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US moves its embassy from Baghdad to Erbil
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	4 18:06 Helmuth, Speaking for Thineng7034 [11134]
Terrifying moment baying crowd doused police officers in petrol before shouting 'light them up'	2 14:20 Skidmark [11127]
Nigeria: At Least 30 Killed in Suspected Islamist Attack on Regional Governor's Convoy	2 10:38 Skidmark [11133]
IDF soldiers apprehend suspects with Molotov cocktails in the West Bank	4 15:17 Skidmark [11126]
US man gets 30 years for IS plot to behead right-wing provocateur Pamela Geller	2 07:09 NN2N1 [11129]
Syrian jihadists have finally been geolocated in Azerbaijan	3 15:21 Skidmark [11130]
''I swear, we'll steal the cloth of the Kaaba.''	2 11:48 Abu Uluque [11135]
Disturbing to see how “Muslim solidarity” is being used to mobilize support for a new war over Nagorno-Karabakh among people who probably never heard of it until today	3 09:08 Skidmark [11131]
Azerbaijan is now refusing entry for all foreign journalists	1 09:10 Skidmark [11128]
911 services suffer nationwide outage as officials race to restore emergency lines	8 18:02 gorb [11131]
Syrian FM calls Turkey a ‘sponsor of terrorism’ in address to UN	0 [11127]
Iraqi presidency stresses necessity of protecting diplomatic missions	1 09:12 Skidmark [11130]
US moves its embassy from Baghdad to Erbil	7 15:23 Skidmark [11134]
Rocket attack kills 5 civilians near Baghdad airport	0 [11133]
Iraqi Militia Leader Justifies Attacks on US Embassy by Calling It 'Invader'	2 09:16 Skidmark [11134]
Five held for trafficking women to India	4 20:03 Frank G [11130]
Egypt's security forces kill two terrorists in Qalioubiya	0 [11133]
Saudi Arabia breaks up Iran-trained terrorist cell	2 09:32 Uloter Ebbomolet9368 [11127]
Fresh allegations about mistreatment of Kurds in Turkey	0 [11133]
Philippines and Libya are looking to explore opportunities for defense cooperation over Daesh	3 11:11 magpie [11126]
PORTLAND police refused to release the identity of 1 rioter charged w/ 4 felonies from last night because he was 17	8 20:49 Clem [11127]
Charles Randolph Comfort is from White River Junction, Vt. nabbed on fed warrant for Portland festivities	7 13:07 Frank G [11131]
Phillip Wenzel, the Portland man arrested last month at a violent antifa riot & charged w/felony assault, has been arrested by US Marshals	2 11:42 Bright Pebbles [11127]
@PortlandPolice responding to a report of an explosive device found in downtown Portland.	3 14:19 gorb [11129]
Christian Exoo is being sued in federal court for organizing a campaign of mass threats against him & former employer	0 [11134]
Page 2: WoT Background
Egypt-PA crisis looms as Abbas moves closer to Turkey, Qatar and Hamas	2 14:22 gorb [11127]
US warns Iraq on Iranian-backed militias	0 [11129]
Head of Iraq’s of the National Security Agency Abdul Ghani Al-Asadi says Washington promised to continue supporting the country	0 [11125]
UK's Johnson raises concerns with Turkey's Erdogan over east Med tensions	2 03:05 Bright Pebbles [11130]
MP for Iran-backed militia ''Asa'ib'', Uday Awad: We do not adopt the bombing of the @USEmbBaghdad, the GreenZone, and the diplomatic corps	0 [11135]
Armenia's parliament condemns 'full-scale military attack' by Azerbaijan	4 19:23 3dc [11132]
Paris knife attack suspect wanted to avenge Prophet cartoons, identity in question	2 11:16 SteveS [11138]
Statements of senior Turkish officials seem designed to inflame a deadly Armenia-Azerbaijan feud	0 [11133]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Verizon To Dump Unprofitable ‘Huffington Post’ As Traffic Sags	2 21:59 Lord Garth [11129]
In other News: Microsoft 2019 Diversity Report	0 [11128]
Japan's military pilots are ordered to report UFO sightings and try to photograph any strange sightings under new protocols	4 15:54 DarthVader [11129]
King of the stingers! Millions watch man writhe in agony after being deliberately bitten by world's most dangerous insects - from bullet ant to executioner wasp	2 17:00 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11125]
Georgia parents of teen with 'serious mental problems' win right to sue sperm bank after discovering their donor - advertised as having no history of mental illness - is a schizophrenic criminal who fathered 36 children	1 18:21 Gluling Barnsmell1536 [11131]
Germany walks away from Lockheed, Boeing cargo helicopter offers	10 18:53 Clem [11129]
Israelis who fell sick with COVID-19 twice: Second time was worse	8 18:00 gorb [11130]
Alaska national park's Fat Bear Week tournament returns to celebrate chubbiest brown bears	0 [11125]
Hyundai developing 'transformer-class' walking car for production	0 [11131]
Kindergarten teacher loses his job after getting his eyeballs tattooed black	6 10:40 swksvolFF [11130]
Civilian Voters Across Queens Receive Military Mail-In Ballots	1 07:37 Procopius2k [11128]
President Donald Trump Gets His THIRD Nobel Prize Nomination	10 21:34 trailing wife [11129]
Six bodies, one injured found in sewage pit in Palestinian village	0 [11128]
NYC braces for new lockdowns as eight neighborhoods experience 'alarming' surge in covid cases and New York state's positivity rate rises to 1.5% - the highest it's been since mid-July	15 21:41 trailing wife [11128]
Trump asks military to assess how quickly nuclear weapons could be pulled from storage and loaded onto bombers and submarines should arms control treaty with Russia expire in February 2021	2 10:03 g(r)omgoru [11131]
Massive hack of health care and Microsoft	22 17:04 Iblis [11131]
Man arrested for raping minors	1 08:26 Skidmark [11129]
New Army ‘Accelerated Multi-Node Attack' enabled by AI at Project Convergence 2020	2 16:05 magpie [11129]
Cows Kill Second Man	12 22:02 swksvolFF [11128]
Five teens are arrested and three guns seized after shots are fired in a crowd of 1,000 at North Carolina haunted house	1 08:34 Dacama [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Why are some ultra-Orthodox rabbis ignoring COVID-19?	0 [11132]
Why There's No Peace With the Palestinians	5 23:32 magpie [11130]
Doctor Carrie Madej discusses the COVID-19 vaccine (video)	3 13:25 trailing wife [11128]
Wuhan Bio Labs? No, CNN links COVID-19 to Climate Change	7 15:43 magpie [11127]
Coalition Of Black Pastors Rips Kamala Harris For Celebrating ‘Brilliance' Of Black Lives Matter Founders	1 11:56 swksvolFF [11131]
Exclusive: We Have Acquired A Copy Of Joe Biden's Debate Prep Notes	6 18:11 Varmint Thineter3614 [11125]
Appeals court halts arbitrary extension of ballot-counting deadline by a federal judge	1 11:54 M. Murcek [11127]
Seth Rich: The Murder Washington Doesn't Want Solved	7 11:08 ed in texas [11136]
A Reminder to American Jews: Civilization Is Fragile	2 22:06 trailing wife [11128]
Outrage as Whole Foods CEO Says Ignorance and Poor Choices Cause Obesity	13 15:08 Theager Borgia1057 [11133]
Iran's strategy and tactical shift until the US elections	0 [11137]
The Prelude to World War II: The Spanish Civil War and Today's America	10 15:36 Procopius2k [11126]
Page 6: Politix
PICTURED: Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, 87, is seen walking through a private airport without a mask - just three months after she demanded a nationwide face cover mandate	3 17:54 gorb [11129]
Governor Newsom asks Donald Trump for federal aid as California wildfires kill at least three, force nearly 70,000 evacuations and more wineries are completely devastated in Napa Valley	10 15:55 DarthVader [11132]
Joe Biden debates his most worthy opponent ‐ Joe Biden (video)	5 21:19 Snereth Gurly-Brown9954 [11128]
Watchdog: Law enforcement must check if Netanyahu prosecutor broke law	1 09:55 magpie [11128]
Pelosi eyes possible U.S. House role in calling presidential election	2 23:22 trailing wife [11130]
Second O'Keefe Video Drops: Alleged Cash-For-Ballot Transaction Caught On Tape, Ilhan Omar Accused Of Direct Involvement	7 23:19 Rambler in Virginia [11139]
EPA notifies California Gov. Newsom that no internal combustion order by 2035 is ‘possibly illegal’	7 18:24 Black Bart Black3467 [11130]
Ballot-harvesting racket in Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Minneapolis district	5 23:30 Flusosing Glish9174 [11129]
Biden's Texas Political Director Implicated in Massive Mail-In Ballot Harvesting Scheme in Harris County	5 15:16 Theager Borgia1057 [11130]
Feds to disobey judge's order, will end census next week	4 18:40 Theager Borgia1057 [11130]
Cindy McCain appointed to Joe Biden's transition team	12 20:48 Slappy [11137]

    
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8	Sublime Porte
5	Antifa/BLM
5	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Govt of Iraq
2	Islamic State
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Moslem Colonists
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Human Trafficking
1	Salafists

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2020-09-29
US moves its embassy from Baghdad to Erbil

Mon 2020-09-28
U.S. Plans 'Full Withdrawal' From Iraqi Embassy

Sun 2020-09-27
Azerbaijan launched a missile and aerial attack against Artsakh and Stepanakert Armenia

Sat 2020-09-26
BLM protester in Los Angeles who shut down the road with a large mob got hit by a truck

Fri 2020-09-25
LNA Kills ISIS 'Emir' in Southern Libya

Thu 2020-09-24
Louisville: Two police officers shot

Wed 2020-09-23
Canadian woman charged for sending ricin to President Trump & law enforcement agencies in Texas was previously deported

Tue 2020-09-22
Twenty-Five Afghan policemen dead after attempt to break Taliban siege in Uruzgan

Mon 2020-09-21
Justice Dept. brands NYC an ‘anarchist jurisdiction,'
targets federal funds

Sun 2020-09-20
Concentrated, Deadly Ricin Sent to White House, Addressed to President Trump

Sat 2020-09-19
Notorious RBG dead at 87

Fri 2020-09-18
RBG Kicks The Bucket

Thu 2020-09-17
Minnesota man charged with providing material support to Islamic State

Wed 2020-09-16
Bloomberg: Libya’s PM Al-Sarraj will Resign

Tue 2020-09-15
Airstrikes kill “Huras_al_Din” commander in Idlib city

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