| Soldiers deployed in New Orleans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5096924.stm
US soldiers are set to be redeployed on the streets of New Orleans to fight crime for the first time since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The Louisiana governor asked for the National Guard to return to New Orleans after a weekend that saw six people murdered in the city. Quote:
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had earlier called for 300 soldiers and some 60 state police to be sent to the city.
Crime has risen in the city after a brief drop following Hurricane Katrina.
The six deaths over the weekend raised the number of murders in New Orleans this year to 52, police said.
That figure is less than half what it was a year ago - but the city's population is also only roughly half of what it was before Hurricane Katrina forced thousands from their homes last August.
Police statistics show crime has risen in recent months.
| Um. Can anyone say 'martial law'?? I really don't think this is a good thing.... :eek:
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