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Old 12-11-2007, 03:04 PM   #1
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Cool Mass Shooting Near Boston

Members of a radical militia group ambushed government agents in a massive shootout today at a small town near Boston. Government agents as part of an ongoing investigation into the groups criminal activities were preparing to raid known stockpiles of military weapons and ammunition and arrest group leaders.

Tipped off about the raid several members of the group, led by a Colonel James Barrett moved their stockpile of assault weapons (including artillery pieces) to alternate locations. They then gathered members of their group at a local bar Wright's Tavern and made plans to ambush the agents they knew were coming. They then placed armed members at key points in preparation for the attack.

The arriving agents soon spotted several armed men. Despite the show of force, they were not to be intimidated and moved into position. Government agents, under orders to not fire unless fired upon, took up defensive positions.

Believing that government agents were burning their buildings the militia group advanced on the agents positions. Government agents fired warning shots hoping to stop the assault. In the confusion several agents directly engaged members of the advancing militia group, who then returned fire.

Several men were killed and wounded in the ensuing gun battle.

Government agents have identified and issued warrants for the key leadership of the militia group.

Among the wanted are James Barrett, Paul Revere, William Dawes, John Parker, Samuel Prescott, Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

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Old 12-11-2007, 04:47 PM   #2
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I love it........

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Old 12-11-2007, 06:34 PM   #3
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Old 12-12-2007, 10:45 AM   #4
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Note well they attacked british soldiers , they didn't kill innocent babies and mothers and handicapped and elderly. They were fighting on their own soil for their own homes and freedoms. They didn't go to England and kill civilians.

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Old 12-12-2007, 01:53 PM   #5
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Note well they attacked british soldiers , they didn't kill innocent babies and mothers and handicapped and elderly. They were fighting on their own soil for their own homes and freedoms. They didn't go to England and kill civilians.
in that battle yes, but not so for the rest of the war. When the British forced the hand of the colonists and said their is no middle road, you are with us or against us, Citiziens turned against citizens. Past differences in land or family disputes were settled using this as an excuse. Women and children were murdered, houses and farmland burned. It happened a lot in the south and its a fact of the Revolution sedom mentioned in text books.

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Old 12-12-2007, 03:41 PM   #6
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in that battle yes, but not so for the rest of the war. When the British forced the hand of the colonists and said their is no middle road, you are with us or against us, Citiziens turned against citizens. Past differences in land or family disputes were settled using this as an excuse. Women and children were murdered, houses and farmland burned. It happened a lot in the south and its a fact of the Revolution sedom mentioned in text books.
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Old 12-12-2007, 06:41 PM   #7
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E-mail that to your Government officials. See what happens. I think your life would change as you know it.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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