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70 Year Old Marine kills thug who tried to rob tour bus
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| 23 FEB 2007
| BRIGITTE WILLIAMS-JAMES and JOE LOPEZ
Posted on 02/23/2007 12:48:13 PM PST by radar101
A retired 70-year-old Marine killed a mugger with his bare hands after a tour bus of U.S. senior citizens was held up in the Costa Rican city of Limon.
The retiree squeezed the 20-year-old mugger in a headlock, broke his clavicle and choked him. The thief's two accomplices, who were armed, fled as other retirees on the bus started defending themselves. The group then drove the unconscious mugger to a local Red Cross clinic, where he was declared dead.
Local police named the former Marine as Allan Clady, but could not say where in the United States he resides.
The 12 tourists involved in the incident on Wednesday were on a stopover from the Carnival Cruise ship Liberty.
Local Police Chief Luis Hernandez said no one would be charged in the incident. "They were in their right to defend themselves," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: marine; military; veterans
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To: radar101
Mr. Clady sounds like a real-life 70 year old Jack Bauer. Let this be a lesson to young punks everywhere!
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:04:11 PM PST
by
jpl
To: radar101
Just goes to show don't mess with a (former) Marine.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:06:00 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: jpl
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:06:14 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: radar101
It could happen:
The liberals are introducing a Bill in the House to outlaw all Americans use of their hands in self defense. Pelosi stated "the 70 year old American Marine who wrongfully used his hands to defend himself and others in taking the life of a poor man in Costa Rica just trying to feed his family shows the world just how prideful, and disrespectful Americans are in other Countries. This must stop now!"
Just wait and see how fast this House Bill gets introduced by a liberal socialist.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:07:10 PM PST
by
paratrooper82
(82 Airborne 1/508th BN "fury from the sky")
To: radar101
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:07:15 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: radar101
Sounds like he had his troops with him.
To: paratrooper82
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:09:20 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: CindyDawg
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:10:52 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: radar101
Good that he wasn't in the USA or he'd be under arrest.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:11:09 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: radar101
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:11:34 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked)
To: radar101
This is his world. The rest of us just live in it.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:12:06 PM PST
by
paddles
To: vpintheak
To: blackd77
Audie Murphy once killed a hitchhiker he picked up when the guy turned on him... definitely the wrong guy to start crap with.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:14:10 PM PST
by
Belasarius
(Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
To: paddles
This is his world. The rest of us just live in it. You betcha. And because of men like him, we can.
I love this story. He was just doing what Marines do: Protect Americans.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:15:24 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: radar101
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:16:39 PM PST
by
rbosque
To: radar101
Nothing against your posting this story (which I thank you for BTW) but what the hell is up with 'retired Marine' As I've always understood it, 'Once a Marine, Always a Marine'
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:20:16 PM PST
by
Severa
(I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
To: rbosque
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:20:49 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”)
To: radar101
It's always time to thank a Marine!
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:24:20 PM PST
by
MonicaG
(In hoc signo vinces. The whole world will see justice done.)
To: radar101
Not only is this guy hard-core, but it's completely righteous that he inspired all the rest of the oldsters to kick some badguy @ss, too.
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posted on
02/23/2007 1:24:21 PM PST
by
WorkingClassFilth
("Don't tread on me" - the motto of Patriots. "May I lick your boots?" - the motto of too many "R"s.)
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