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To: plushaye

CNN frontpage article says:

Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on contractors crossing a bridge to make levee repairs, The Associated Press reported.

Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley told AP that police shot at eight people who had guns, killing five or six.

The Army Corps of Engineers told AP that 14 contractors escorted by police were fired upon while crossing the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.

Corps spokesman John Hall told AP the contractors were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help fix a breech in the 17th Street Canal.

Initial AP reports had wrongly indicated that the contractors themselves were shot by police; no other details were immediately available.


6,736 posted on 09/04/2005 4:04:11 PM PDT by plushaye (President Bush: W-2-4-4!! God Bless him and his administration.)
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To: plushaye

"CNN frontpage article says:"

Somebody's gonna get fired over this -- This is CNN and they're not supposed to retract and correct a juicy article with potential use to attack Bush or somebody..


6,745 posted on 09/04/2005 4:09:44 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (MSM reporters -- rope is cheap and there are a LOT of trees...)
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