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MSNBC: 42 dead in Ankara (Original Post) Renew Deal Jul 2016 OP
i did read earlier on MSNBC that..... chillfactor Jul 2016 #1
17 police officers. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #2
Is it World War 3 yet? Initech Jul 2016 #3
Chances are you don't know until it's too late but Renew Deal Jul 2016 #4
Actually it probably started with Nixon and Reagan using the CIA... Initech Jul 2016 #5
yes, correct larkrake Jul 2016 #9
Also... ReRe Jul 2016 #10
42 was a sleepy morning in our previous World Wars alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #8
Very callous of you to attempt a joke in a thread about 42 lives lost. Human beings all of them. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #13
Who said I was joking? Initech Jul 2016 #14
Sorry I thought you were a careful thoughtful observer not prone to wild paranoid speculation. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #15
There's videos on Liveleak of civilians getting run over by tanks ansible Jul 2016 #6
"Midnight Express" showed the world the kind of brentspeak Jul 2016 #7
Erdogan was behind it Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #11
it must be over. cnn and msnbc aren't even covering it anymore Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #12
I know it's a celebrity magazine but People stated it was 265 nt maryellen99 Jul 2016 #16
I posted this when it broke 14 hours ago Renew Deal Jul 2016 #17
Sorry about that 🙂 maryellen99 Jul 2016 #18
It's ok. Renew Deal Jul 2016 #19

Initech

(100,081 posts)
5. Actually it probably started with Nixon and Reagan using the CIA...
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 10:49 PM
Jul 2016

To overthrow developing countries like Chile and Afghanistan and replaced their leaders with murderous dictators like Pinochet. 9/11 was the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,007 posts)
15. Sorry I thought you were a careful thoughtful observer not prone to wild paranoid speculation.
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 11:19 AM
Jul 2016

My mistake.

 

ansible

(1,718 posts)
6. There's videos on Liveleak of civilians getting run over by tanks
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 10:56 PM
Jul 2016

This isn't a bloodless coup, people have died

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
7. "Midnight Express" showed the world the kind of
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 11:39 PM
Jul 2016

inhumane brutality that goes on everyday in Turkey. When Erdogan says that the coup plotters will "pay a heavy price", the imagination is the limit for the kinds of horrors that awaits them. Then consider that Erdogun is an Islamist, and you can bet it will be even worse than that.

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