Near Bisbee, Arizona -- Spent the day with Bay Buchanan, Rep. Tom Tancredo and a couple of hundred (or less) Minutemen in Tombstone (see post below). I have only a sporadic web connection tonite and can't post pix or much text. Heading out to the border itself with the citizen-troops Saturday morning.
Full report with plenty of photos hopefully late Saturday nite.
Initial impressions of this event are underwhelming. Turn-out seems a lot less than that projected by the organizers. And as this is mostly a media-inflated story and with the Pope sucking up all the media oxygen, so to speak, this whole Minuteman show might be headed for premature collapse.
Ask them who's mowing their lawns for 20 bucks.
Posted by: Johnny B. Good | Saturday, April 02, 2005 at 12:13 AM
OH SHIT...NEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD...
Insurgents attack Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison
Assault on jail results in 18 U.S. casualties, officials tell NBC News
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 3:39 p.m. ET April 2, 2005
WASHINGTON - A group of 40 to 60 insurgents attacked the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq late Saturday in a well-coordinated assault that inflicted 18 American casualties, U.S. military officials told NBC News.
U.S. officials, who spoke with NBC News in Washington, said insurgents attacked with two car or truck bombs, 40 mortars and an intense ground assault.
The attack began as darkness fell on the city, 1st Lt. Adam Rondeau told the Associated Press. Soldiers and Marines stationed at the detention fac!lity responded, and the resulting clash lasted about 40 minutes, Rondeau said.
"This was obviously a very well-organized attack and a very big attack," he said.
It was not immediately clear whether any of the insurgents carrying out the attack suffered casualties or were arrested.
Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the area.
Posted by: reg | Saturday, April 02, 2005 at 12:58 PM
Thank goodness it is quiet, Marc!
Am I the only one who thinks that any coyote worth his salt will be taking a holiday this month?
Posted by: pd | Saturday, April 02, 2005 at 03:47 PM
Question: If the insurgents attack the prison and everyone in the media is in Rome watching the Pope die, did it really happen?
Posted by: richard lo cicero | Sunday, April 03, 2005 at 05:20 AM
there are not better tagteam of friends that employers of 'illegal' workers have than the chamber of commerce and lou dobbs.
Posted by: gunsfortots | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 at 09:33 AM