To: TheSpottedOwl
(AFP) Troops deployed in New Orleans with shoot-to-kill orders
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana : Iraq-tested US troops with shoot-to-kill orders were deployed in New Orleans on Thursday to restore law and order after days of chaos and looting in the hurricane-devastated city.
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said the 300 troopers from the Arkansas National Guard had been authorised to open fire on "hoodlums" who have been terrorising the flooded city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The people who are shooting at aid workers and medical teams better stop their nonsense.
1,854 posted on
09/01/2005 8:39:48 PM PDT by
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(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said the 300 troopers from the Arkansas National Guard had been authorised to open fire on "hoodlums" who have been terrorising the flooded city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.I know we're not supposed to be critical, but honestly, what took her so long to decide this?
1,876 posted on
09/01/2005 8:43:24 PM PDT by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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The people who are shooting at aid workers and medical teams better stop their nonsense.
Trust me, the 39th Infantry Brigade will be in no mood for it.
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"These troops are fresh back from Iraq, well trained, experienced, battle tested and under my orders to restore order in the streets," Blanco said.Yeah right. Good to see that she finally pulled her head out of her ass, and is being medicated. This should have been the order, days ago.
Can you imagine being so ignorant, that you'd shoot the very people trying to save you?
3,387 posted on
09/02/2005 7:33:16 AM PDT by
TheSpottedOwl
("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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