Now they want to sound like Chavez!

RETARDS... How could you EVER "confirm they are carrying drug"? When they radio the pilots, he says they are carrying drugs.

MORONS, This will just be another law that will allow rich Dominicans to abuse everyone else.

Will these airplanes have signs on the sides that say, "Drugs on Board'? How can the air force pilots be sure otherwised? Why not teach our pilots how to force the other plane to land?

How did this get to Pending Legislation? At least the Deputies did one thing right., they didn't waste their time debating it.

F.Y.I: One way to find out if an aircraft is illegally entering Dominican air space is to radio in the identified aircraft (all aircraft are required to have a serial # in the tail that reference the owner, type of a/c and manufacturer.). Also 99.9 % this drug plane fly at a low altitude to avoid radar detection, if you are an air force pilot and you come across a small plane hugging the sea, you know that guy is loaded. There are tactics and maneuvers to force a landing or make the illegal a/c turn back, then you could fire warning shots to intimidated anyone trying to make a drop off.

If none of the above fails, burn baby burn!

Look I know this is a controversial issue but let me tell you something
We have a lot qualified pilots for this kind of job.
Besides is all about communication all legal a/c have a piece of equipment call a transponder, this technology allows a pilot to remain in contact with air ctrl at all times
Drug planes don’t have this equipment.

Can the Americans tell us why they dont want us to shoot down the planes... I SAY KILL'EM IN THE AIR

It's a stupid law and I hope they don't pass it. Shooting down planes just because they have drugs on board?! That's just wrong. Just follow them until they eventually commit suicide by running out of fuel in the ocean somwhere!

CarlosFranco, a question for you: Why Kill them in the air, as you say? When you can Kill the on the ground, as they are all around you (most every day) and hence make for easier targets?

Now that George Bush is officially a LAME DUCK ( I say officially because both his administrations were lame like Lie-onel's), the PLD "leadership" appears to be growing Testes, since they know George and his band of criminals will soon be out of power!

Be careful Lie-onel remember what his father did to Noriega for his attempt at Pseudo Sovereignty!

fck that shoot them down. Try getting into American airspace unidentified and see what happens, two f-18 telling u to land or face the consequences. This is DR we r talking about we have our own laws the US have nothing to do with this

Don't shoot down the plane is full of C.I.A runned drugs. Remember the U.S. economy is doing bad. Hey the drug trade aint bad when its runned by uncle sam. Remember to launder the money through bank of america????? WINK WINK!!!!!

"Don’t let Washington intimidate you, top Dominican official tells Congress".

Now just that headline say's it all. Forget about the "drugs" for a moment, and all the other stuff about shooting down airplanes. We can save that for later.
Someone has finaly said what has to be said! Stand up for your (our) self!
Don’t let Washington intimidate you! When was the last time ya heard that?
Salute!

shoot all the planes down f**k that!!!!!

It's not gonna work. They build small submarines now in Colombia to smuggle drugs undetected. I saw it on Inside Edition!

"Don't let Washington intimidate you" Is this a joke? Leonel's government is so the ultimate puppet of the US, EU, and every international NGO under the sun, it's not even funny.
Nothing there gets done unless one of these three entities push for it. So please, lets not kid ourselves, if the US says the law shouldn't pass, the law ain't passing!

dominicanchicky...you got that right...you will do what we tell you to do ....and you will like it....just like everybody else....and why would you not ? ...every decision you have made on your own you have screwed up....you need us to tell you what to do

Diddo... Do you have any idea what an embarrassment your society is for letting the Banniter scum go because no one is pressing charges?

You couldn't get more stupid.

So how could I think Dominicans could objectively "kill" people? At the whim of some inbred moron, those planes will be firing at people on the ground.

I thought about this long and hard after my original post on the first article.

I have to agree that the DR shouldn't let the US influence them, as long as they fully understand the repercussions. .

The idea of them possibly shooting down suspect aircraft should be a deterrent for the smugglers to find a different route.

Or will the smugglers shoot back , with RPG's unlikely but this is big money.

Does anyone think the DR wants to send the message to tourists " Come to the Beautiful Dominican Repubic" but make sure to pack your bullet proof vest and be careful for airplanes parts falling from the sky.. Enjoy !!!

In case none of you have given thought to the following, maybe you should.
The US provides certain radar coverage of the approaches to the DR. By doing so, they would then be a party to the "shooting down" of unidentified aricraft, or sinking of vessels, approaching the DR coastling should that occur. Therefore, how would the US explain such an occurance to the World Community, should the subject aircraft/vessel prove to be completely innocent?
NOW, DO YOU UNDERSTAND???
If not, I can DRAW YOU A PICTURE!
There is NO INTIMIDATION INTENDED on the part of the US, so shut up with your misplaced indignity over the matter.

TexasBill

"Therefore, how would the US explain such an occurance to the World Community"

Since when has the US cared about the opinion of the world community?

Especially with the "COWBOYS" we have in the Whitehouse. With the self authorized right to preemptive attack regardless of the UN or any other world community body!

You’re either with US or against US!

Anyone have an idea or first hand knowledge of how effective that radar coverage actually is?

Here over 200 pages of this very same issue

http://findarticles.com/p/article....i_n14700132/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1

an excerpt from page 1

The shootdown of suspected drug aircraft by countries such as Colombia and Peru is not new, and the success of such operations relies heavily on the airborne tracking and intelligence that only the United States is equipped to provide. This U.S. support was suspended in 2001 for more than two years in the wake of an unfortunate incident in which a Peruvian A-37 interceptor,

or here for a quick reference

18) See DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT SHOOT DOWN CIVIL AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING 2 (1994), available at http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/shootdown.htm [hereinafter Opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel].

Here is John Kerry's opinion, so Josean you are right about the Cowboys in the white house

(21) Senator Kerry had criticized the DoD's decision to end cooperation with Colombia and Peru, saying that it "cut off at the knees a program that was working." 140 CONG. REC. 8255 (July 1, 1994) (Statement of Sen. John Kerry). He firmly believed that the amendment was in compliance with international law, specifically citing the sovereign right of a State to act as it sees fit within its own territory

So much concentrations on such a small group which are the drug traffickers. The concerned is not drug but rather the un-tax money that it generates. Most important that issue blinds people to more important issues that must be addressed. For D.R. they just want to present themselves as fighter against drugs so that the U.S. can hand them -- MONEY -- like a dog, " here, such a good boy ", " now go and get them ". The D.R. is not demonstrating that its free from U.S. might by saying whaterver cause the U.S. don't care just as long as D.R. keeps its present formed of system of governing. As a matter of fact stating not to let washington intimadate them is good wording as far as the U.S. is concerned cause it helps masked the U.S. influences over D.R. In reality they are not standing up on their two feet to determined their owned destiny but instead are bowing to have the U.S. make D.R. desteny.