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(122 firearms) Guns from U.S. sting operation found at Mexican crime scenes
reuters.com ^
| 7/26/2011
| Jeremy Pelofsky
Posted on 07/26/2011 9:02:04 AM PDT by dragnet2
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At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to drug cartels there, according to a Republican congressional report being issued on Tuesday.
Their investigators say at least 122 firearms bought by suspected gun traffickers were found at Mexican crime scenes
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:02:07 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: dragnet2
geez, this is from Rooters, must be series.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:05:12 AM PDT
by
umgud
To: dragnet2
Why isn’t Mexico’s government screaming bloody murder?
They should outraged and rightly so......................
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:08:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(PEAS in our time? Obama cries PEAS! PEAS! when there is no PEAS!..........................)
To: dragnet2
That the guns were part of an “undercover” Washington operation is not in doubt. The reason for it is. As is who was really behind it, and what their real purpose was.
Think about the history of this administration and the numerous thugs involved.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:08:47 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: umgud
Yep.
It was only a matter of time until the media was forced to acknowledge this corrupt, illegal government operation.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:10:09 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
...powerful .50 caliber rifles...As opposed to weak .50 caliber rifles?
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:10:59 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:11:24 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Joe Brower; marktwain; Travis McGee
Mexican authorities found AK-47 assault rifles, powerful .50 caliber rifles and other weapons in late 2009 that were later linked to the U.S. sting operation to trace weapons going across the border to Mexico... Oh good - Fed.gov was selling Barrett 50s to criminals and drug cartels. Many among the ATF wouldn't want law abiding Americans them, but it's okay for them to give them away to Mexican drug dealers.
I wonder if anyone will bother asking how the BATFags intended to recover these weapons from the criminals once the supposed "tracing operation" (yeah right) was completed.
The answer is they didn't intend to recover them. Nor did they have any reasonable expectation of even tracing them.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:12:42 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: Red Badger
Why isnt Mexicos government screaming bloody murder? That's easy. Mexico's government was pre-consulted by America's government.
Any feigned protests we see will be for appearance purposes.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:16:53 AM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: facedown
First people were all angry because the media was all but ignoring this corrupt illegal government operation, now when they're reporting about it, you're mocking the wording used?
Come on.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:18:51 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: AAABEST
The answer is they didn't intend to recover them. Nor did they have any reasonable expectation of even tracing them.No kidding. I wouldn't want to try and recover a .50 cal without some air support.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:20:29 AM PDT
by
numberonepal
(Palin/West 2012)
To: dragnet2
The supposed purpose of this program was to track these guns and disrupt the criminal network that supplied them to the cartels. Now that these guns have turned up at crime scenes, I guess that they've been tracked about as far as they can go, unless the Mexican authorities decide to recycle them back to the criminals again.
So, has the gun running network been disrupted?
To: dragnet2
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:30:19 AM PDT
by
MattinNJ
(Perry/Palin vs. Obama/Biden.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
The supposed purpose of this program was to track these guns and disrupt the criminal network that supplied them to the cartels. Hey, maybe we should intentionally flood the Mideast and their Muslims gangs like al-Qaeda, with weapons, rocket launchers, material to produce dirty bombs and bio weapons to see if we can track them down.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:32:54 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: numberonepal
This was all about enacting more punitive American gun control, regulations, and eventually eliminating the 2nd Amendment.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:34:45 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
Obama's ATF actions also encourage more illegal immigration into the US, as Mexican families try to escape the crime atmosphere. This nudges them to get out.
Obama won't Secure the border and gives speeches to LaRaza. Basically provides a welcome mat.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:45:48 AM PDT
by
opentalk
To: Red Badger
“Why isnt Mexicos government screaming bloody murder?
They should outraged and rightly so.................”
They are. They’re demannding that the US adopt strict gun control measures, including registration!!!
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:47:44 AM PDT
by
catman67
To: dragnet2
The ATF has said that there are still over 1,400 guns unaccounted for in Mexico, there were between 200 and a 1,000 guns “walked” to Honduras and new info from a Tampa ATF agent saying that guns went to other Central American countries. That is a lot of guns and every time some show up at the scene of a murder/shootout there will be new press about it. Especially if more LE agents are murdered with them. Especially if Hezbollah in Mexico gets a hold of some and murders some Americans with them.
This story has the potential to re-surface afresh for a decade with all those arms out there.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:49:24 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
(No dark sarcasm in the press room ... Hey!, Barry!, leave them bills alone.)
To: catman67
“...They are. Theyre demannding that the US adopt strict gun control measures, including registration!!!...”
Which is their end-game plan all along, and the whole reason they started this “crisis”.
True to communist political agitation; create a crisis, fan it, and then suddenly some up with the solutin to it.
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posted on
07/26/2011 9:58:00 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: dragnet2
Hey, maybe we should intentionally flood the Mideast and their Muslims gangs like al-Qaeda, with weapons, rocket launchers, material to produce dirty bombs and bio weapons to see if we can track them down.
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We are in the process of that in Libya right now.
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posted on
07/26/2011 10:05:36 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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