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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.

Story Roundup

Pentagon casualties, metric improvement, and Fat Leonard’s least dignified phase.

Situation Report

A State Department map that relocated most of Africa, one ambitious government travel card, and 5,200 medical students moved from dorms that definitely do not have mold.

ISIS cancels all suicide attacks amid coronavirus scare

ISIS cancels all suicide attacks amid coronavirus scare

THE CALIPHATE — Amid growing fears of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, the Islamic State has announced it is canceling all suicide attacks for the foreseeable future to protect its bombers from infection.

"Many of our best suicide bombing targets are yucky incubators of disease, like crowded bazaars, military bases, and popular cafes," said ISIS spokesman Abu Hamza. "So we have ordered all of our fighters to remain home and avoid these places for their own safety."

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