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  • Axes against evil: 1 base's plan to bludgeon terrorists

    05/23/2003 12:18:03 AM PDT · by Bobby777 · 15 replies · 231+ views
    WorldNetDaily.Com ^ | Posted: May 23, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern | By Paul Sperry
    HOMELAND INSECURITY WASHINGTON -- As the Pentagon deploys more Stinger missiles around its perimeter to guard against new al-Qaida threats, an Army fort out West plans to issue axes to beef up security. Actually, axes isn't quite accurate. Some sentries at Fort Huachuca in Arizona will only get the wooden part of the ax -- sans blade. "No firearms for sentry duty. They get ax handles!" said a U.S. official, who finds the plan ridiculous. Indeed, a post-wide memo, "Operations Order for Force Protection Delta Procedures," advises: "Soldiers ... will be issued a flashlight, batteries and an ax handle to...