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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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To: HAL9000

Did she really say all that stuff? The governor sounds like she's ready to shoot someone herself.


101 posted on 09/01/2005 7:39:31 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: inquest

Those aren't "civilians" anymore. I share your concern but the scum has to be stopped and NOPD ain't up to the task.


102 posted on 09/01/2005 7:40:48 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: bootslee
Maybe this will help you. "Six SEAL teams left San Diego on Tuesday morning headed for New Orleans". Drudge
103 posted on 09/01/2005 7:42:10 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: mad_as_he$$
FWIW you can't "lock and load" an M-16A2 or an M-4 for that matter

You are right, of course - I own an AR-15 as well as an M-1, the rifle for which the term "lock and load" was invented.

104 posted on 09/01/2005 7:42:50 PM PDT by jscd3
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To: HAL9000

This has to be some frogs dream. Look at the source and consider the supposed source of the quotes. Blanco doesn't even have this kind of concept in her knowledgebase.


105 posted on 09/01/2005 7:43:11 PM PDT by 6ppc
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To: Billthedrill
I'll wait until I hear this from a pro-US media organization.
There must be one out there...

Interfax?

Actually, the Morris newspaper chain is pro-American. I can't think of many others.

106 posted on 09/01/2005 7:44:05 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Eagles6
Ain't gonna believe it unless verified by reputable sources.

From NOLA.com New Orleans Times-Picayune -

Blanco demands apology

9:15 p.m.

An angry Gov. Kathleen Blanco demanded that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., apologize for his statement that it might not make sense to rebuild New Orleans. It was “unthinkable,” Blanco said, that Hastert would “kick us when we’re down. I demand an immediate apology.”

At a press conference Thursday night, she said that 300 soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard arrived in New Orleans fresh from Iraq and are under orders to restore order from the “hoodlums.’’

She said of the soldiers: “They have M-16s and they are locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot to kill . . . and I expect they will.’’

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, said that 1,500 people had gathered on the Chalmette ferry landing awaiting evacuation, possibly by ferry, to Algiers. Making a plea for those refugees to receive food and water now, Melancon estimated that about 100 are dead, possibly from dehydration.

Officials also noted that an additional 80 police officers are now on the streets of New Orleans from elsewhere around the country, bringing some stability to the Superdome.

A doctor in University Hospital telephoned a Baton Rouge TV station, hoping to call attention to the desperate plight at his hospital. The hospital was running low on food and water, and had no power, the doctor said. “We have 160 patients in the hospital and they are actively dying,” he said.


107 posted on 09/01/2005 7:44:27 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: jscd3

Perhaps mounted 30mm on choppers flying in for rescue may help as well.


108 posted on 09/01/2005 7:44:45 PM PDT by bootslee
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To: HAL9000

"LT... LT... we'll shoot those carrying Plasma TV's and Computers first... they can't eat that!"

109 posted on 09/01/2005 7:46:18 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: HAL9000

My goodness, the govna is really gettin' tough and I can't say I blame her.


110 posted on 09/01/2005 7:47:41 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: jscd3

:-)


111 posted on 09/01/2005 7:47:57 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: HAL9000

About damn time!


112 posted on 09/01/2005 7:49:51 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: HAL9000

Is this the same as Martial Law Declared? Any shooting to kill will likely result in a Guardsman being prosecuted by LA or Fed attorneys.


114 posted on 09/01/2005 7:51:38 PM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource Federal Judiciary and US Senate to India, NOW!)
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To: HAL9000

Sounds like the left cannot complain about sending the National Guard to Iraq now as they got field experience they simply COULD NOT get at home (although they are being called to put it into use here).


115 posted on 09/01/2005 7:53:54 PM PDT by weegee (The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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To: HAL9000

It's a quagmire in NO, LA!
We cannot win with troops trained in desert warfare!
WE are doomed because "They" hate us!!
It is not worth ONE soldier getting wet!
Bring the troops home now!
It's all Bush's fault!
(At least Ted Kennedy would feel at home swimming the canals.)
sarcasm off.


116 posted on 09/01/2005 8:01:32 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Islam, the religion of the criminally insane.)
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To: HAL9000
More confirmation from The Advocate - Baton Rouge -

Blanco also issued another message to the "hoodlums" in New Orleans: Arkansas National Guardsmen fresh from Iraq have M16s locked and loaded, and they know how to shoot and kill.

She said these hoodlums are taking away limited resources to save babies, children and good people. Blanco said she expects the National Guardsmen to use force if they must.


117 posted on 09/01/2005 8:02:46 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: ChristianDefender

I say follow the looters "home" and see where the plug the tv or computer in.


118 posted on 09/01/2005 8:04:45 PM PDT by weegee (The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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To: HAL9000

Good hunting, guys; do your stuff.


119 posted on 09/01/2005 8:19:07 PM PDT by Marauder (You can't stop sheep-killing predators by putting more restrictions on the sheep.)
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To: weegee
I say follow the looters "home" and see where they plug the tv or computer in.

And shoot them for being such a fool... Soldier:"There is a citywide blackout..morons!

120 posted on 09/01/2005 8:20:39 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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