Archive for April 10th, 2007

Huh??…whats next?

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Going through the 'e-papers' this morning, i saw an article that shocked me, and will probably cause the same effect to you. Last wednesday, the patrol boat "Rio Duero" from the "Guardia Civil" which is part of the FRONTEX, the external border security agency of the European Union, was literally attacked by illegal immigrants when they where about to be rescued. The patrol boat intercepted a "cayuco", a type of boat used by immigrants, near the mauritanian coast heading towards the canary islands and wanted to rescue them and take them back to the coast. At the time when they got near the "cayuco" they were literally attacked by the occupants with !!! MOLOTOV COCTAILS !!! to avoid being rescued. When the agents decided to get closer by a zodiac, a small inflatable motorized boat, to explain them they only wanted to take them back to the coast, they attacked the ...
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