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REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines
Washington Free Beacon ^ | September 13, 2012 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 09/13/2012 9:43:32 AM PDT by DrewsMum

U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.

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1 posted on 09/13/2012 9:43:34 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: DrewsMum

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!


2 posted on 09/13/2012 9:45:00 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: DrewsMum

Empty guns from the empty chair!


3 posted on 09/13/2012 9:45:31 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: DrewsMum

This crap has gotta stop. We should have kept the M1 Garand, at least it is more useful as a club and a “pig-sticker” with a bayonet on it. B-P


4 posted on 09/13/2012 9:46:18 AM PDT by Nowhere Man (June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)
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To: DrewsMum
That's because there are other government departments who have first dibs on ammo, such as the SSA.

Who Does The Government Intend To Shoot?
5 posted on 09/13/2012 9:46:46 AM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: VanDeKoik

He’ll say he didn’t do this...blame it on the ambassador again....


6 posted on 09/13/2012 9:47:26 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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Drip, drip, drip...the media will eat their own on this whole story even if it winds up costing their guy the election. At their core they are media whores looking for the next multi-million dollar book deal.


7 posted on 09/13/2012 9:47:32 AM PDT by frogjerk (OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
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To: DrewsMum

The best thing we could do for the muslim world, in a spirit of parental love, would be for that squad of Marines to fire the final protective fire. They need some tough love.


8 posted on 09/13/2012 9:48:54 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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