BEHIND ENEMY LINES: Hi-Res Images of BLM War Zone Exposes Fed’s Military Fiasco at Bundy Ranch
BEHIND ENEMY LINES: Hi-Res Images of BLM War Zone Exposes Fed’s Military Fiasco at Bundy Ranch
New images of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy’s tense standoff
with the Federal Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) on Saturday afternoon
reveal how the armed agency’s military operation configured to
forcefully engage Bundy cowboys and their supporters who sought to
liberate federally confiscated cattle over the weekend.
These exclusive images were taken by a GMN photographer positioned right above the action on the Southbound side of Interstate 15 near Bunkerville, Nevada.
Despite the BLM being instructed to leave the Bundy Ranch and Gold Butte area
earlier that morning, the agency still insisted had a legal right to be
there and that it would not let go of hundreds of cows it had already
taken away from the Bundy Family. Critics are asking if that ‘legal right’ also includes stationing a federal military force in Bunkerville.
Prior to this standoff, the special agent in charge of BLM’s ground operations, Daniel P. Love, had issued a warning that any one who crosses the federal line in order to free the seized cattle – will be arrested. Love went on boasting his agency’s advantage over Bundy supporters when saying, “I’ve seen your numbers right now, you’d better hope that 10,000 show up.”
It
turns out that protesters needed far less numbers to overcome Love’s
federal army. In the end, a Bundy’s contingent of 150 cowboys on
horseback and a few hundred of peaceful supporters – backed by a
well-organised volunteer militia, all together, proceed
to march past the BLM’s line of demarcation to the entrance of cattle
holding area, prompting the platoon of armed federal tactical teams to
stand down and fall back.
This is the first collection in
a three part series, showing the federal government’s military build-up
to Saturday’s climax under US Interstate 15…
TARGETING MEDIA: Watching us, watching them – BLM Sniper points rifle at GMN photographer.
