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Posted on 12/03/2003 1:26:51 PM PST by areafiftyone
United Nations has reacted to NewsMax's story about an apparent suicide inside the world body's headquarters by "threatening to fire" the officials who spoke to NewsMax's U.N. correspondent Stewart Stogel.
"They (U.N. management) are very upset about the story, but it is true," claimed a U.N. security officer.
One fact first revealed by NewsMax was that a second U.N. security officer had opted taken to take a brief nap in the secluded and closed lounge where the first officer apparently took his life.
The second officer napped for more than 30 minutes, not realizing the first officer seated only feet away was dead.
U.N. is also not happy with the NewsMax report that the U.N.'s sidearms (9mm Glocks) do not carry conventional safety locks and as such, are more prone to accidentally discharge than the Smith & Wessons previously used by the United Nations.
The problem is compounded by the extremely deadly "hollow point" bullets employed by the U.N. security force.
Unlike conventional bullets, hollow points will explode on impact and shatter inside a target's body. The attributes of such ammunition is that there is less chance of a ricochet, endangering bystanders. Also, fewer hollow points are needed to kill a target because of its shattering characterisitc.
Once shot, a hollow point will most likely kill its target, even if accidentally fired. Obviously, there is less margin for error with this ordinance.
As such, NewsMax revealed that numerous U.N. security officers opt to carry empty pistols, with bullets at the ready but not in the gun's firing chamber, as U.N. rules mandate.
"You (NewsMax) sure keep us on our toes, there's no doubt about that," exclaimed one U.N. officer on Wednesday.
One veteran U.N. ambassador told Stogel: "Why are they (the U.N.) getting so involved in this? This is supposed to be a house of peace ... we are supposed to lead by example. What kind of examples are we setting?"
Officially, the U.N. has offered no comment on the NewsMax report.
The problem is compounded by the extremely deadly "hollow point" bullets employed by the U.N. security force.
AAAAAAHHH gun paranoia alert!!! Not hollow points!!!! We need safer guns and SAFER BULLETS!!!
Is this the kind of security we'd have in Iraq today if we had "gone in with the UN" as the Dems suggest?
And they point them and yell "BANG, I shot you! Hey! You're supposed to fall down!.....MOM!!!!!"
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I can see a new policy coming down...
"Do not puncture your CO2 cartridge until you see the whites of their eyes."
I sure do!
Not actually empty. Clip is in, just need to jack the action, big difference. What is interesting is the last part of that sentence: "as U.N. rules mandate."
Interesting that the peace luvin' U.N. has a RULE that their flunkies carry "cocked and locked."
Yes, there is very little margin for error in some municipal laws. There also might be very little margin for error with this ordnance.
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