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Draft of arrest warrant for Argentine president found at dead prosecutor’s home [plot thickens]
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/03/draft-of-arrest-warrant-for-argentine-president-found-at-dead-prosecutors-home/ ^ | Tuesday February 3, 2015 | Simon Romero

Posted on 02/03/2015 5:21:08 PM PST by canuck_conservative

...The new revelation that Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for the president and the foreign minister further illustrates the heightened tensions between him and the government before he was found dead Jan. 18 at his apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. He had been scheduled the next day to provide details before Congress about his accusations against Kirchner....

He acknowledged that previous legal cases had shaken Argentina’s political establishment, but he emphasized that this case involved a request to arrest a sitting president.

“It would have been a scandal on a level previously unseen,” Berensztein said.

Kirchner, who is on a visit to China, issued a stream of updates on Twitter about strengthening ties between Buenos Aires and Beijing but did not comment immediately on the confirmation that Nisman had considered seeking her arrest....

Meanwhile, the investigation into Nisman’s death is proceeding as theories swirl in Argentina about whether it was a suicide or a killing. Kirchner has suggested that Nisman’s death is part of a plot to tarnish her government....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: albertonisman; argentina; bombing; corruption; cristinafernandez; cristinakirchner; hectortimerman; hezbollah; iran; israel; kirchner; lebanon; nicaragua; nisman; venezuela
Argentine gov't is broke, desperate for money ... Iran has lots'o'money, and wants the bombing investigation to go away ... not hard to make the connection
1 posted on 02/03/2015 5:21:09 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative
Wouldn't it be SAD to live in a country where major political figures KILL in order to keep lids on MAJOR scandals...?

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2 posted on 02/03/2015 5:26:49 PM PST by gaijin
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To: null and void

ping


3 posted on 02/03/2015 5:29:15 PM PST by BBell (breathe easy obey the law)
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To: canuck_conservative

a lot of parallels between this and the US naval killings.


4 posted on 02/03/2015 5:31:16 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: canuck_conservative

Freaking amateurs.


5 posted on 02/03/2015 5:38:48 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: gaijin

6 posted on 02/03/2015 5:40:43 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

"It was the worst Bosnian storm in 20 years. Uh,..or something."

7 posted on 02/03/2015 5:45:39 PM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

8 posted on 02/03/2015 5:47:27 PM PST by gaijin
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To: rawcatslyentist

One was a FREEPER.

9 posted on 02/03/2015 5:50:21 PM PST by gaijin
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To: canuck_conservative; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...
There but for the grace of God goes Sheriff Joe.

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

10 posted on 02/03/2015 7:23:09 PM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: null and void

A few years ago I was at the NRA convention in Phoenix, and I wangled an invite to a Big Shot’s party up on the hills overlooking the city. Ted Nugent and others like him were there. Sheriff Joe spoke, and he joked about getting volunteers to start his car before he left.


11 posted on 02/04/2015 5:13:15 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: canuck_conservative

Prosecutors frequently shoot themselves in the center of their forehead to make the targets of their investigations look bad and tarnish their image.

Happens all the time.


12 posted on 02/04/2015 5:14:40 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: null and void

we ought to keep praying for him


13 posted on 02/04/2015 6:47:09 AM PST by Nifster
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To: Nifster

He’s running for Sheriff again, and he needs money and support.

I signed his petition and sent him a few (100) bucks.

Go, Sheriff Joe!


14 posted on 02/04/2015 7:33:45 AM PST by TheOldLady (Pray for Obama... Psalm 109:8)
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To: TheOldLady

indeed


15 posted on 02/04/2015 8:52:43 PM PST by Nifster
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