Page added on April 21, 2018
Update: Some reports that there was no coup attempt and The Wall Street Journal reports it was guards shooting down an errant drone…
No coup attempt in Riyadh. A toy drone/plane got too close too the King’s palace and was shot down. #SaudiArabia#Riyadh
— Margherita Stancati (@margheritamvs) April 21, 2018
However, in this era of fake news, others have confirmed the King has been moved…
Confirmed by @GhanemAlmasarir . #Saudi@KingSalman moved to King Khaled military base. https://t.co/v2m6nVsC3S@ForeignAffairs
— Ali AlAhmed (@AliAlAhmed_en) April 21, 2018
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As we detailed earlier, Local reports (unconfirmed) in Riyahd say that Saudi King Salman has been evacuated following gunfire and explosions heard around the Royal Palace (in an unconfirmed coup attempt)…
— Lee Saks (@Lee_Saks) April 21, 2018
Unconfirmed reports of heavy gunfire in the #Saudi king’s new Ouja palace in the capital Riyadhhttps://t.co/6MHIXLeaI2pic.twitter.com/ej8RyUesOk
— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) April 21, 2018
However, as Saad Abedine reports, via Twitter, a Saudi tweep posted a video refuting the claims of a gunfire near the King’s Ouja palace in Khozama street, saying “There is nothing here in the street. Enough with the rumours”
ياحبهم للإشاعات
حي الخزامى مابوه الا العافية pic.twitter.com/o5CXKwogDR— موجز الأخبار 🇸🇦 (@KSA24) April 21, 2018
Additionally, the London-based Saudi popular political satirist is claiming that the King was moved to a nearby airbase for “his own safety”.
The London based #Saudi popular political satirist is claiming that the King was moved to a nearby airbase for “his own safety”.
So far, there is NO indication of any gunfire near the King’s Ouja palace on local media. https://t.co/nNvQkZCIdU
— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) April 21, 2018
13 Comments on "Gunfire, Explosions Heard Near Saudi Royal Palace, King Salman Reportedly Evacuated"
Cloggie on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 3:45 pm
Watching German news: nothing.
Cloggie on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 3:57 pm
EU (F, UK, D, I) pressing in Washington for easing anti-Russian sanctions:
https://www.nu.nl/economie/5232740/eu-dringt-bij-vs-afzwakken-sancties-rusland.html
Cloggie on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 3:59 pm
It was a toy-drone:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5642379/Drone-shot-outside-Saudi-Arabia-palace-sparks-coup-fears.html#comments
Duncan Idaho on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 4:16 pm
The Daily Mail?
We may never know—-
But the fact that we are hearing about it, it is probably more than a “Toy drone”.
razi ahmed on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 5:04 pm
King salman evacuated.May be an MBS ploy as he has already his mother from the zzzzzzzzzzzking.
BobInget on Sat, 21st Apr 2018 7:00 pm
Royals made enemies, powerful enemies, extorting billions, holding wealthy crooks ransom.
Didn’t they know repercussions were coming?
Then, there’s the Yemeni Houthi who may have infiltrated. Remember TET?
Cloggie on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 12:12 am
Assad about to recapture Yarmuk quarter in Damascus:
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/syrien-zwei-quadratkilometer-buergerkrieg-in-jarmuk-a-1204021.html
On second thoughts Assad is better than IS in the eyes of the population.
Marie on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 2:02 am
I only peace!
Cloggie on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 2:58 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kau7vWgkLfA
Yesterday another high profile action by the fashy grim-looking right-wing French Generation Identitaire, symbolically defending the border crossing between France and Italy against Mu-slime invaders from sneaking into France.
In 1989 the Moscow-backed leftist-communist regimes between Hannover and Wladiwostok evaporated and its leaders were thrown into jail or worse:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5uF5ARIEAAKIfH.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/3c/51/4d3c51bd8f884f4db75aaa3b8b36a819.jpg
(picture Merkel in a similar situation)
Now the Washington-backed leftist multicultural regimes are going to be toppled after the populist takeover. Got the message? We are NOT going to give Europe away to Islam or African invaders. Thank God China and Russia meanwhile are strong enough to stand up against ZOG and that is sufficient resistance to block the aspirations of the Soros/millimind bunch: one mongrelized world under their control.
What follows are mopping up operations that will lead to regime change in Washington/NY.
Yorchichan on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 3:24 am
Cloggie
Trying to view your link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kau7vWgkLfA) in Chrome immediately closes the browser. This doesn’t happen for other youtube vids or if I view the video through TOR. It does also happen, however, if I try to look at http://www.minds.com/colinflaherty.
Interesting. Is this an attempt to shut down free speech?
Cloggie on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 3:29 am
I have Chrome and can open the link without trouble, on both Windows and iPad. No need for “conspiracy theories”. Just another Youtube video (for as long as it lasts).
MASTERMIND on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 3:35 am
Clog
Youtube videos are your evidence. The reason you use videos is because they don’t have to cite any sources. Its all imaginary. Stop spamming this board with your tin foil hat nonsense. You paranoid schizophrenic.
Yorchichan on Sun, 22nd Apr 2018 4:54 am
Cloggie
Then it’s either a UK issue or, more likely, an issue with my laptop. Your link works fine with internet explorer.