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Coup Attempt In Saudi Arabia – Media Blackout

23-4-2018 < No Fake News 92 232 words
 
Media blackout following Saudi Arabia coup attempt









On Saturday night, the royal palace in the capitol of Saudi Arabia came under heavy military attack – as a suspect coup took place amid a total media blackout.


Western media swept the event under the carpet, brushing it off as nothing more than a toy drone running rogue – repeating the script given to them by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.





Bigleaguepolitics.com reports: Many on the ground in Saudi Arabia aren’t buying that story, and several eyewitnesses have confirmed that there was a coup attempt against the King and his Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman.


“Saudi opposition members claimed that ‘a senior ground force officer has led a raid on the palace to kill the king and the crown prince,’” says a Farsnews report.



“Witnesses and residents of the neighborhoods near the palace said a coup is underway, while other reports said a drone has been flying over the palace,” the report says.


Here are some of the confirmations from direct eyewitnesses that the event was not a mere drone takeout:


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