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Police were taking down narcotics smuggling at the airport. The cartels fought back hard. There's outright open warfare in the streets of Rio. The drug cartels are using drones to fight.

Idea for a 3ft x 5ft poster: LET'S MAKE A DEAL! CRIMINAL ILLEGALS CAN STAY, AS LONG AS ALL OTHER DEMOCRATS SELF-DEPORT (Why not? You hate America anyway)

Iraqi troops shoot at fleeing civilians By Sudarsan RaghavanKnight Ridder NewspapersPublished Monday, March 31, 2003 AZ ZUBAYR BRIDGE, Iraq -- Iraqi troops fired machine guns and artillery shells at several hundred families fleeing Basra on Sunday, triggering a shootout with British soldiers that pinned down terrified refugees in the cross-fire. Mothers in black Islamic garments clutched crying babies to their chests. Young men tightly held the hands of their grandmothers. And an old, sun-weathered man with a cane briefly looked to the heavens and yelled, ''Allah. God help me.'' British forces on the outskirts of Basra are facing an Iraqi...