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Top Pakistani extremist killed in 'shoot-out' with police
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Domestic Violence Call too late to save a Spider
Officers in Sydney went to the address after numerous calls were made claiming a woman could be heard screaming hysterically and a man yelling "I'm going to kill you, you're dead. Die! Die!"

Police: We had a report of a domestic and a women screaming, where is she?

Male: I don't know what you're talking about, I live alone.

Police: Come on mate, people clearly heard you yelling you were going to kill her and furniture getting thrown around the unit.

Police: Come on mate, what have you done to her?

Male: It was a spider.

Police: Sorry??

Male: It was a spider, a really big one!!
I looked for a tarantula photo, to no avail.
Police: What about the woman screaming?

Male: Yeah sorry that was me, I really, really hate spiders.
Or Indiana Jones, with all the spiders on his back.
The police report concluded: "After a very long pause, some laughter and a quick look in the unit to make sure there was no injured party (apart from the spider) we left."
Posted by: Bobby || 11/27/2015 08:52 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Don't blame him a bit. Considering that Sydney is the home range of the Funnel Web and Red Backed spiders as well as few other beasties.

I'd scream like a Sheila too matey! S'truth!
Posted by: Elmosing Choluns4713 || 11/27/2015 13:05 Comments || Top||

#2  ditto EC, spent 3 months down under and if there's a deadly crawling, swimming, slithering or flying beastie they've got the biggest and baddest.

And, oh yeah, Platypuses are poisonous too!!!!
Posted by: AlanC || 11/27/2015 13:32 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela opposition politician killed
A regional opposition leader in Venezuela has been shot dead at a campaign rally less than two weeks before parliamentary elections.

The Democratic Action party says Luis Manuel Diaz was killed by a man who approached the stage after a public meeting in central Guarico state. Opposition leaders blamed militias supporting the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

President Nicolas Maduro denied this and said an inquiry had been launched.

"The interior ministry has strong indications that it was a clash between rival criminal gangs," said Mr Maduro.

Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, addressed opposition supporters alongside Mr Diaz shortly before the shooting.

The Democratic Action party leader, Henry Ramos Allup, nitially tweeted that Mr Diaz had been killed by gunmen who shot from a passing car. He later rectified and said the shots came from a gunmen who came close to the stage after the rally.

Mr Maduro responded to Mr Ramos Allup's comments by telling him to produce evidence to back up his accusations.

"We must not jump into conclusions," said the president. "And let us not accept any type of provocation!" he urged his supporters during a rally.

The head of Venezuela's Electoral Commission, Luis Emilio Rondon, has also expressed concern over recent incidents of violence. He called for a thorough investigation "to identify the perpetrators and tackle impunity".

Opposition politicians say their candidates have been attacked on numerous occasions in the past weeks. Miguel Pizarro, an opposition politician running for re-election in Caracas, said he was confronted by armed men who shot into the air in the neighbourhood of Petare on Sunday. Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles said he was attacked by a group of masked men in the town of Yare earlier this month. The government has denied any involvement in any of the attacks and accused the opposition of trying to provoke PSUV supporters.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/27/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "The interior ministry has strong indications that it was a clash between rival criminal gangs,"

So the party in power admits its a criminal gang.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/27/2015 7:52 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkish protesters egg the Dutch consulate by mistake, thinking it was Russian...
Posted by: anon1 || 11/27/2015 11:32 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mistakes happen. The French embassy got bombed during the US raid on Qadaffi (due to exhaustion from having to fly around the Frogs) and the Chinese embassy got bombed during the Balkans campaign (might've been the China Cultural Radio broadcasts being mistaken for intel data feeds to the Serbs...)
Posted by: Pappy || 11/27/2015 12:01 Comments || Top||

#2  I vaguely recall a report from the 1990s where the USA bombed a Yugo factory under the assumption it produced munitions. That mistake was probably a public service.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 11/27/2015 16:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Guy goes into an auto parts store:
"I'd like a gas cap for a Yugo"
"Hokay, seems like a fair trade"

bah-dum-dum *rimshot*. I'll be here all week, try the veal and tip your waitress
Posted by: Frank G || 11/27/2015 17:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Boy they had egg on their faces....
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/27/2015 21:52 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2015-11-27
  Top Pakistani extremist killed in 'shoot-out' with police
Thu 2015-11-26
  Drone strike kills Taliban shadow district governor in Nangarhar
Wed 2015-11-25
  One Russian pilot killed, other returned to Russia airbase in Syria
Tue 2015-11-24
  Tensions rise after Turkey shoots down Russian jet, says it will take the issue to the UN, NATO
Mon 2015-11-23
  Chinese police use a flamethrower on 'Muslim terror suspects'
Sun 2015-11-22
  Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Tawi-Tawi clash
Sat 2015-11-21
  Mali hotel attack: 27 dead with no more hostages
Fri 2015-11-20
  Gunmen take 170 hostages in Radisson Blu hotel in Mali capital
Thu 2015-11-19
  Video - Russia destroyed 500 fuel trucks of Islamic State in Syria
Wed 2015-11-18
  Soddy cops seize 500+ pounds of hashish
Tue 2015-11-17
  Kurds repel attack near Mosul, 60 ISIS Bad Guys die
Mon 2015-11-16
  ISIS executes 73 of its own militants for evacuating headquarters
Sun 2015-11-15
  France hits Raqqa - Water and Power cut off
Sat 2015-11-14
  Hollande declares state of emergency
Fri 2015-11-13
  US ‘99% sure’ it killed Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’


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