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Terror in Tiananmen Square: Five killed and dozens injured ...
www.MailOnSunday.co.uk ^
| October 28, 2013
| Jennifer Smith
Posted on 10/29/2013 4:26:52 AM PDT by Yosemitest
Five people have been killed killed and dozens injured after a car drove into crowds of tourists and caught fire in Tiananmen Square.
Beijing government officials are unsure if the incident, which occurred at the site of 1989 pro-democracy protests, was a terrorist attack.
A police statement described how the car veered off the road at the north entrance of the famous square and crossed barriers before bursting into flames.
Three people who were traveling in the vehicle have all died in addition to a female tourist from the Philippines, and a male tourist from southern Guandong province.
Around 38 people are thought to have been injured in the incident.
The central and Beijing governments held a meeting to investigate the cause of the event and 'ensure the security and stability of the capital.'
The vehicle reportedly crashed directly in front of the main entrance of the Forbidden City where a portrait of the founder of Communist China, Mao Zedong, hangs.
One witness described numerous police cars, fire engines and an ambulance heading in the direction of the blaze while another, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she heard an explosion and then saw fire.
The main road through the square was closed for a short period of time as police evacuated part of the square.
... ( Continued with more photos and video at link ) ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: forbiddencity; suicidebomb; terror
China can't cover this up.
To: Yosemitest
At least, according to this story, they start out from a position of being unsure. Unlike the initial US position of no way.
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posted on
10/29/2013 4:39:26 AM PDT
by
John W
(Viva Cristo Rey!)
To: Yosemitest
Thats chump change on numbers, compared to, the multi millions Mao murdered and billions he made miserable..
Interesting that communist givernments OWN the people.. why not work them to death and liquidate them for the public good..
Amazing that what communism “IS” is erased from most of the minds of this planet.. especially Europe.. Oh!.. and Canada.
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posted on
10/29/2013 4:45:07 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
10/29/2013 5:53:04 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Yosemitest
Another YouTube video that inflamed the masses?
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posted on
10/29/2013 6:10:00 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: BunnySlippers
What crash? There was no crash. Only an edited video being promoted by the running dogs of imperialism and hegemony.
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posted on
10/29/2013 6:15:38 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: John W
Definitely. If in China a muslim went into a military deployment processing center and shot it up, they’d most likely NOT term the incident “workplace violence.”
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posted on
10/29/2013 6:56:44 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
To: Yosemitest
Wasn’t Tiananmen - it was across the street at the Forbidden Palace and much more impactful as it is right below Mao’s big ol’face. There was another quote saying the car came around a bend and lost control - but that road is straight as a steel rule for 1/4 mile minimum in both directions. Your right they won’t be able to cover this one to the same degree - they just won’t allow it to be covered at all and hope it goes to the memory box.
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posted on
10/29/2013 7:06:13 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: hosepipe
"Amazing that what communism “IS” is erased from most of the minds of this planet.. especially Europe.. Oh!.. and Canada." Huh?
Update. In the Anglosphere, the closest thing to a communist government is sitting in Washington, DC. Canada and Australia both have conservative governments.
To: John W
They're not as bold as the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, who's like the boy who cried wolf in reverse,
and now no one believes anything he says.
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posted on
10/29/2013 8:45:19 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
10/29/2013 8:56:31 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Yosemitest
So this means that cars are dangerous and cars need to be banned..... a huge dose of sarcasm...
To: Yosemitest
China has a muzzie problem...who knew?
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posted on
10/29/2013 9:03:52 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
10/29/2013 9:18:40 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
They met their god in a Lake of Fire.
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posted on
10/29/2013 9:54:19 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
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posted on
10/31/2013 5:04:31 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: Pan_Yan
I don't know.
I'm just a retired military air traffic controller somewhere way off in the woods in Mississippi.
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posted on
10/31/2013 5:24:46 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
It was a joke. For a while every time Mark Steyn filled in for Rush Limbaugh there was a story about Uyghers.
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posted on
10/31/2013 5:45:27 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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