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<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> Military's Plans
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*Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | August 23,
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You've seen the terrible riots in England.
We have them in America, too, such as the recent black riot
<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/wisconsin-police-gov-say-black-riot-at-state-fair-was-racial/>at
the Wisconsin State Fair. It's just that our media refuse to call them
"riots," as if doing so will just magically make them go away.
That led the *Investor’s Business Daily* to publish an
editorial<http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/581399/201108121905/Concealing-Black-Hate-Crimes.htm>on
August 12, 2011, pointing out that "Across the U.S., mobs of black
youths
are organizing on Facebook to loot stores and beat whites. Yet none dare
call the 'flash mob' attacks hate crime, least of all the attorney general."
The media may play ostrich, but the U.S. military isn't.
An article by John Hudson for *The Atlantic Wire*, August 10, 2011,
describes "The U.S. Military's Plan for London-Like
Riots"<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/us-militarys-plan-london-riots/41101/>.
The name of the plan is CONPLAN. Here are excerpts:
With British Prime Minister David Cameron authorizing the use of rubber
bullets and water
canons<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/cameron-on-riots-we-will-not-put-up-with-this/2011/08/10/gIQA9z2O6I_story.html>in
wake of the turbulent London riots spreading
through
Britain<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/rioting-leaves-london-fourth-night-violence/41056/>,
questions have been raised about how authorities in the U.S. would respond
to a similar domestic disturbance threatening the nation's stability.
According to *National Journal*'s White House correspondent Marc Ambinder
the U.S. already has a game plan in place.
"If what happened in London ever happened in the US, the military has plans
-- CONPLAN 3501 and 3502 -- to suppress the 'insurrection,' he
tweeted<http://twitter.com/#%21/marcambinder/status/101295875808178176>.
[...]
According to the public policy organization
GlobalSecurity.org<http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/garden_plot.htm>,
CONPLAN 3502 is the U.S. military's plan for assisting state and local
authorities in the event of a riot or major civil disturbance: "Tasks
performed by military forces may include joint patrolling with law
enforcement officers; securing key buildings, memorials, intersections and
bridges; and acting as a quick reaction force."
It derives its constitutional backing from Article I, Section 8 stating that
"Congress shall have power... to provide for calling forth the Militia to
execute laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions" and
is rumored to have been activated during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
during the 1999 Seattle WTO riots and during the 1992 Rodney King riots in
Los Angeles <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/garden_plot.htm>.
But, according to Nate
Jones<http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/document-friday-garden-plot-the-armys-emergency-plan-to-restore-law-and-order-to-america/>at
the National Security Archive, "because historic Garden Plot activity
was
classified and current activity likely remains so, it is difficult to
discern exactly how many times Garden Plot was evoked." What jarred Jones
upon looking at internal military documents, were the "indicators of
potential violence," which were especially racially oriented:
According to Global Security, the federal government's power to control
civil disturbances was increased in 1970. Here's an outline of what that
involved:
375,000 National Guardsmen and 14,000 Army Reservists had been trained in
riot control as the year closed. The Army National Guard conducted, at the
expense of regular training, sixteen hours of refresher civil disturbance
training. Some states also carried out civil disturbance command post
exercises in conjunction with local and state civil authorities. The Army
Reserve had three infantry brigades which were part of the federal military
contingency force for the control of civil disturbances. These units also
conducted sixteen hours of refresher civil disturbance training at the
expense of primary training. This additional responsibility of the Reserve
Components called for their immediate availability in times of natural
disasters, civil disturbances, and other emergencies.
*Update:* Ambinder also points to an Army slideshow
<http://t.co/QHhk9iQ?type=js>detailing more about CONPLAN 3501. One of the
slides has a breakdown of what army officers are in charge of which areas of
the country. Click the link to see the whole slideshow.
*~Eowyn*
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