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Very good thread wasn't it. I thought maybe posting the chart would be good too. Thanks Gub.

NIKK...GOOD eye GUB..on catching his smirk!...LOL

[gubamyster]

Good chart. Thank you.

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Idrees Ali ‏

Two U.S. officials tell Reuters that a U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down over Yemen on Tuesday. One of the officials says it appears to have been brought down by a Houthi surface to air missile. A similar incident took place in June.

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The Wall Street Journal ‏

Four Russian nuclear-monitoring stations have gone silent, official says, fueling concerns Moscow is trying to conceal data after a recent explosion.

Four Russian nuclear-monitoring stations have gone silent, official says, fueling concerns Moscow is trying to conceal data after a recent explosion https://t.co/WlmtsIiZ7g— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 19, 2019

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Nathan Law 羅冠聰 ‏

Guest comment: Nathan Law Kwun-chung: Hong Kong “is a battle for survival and for freedom” Feel free to share my voice.

Guest comment: Nathan Law Kwun-chung: Hong Kong “is a battle for survival and for freedom”
Feel free to share my voice.https://t.co/357bWTQzLk
@TheEconomist— Nathan Law 羅冠聰 (@nathanlawkc) August 22, 2019

Rachel Cheung ‏

I remember the first day of my university life started with...a class boycott over the introduction of the National Education curriculum, which many saw as an attempt to brainwash local students and under public pressure, was eventually scrapped.

劉修彣 Liu Hsiu Wen ‏

And yes that's also my first day of uni, and my first year in Hong Kong. Seven years have passed and we've been through the anti national education protests, the Umbrella movement, the fishball revolution, DQ, the anti extradition bill protests...Hong Kong never gave up...

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1) Initial reports indicate a military recon aircraft (possibly a military drone) has been shot down near a major site of the #Iran-backed Shiite "Hashd al-Shaabi" (PMF/PMU) militia's 12th Brigade near Baghdad, Iraq.

2) PMF/PMU (Hezbollah Brigade): “We are issuing a final warning to the American enemy that any new targeting (of our bases) will be punished by a harsh and decisive response. Your bases are in our missile ranges. We hold U.S. responsible for attacks targeting our bases."

3) This read is now even more interesting: "Al-Muhandis, who once battled U.S. troops in Iraq, also commands the feared Hezbollah Brigades faction, which has close ties to Iran and is on a U.S. list of designated terrorists."

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This read is now even more interesting:

"Al-Muhandis, who once battled U.S. troops in Iraq, also commands the feared Hezbollah Brigades faction, which has close ties to Iran and is on a U.S. list of designated terrorists."https://t.co/n0UkpBhQrk— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) August 22, 2019