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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-03 02:58 PM
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Friday's missile attack on the Casa Militar could have been cataclysmic
Police investigators in Caracas say that it was only a stroke of good fortune that limited damage done by Friday morning's bomb blast at the Casa Militar to superficial damage to the roof of an office and windows broken in the blast ... "it could have been worse ... much much worse!"

VHeadline.com sources reveal that the missile launched from a vehicle on Avenida Urdaneta missed the Casa Militar fuel tanks by just 40 meters (44 yards) and was a hair's breadth from reaching a central munitions store containing army supplies of light and heavy caliber ammunition and explosives ... "if it had been fired at a slightly different angle the whole place might well have gone up!"

"What we are dealing with here is person or persons who are intent on committing an act of terrorism against the military establishment and the Head of State. A big explosion at the Casa Militar would undoubtedly have caused substantial damage to the Presidential Palace which is only 200 meters away."

Security around President Hugo Chavez Frias has been stepped up this weekend ... a Secret Service aide says "we don't want a repeat performance of what happened to Chilean President Salvador Allende 30 years ago ...

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=11126

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Forensic experts say Friday's missile attack on the Casa Militar could have been cataclysmic
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-03 03:14 PM
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1.  They'll find BFEE finger print's
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-21-03 10:13 PM
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2. Sounds like something
Kissinger would have had a hand in.
I am sure we paid some one to do it.
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