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Dakar rally cancelled (Read 448 times)

Jan 4^th, 2008 at 12:48pm

Sir Crashalot Ex Member

The Lisbon Dakar rally for 2008 has been cancelled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502229/

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Reply #1 - Jan 4^th, 2008 at 1:12pm

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You can't really blame them, the Dakar is dangerous enough without added homicidal maniacs...

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Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2008 at 5:34pm

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i suppose the regs don't allow anti-terrorist weapons...yet. how would terrorists attack the rally? its so spread out.

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Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2008 at 5:47pm

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they'd probably use it as a testing ground for future anti tank mines or whatever they are called these days.

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Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2008 at 5:50pm

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Attacking the rally would be very easy to do. First of all because they are so spread out it's very hard to keep security tight. Picking out a single truck, car or motorcycle would be piece of cake. Second of all, they camp at night. Shooting one rocket inside the camp from a distance would be very distructive.

Now I can understand that the organisation cancelled the rally. I just think they did it at the wrong moment. Like Jan de Rooy (Dutch truck contestant) said tonight; I wouldn't have mind if they stopped the rally at the Mauratanian border. At least we wouldn't have prepared for nothing and we would have had a few days of rallying.

Rumours are that this will be the last Dakar for a very long time......

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