The information about the shooting was from an Australian online newspaper by way of dailykos.

Here are the follow-up comments.

New Orleans Police shoot five (none / 0)

It was reported the New Orleans Police had shot five "insurgents" who opened fire on workers repairing the levees.

It turns out these "insurgents" were Department of Defence contractors:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16494579%5e12377,00.html



by BradMajors on Mon Sep 5th, 2005 at 15:31:38 PDT



Wrong (none / 0)

Keep up with current events - this was diaried a couple of times yesterday, and the original AP story was wrong, and they've corrected it - the police shot men who were shooting at the contractors. That's been reported on all the networks today. You've got the old, incorrect version of the story.

by geordie on Mon Sep 5th, 2005 at 16:07:17 PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/5/174910/2216

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I can't find the diaries that are referenced in that comment.

Apparently one version of this story was reported by the AP and then picked up by the Australian newspaper and then retracted.

I apologize if I've repeated the incorrect version of this story.


Azizi