Plan to confiscate weapons in Iraq may victimize innocent civilians, Libertarians say
Posted in Press Releases by R Lee Wrights on May 22nd, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC — An allied military plan to confiscate weapons in Iraq may destabilize the nation further by giving the green light to street thugs and Baath Party loyalists who are terrorizing innocent civilians, says the Libertarian Party.
“Imposing this gun grab is like declaring war on Iraq for a second time,” said Geoffrey Neale, Libertarian Party chairman. “How many innocent men, women and children will be kidnapped, robbed or murdered because their U.S. ‘protectors’ turned self-defense into a crime?”
WASHINGTON, DC — The international anti-tobacco treaty that the U.S. government has suddenly embraced won’t reduce smoking in other nations by one iota, Libertarians predict, but it will infringe on the right of adults everywhere to smoke.
The victims of an egregiously false police raid, and their attorneys, announce an impending lawsuit against the Oregon State Police, Lane County Sheriff, Eugene and Springfield Police Departments, Portland Police Bureau, Oregon National Guard and others. In the pre-dawn of October 17, 2002, approximately 50 police officers from these agencies swarmed a residential neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon, USA, armed with automatic assault rifles and accompanied by a National Guard military Light Armored Vehicle, which looks like a tank. Police claimed to be searching for a marijuana growing operation within three homes.
Howdy all! I apologize for taking this long to issue my report to you. However, much has happened since then, so I have even more now to report.
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