You have to sink pretty low to blame some poor Hindu pundit boys for not stopping a terrorist act like this. Go. Figure. On Oct 28, 2013 7:47 AM, "Michael Jackson" <mjackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ** > > > I reckon the 8,000 yogic flyers musta been asleep yesterday during program. > > Attackers in Mexico blow up nine electrical plants > > By Tracy Wilkinson > > October 27, 2013, 5:05 p.m. > > MEXICO CITY -- Assailants early Sunday blew up at least nine electrical > power plants in one of Mexico's largest states, triggering blackouts that > gunmen then used as cover to torch gasoline stations, residents and > authorities said. > > The attacks in Michoacan state, west of the capital, did not cause deaths > or serious injuries, authorities said. But they served as a pointed > reminder of the strength of drug gangs and other criminals. > > Shortly after midnight, attackers armed with Molotov cocktails almost > simultaneously disabled electrical substations in at least nine cities and > towns in Michoacan, plunging an estimated 1 million people into darkness. > The power was out for 15 hours. > > Gunmen then torched four gasoline stations, including two in the state > capital of Morelia, a popular tourist destination. > > Michoacan for years has been controlled either by the Knights Templar or > its predecessor La Familia, cartels that specialize in methamphetamine > exported to the United States and that have controlled many city halls and > police departments. More recently, groups of citizens have taken up weapons > to form self-defense squads against the traffickers. > > It may have been one of these groups that briefly seized the city hall in > the large town of Apatzingan, residents said. > > Federal authorities said they were sending hundreds of police and military > troops to reinforce security in the region. The attacks came barely two > days after the state's governor, Fausto Vallejo, resumed duties after a > long illness. > > "The only thing we can conclude ... is that the organized criminals are > winning the battle against federal and state authorities," Miguel Angel > Chavez, head of the opposition National Action Party, told the Quadratin > news agency, adding that the violence of the last 24 hours was a terrorist > attack. > > Organized criminals were suspected of unleashing a series of attacks on > government forces in Michoacan in July that resulted in the deaths of 20 > criminals and two federal police officers, according to the federal > government. > > > http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-blow-up-nine-electrical-plants-20131027,0,3659405.story#axzz2j1JFnbl6 > >
