tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post1882446101855668994..comments2024-03-27T12:56:38.992-07:00Comments on The Skeptical Bureaucrat: U.S. Ambassador Carjacked in LoméTSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-47031385263901685542012-02-03T08:17:41.255-08:002012-02-03T08:17:41.255-08:00Anonymous,
Thanks very much for your comment! Tha...Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks very much for your comment! That's excellent information. <br /><br />I knew about the handgun failure, but since I knew that from official sources, I didn't add it to my post. What a thing! You pull a gun on two armed hijackers and find yourself holding a worthless hunk of metal.<br /><br />Kudos to that guy. I hope he has gone on to bigger things and richer clients.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-37955982913413526532012-02-03T02:02:14.124-08:002012-02-03T02:02:14.124-08:00I was there that night , arriving on scene appx 15...I was there that night , arriving on scene appx 15mins after the incident and assisted with crowd control and scene interpretation. The english version intimates that the Gendarmerie was responsible for shooting the carjackers , however it was an ex-gendarme working as a bodyguard for an Indian industrialist who was waiting in the car park for his boss, that did in fact actually retaliate, initially with a handgun that failed , then with one of the attackers own AK 47's that he wrenched from the man . He actually ran after the vehicle firing on semi auto. <br />One guy died from his wounds about 500m from the scene and the second died on scene with a bullet to the head behind the right ear . The vehicle was hit about five times . Other vehicles in the area were also hit.<br />The two car jackers were from Benin , and had cross border vehicle passes that could have allowed them to take the car to Nigeria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-42685476234891257322011-09-24T19:37:35.242-07:002011-09-24T19:37:35.242-07:00Anonymous,
Are you suggesting the Ambassador was ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Are you suggesting the Ambassador was somehow responsible for being carjacked?TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-18254105415375871632011-09-24T11:37:47.543-07:002011-09-24T11:37:47.543-07:00she is not as clean as that...she is not as clean as that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com