Terror exercise believed to be cause of US bomb scare
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AP PORTLAND, Oregon: The largest US terror exercise inadvertently sparked a real terror scare, briefly shutting down commuter trains and several blocks in a ...
Terror drill blamed for bomb scare Channel 4 News, UK - Commuter trains and several streets in a busy part of Portland, Oregon, were shut down briefly after bomb-sniffing dogs alerted their trainers to a possible ... |
Real alert ties up Topoff 4 exercise The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - Topoff 4, the gigantic what-if exercise with fictional terrorists detonating a radioactive weapon in downtown Portland, turned into a real-life bomb scare ... |
Bomb scare disrupts Topoff drill The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - The Topoff dirty-bomb drill turned into a real-life bomb scare this afternoon after a trio of bomb-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to possible explosives ... |
MAX shut down near Lloyd Center amid bomb scare kgw.com (subscription), OR - AP Police shut down commuter trains and a section of northeast Portland Thursday after dogs helping in a security sweep in preparation for an antiterror ... |
Not an exercise: Bomb-sniffing dogs detect the real thing KATU, OR - By KATU Web Staff PORTLAND, Ore. - Bomb-sniffing dogs being used for a TOPOFF exercise in northeast Portland detected the real thing, prompting police to ... |
MAX shut down near Lloyd Center amid bomb scare The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - By Bruce Ely Mexico's Monica Vergara and USA's Aly Wagner fight for a ball during an exhibition match at PGE Park. The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore... ==================================================
US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) has announced the conduct of major war games under Vigilant Shield 2008 (VS-08). Vigilant Shield 2008 (15 to 20 October, 2007) is designed to deal with a "terrorist" or "natural disaster" scenario in the United States. The operation will be coordinated in a joint endeavor by the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security. Yet, VS-08, which includes a massive deployment of the US Air Force resembles a war-time air scenario rather than an anti-terrorist drill. The VS-08 war games extend over the entire North American shelf. Canadian territory is also involved through Canada's participation in NORAD. (See Nazemroaya, October 2007) These war games are being conducted at an important historical crossroads, amidst mounting US pressures and threats to actually declare a "real war" on Iran. VS-08 is predicated on the doctrine of preemptive warfare, with a vie to protecting the Homeland. The war games are coordinated with anti-terrorist drills directed against presumed Islamic terrorists. Moreover, the announcement by NORTHCOM of the VS-08 war games-anti-terror drills coincided with a declaration by the Bush administration in early September that military action against Iran is being contemplated at the highest echelons of the US government and Military:
VS-08 is a large scale military exercise to be conducted over North America and the Northern Pacific Ocean, extending westwards towards the Far East borders of Russia and China:
Both the war games under VS-08 as well as the domestic antiterrorist drills involve the participation of Canada, Britain and Australia:
By Michael Rollins 19 Oct 2007 The ATF had a dog-and-pony show Friday morning. Sometimes, government propaganda can be interesting. This was the case if you're fascinated by explosives and insist that Chevy's rule and Fords should be blown up... What you saw on the news was video of a Tri-Met bus posing as a MAX train. As it turned out, it was a bus kinda stapled back together and what you didn't see were the remnants of a brown Ford pickup. Said pickup and bus were actually blown up a week earlier out in the sticks at a training facility outside Yakima. Blown up with 800 pounds of explosives stuck in the Ford. ============================================= |
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