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| Officials: Wire across road could have decapitated Border Patrol agents | |
| 2008-02-14 | |
I filed this under WOT. Please move it if it's in the wrong place, but it seems pretty close to a good fit to me.
"It was configured in a way so that, if it was pulled, it would take off the head of a Border Patrol agent riding in an open car," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said at a House budget hearing. The wire was discovered Saturday when authorities monitoring a surveillance camera saw two people on the north side of the border east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, in the San Diego sector. Border Patrol agents sent to the area found a thick metal wire tied to a secondary fence. The wire stretched across the border road and led into Mexico through a hole in the primary fence, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Would US BP agents have any legitimate reason to ride through here? When pulled tight, the wire would be about 4 feet high -- about neck level for an agent riding on an all-terrain vehicle, CBP said. Officials said they suspected that drug or illegal immigrant smugglers were involved. No arrests were made on either side of the border. The wire was removed, and no injuries or damage took place, CBP said. No harm, no foul. Right? Seems to me a fence would make this kind of thing a non-issue. Or landmines. | |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #4 Remember that piece of notched angle iron welded to the front bumper of WWII jeeps? That was added to prevent decapitation of the jeep's occupants. |
| Posted by: GK 2008-02-14 10:17 |
| #3 Riding in an open car. How likely is that in a hot and dusty environment? More likely to get someone riding an ATV... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-02-14 10:08 |
| #2 They're just trying to decapitate the Border Agents that American's can't be bothered decapitating... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-14 09:47 |
| #1 landmines are alot cheaper |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-02-14 09:39 |
