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Shropshire English Sabre sword Military civil war
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Antique Photo CIVIL WAR SOLDIER CDV Card Picture JEFFERSON DAVIS Military Card
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Vintage Antique Civil War Sword and Saber
Vintage Antique Civil War Sword and Saber
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Mexican American War Colonel John D Stevenson Autograph Civil War General
Mexican American War Colonel John D Stevenson Autograph Civil War General
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PUTNAM PHALANX CT ENLISTED MAN RARE PILL BOX HAT PARA MILITARY POST CIVIL WAR A+
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PUTNAM PHALANX CT OFFICER UNIFORM PARA MILITARY PST CIVIL WAR RARE PATCH BUTTONS
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India Rubber Gutta Percha Civil War Era Book Military
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Post US Civil War M 1860 GAR StaffField Sword w Scabbard Etched GW Simmons
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1908 PERSONAL MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY BOOK JOHN S MILES CIVIL WAR VETERAN
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US Civil War Model 1860 Cavalry Sword RC
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VINTAGE WWII JAEGER WATCH CO 8 DAY CIVIL DATE MILITARY AIRCRAFT CLOCK
VINTAGE WWII JAEGER WATCH CO 8 DAY CIVIL DATE MILITARY AIRCRAFT CLOCK
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1800s US Army Military Canteens Civil  1812 War Etc
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CIVIL WAR DRUMMER BOY AGE 14 THEN  NOW 1915 VETERAN MUSICIAN VINTAGE POSTCARD
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US Civil War Army Military Artillery Ammo Ammunition Strong Box New
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LOT ORERS MILITARY and CIVIL German
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1912 CIVIL WAR VETERAN MUSICIANS MICHIGAN INFANTRY REUNION OLD VINTAGE POSTCARD
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Brass Civil War CSA Confederate Military Belt Buckle
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1965 Civil War Centennial Edition US Military Academy West Point Alumni VG NR
1965 Civil War Centennial Edition US Military Academy West Point Alumni VG NR
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Brass Pocket Telescope US Military Insignia Civil War
Brass Pocket Telescope US Military Insignia Civil War
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CIVIL WAR CDV PHOTOGRAPH 12 OFFICERS WITH SWORDS c1860 MILITARY
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CIVIL WAR MUSICIANS YANKEE DOODLE SIGNED by DRUMMER c1913 IDd VINTAGE POSTCARD
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1860s Civil War General GEORGE A CUSTER Vintage 8x10 Photo Military Portrait
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Military Tin Drinking Cup  Pre Civil war Indian WAr
Military Tin Drinking Cup Pre Civil war Indian WAr
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Military Surplus Civil Defense Gas Mask GP 5 Size L Large W Filters  Bag NEW
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AMERICAN MILITARY CIVIL WAR ERA ARTILLERY EPAULETS
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CAPTAIN SIGNED 1861 1865 CIVIL WAR UNION STATES GENERAL ORDERS BOOK 1ST CAVALRY
CAPTAIN SIGNED 1861 1865 CIVIL WAR UNION STATES GENERAL ORDERS BOOK 1ST CAVALRY
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Civil War Era Military Flask WT Fry Co Dtd Oct 20 1863 Philadelphia Pewter Glass
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Antique Authentic Civil War Cavalry Saber Sword Confederate NR
Antique Authentic Civil War Cavalry Saber Sword Confederate NR
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Vintage USA Military Dog Tags ID Guide Civil War 2002
Vintage USA Military Dog Tags ID Guide Civil War 2002
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GAR SOUVENIR POSTCARD CIVIL WAR VETERAN DRUMMER With LINCOLNS FAREWELL ADDRESS
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1924 Frankfort IN Indiana G A R GAR Encampment Military Medal Badge Civil War
1924 Frankfort IN Indiana G A R GAR Encampment Military Medal Badge Civil War
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LOT CIVIL WAR PHOTOS MILITARY CAVALRY MAPS ARTILLERY BOOKS 3600 PICS 10 VOLUMES
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN MUSICIAN JM RAYMOND with DRUM BUGLE  FLAG VINTAGE POSTCARD
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New US Military BRASS Civil War Era Cavalry Style BUGLE 13 Free Shipping
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New US Military BRASS Civil War Era Cavalry Style BUGLE
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UNITED STATES THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION US WWI MILITARY MEDAL  RIBBON
UNITED STATES THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION US WWI MILITARY MEDAL RIBBON
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Federal Civil War Shelter Tent Book Dog Tent Military
Federal Civil War Shelter Tent Book Dog Tent Military
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1930s 40s Civil Defense Steel Helmet Military Hardhat
1930s 40s Civil Defense Steel Helmet Military Hardhat
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Solid Brass Civil War US Army Military Belt Buckle 2 pc
Solid Brass Civil War US Army Military Belt Buckle 2 pc
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1860s CIVIL WAR MARINES USMC MILITARY BUTTON WITH EAGLE AND ANCHOR RARE
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UNIFORMED Officer Post Civil War Military Solider Distinguished Cabinet Photo
UNIFORMED Officer Post Civil War Military Solider Distinguished Cabinet Photo
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Civil War Era Musical Instruments  Military Bands Book
Civil War Era Musical Instruments Military Bands Book
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UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS UCV CIVIL WAR FINAL ENCAMPMENT 1951 VINTAGE POSTCARD
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Civil Gas Mask Respirator Rubber Emergency Protection Scary Military
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GAR 49th NAT ENCAMPMENT 1911 SOUVENIR POSTCARD CIVIL WAR VETERANS MUSICIANS
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War Date Civil War General Joseph B Carr Autograph Letter Signed 1864
War Date Civil War General Joseph B Carr Autograph Letter Signed 1864
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VINTAGE CIVIL DEFENSE ATOMIC BOMB FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN MILITARY COLD WAR
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Antique Civil War Watch Fob and Two Cross Guns Military Hat Pin
Antique Civil War Watch Fob and Two Cross Guns Military Hat Pin
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CSA Confederate Army Civil War Military Liquor Flask
CSA Confederate Army Civil War Military Liquor Flask
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Antique 2 vol set  Military Reminiscences of The Civil War  by Jacob Cox 1900
Antique 2 vol set Military Reminiscences of The Civil War by Jacob Cox 1900
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New US Military BRASS Civil War Era Cavalry Style BUGLE
New US Military BRASS Civil War Era Cavalry Style BUGLE
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Original 1861 Civil War USN Navy Military Bayonet Knife
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Civil War Military Button 61
Civil War Military Button 61
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Civil War Relic Spike from the US Military Railroad
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Civil War Revolver COLT 1851 military Black Powder gun Plan blueprint pistol
Civil War Revolver COLT 1851 military Black Powder gun Plan blueprint pistol
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1965 DEDICATION MONUMENT GETTSBURG MILITARY PK CONFEDERATE SOLDIER CIVIL WAR UDC
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MODEL OF CSS VIRGINIA USS MERRIMACK IRONCLAD WARSHIP CIVIL WAR 1862
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CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG COLONEL 108th NEW YORK GENERAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WOUNDED 4x
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1861 ORIGINAL MILITARY CIVIL WAR SWAGGER STICK US ARMY 18TH NY INFANTRY BAND
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3 Military Tie Tack Pin Civil Air Patrol NIB
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Sgnd LtColAJWarnerCivil Warwounded at Antietam US CongressMariettaOhio
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WW2 Helmet National Defense Civil Military
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CIVIL WAR ILLINOIS MEMORIAL Vicksburg National Military Park Vintage Postcard
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CIVIL WAR MINNESOTA MEMORIAL Vicksburg National Military Park Vintage Postcard
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Civil War Artifacts Historian Guide Book Military Badge
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Civil War Michigan Military Staff Button Waterbury Button Co 81
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Civil War Photography Book Vintage Military Tintype
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Civil War Massachusetts Military Staff Button Scovill MFG Co Waterbury 91
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US M 1850 Union Field Officers Sword Civil War Swords
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RAILROAD STATIONS GRANTS MILITARY CIVIL WAR RAILROAD
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CIVIL WAR MAP RICHMOND VIRGINIA MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Military Civil
Military Civil

Mexico’s civil war brings more than 15,000 killed

 
 
Mexico’s unbelievable record breaking level of violent war deaths are piling up as casualties of Mexico’s on going civil war continues. These killings in Mexico are reveled by no country even other countries with active war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of people died in what the Mexican Government calls drug-related violence this year as Mexican Drug Cartels (MDC’s) and trained enforcer gangs fought each other, the Mexican Army and Mexico’s security forces.
 
Mexican border protesters earlier this year told this reporter that the MDC’s claim they are dedicated to over throwing the current Calderon government and the government is hiding the true Mexican army death totals. Many Mexican troops have been killed by direct confrontations with MDC’s paramilitary forces many more than the Calderon administration is willing to admit.
 
Hundreds of Mexicans this past year, blocked roads and bridges in Mexican cities bordering the United States from the Gulf of Mexico (Matamoros) to the Pacific Ocean (Tijuana) and protested by marching in the northern city of Monterrey in a series of demonstrations that police say are organized and funded by MDC’s. 
 
Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned those public protests against his army-backed drug war, saying they were cowardly acts orchestrated by the warring MDC’s.
 
Recently there have been intense counter attacks by the Mexican Army against the MDC’s forces, raising the intensity in the civil war against Mexico’s organized resistant protesters.
 
According to the largest Mexican newspaper El Universal the death count so far this year alone is more than 5,000.  Many believe that the war began when the Calderon administration launched a military campaign to combat spiraling drug violence in Mexico. Over 50, 000 troops and federal police were sent to cities in Mexico, many on the U.S Mexican border. Since than over 15,000  people in Mexico have died as a result of both the military’s action and the MDC’s.
 
 
The Mexican people are being used by the MDC’s who are winning many of the people over to their cause by hiring and training Mexico’s very poor young men to fight for them against the Mexican government forces and paying them up to $600.00 USD per week. This is a lot of money to pay the very poor and they are responding by the thousands.
 
The MDC’s are reported to also be recruiting freedom fighters to train to fight for them from Central American countries of Honduras, Nicaragua,
El Salvador, and Guatemala.
 
Mexican officials say that the MDC’s have training comps where these young men are being trained in modern war fare both in Mexico, Panama, Peru and Colombia. The MDC’s are also reported to be providing food, medicines and cash to their families back home in small villages and towns throughout Mexico. The MDC’s are paying people to attend marches and has handed out backpacks full of schoolbooks, pens and paper to poor families who joined the demonstrations, acting as a sort of Robin Hood, police said.
 
President Calderón labeled the MDC’s as cowards and traitors to the nation those who use women and children as part of their strategy to bring about the withdrawal of the Army in its battle against organized crime.
 
The leader of the Mexican left-leaning PRD party, Jesus Ortega, describes as “grave” that in Mexico the number of extortions by organized crime has skyrocketed.  ”We are going toward a situation where practically no Mexican is not threatened by criminals in one form or another,” he said.  He criticizes the government as “arrogant” for thinking it alone can confront the problem of insecurity.  He summarizes his thoughts, “The formulas of the left are an important part, but they are not enough.  We need to join them with other proposals in order to make a policy of State to face up to crime.”[SIC]
 
Police and government officials in Monterrey say Mexico's most violent drug gang, the Gulf cartel, and its feared armed wing, the Zetas, is behind the protests.
Despite warnings from rights groups about soldiers using excessive force in the drug fight, Calderon also has Washington's support for using the army, which has made historic drug seizures and is catching more gang leaders. More killings, running battles, shootings, protests and even rioting in Mexico are expected particularly along the U.S. Mexican border.
According to Time magazine Mexico is suffering from its worst violence in history and one of its hardest economic slumps. "We are very near a social crisis," Jose Narro, the director of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, said recently. "The conditions are there."

The big fear now is that Mexico's rich drug cartels, responsible for the killings this decade, are lending their resources and firepower to emerging guerrilla groups. If so, their plan may be to sow bicentennial terror and turn Mexicans against President Felipe CalderÓn's drug-war offensive.

This past fall authorities say they seized an arsenal of large guns and grenades allegedly being sent from the Zetas, a vicious drug gang, to Jose Manuel Hernandez, a purported leader of the rebel group called the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR). The EPR in recent years has claimed responsibility for attacks on Mexican oil infrastructure, including the bombing of six pipelines in 2007.

Political observers like Denise Maerker, a prominent columnist for the Mexico City daily El Universal, fear that provincial governments in places like Chiapas, where the weapons were found, are using 2010 fears as a pretext for cracking down on social activists. "They're drawing questionable links between advocates for the poor and armed groups," says Maerker, who adds there's little evidence that Hernandez is an EPR boss.

Tim Padgett with Dolly Mascarenas  reported in Time that either way, the drug cartels have already shown they're willing to use high-profile national celebrations as a stage for narco-terror. Last year, during Independence Day festivities in drug-infested Michoacan state, narcos killed seven people with fragmentation-grenade blasts. Mexicans were rattled again in September when bombs went off at three Mexico City banks and another at a car dealership. No one was injured, but to many chilangos, or capital residents, the explosions seemed a warning of things to come.
Aside from inflated drug and guerrilla violence, another specter is unrest resulting from Mexico's deflated economy. Given its enormous reliance on the U.S. market - and on remittances from Mexican workers there, which have declined sharply this year - the global recession has hit Mexico especially hard. Its GDP, in fact, will contract more than 5% in 2009, exacerbating unemployment as well as Mexico's chronic poverty. A report this year by the Colegio de Mexico, one of the country's top universities, warned, "A national social explosion is knocking at the door." Said top Roman Catholic Bishop Gustavo Rodriguez, "We cannot separate the economic crisis from the violence and criminal crisis that we live day by day."
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The State Department said police forces in Mexican border communities "suffer from lack of funds and training, and the judicial system is weak, overworked and inefficient."
"I worry that the inability of local law enforcement to come to grips with rising drug warfare, kidnappings and random street violence will have a chilling effect on the cross-border exchange, tourism and commerce so vital to the region's prosperity," Traffickers are armed with AK-47 assault rifles, grenade launchers and bazookas. They're carrying other weapons, wearing vests and using police jargon. Within a minute or two, someone is shoving a hood over the victim's head and dragging him into a vehicle. His car is left on the side of the road – often outgunning and intimidating border police, sheriff depts., and Mexican security forces.
The Mexican and U.S. Governments are in denial. The dictionary definition of civil war indicates that a civil war is a military conflict which arises from a desire for usually radical change in society as a result of either cultural, social, religious, political or economic disputes due to diametrically opposed and uncompromising ideas about the leadership, administration and management of the population and territory it occupies, and which it is resolved through use of weapons. This would seem to describe the current situation in Mexico today as the Mexican government wages war against the powerful Mexican drug cartels.
The US Department of Defense considers Mexico one of the two governments in the world most likely to suffer a “rapid and sudden collapse” that could require military intervention.  A section on “weak and failing countries,” of a report released this year by the US Joint Forces Command says that narcotraffic and organized crime could generate a chaotic scene and the army would be obligated to respond for reasons of national security.  At the end of 2008, the US government declared the Mexican drug cartels to be the greatest threat to its territory.
 
According to the U.S. Joint Forces Command there is one dynamic in the literature of weak and failing states that has received relatively little attention, namely the phenomenon of “rapid collapse.” For the most part, weak and failing states represent chronic, long-term problems that allow for management over sustained periods.

The collapse of a state usually comes as a surprise, has a rapid onset, and poses acute problems. The collapse of Yugoslavia into a chaotic tangle of warring nationalities in 1990 suggests how suddenly and catastrophically state collapse can happen - in this case, a state which had hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, and which then quickly became the epicenter of the ensuing civil war.
 
In terms of worst-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world is Mexico a large and important country bordering the United States and could be facing a rapid and sudden collapse.
 
The Mexican possibility of a failed state may seem less likely to many, but the
Government, its politicians, police, and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and wealthy Mexican drug cartels. How that internal conflict of which many experts believe is actually a civil war turns out over the next several months will have a major impact on the stability of the Mexican state and therefore the U.S.  Any descent by Mexico into chaos would demand an American response based on the serious implications for homeland security alone.
 
Mexico poses a real threat to the national security interests of the Western
Hemisphere. In particular, the growing assault by the warring Mexican drug cartels and their many gangs of thugs on the Mexican government over the past several years reminds one that an unstable Mexico represents a homeland security problem of immense proportions to the United States.
U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) is one of DoD’s nine combatant commands and has several key roles in transforming the U.S. military’s capabilities.
Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., the command oversees a force of more than 1.16 million dedicated men and women, spanning USJFCOM's service component commands and subordinate activities. The command is comprised of active and reserve personnel from each branch of the armed forces, civil servants and contract employees.

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