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Iraq-tested soldiers in New Orleans with shoot to kill orders
Agence France-Presse ^ | September 1, 2005

Posted on 09/01/2005 7:03:05 PM PDT by HAL9000

A detachment of 300 Arkansas National Guard troops landed in anarchic New Orleans on Thursday, with the authorization to shoot and kill "hoodlums" Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said.

"Three hundred of the Arkansas National Guard have landed in the city of New Orleans," said Blanco.

"These troops are fresh back from Iraq, well trained, experienced, battle tested and under my orders to restore order in the streets," Blanco said.

"They have M-16s and they are locked and loaded.

"These troops know how to shoot and kill and they are more than willing to do so if necessary and I expect they will," said Blanco.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: anarchy; arkansas; blanco; huckabee; iraq; katrina; looters; nationalguard; neworleans; oifveterans; shoottokill
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1 posted on 09/01/2005 7:03:06 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

About Goddamn time, Blank-o!


2 posted on 09/01/2005 7:04:13 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: HAL9000

'shoot to kill'

FINALLY!

"Can you hear me now?"


3 posted on 09/01/2005 7:04:22 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
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To: HAL9000

HOOAH....Go Guard..


4 posted on 09/01/2005 7:05:08 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Home of the free, because of the Brave.....do you understand that Cindy?)
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To: HAL9000

If these are actual quotes from Blanco, then she sounds like she's retarded...


5 posted on 09/01/2005 7:05:14 PM PDT by jscd3
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To: HAL9000

Wow, Blanco is getting nutty. The French LOVE this.


6 posted on 09/01/2005 7:05:16 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: HAL9000

I am going to be so pissed if any Guardsmen die at the hands of the Democratic base.


8 posted on 09/01/2005 7:06:06 PM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: HAL9000

..don't get to excited with this report..consider the source


Doogle


9 posted on 09/01/2005 7:06:37 PM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: HAL9000

Agence-France-Presse ???


10 posted on 09/01/2005 7:06:38 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over TWO YEARS now)
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To: HAL9000

I hope this is true! Finally, they may get some control again.


11 posted on 09/01/2005 7:06:49 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: clee1

Need verification from someone besides the FRENCH.


12 posted on 09/01/2005 7:06:52 PM PDT by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches, hard to get rid of.>)
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To: HAL9000
The clean-up has officially begun.
13 posted on 09/01/2005 7:07:10 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Do you know Landru, Brother?)
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To: HAL9000


Shoot to kill, what a novel idea blanco. WTF took you so long to figure it out???????????


14 posted on 09/01/2005 7:07:20 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (I'm not afraid to say out loud what the rest of you are afraid to admit.)
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Yo Hal...

((((PING)))) the thread...POP the looters...scopes up!


15 posted on 09/01/2005 7:07:29 PM PDT by antaresequity
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To: HAL9000
It's AFP. I'll wait until I hear this from a pro-US media organization.

There must be one out there...

16 posted on 09/01/2005 7:07:34 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: HAL9000

yeeeehaaa! about time they bring in the good guys. those looting thugs need to be reined in


17 posted on 09/01/2005 7:07:38 PM PDT by Cinnamon
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To: mercy

True, not a valid news source.


18 posted on 09/01/2005 7:08:04 PM PDT by Daralundy
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To: jscd3
If these are actual quotes from Blanco, then she sounds like she's retarded...

The statements do seem a bit incongruous when one considers how weepy and ineffectual she has been in the past few days. It sounds like she is trying very hard to look assertive and like she is in control of the situation.

19 posted on 09/01/2005 7:08:05 PM PDT by The Phantom FReeper (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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To: HAL9000

From French press? Yeah, right.


20 posted on 09/01/2005 7:08:31 PM PDT by RobRoy (Child support and maintenance (alimony) are what we used to call indentured slavery)
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