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Sri Lankan troops ordered to open fire on looters and vandals as protests continue
BBC News ^ | 5/10/2022 | Rajini Vaidyanathan, Leo Sands

Posted on 05/10/2022 9:27:04 AM PDT by Nextrush

Sri Lankan security forces have been ordered to shoot law-breakers on sight in a bid to quell anti-government protests on the island.

Demonstrators are calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the island's worst economic crisis in history.

On Monday his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister amid violent street clashes.

But the resignation failed to bring calm and violence continued overnight.

On Tuesday the government ordered troops to open fire on anyone looting public property or causing "harm to life".

It also deployed tens of thousands of army, navy and air force personnel to patrol the streets of the capital Colombo.

Despite their presence, the city's top police officer was assaulted on Tuesday afternoon by a mob accusing him of not doing enough to protect peaceful protesters.

At Colombo's Galle Face Green, on the sea front, crowds also continued to gather...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdworld; fuelshortage; gotabayarajapaksa; inflation; mahindarajapaksa; srilanka; thirdworld

1 posted on 05/10/2022 9:27:04 AM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

Well, that’s one way........................


2 posted on 05/10/2022 9:29:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Nextrush

Everything is good in the world. Right?


3 posted on 05/10/2022 9:29:26 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Nextrush

Well, it might be a plan for NYC and Portland Or.


4 posted on 05/10/2022 9:30:35 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Nextrush

This video from the Hindustan Times in India...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vJnn466nMu4


5 posted on 05/10/2022 9:31:47 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

This stinks because now,i,won’t get some thick accent speaking Indian that i can’t for the life of me understand trying to walk me through a catastrophic computer issue?


6 posted on 05/10/2022 9:35:19 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: Nextrush

To think, Ceylon use to be such a nice quite country for those of us who had geography in school.


7 posted on 05/10/2022 9:35:25 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In politicians we get what we deserve, usually the best that money can buy, guaranteed.)
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To: Nextrush

This is just the beginning. Inflation will be shooting up uncontrollably hitting third world countries the most, resulting in uprisings across the world.


8 posted on 05/10/2022 9:35:42 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

I’m sure some FReepers want our government and military involved as well.
Perpetual warfare across the globe…


9 posted on 05/10/2022 9:38:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Bringbackthedraft

The Idiots running the place suddenly decided to go cold turkey and ban all fertilizers. They were going too be the first organic farming nation.

Hungry people get mad.


10 posted on 05/10/2022 9:39:28 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Nextrush

I have this video news in English broadcast at 9 pm local time tonight lots of info in it including the President and his brother the former Prime Minister under protection at a naval base.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6BdgJE1-txI


11 posted on 05/10/2022 9:42:43 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

When the food and fuel runs out, or is unaffordable, and Americans take to the streets, the Biden administration will open fire on them in a heartbeat.


12 posted on 05/10/2022 9:45:08 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: EEGator

If the Dems manage to steal another election, we can expect fascist control right here at home. They are already laying the ground work for it with their ‘Ministry of Truth”. Anyone who dares telling the real truth and disrupts or questions their narrative will be prosecuted for disinformation and for being an ‘enemy of the people’.


13 posted on 05/10/2022 9:45:43 AM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

The US has two major exports to the world—inflation and propaganda.


14 posted on 05/10/2022 9:46:39 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: jimwatx

> Inflation will be shooting up uncontrollably hitting third world countries the most... <

True that. Unfortunately for the rulers of those countries, their poor will not automatically blame Putin or climate change. So rough times are a’coming.


15 posted on 05/10/2022 9:47:02 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: DesertRhino
That's it, don't use that “nasty” fertilizer stuff. Go green with organic farming.
Sound like something being said anywhere else the left goes?
16 posted on 05/10/2022 9:57:35 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: Red Badger

It’s a pity they didn’t do this in Ferguson and elsewhere.


17 posted on 05/10/2022 10:30:54 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Nextrush

We need to hire them for use against the imaginary antifa 🤪


18 posted on 05/10/2022 11:12:37 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Nextrush

I guess those people watch US media


19 posted on 05/10/2022 7:36:25 PM PDT by keving (We the government )
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