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To: Rande Is who wrote (259)	9/4/2005 7:12:04 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

Holy conspiracy theories, Batman. Either this was another unforgivable boneheaded mistake or army contractors are not being allowed to repair bridges. You decide. Either way, it is another log on the fire of controversy. Rande Is

To: Rande Is who wrote (259)	9/4/2005 7:30:29 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

This article says the 5 dead were shooting at the contractors and that no contractors were killed. We need to be careful to remember that all of the "news" we are hearing may not be entirely accurate. breitbart.com Gunmen Attack Contractors on La. Bridge Sep 04 7:08 PM US/Eastern NEW ORLEANS Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said. Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people carrying guns, killing five or six. Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers. They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breach in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said. None of the contractors was killed, Hall said. The bridge spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. No other details were immediately available.