jong Un in grave danger
after surgery, or so they ay

Mon 2020-04-20
U.S. crude falls below $15 a barrel, down more than 20%

Sun 2020-04-19
44 suspected Boko Haram jihadis found dead in Chad prison

Sat 2020-04-18
Almost $5 billion of Iran government money for imports is missing

Fri 2020-04-17
CCP reports coup attempt in China!

Thu 2020-04-16
Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf

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

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