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Election year political goals armed Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega and now Uribe - Are the sleek efficient guns and explosives from US owned companies? Here we go again.
The story could be believable except for all the anti-Bush stuff on the same page (joker card, comment about “lies from the Bush administration”, etc.). Thus, I feel that Carrigan’s story is just a liberal view of a situation and may or may not be an accurate representation of facts. I don’t plan to return to this website.
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