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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 1 2005, 11:08 PM
And NFoitu, you'll be interested to know a detachment of the Arkansas National Guard has entered New Orleans with shoot to kill orders for looters, something that should have happened a long time ago.
Cowperson
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"These are some of the 40,000 extra troops that I have demanded," Blanco said. "They have M-16s, and they're locked and loaded ... I have one message for these hoodlums: These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will." (See video on the military response -- 2:40)
She told CNN Friday that "anybody needs to get food and water wherever they can find it," she said. "I'm not talking about people who are trying to get survival items. I'm talking about people who are threatening other people."
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Doesn't really sound like they want to shoot the looters. I think they've given up protecting the stuff in stores, which is good. The violence seems to be much more the problem.