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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:50:12 EST
Americans in gun sights of Mexican army
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=3D37563
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Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border," is available at=C2=A0=20
WorldNetDaily's online store.
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=C2=A0 You'd think frequent gun battles along the U.S.-Mexico border between=
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federal agents and citizen border-monitoring groups on this side, and=C2=A0=20
drug and people smugglers on the other side, would make the national=C2=A0=20
headlines.
=C2=A0 If you thought that, you'd be mistaken. Just ask Chris Simcox, owner=
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of the Tombstone (Ariz.) Tumbleweed newspaper, and head of one such=C2=A0=20
border group. He's trying to get the word out; few are listening and,=C2=A0=20
apparently, that includes anyone in Washington.
=C2=A0 In an e-mail to select correspondents last month, Simcox said there=
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was "another" shootout very similar to others that have occurred with=C2=A0=20
increasingly frequency along remote areas of the Arizona border =E2=80=93 ar=
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known to be frequented by drug and alien smugglers and elements of=C2=A0=20
Mexican "authorities" (which often has included federal troops and=C2=A0=20
police) that escort them to the border.
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