[Eug-lug] Fwd: Oct 15th-19, security excersizes in Oregon, Arizona, and Guam

[Ben Barrett]

(Sorry this isn't about linux, but it affects us locally, hopefully not much
though)

>From October 15 to 19, 2007, a set of military and civil exercises will be
> held in Oregon, Arizona and Guam. The exercises, TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant
> Shield 08, are designed to test official responses to the detonation of
> radiological dispersal devices on U.S. territory. The exercises will be o=
verseen
> by Vice President Dick Cheney<http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/art=
icle_2506.shtml>who will travel specifically to Portland to coordinate all =
Federal
> departments and agencies responses to the simulated attacks. This has led=
 to
> a number of civilian groups
> <http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_melinda__071011_operation_vigila=
nt_s.htm>expressing
> alarm that TOPOFF and Vigilant Shield might be used as a cover for False
> Flag operations that replicate what occurred during the 911 attacks . On
> September 11, 2001, Dick Cheney was overseeing a series of simulated
> terrorist attacks involving hijacked airplanes hitting buildings that was
> called "Vigilant Guardian". Vigilant Guardian was run simultaneously with
> NORAD training exercises called Vigilant Warrior and Northern Vigilance t=
hat
> altogether involved as many as eleven hijacked airplanes. This created mu=
ch
> confusion and led to stand down orders for the US Air Force that was unsu=
re
> if the 911 attacks were part of the simulated exercises or real attacks.
> This confusion accounted for the long delays between initial reports of
> hijacked planes being used in 'terrorist' attacks, and Air Force intercept
> missions being launched using the few planes not involved in the Northern
> Vigilance exercise. ... ... ...
>

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__071012_dick_cheney__26_vig=
ila.htm
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