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Coup surrealism: embassy turns into boat, threatens US warship

As the crow flies, Tegucigalpa is just over 50 miles from the sea. So Brazil’s ambassador may have wondered why Honduran troops had pointed sonic weapons at his building and (very loudly) informed him in English that he was approaching a US warship... ...full story at Black & White Cat

from Black & White Cat on Sat, Oct 03 2009

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