F.G. sent us some news from Las Cruces, New Mexico: Family arrested in gun bust; feds raid LC, Deming store. So why aren’t the BATFE agents that knowingly and intentionally facilitated similar sales of more than 2,000 guns facing similar charges? (The agents ordered gun shops to proceed with straw purchase sales to Mexican nationals.)
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Some good analysis by Fred Burton of Stratfor: Above the Tearline: Reconstructing the Monterrey Arson Attack from Surveillance Footage
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D.W. sent a link to the PDF of a U.S. Army /USMC Counterinsurgency Field Manual with a foreword written by General Petraeus. (Who was recently appointed DCI. Because of this appointment, I believe that we can expect to see a “we’re taking the gloves off” attitude in counter-terrorism circles. It might be a good time to invest in Raytheon and Hellfire Systems, Inc. Respectively, they are the prime contractors for the Tomahawk cruise missile and the Hellfire missile. The latter can be launched from Predator UAVs. Something tells me that they’re going to be using a lot of both of them.)
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And speaking of military documents, Capt Bart of Survival Cache recommended this CGSC paper: The Other End of the Spear: The Tooth- to-Tail Ratio (T3R) in Modern Military Operations
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Nanny State California goes berserk: Babysitting Bill in California Legislature