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2012-08-25 Home Front: WoT

Mexican Navy: Police fired on US gov't vehicle

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Posted by Skidmark 2012-08-25 10:37|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Like I wrote yesterday -

Driving a type of car favored by the cartel creates IFF* problems. Anyone remember the Italians in Iraq who dropped the bag money to pick up the 'kidnapped' journalist only to drive high speed to the airport and into a checkpoint looking for terrorists, who employed high speed vehicles to deliver car bombs? Bad command, control, coordination and communication.

*Identification Friend or Foe

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-25 11:03|| 2012-08-25 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 OR...it was a compromised transport mission. Seems the captive was liberated.

Posted by Skidmark 2012-08-25 12:36|| 2012-08-25 12:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah ... some essential details are missing from these stories. This can't just have been a random accident. What was lost or taken from the US vehicle? I'm not convinced the the story being fed to reporters is right - and still not convinced that cartels were no involved. A lot of Mex Feds work for them.

I also think that the back window of that SUV was not well armored. It should not have taken so many bullet holes. It almost looks like the armored car company was going cheap on the ballistic glass in the rear window. Not a good idea - if your enemy is trailing you, a lot of oncoming fire can go thru that window. And that is exactly what happened here.

Posted by Raider 2012-08-25 13:15|| 2012-08-25 13:15|| Front Page Top

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