Former presidential candidate Ron Paul says he is concerned that a “false flag” provocation could be used to ignite war in Venezuela.

The country’s ruling socialist leader Nicolas Maduro is still in power after an attempt by opposition leader Juan Guaido failed to kick-start a military uprising fizzled.

Now Paul says that those who want to see the country plunged into more violence could stage a catalyzing event.

“The big danger is a hard war breaking out,” said the former Texas Congressman. “I’d still bet it won’t be too bad, with thousands of troops moving. But it could be a guerrilla war or something like that. If there is a false flag or some important official on either side gets killed, you can’t tell what might happen.”

His co-host Daniel McAdams went further, suggesting that the deep state could assassinate Guaido.

“He has been a kind of a hapless figure so far,” said McAdams. “He calls for mass protests and no one shows up. I don’t think he realizes right now that he is actually now worth more dead than alive not only to the CIA, but also to his own opposition people. A shot in the crowd or something like that to take Guaido out. It might shock you, Dr. Paul, but the CIA is pretty good at this kind of things.”

As we highlighted earlier this week, a government vehicle was caught mowing down a crowd of anti-Maduro, one of whom was reportedly killed.

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A shocking video out of Venezuela shows an armored government vehicle mowing down a group of protesters.

The footage shows demonstrators in Caracas throwing objects at the tank-style trucks.

One of the vehicles then mounts a curb and ploughs into the protesters as they attempt to flee.

The Glorious state is now mowing down the citizens of the Glorious statepic.twitter.com/WatuWmySfu

— Old Holborn✘ (@Holbornlolz) 30 April 2019

Two victims who appear to be seriously injured are then dragged away by the crowd.

Another video shows one of the victims, who reportedly died.

BREAKING NEWS: Person critically injured after pro Maduro military truck runs over pro Guaido protesters in Caracas, Venezuela. He has reportedly not survived.
⚠️ GRAPHIC ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/of2CidDqSD

— BNL NEWS (@BreakingNLive) 30 April 2019

“Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro,” reports the Associated Press.

Armed factions have been engaged in gun battles all day outside a Caracas air base as the country teeters on the brink of collapse

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A Catholic church in Glasgow, Scotland was trashed by vandals in yet another random desecration.

“Shocking pictures shared on social media show the extent of the destruction to the altar area of St Simon’s Catholic Church, Glasgow, including broken statues and other holy relics,” reports the Scotsman.

The Archdiocese of Glasgow described the desecration as a “shameful attack on a much-loved church.”

Authorities say they are not treating the incident, which happened yesterday afternoon, as a religiously motivated hate crime.

Disgusting destruction in St Simon's Catholic Church Glasgow. Catholics just want to worship in peace and we are seeing more graffitti and vandalism. What are the parties doing about these issues? @NicolaSturgeon @LabourRichard @RuthDavidsonMSP pic.twitter.com/HN4lPG96gD

— Sancta Familia Media (@sfmmossend) April 30, 2019

One wonders if they would have the same response if this happened in a mosque.

Attacks on Christian churches are on the rise across Europe. 875 churches were targeted in France during 2018 alone.

As we reported yesterday, Romanian migrants trashed a Catholic church in Italy during a fight, causing significant damage.

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