Border standoff rattles National Guard
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A recent standoff between National Guardsmen and heavily armed outlaws along the Mexican border has rattled some troops and raised questions about the rules of engagement for soldiers who were sent to the border in what was supposed to be a backup role.
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The first wave of about 800 National Guard soldiers will head to the U.S-Mexico border as early as next week, including planners and leadership personnel who will stay longer than the planned 21-day missions, the National Guard chief told lawmakers Wednesday.
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South Korea's frontline military units have been put on their highest state of alert after discovering a hole in a fence that separates it from North Korea, defense officials said.
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The Defense Ministry ordered a massive search operation and strengthened security roadblocks Tuesday after a border patrol discovered signs of a North Korean infiltration across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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Israeli border police scuffle with Israeli peace activists in a village near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Photo: AP. Paramilitary border police detained two Palestinians at a checkpoint and
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U.S. border officers found a wire between two fences along the U.S.-Mexican border that, when stretched taut, could have seriously harmed or even decapitated Border Patrol agents, Congress was told Wednesday.
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The Bush administration has been unable to muster even half of the 2,500 National Guardsmen it planned to have on the Mexican border by the end of June.
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Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
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TIJUANA, Mexico  - A teenager was injured when U.S. border patrol agents fired tear gas into Mexico over the weekend, despite a Mexican government complaint that U.S. agents were using excessive force.
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With officers intimidated by killings and threats, some have begun questioning the notion of trying to establish a system of local policing at this time.
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The border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico is a blurry one, no matter what barriers may be going up to keep people from illegally crossing it.
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The Bush administration has been unable to muster even half the 2,500 National Guardsmen it planned to have on the Mexican border by the end of June, officials in the border states said.
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The National Guard and Reserves don't get enough money or equipment and are left out of important planning for national emergencies, an independent panel concluded Thursday, long after the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina exposed serious stresses on the services.
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ALTAR VALLEY, Ariz  - U.S. Border Patrol agent Galen Huffman leans over the saddle to look at faint tracks in a cattle trail leading up from the Mexico border.
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With no signs of a breakthrough in the countryâs political crisis, the call for protests heightens the standoff with the government.
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Cold, hard cash is apparently not enough to quell the anger among landowners over a planned fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The attack has highlighted fears that insurgents facing military crackdowns are shifting to remoter regions.