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In article <v1e7pt$69p$1@reader1.panix.com>,
 danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

> In <atropos-395F15.14441907052024@news.giganews.com> BTR1701 
> <atropos@mac.com> writes:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >I mean, imagine the reverse: would we put up with even our closest 
> >allies sending armed police onto our streets, physically arresting our 
> >citizens or storming their homes? Not for one goddam second would we 
> >tolerate that.
> [snip]
> 
> >(There were times when we the locals wouldn't allow us to be armed at 
> >all and the security environment was such that we weren't going to take 
> >no for answer. On a visit to Mexico with Bush, the Mexicans wouldn't 
> >allow any firearms, so DC flew in a package with every agent's 
> >diplomatic passport and handed our guns out to us on the day of the 
> >visit. That way we'd be armed but if any Mexican cop or official tried 
> >to jam up an agent, he'd have diplomatic immunity and the worst they 
> >could do would be to kick him out of the country.)
> 
> hmmm...  gotta see if I can find an update...  
> 
> Very roughly a decade ago a suitcase(?) containing
> weapons belonging to a bunch of Israeli security
> agents who'd be protecting their Prime Minister
> got misplaced by.... the airline in the US.  At least 
> that's the story that made it to the public.
> 
> Where would I even start to look for info?..??

We never flew our weapons on a commercial airline. We put them in big 
haliburton cases and loaded them onto the huge C-17 military transport 
planes that fly in the armored limousines and SUVs.