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Snowden Search: Bolivia Irate over Forced Landing
Der Spiegel International ^ | July 3, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 07/03/2013 4:29:50 PM PDT by LucyT

Bolivia is furious that a plane carrying President Evo Morales was forced to land in Vienna on Tuesday night after false rumors circulated that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board. The country has called it a "direct attack" on the leader.

Bolivian President Evo Morales hadn't intended to spend Tuesday night enjoying the comforts of the VIP lounge in Vienna's international airport.

(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: austria; bolivia; snowden; vienna; whistleblower
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"The incident is almost sure to have diplomatic repercussions."

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1 posted on 07/03/2013 4:29:50 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

Yup. A minor irritation is about to turn into a major one.


2 posted on 07/03/2013 4:33:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: LucyT

As I said on another thread, that action would normally be considered an act of war. Maybe Putin should fly with a rumor that Snowden is on his plane.


3 posted on 07/03/2013 4:33:00 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: LucyT

...Why the next thing you know will be a copy of the big Zero’s birth certificate will be posted on the Bolivian national website...


4 posted on 07/03/2013 4:33:04 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: LucyT
Obama has the remarkable ability to mess up everything he puts his hand to.

To quote my late father; "That man could f**k-up a wet dream."

5 posted on 07/03/2013 4:34:03 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (We say "low-information" but we mean "low-intelligence")
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To: LucyT

The Kenyanw was goaded into doing what a better man than him did and, hebotched it. Need I say, “Of course!?”


6 posted on 07/03/2013 4:34:16 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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To: LucyT

A Russian plane needs to carry Snowden to where he wants to go.

Aeroflot direct to Iceland might do.


7 posted on 07/03/2013 4:34:25 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Well, if they didn’t want Snowden to have sanctuary in Bolivia, I suspect he’s now more welcome than the American Ambassador.


8 posted on 07/03/2013 4:35:43 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

You’re Capt. Willey’s kid?


9 posted on 07/03/2013 4:36:02 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: cripplecreek

Oh, but the Temper Tantrum In Chief wants it that way.

So... the world better get used to it.

Varuca Obama has spoken and doesn’t want his African vacation interrupted!


10 posted on 07/03/2013 4:37:26 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Flotsam_Jetsome; Velveeta; Oorang; Rushmore Rocks; MamaDearest; DAVEY CROCKETT; Godzilla; ...
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What would happen if a Foreign Country detained and searched Air Force One while the US President was enroute from x to y?

Oh, the arrogance behind this incident....

11 posted on 07/03/2013 4:37:27 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: autumnraine

Veruca LOL.

Wonder how many will catch that reference?


12 posted on 07/03/2013 4:39:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Don’t worry....A little money will take the edge off the irritation.


13 posted on 07/03/2013 4:39:09 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: LucyT

Nice to know that France, Portugal, Italy and Spain are willing to help us.

Not so nice that France, Portugal, Italy and Spain look like fools for helping us.


14 posted on 07/03/2013 4:40:08 PM PDT by DManA
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To: LucyT

Well, the USofA has set the legal precedent allowing that to happen, haven’t we?


15 posted on 07/03/2013 4:40:18 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: LucyT

Bolivia’s irate? Oh my God...what will they do,withhold their famous “marching powder” from American consumers?


16 posted on 07/03/2013 4:40:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: LucyT

I was wondering, I live in rural Texas. Do you think it would be racist if I had a Texas flag covering the back window of my 79 Chevy pick-up with the star to the left and on the top half of the other saying “The Bro” and the bottom half saying “Gotta Go”

The Bro
Gotta Go

Is that racist?


17 posted on 07/03/2013 4:43:22 PM PDT by Undecided 2012
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To: Gay State Conservative

I believe they’re a fairly big exporter of various metals.


18 posted on 07/03/2013 4:45:12 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: LucyT

Yeah, that’s the first thing I thought.


19 posted on 07/03/2013 4:51:57 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (The IRS--a softer Gestapo)
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To: LucyT
President Obama: irritating and alienating one nation at a time!

Yup! He sure has done a lot for our standing around the world, eh? And some thought it was bad when W was Prez.....

20 posted on 07/03/2013 4:52:36 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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