Posted on 09/04/2005 5:12:33 PM PDT by lightman
This story still has something suspicious about it.
Ok,five snipers killed by NOPD.Great news.
Now lets see names,ages,and pics since I'm sure these thugs have a record out there doing more dirt.
Is hiz honor, Mayor Ray Nagin, still in his drug bunker?
Tell me when it reaches 100.
What do you call 5 dead looting, killing and raping thugs?
A good start.
nah..he was on 60 minutes tonight dissin the gov..who needs it, and Pres. Bush..who doesn't..
"Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said."
How do we know that it is not Islamic cell groups activated to cause political and social unrest during the diseaster? All my years of hearing about hurricane diseaster, rarely does criminals shoot at helicopters. Most of the time they want to be unnoticed as they go about looting.
I don't think the thread needs to be pulled since Fox is now reporting confirming this story. While there have been various versions, which described the gunmen as "looters" and another said the contractors were killed, this appears to be the right one.
Note the byline timestamp:
Sep 4, 7:35 PM (ET)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people carrying guns, killing five or six.
Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers.
They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breech in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
None of the contractors was injured, Mike Rogers, a disaster relief coordinator with the Army Corps of Engineers, told reporters in Baton Rouge.
The bridge spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
No other details were immediately available.
I've been reading about this on the web and even the latest version makes no sense at ALL.
What could the possible motive be? Even if they were gang banger thugs, what is that they were trying to protect? A flooded and useless city filled with dead bodies?
I'd like some verification on the "bad guys". Names, identification, photos, rap sheet if US born. Status if illegal, or "visiting the States" on a foreign Visa.
Let the FBI and INS do thorough checks. Then deliver the dirt.
Jack.
I just heard CBS news report on this, but saying there are conflicting stories.
We should've had this kind of response *days* ago. At least they're finally giving these terrorists (and what else can you call them?) what they deserve!
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