"Shoot to kill" orders given

Governor Blanco of Louisiana has just given the order to use any means needed to bring order to New Orleans.

About damn time.

02/09/2005 01:51 BATON ROUGE (AFP)
Iraq-tested soldiers in New Orleans with shoot to kill orders

A detachment of 300 Arkansas National Guard troops landed in anarchic New Orleans on Thursday, with the authorization to shoot and kill "hoodlums" Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said.

"Three hundred of the Arkansas National Guard have landed in the city of New Orleans," said Blanco.

"These troops are fresh back from Iraq, well trained, experienced, battle tested and under my orders to restore order in the streets," Blanco said.

"They have M-16s and they are locked and loaded.

"These troops know how to shoot and kill and they are more than willing to do so if necessary and I expect they will," said Blanco.