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U2's Bono caught up in Bastille Day massacre- was rescued from restaurant by anti-terror police
dailymail. ^ | 17 July 2016 | Peter Allen

Posted on 07/17/2016 10:56:59 AM PDT by dennisw

Rock star Bono was caught up in the Bastille Day massacre and had to be rescued from a Nice restaurant by anti-terrorist police, it emerged today.

The 56-year-old U2 lead singer was on the terrace of 'La Petite Maison', next to the seafront in the French city when mass murderer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel struck.

After Bouhlel drove a hired lorry into crowds enjoying a holiday firework display, killing 84 including 10 children, Bono and other diners were gripped by fear.

'Suddenly I saw people running, without shouting,' said Anne-Laure Rubi, the owner of the upmarket restaurant, which is popular with a number of celebrities. 'It was a silent panic - it was extraordinary.'

Ms Rubi told La Parisienne magazine that 'by reflex' she grabbed the arm of Christian Estrosi, the former Nice Mayor, who was sitting close to Bono.

'What's going on?' she said. 'He was on the phone. He didn't want to say much. I think he was just learning about the attack'.

Ms Rubi's staff pulled down the shutters, and instructed everybody to hide and remain calm, until the all clear was given.

Bono owns a home in the nearby town of Eze, and had been relaxing with friends when the atrocity started at around 10.30pm last Thursday.

As the slaughter on the Promenade des Anglais became clear, the star was eventually rescued by armed officers who led him to the nearby Massena square.

'It took around half an hour for the police to get us out,' said another diner. 'Like everybody else, Bono had to put his hands on his head, and was told to remain calm.

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


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To: dennisw

He got special treatment while others were dying? Did I read that correctly?


41 posted on 07/17/2016 12:06:02 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: TigerClaws

Exactly.


42 posted on 07/17/2016 12:09:18 PM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: dennisw

Shut up and sing. Yeesh!


43 posted on 07/17/2016 12:15:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: dfwgator

LMAO! How appropriate.


44 posted on 07/17/2016 12:15:32 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Proud Islamophobe.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Police required everyone to leave their hands up until they determined who the bad guys were. Guess they knew he wasn’t a terrorist.


45 posted on 07/17/2016 12:16:04 PM PDT by alrea
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To: Company Man

“In other words, he was found cowering under a restaurant steam table long after the immediate threat had passed.”

+1

In all fairness, he may have thought that there were Velociraptors on the loose!

*SMIRK*


46 posted on 07/17/2016 12:17:21 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: dfwgator

Only thing I’d change in that gif is when the crescent gets to the Cross - it crumbles into a thousand pieces.

Matthew 21:44 “Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Daniel 2:31-34:
31“Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. 32The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.


47 posted on 07/17/2016 12:23:30 PM PDT by time4good
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To: dennisw

Should have left him.


48 posted on 07/17/2016 12:28:15 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: dennisw

He shouldn’t have come out of his electronically-guarded villa on Mount Olympus.


49 posted on 07/17/2016 12:39:19 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: dennisw

As with Stalone being in Nice,who gives a crap.
FU Bono


50 posted on 07/17/2016 12:41:32 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: dennisw

Make sure the celebrities are rescued first!


51 posted on 07/17/2016 12:53:28 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: dennisw

‘Love is bigger than anything in its way’: U2 star Bono ... Daily Mail

That’s all you have to say, Bono? Seriously? You know what, Bono? You’re just another brick in the wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK5WLq4pBFg


52 posted on 07/17/2016 1:01:17 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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‘Love is bigger than anything in its way’: U2 star Bono ... Daily Mail

Six million Jews may beg to differ with that statement.

53 posted on 07/17/2016 1:02:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: time4good

There is a gif where the Star of David rolls over the Crescent a few times before the Cross beats the Crescent. Everyone else flees.


54 posted on 07/17/2016 1:18:39 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: dennisw

For some reason I don’t think I could afford to dine in the restaurant he was in......


55 posted on 07/17/2016 1:21:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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To: dennisw

He was more upset about the greenhouse gasses that the truck was spewing into the atmosphere.


56 posted on 07/17/2016 1:49:36 PM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: dennisw

We will never hear the end of this from, Boner.


57 posted on 07/17/2016 1:51:35 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (We need the Second Amendment now more than ever.)
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To: Fred Hayek

that works for me


58 posted on 07/17/2016 5:13:16 PM PDT by time4good
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To: dfwgator

This is the first time I ever posted a .gif --- I hope it's OK if I steal it!

59 posted on 07/17/2016 5:24:30 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (If they want to live by Shari'a, I don't want them to live by me.)
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To: dennisw

That “Coexist” nonsense really irks me. How did that sentiment work out in Nazi Germany? Or Stalinist Russia?


60 posted on 07/17/2016 5:29:20 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Did you get pears?)
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