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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:37 PM
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Coast Guard Stops Freighter Carrying 22 Haitians
A freighter with 22 Haitians on board was intercepted by the Coast Guard off the coast of Miami Beach on Wednesday, hours after President George W. Bush urged Haitians not to flee their homeland despite escalating violence from a rebellion.

A Coast Guard lieutenant said the 200-foot ship, called the "Margo" and registered in Panama, had 29 people on board but had not been boarded by the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard would not confirm reports that the boat had been hijacked or that the Haitians are seeking asylum.

Earlier Wednesday, Bush repeated the U.S. policy that it will turn back any Haitian refugees trying to reach American shores.

http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/2874281/detail.html
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:39 PM
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1. Haiti terrorists are defying bush's ORDER to remain in place for slaughter

update from CNN, the coast guard has bravely handcuffed all the terrorists and has many machine guns trained on them pending their return to Haiti to be sliced to pieces with machetes in accordance with US policy.

America is safe.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:40 PM
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2. I feel oh so much safer now...
I am sure they were loaded with nukes too, right? That MUST be why we are so concerned.
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:40 PM
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3. They didn't get word that chimpy told them to stay home.
n/t
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 07:56 PM
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4. From my earlier post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush warned Haitians on Wednesday against trying to flee to the United States and said he would support an international security force but only once a political deal was reached between Haiti's embattled government and advancing rebels

The above was from the Reuters article. But I thought that we did not negotiate with terrorist? Why isn't * sending in the troops to support Democracy in Haiti? Never mind-there's no oil there, and they "didn't try to kill my daddy".

Just when you think this mis-administration can't go any lower, one of them starts digging.
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:03 PM
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5. when is * going to sign an Executive Order that
Edited on Wed Feb-25-04 08:04 PM by UpInArms
changes the plaque on the Statue of Liberty?



(edited for spolling)
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 08:36 PM
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6. Maybe they can just install missile launchers in the torch (nt)
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beanball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 11:16 PM
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7. Those blacks
gotta stay outa our cuntry its reserved fur white cubans.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-04 11:19 PM
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8. Too bad they weren't from Cuba
Too bad they weren't Cuban "exiles", then they could just stroll up to Miami no questions asked. Ain't America grand?

:argh:
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