Arizona's 'Cokeheads' the National Guard

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Arizona's 'Cokeheads' the National Guard
By Brenda Norrell,
Posted on Tue Nov 27th, 2007 at 01:41:58 PM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. -- There were so many Arizona National Guardsmen eager to run cocaine from the border of Arizona and Mexico to Tucson and Phoenix, that the FBI had to shut down its sting, Operation Lively Green.

While those soldiers were being sentenced in recent months in Tucson, the Arizona National Guard announced its soldiers would be commanding an armed drone in Iraq by remote control from Tucson.

From Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, a unit controls the MQ-1B Predator, used for armed reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting in Iraq.

While Arizona media reported both stories about the Arizona National Guard in Tucson -- cocaine running from the border and operating an armed, remote control drone in Iraq -- reporters didn't seem to notice the irony.

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