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Angela Merkel Assassination Attempt Thwarted In Prague Amid Protests Over Refugee Quotas
International Business Times ^
| 26 August 2016
| Julia Glum
Posted on 08/29/2016 1:57:15 PM PDT by Lorianne
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly survived what European press are calling an assassination attempt Thursday afternoon as she was visiting the Czech Republic. Merkel was leaving the airport in Prague when a man with weapons "attempted to join the motorcade" in a Mercedes and began to "run down police" while doing so, the Sun reported.
"He is suspected of attempting to cause a crime specifically, an attempt to use violence against an official," Josef Bocan, a spokesman for the Czech police, told Express. "He tried to join the procession at all costs, cutting off a police vehicle that was trying to stop him. He only stopped and got out of the vehicle after police warned him that they were going to shoot."
The man, who has not been identified in the press, was arrested at the scene. When authorities searched the suspect's car, they discovered teargas, handcuffs and cobblestones, according to De Standaard.
"Thanks to the professional actions of officers, Angela Merkel's life was not in danger," Bocan added.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: germany; merkel
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posted on
08/29/2016 1:57:15 PM PDT
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Lorianne
To: Lorianne
She will now push for a large increase in the numbers of jihadis “invited” into her country.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:01:20 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Lorianne
They only way Merkel should be taken out is on the end of a rope after a trial for treason and a guilty verdict.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:01:46 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: Lorianne
Merkel: Letting Nazi back in.
I don't approve of the attempt. Wish I could say I don't understand why it took place...
This woman is not only a traitor and enemy of her own nation, she has been very influential in spreading the misery around Europe. She has done irreprable harm to hundreds of millions of people.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:06:57 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
To: Lorianne
When authorities searched the suspect's car, they discovered teargas, handcuffs and cobblestones
Assassin? Or Fifty Shades of Grey fan?
To: Lorianne
Hmmm, Prague is where they took out Heydrich....just sayin’.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:09:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: DoughtyOne
“I don’t approve of the attempt.”
Me either. I despise incompetence.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:12:31 PM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(One party feigns virtue, the other flaunts its corruption. May God reward them both.)
To: Lorianne
I’ve always liked that word, “defenestration”.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:12:59 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: Psalm 144
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:14:06 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
To: Lorianne
Angela Merkel Assassination Attempt Thwarted In Prague Amid Protests Over Refugee Quotas D@mn the bad luck. That would have been a relatively quick solution to the problem she created. Many more will likely die because she didn't.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:16:36 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: Psalm 144
Me either. I despise incompetence. I like how you think. :)
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:17:28 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: Lorianne
Whatever. Angela’s own Reichstag Fire but for Asylum seekers.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:17:54 PM PDT
by
Crucial
To: Psalm 144
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:19:18 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Lorianne
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:22:28 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
To: Lorianne
1st German guy: “Ceausescu!”
2nd German guy: “Gesundheit.”
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:22:29 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(~Putin made me post this!~)
To: DiogenesLamp
To: Lorianne
She does need a dirt nap as she is deliberately murdering and raping and assaulting thousands of her own people via jihadi immigrants doing her dirty work.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:30:28 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: dfwgator
The recent movie Arthropod IMHO did a good job of sticking to the true story of Heydrich’s assassination. I always had the impression that Heydrich would have survived the assassination if he had just cut and run, BUT NO he thought he was invincible, stopped the car and fought with his pistol.
He got the wrong end of a IED and died from septic wounds. Too bad he couldn’t suffer longer like ol’ Stalin, leeches and all.
/rant
To: Psalm 144
Might as well just say you don’t approve of failure.
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posted on
08/29/2016 2:32:51 PM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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