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Activists attack Clinton convoy
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Posted on 11/16/2011 3:03:01 PM PST by nuconvert

MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATE - 3:55 p.m.) Left-wing youth activists attacked the convoy of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she left Malacanang Palace following talks with President Benigno Aquino III Wednesday afternoon.

The activists managed to stop the convoy and briefly turn it back before they were pushed back by policemen and troops of the Presidential Security Group.

Around 50 members of the League of Filipino Students and Anakbayan ran from San Marcelino St. to the Ayala Bridge, storming past traffic policemen, and catching the convoy’s security detail by surprise.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton; mobs; philippines
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To: nuconvert

Lefty’s attacking a leftist. Who’da thunk?


21 posted on 11/16/2011 4:14:31 PM PST by Sarajevo (Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?)
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To: nuconvert

Darn. I thought the “activists” were the Occupy Obamaville idiots.


22 posted on 11/16/2011 4:15:39 PM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Just another Joe

LOL, good memories!


23 posted on 11/16/2011 4:16:38 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: nuconvert

So the trip wasn’t so benigno...


24 posted on 11/16/2011 4:19:55 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: PghBaldy
Am I the only to say this is terrible? She is the Sec of State of the United States of America. She is representing the USA.

0bambi was gonna fix all that supposed disrespect in the eyes of foreign countries around the world, remember? I guess his experience and worldliness didn't inform him that his actions, diplomacy, policies and statements about the US would have the opposite effect abroad.

Barry's administration owns this disrespect and vulnerability! But you know, the snipper fire comments were also intended to generate sympathy and respect for Hillary's campaign, so maybe this is tied in with getting her a few more stripes, respect and votes.

HF

25 posted on 11/16/2011 4:20:11 PM PST by holden
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26 posted on 11/16/2011 4:24:17 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: nuconvert

Bad news for HRC, they are testing her security detail....Epic Fail on protecting the SoS...


27 posted on 11/16/2011 4:44:08 PM PST by Fred (no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)
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To: Libloather

Check out the two dudes behind her. Not looking real happy.


28 posted on 11/16/2011 4:45:04 PM PST by Fred (no job no house no gas no food no problem Obama 2012)
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To: PghBaldy

I share the sentiment, because I can certainly see what this will lead to. I’m not so sure that I’d use “terrible” to describe it as much as eyeing it with a sense of “foreboding”, inasmuch as the outcome could have been significantly worse than it was - it’s evidence of a complete failure of security that has grave implications not only for future diplomatic travel at all levels, but also extending all the way down to attacks on Main Street America, schools, and other soft targets. It’s not unlike the perversion of the “flash mob” concept into a savage “criminal mob” whose members feel invincible due to their overwhelming numbers, outright contempt for the law, and expectation that they will profit with little risk to themselves.

No doubt America’s enemies, large and small, are studying this successful use of a “swarming” tactic, and plotting how to make use of something similar for more nefarious purposes than simply tossing paint.


29 posted on 11/16/2011 4:47:11 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Libloather
Egad! What was she doing? Playing tonsil-hockey with Rosie O'Donnell? /sarc>

Cheers!

30 posted on 11/16/2011 5:46:12 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Paladin2
Sorry, but I dropped a dime on you to the Admin Mod for that one.

It doesn't look good in this time of heightened rhetoric, and facile accusations of the right, to forget your /sarcasm> tag.

g_w

31 posted on 11/16/2011 5:50:23 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Zeppo

OK, maybe terrible is a bit extreme.


32 posted on 11/18/2011 9:30:07 AM PST by PghBaldy (War Powers Res: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp)
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