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More than 150 civilians killed in Mexico's drug war: Report
Sep 29, 2008, 17:27 GMT
Mexico City - An estimated 152 bystanders, including more than 40 children, were killed this year in Mexico's ongoing drug wars, the Mexican daily El Universal reported Monday.
The deaths of men, women and children - who had no links to the drug gangs - were caused by stray bullets and attacks by both criminals and security forces, the report said.
Between January and September, at least 3,391 people - including alleged criminals, police and military officers and innocent bystanders - were killed in Mexico's drug wars, most of them a result of revenge attacks between drug cartels.
This was substantially higher than the toll last year of 2,600 people.
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Colleen McCoolSep 29th, 2008 - 19:06:12
Prohibition triggers violence in our streets and across our border. It
incites terrorists by forcing senseless policy on other countries. It fuels corruption of public officials and injustice in our courts. the black market supports despicable people who sell drugs to children and recruits them to sell to their peers. The statistics reveal that racism is epidemic in the drug war.
Arresting nonviolent people for making a safer health choice, Cannabis,
compared to other medicinal/social drugs is scandalous reefer madness.
Cannabis oil is that cure all some of our ancesters used! Thank God, they did not let us all be brain washed into forgetfullnes about the wonder of it! Oooops they spill the beans, in spite of the oppression promoted by medical profiteers.
Political Hypocrisy vs Hip Philosophy
Considering the facts: Obama and Palin admit to having used marijuana when younger, the McCain's wealth comes from alcohol drug dealing, Mrs. McCain's past prescription drug problems and America has become the most incarcerated nation in history; why isn't drug law reform for nonviolent users a top issue in this election year?
Servants of tyranny support the drug war. Uncle Sam plays on our fears to
make us more accepting of his waste of our precious lives and resources.
Prohibition's legacy is legend in the waste of our precious lives and
resources. Deaths and needless injuries happen too often in botched
paramilitary drug raids. Overzealous, unconscionable to the extreme,
situations are occurring!
Servants of the people support reform to a better drug policy that truly
makes our neighborhoods safer. They realize while we police individual
social, medicinal and religious drug use murderers and other violent
criminals roam free.
The Spirit of 1776 was the Holy Spirit and is our true North. The real
visionaries, who laid down our laws, those who defined what an American
patriot would be, were rebels with just cause They made it not just our
right but our patriotic duty to rebel against big government corruption. It was revolutionary, a giant step away from tyranny! Our founders knew big government would always mean a gang of evildoers.
Congressman Ron Paul formally kicked off his Campaign for Liberty with the motto: 'The Revolution Continues.'
Get tough on violent crime and let nonviolent people make their own health choices.
Save the children, just say NO to prohibition!
Trigger less violence, racism, tyranny and ruined lives!
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