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Pot-laden truck creates armed standoff (at the Mexico border)
El Paso Times ^ | nov 19 | Daniel Borunda

Posted on 11/19/2005 11:25:56 AM PST by dennisw

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To: tillacum

they say they will forgive you if you instead give them 700 cooked noodles: you know that tramps *do* love pasta


61 posted on 11/19/2005 12:19:54 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: wyattearp

Unless there is a specific treaty defining the border as the river bank(s), international law controls. Under customary international law the border follows the river's main channel with the law of erosion and accretion applying to a meandering change in the border. Under a less well accepted doctrine, the border is the constant middle of the river. Both are subject to amendment by treaty.


62 posted on 11/19/2005 12:20:16 PM PST by middie
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To: Prime Choice
"You're being incredibly generous, FRiend."

And *serious* (as a hear attack).

"I question any appreciable intelligence in any areas in which "Reality TV" (sic) gets market share and precincts tilt Democrat."

HA!!
Yes I agree with your take wholeheartedly, PC.

...a kindred soul. ;^)

63 posted on 11/19/2005 12:21:19 PM PST by Landru (A sucker born every minute = ~36,288,800 new suckers every year.)
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To: Army Air Corps

I don't disagree.
a fence-topped wall with towers every 1000meters, laced with sensors and the towers armed with 50BMGs, would END the problem as we know it.


64 posted on 11/19/2005 12:22:00 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: King Prout

BTW, the Libyans were crossing during the time that the US bombed some of Momar's military installations and personal residences. When the Libyans were caught, the media made abrief mention that they were captured. Later, info trickled out that the dudes were Libyan commandos or intel agents sent to target US military bases.


65 posted on 11/19/2005 12:29:53 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

I have a vague memory of that, yes.


66 posted on 11/19/2005 12:34:42 PM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: DumpsterDiver; King Prout
"The incident began when Border Patrol agents tried to stop the dump truck on Interstate 10, sheriff's officials said. The truck fled to Mexico in the Neely's Crossing area. The truck got stuck in the riverbed, and the driver took off running. Agents "started to retrieve the bundles (of marijuana) when the armed subjects appeared,"

The Mexican drug cartel is growing so much pot in our national forests that they may be shipping it back to Mexico. It's difficult to tell if the truck was going north on I10, would it be able to turn around and head the other way on a freeway?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524578/posts?page=36#36 National parks' pot farms blamed on cartels San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/18/5 | Zachary Coile Posted on 11/18/2005 7:54:52 AM PST by SmithL Mexican drug lords find it easier to grow in state than import -

67 posted on 11/19/2005 12:35:49 PM PST by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: King Prout

At that time, I was living about 120 miles from the border; everyone was on edge. I remember that many of the guys in the town in which I lived had speculated on whether they would receive a reward for capturing or shooting the Libyans.


68 posted on 11/19/2005 12:38:57 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

I'm with you on this!!!!


69 posted on 11/19/2005 12:39:49 PM PST by ghostcat
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To: Army Air Corps
Wasn't that about the time that this WWW search result is referring to?

"After helping plan the US raid on Muammar Qaddafi's terrorist bases in Libya, [Ollie] North was targeted for assassination by Abu Nidal, the infamous terrorist. . . ."

70 posted on 11/19/2005 12:41:32 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (Move over, Henny Youngman.. please! "The most trusted news source." CNN)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

It may be, but I recall that military bases along the border increased their security sharlpy and started inspecting vehicles for bombs (inspecting trunks, truck beds, undersides of vehicles, using bomb sniffing dogs, etc.) when they entered bases. I was a kid at the time and recall visiting a couple of base museums and hearing the gate security folks state that they had to search the vehicle for explosives because of the Libyans who had crossed the border.


71 posted on 11/19/2005 12:47:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: WatchingInAmazement
The Mexican drug cartel is growing so much pot in our national forests that they may be shipping it back to Mexico. It's difficult to tell if the truck was going north on I10, would it be able to turn around and head the other way on a freeway?

You may be correct. I assumed that the truck was heading into the U.S.

I thought the reason for growing the pot on our side of the border was to make it easier to distribute in this country and to avoid having to make any border crossing excursions.

I'll see if I can find an article with some more details in it.

72 posted on 11/19/2005 12:48:24 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: Czar
OK--I propose San Francisco...

No...this it'd have to be an all-American city; one with which every Joe and Jane American can identify...not a communist holdout.

Besides, the bay area Leftists, like their French counterparts, would ultimately claim that they were attacked only because they didn't appease the terrorists enough.

73 posted on 11/19/2005 12:51:38 PM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: dennisw
Correction to the article as follows:

The Mexican army is used in anti-narcotics operations.

74 posted on 11/19/2005 1:05:11 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: balch3
but the way in which they completely ignore what's going on down there is hard to explain.

Of course, you can't be faulted for ignoring what the administration and congress are doing ...

75 posted on 11/19/2005 1:09:21 PM PST by WildTurkey (True Creationism makes intelligent design actually seem intelligent)
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To: Prime Choice

Your points are well taken, but I will stick with San Francisco. Somehow, it just seems like the best fit--communist holdout and terrorist appeasers notwithstanding...


76 posted on 11/19/2005 1:14:20 PM PST by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: dennisw

it sounds like the sooner you yanks build that wall the better .


77 posted on 11/19/2005 1:18:22 PM PST by goldcrest
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To: dennisw

Sons of Cheech & Chongs next movie


78 posted on 11/19/2005 1:40:12 PM PST by joesnuffy
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To: dennisw

Noun
S: (n) Mexican standoff (a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner)


79 posted on 11/19/2005 1:43:26 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland; All
Uh, ignore the guy with all the fake movie blood in the lower right-handf corner.
80 posted on 11/19/2005 1:54:13 PM PST by BushMeister ("We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around." --Ronald Reagan)
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