Venezuela claims to have captured 'CIA backed cell plotting false flag attack' as tensions with US grow
Source: Independent.co.uk
Venezuela claims to have foiled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on an American warship, in what the government alleges is a cynical ploy to spark a full military confrontation.
Interior minister Diosdado Cabello said that a cell financed by the CIA planned to attack the USS Gravely and pin the blame on Caracas, after the missile destroyer docked in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday to conduct joint exercises with Trinidad's navy.
Venezuela said that it had captured a group of mercenaries "with direct information of the American intelligence agency" and whose goal it was to carry out a false-flag attack in the region. Cabello said four people had been arrested, without providing details.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-maduro-cia-false-flag-gravely-trinidad-b2853501.html
JFC. They really want that oil
Klarkashton
(5,413 posts)mwb970
(12,162 posts)peppertree
(23,456 posts)multigraincracker
(38,034 posts)False Flag op in a gulf of Tonkin type deal and Tin Soldiers Coming.
Weve been through this crap before.
slightlv
(7,943 posts)so this is all new to him. He thinks he's thought up all this novel stuff all by himself and is calling himself a Good Boy for doing so!
Bayard
(30,269 posts)How many of our sailors would have died?
James48
(5,255 posts)Trump must have known.
If he did know, and didnt stop it, he should be impeached and removed.,
And if he didnt know, then he should be impeached for not knowing. Thats incompetence.
The CIA doesnt just kill Americans on a whim. That had to come from up top.
NBachers
(19,572 posts)
Wonder Why
(7,232 posts)pecosbob
(8,492 posts)He was tied up bombing Haitians with drones for a while but I expect he is already hip deep in any mischief going on in Venezuela.
Uncle Joe
(65,516 posts)Thanks for the thread Deep State Witch
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