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Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro survives ‘assassination bid using a drone ’[trunc]
SUN UK ^ | 4 AUG 18 | By Lauren Fruen

Posted on 08/04/2018 5:29:30 PM PDT by DCBryan1

THIS is the moment Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an apparent assassination attempt using drones laden with explosives as he addressed a military rally.

Hundreds of soldiers, who had been watching the speech, were caught on camera breaking ranks and scattering

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; assassination; drone; maduro; tryagain; tryharder; venezuela
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I LOVE watching commies run


1 posted on 08/04/2018 5:29:30 PM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: DCBryan1

Clearly not Brennan’s fault.


2 posted on 08/04/2018 5:31:27 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: DCBryan1

Bottle rockets


3 posted on 08/04/2018 5:33:01 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Paladin2

A real attempt or a PR stunt by Maduro?


4 posted on 08/04/2018 5:33:36 PM PDT by Glenmore
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To: DCBryan1

See, see! Trump putting kids in cages did this!


5 posted on 08/04/2018 5:34:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GOAT POTUS TRUMP)
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However, firefighters near the scene are disputing the government's version of events. And three officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident was actually a gas tank explosion inside an apartment. Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6027507/Venezuelan-President-Nicolas-Maduro-survives-alleged-drone-assassination-attempt.html
6 posted on 08/04/2018 5:34:16 PM PDT by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: DCBryan1

Fake news. Why would anyone want to assassinate him when socialism is utopia?


7 posted on 08/04/2018 5:34:31 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: Glenmore

Propaganda for $500, Alex. The country is a sh!thole. He claims such.


8 posted on 08/04/2018 5:40:43 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: DCBryan1

Lucky for him but continued hell for the country.


9 posted on 08/04/2018 5:41:02 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Glenmore

A real attempt or a PR stunt by Maduro?


Exactly. Hard to say.


10 posted on 08/04/2018 5:53:36 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: DCBryan1

How does anyone know it was an assassination attempt?


11 posted on 08/04/2018 5:56:15 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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But But, Communism is so super cool why would anyone want him dead/sarc


12 posted on 08/04/2018 5:58:21 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DCBryan1

What a load of horse-hockey.


13 posted on 08/04/2018 5:59:46 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
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To: DCBryan1

If at first you don’t succeed; try, try again.


14 posted on 08/04/2018 6:03:49 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Mariner

Because it didn’t succeed.


15 posted on 08/04/2018 6:08:39 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: DCBryan1

A shame he’s still alive.


16 posted on 08/04/2018 6:09:19 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: DCBryan1

Maybe Sean Penn and Danny Glover can go down there and personally comfort Nicolás.


17 posted on 08/04/2018 6:13:14 PM PDT by Enduro Guy (Always cov fe'fe)
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To: marktwain

So will this play out as the precursor to and justification for a military crackdown? Will it show the “need” for a smack-down of the usual suspects (his political foes)?

Kristallmittag?


18 posted on 08/04/2018 6:24:13 PM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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If it WAS a PR stunt, it failed miserably. His 'military' ran like castrated sissy boys upon the first sign of trouble. Doesn't exactly project machismo.
19 posted on 08/04/2018 6:32:20 PM PDT by fhayek
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My silly, goofy mind is picturing Wile E. Coyote flying a kite laden with an Acme bomb with it’s fuse lit over Maduro.


20 posted on 08/04/2018 6:35:50 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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