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Heavy gunfire in Riyadh was toy drone shot down near Saudi royal palace - despite claims of 'coup'
The Mirror ^ | April 21, 2018 | Jamie Bullen

Posted on 04/21/2018 2:02:27 PM PDT by Innovative

Wildly conflicting social media reports tonight claim bullets were either fired as part of an attempted coup - or to shoot down a toy drone.

A police spokesman said forces at a checkpoint in the Khozama district, where the palace is based, identified the drone and "dealt with it according to their orders", local media said.

The explanation came after wildly conflicting reports on social media speculating on the cause of the shooting. Senior Saudi officials said King Salman was not in the palace at the time despite repeated Twitter reports he was moved to a military bunker in the city amid the unfolding panic.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: braking; coup; localnews; putinsbuttboys; riyadh; riyads; saudi; saudiarabia; toydrone
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Well, so much for the "coup".
1 posted on 04/21/2018 2:02:27 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

This is the second article about this in breaking news. Tempest in a teapot.


2 posted on 04/21/2018 2:04:50 PM PDT by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: upchuck

The earlier post claimed there was a coup.

I posted this in BN also, to set the record straight.


3 posted on 04/21/2018 2:08:07 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

How do we know that Brennan isn’t behind this coup too?


4 posted on 04/21/2018 2:12:11 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Innovative

The coup failed. Toy drones to be made of would-be coup people’s body parts and blown up for the amusement of the King and as a deterrent against future coups.


5 posted on 04/21/2018 2:25:14 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Toy is obviously a mis translation of non commercial or non military drone designation.

There can be a small but sophisticated civil craft that is not a toy but rather a hobby craft


6 posted on 04/21/2018 2:33:31 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: Thibodeaux

There was a coup and the drone’s the cover story because the coup failed, and His Majesty wants to hush it up.


7 posted on 04/21/2018 2:36:03 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Innovative

...And the gunfire that went on for an extended period of time from all corners of the palace was merely celebratory gunfire over the successful shoot-down??? (/sarc)


8 posted on 04/21/2018 2:42:37 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Ok, I can accept that as a possibility


9 posted on 04/21/2018 2:44:42 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: Thibodeaux

Probably the would-be revolutionaries are right now meeting an unpleasant, obscure end in the palace basement. Making drones out of their body parts (before killing them) is the product of my own questionable imagination.


10 posted on 04/21/2018 2:49:36 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Innovative

So..... do they sell a lot of “toy” drones in Saudi Arabia?


11 posted on 04/21/2018 2:49:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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No. Which is probably why they used a cannon to take it down. They thought it was a seagull, or some other kind of Israeli spy./s


12 posted on 04/21/2018 2:51:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Thibodeaux

Oh, now your onboard, Right Sluggo!


13 posted on 04/21/2018 2:55:45 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Eleutheria5

You seem quite ignorant. The Saud’s have virtually anything available on the world markets especially any of hundreds of different drones


14 posted on 04/21/2018 2:56:34 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: BenLurkin; Innovative
President Camacho would have taken it down himself!!


15 posted on 04/21/2018 3:00:01 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Thibodeaux

... that’s the ticket.


16 posted on 04/21/2018 3:17:59 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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To: Eleutheria5

That info still might leak out.


17 posted on 04/21/2018 3:23:04 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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“There can be a small but sophisticated civil craft that is not a toy but rather a hobby craft”

Who did the owner hire to fly it for him?


18 posted on 04/21/2018 3:52:54 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: dljordan

your ignorance is showing


19 posted on 04/21/2018 4:14:58 PM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: All

BREAKING: Latest “Q drop” says shooting at a drone is just another cover story. Real story: 10,000 albino terrorists parachuted onto grounds of Saudi Royal Palace. After bloodbath in attempted takeover of Saudi Royal Family, all terrorists were killed. Saudi Royal Family is all dead, too. SA now under control of the Dalai Lama.

WHERE WE GO ONE WE GO ALL

/s


20 posted on 04/21/2018 4:15:51 PM PDT by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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