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...
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Well, that’s one way........................
Everything is good in the world. Right?
Well, it might be a plan for NYC and Portland Or.
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?
To think, Ceylon use to be such a nice quite country for those of us who had geography in school.
This is just the beginning. Inflation will be shooting up uncontrollably hitting third world countries the most, resulting in uprisings across the world.
I’m sure some FReepers want our government and military involved as well.
Perpetual warfare across the globe…
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.
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
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.
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’.
The US has two major exports to the world—inflation and propaganda.
> 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.
It’s a pity they didn’t do this in Ferguson and elsewhere.
We need to hire them for use against the imaginary antifa 🤪
I guess those people watch US media
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