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*I'm Not Allowed To Talk About It, He Adds *What The Weapon Did To Us -Venezuela Security Survivor The United States (US) is indeed a nation to be feared when it comes to military prowess. Bit by bit, further details keep emerging of how the US brought down the regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, made mincemeat of his much-vaunted, much-dreaded security architecture and captured him like a chicken from his fortress in Caracas, the country's capital, early this month. President Donald Trump has now revealed that a secret new weapon he calls 'The Discombobulator' was pivotal to the daring…

*President's Son Is Head Of Military, Boasts Of Killings *Wants To Succeed Father Who Has Already Spent 40 Years In Office Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine said today that his wife had been taken to hospital after soldiers invaded their residence, partially undressed and choked her. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was not at the property and is in hiding after he escaped a previous raid on his home last week hours before he was announced as the runner-up in the January 15 presidential election. Overnight into Saturday, soldiers forcefully entered the opposition leader's home in the Magere suburb in Kampala's…

US President Donald Trump is getting new transportation — on the ground and in the sky. This week in Davos, Switzerland, the US Secret Service began transporting Trump in newly delivered Cadillac SUVs, the agency confirmed in a social media post. The vehicles appear to be modified Cadillac Escalades, but the agency did not confirm that. “We were excited to build upon our long-lasting relationship with General Motors as we introduced these vehicles to our protective fleet,” Secret Service Director Sean Curran said. In March, after a meeting between Trump and General Manager/Chief Executive Officer (GM/ CEO) Mary Barra, Curran…

*'Case Was Riddled With Racial Injustice At Time When Prejudice, Bigotry Were Woven Throughout Every Aspect Of American Society' *Emotion As Smith –Walker’s Now 72-year-old Son –And Victim’s Son, Joseph Parker, Hug Each Other Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent of the killing of a white woman in Dallas. Tommy Lee Walker, 19, was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker.…

*US Troops Initially Told Us President, First Lady Assassinated, She Reveals *Inside Ruling Cabal Shortly After President's Capture *Recording Reveals Rodriguez's Comments Days After Maduro's Capture *No Way Of Verifying If She's Lying, Political Analyst Says The Communications Minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers. On speakerphone is Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, who claims that when US forces captured the dictator Nicolás Maduro, she and other members of his cabinet were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply with Washington’s demands – “or they would kill us." Rodríguez, the former Vice-President…

Before the US military snatched Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration once the strongman was gone, four sources involved at high levels with the discussions told the Guardian UK. Rodríguez, who was sworn in on 5 January as acting President to replace Maduro, and her brother Jorge, the Head of the National Assembly, secretly assured US and Qatari officials through intermediaries ahead of time that they would welcome Maduro’s departure, according to the sources. The communications between US officials from Delcy Rodríguez, who was then Maduro’s…

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he flew back to the US, President Donald Trump was asked about the possibility of US military intervention in the Islamic Republic of Iran amid widespread reports of protesters being killed. “We’re watching Iran,” the US President said. “You know we have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens.” “We have a big force going toward Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen. But we’re watching them very closely,” he added. Minutes later he also…

The US President’s plane, Air Force One, has been forced to abort its flight to Switzerland and turn back after what officials described as a “minor electrical issue." Donald Trump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos shortly after midnight. The delegation also includes the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, the Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, and the National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett. White House Press…

Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged for the first time that thousands of people were killed during the protests that rocked Iran over the last two weeks. In a speech on Thursday, Khamenei said that thousands of people had been killed, “some in an inhuman, savage manner," and blamed the US for the death toll. The supreme leader railed against US President Donald Trump, whom he called a “criminal” for his support of the demonstrations, and called for strict punishment of protesters. Khamenei said: “By God’s grace, the Iranian nation must break the back of the seditionists just…

The CIA chief whose agents reputedly played a key role in abducting then-serving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has flown to Caracas, the country's capital, to meet his (Maduro's) successor, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, as the sidelined opposition leader, María Corina Machado, vowed she would become the country’s first elected female President. Machado’s comments were broadcast today, a day after she handed her Nobel Peace prize medal to Donald Trump in recognition of what she called a principled and decisive move against Maduro, whom US special forces snatched on 3 January,to face narco-terrorism and other criminal charges in New York. The…