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Date: September 6, 2007 5:56:30 PM PDT
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Subject: Convergence of SEVERAL "Anti-Terrorist Exercises" Next Month
5-Day Martial Law Exercise Next Month
The Department of Defense's "Vigilant Shield 08" exercise will be
conducted
in mid-October simultaneously with TOPOFF 4 ("Top Officials 4)"
sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, and several other
linked exercises ...
September 05, 2007.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4185
By Lee Rogers - Intel Strike Contributing Writer
The United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) has just announced
plans for an anti-terrorism exercise called Vigilant Shield 08. The
exercise, which is slated to run from October 15th to October 20th,
is described as a way to prepare, prevent and respond to any number
of national crises. The exercise is simply a test case scenario for
the implementation of martial law. Although the description of the
exercise is disturbing, USNORTHCOM also announced that they are
more prepared for a natural disaster and a terrorist attack after
they used their response to Hurricane Katrina as a test laboratory.
During Hurricane Katrina, authorities violated the constitutional
rights of citizens by stealing people’s firearms and even
relocating people against their will. These announcements are
incredibly disturbing on a number of levels as the nature of
Vigilant Shield 08 and the admission that Hurricane Katrina was
used as a test laboratory shows that the government is actively
preparing the military and government institutions for martial law.
Below is the full press release from USNORTHCOM describing Vigilant
Shield 08. Also check out the Vigilant Shield 08 fact sheet by
clicking here.
North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
along with U.S. Pacific Command, the Department of Homeland
Security as well as local, state and other federal responders will
exercise their response abilities against a variety of potential
threats during Exercise Vigilant Shield ‘08, a Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff-designated, North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-sponsored,
and U.S. Joint Forces Command-supported Department of Defense
exercise for homeland defense and defense support of civil
authorities missions.
VS-08 will be conducted concurrent with Top Officials 4 (TOPOFF 4),
the nation’s premier exercise of terrorism preparedness sponsored
by the Department of Homeland Security, and several other linked
exercises as part of the National Level Exercise 1-08. These
linked exercises will take place October 15-20 and are being
conducted throughout the United States and in conjunction with
several partner nations including Australia, Canada, and the United
Kingdom, as well as the Territory of Guam.
VS-08 and National Level Exercise 1-08 will provide local, state,
tribal, interagency, Department of Defense, and non-governmental
organizations and agencies involved in homeland security and
homeland defense the opportunity to participate in a full range of
exercise scenarios that will better prepare participants to prevent
and respond to national crises. The participating organizations
will conduct a multi-layered, civilian-led response to a national
crisis.
USNORTHCOM’s primary exercise venues for VS-08 include locations in
Oregon, Arizona and a cooperative venue with USPACOM in the
Territory of Guam. NORAD’s aerospace detection and defense events
will take place across all the exercise venues, to exercise the
ability to mobilize resources for aerospace defense, aerospace
control, maritime warning, and coordination of air operations in a
disaster area.
This exercise is clearly a way to prepare government to respond to
a national crisis with martial law. This announcement also follows
a number of other news stories that indicate the government is
becoming more actively prepared for the implementation of martial law.
These stories include the following:
George W. Bush issuing a presidential directive declaring that he
is a dictator during the case of a national emergency be it a
natural disaster, a terror attack or any number of crises.
KSLA reporting that members of clergy will be used to convince
people to submit to government in the case of declare martial law.
See the video below.
The U.S. Department of Treasury conducting a disaster drill to
prepare for a potential economic crisis.
In addition to the announcement of Vigilant Shield 08, USNORTHCOM
also announced that they have been using the lessons learned from
Hurricane Katrina to better respond to crises. The response to
Hurricane Katrina was essentially used as a test laboratory to
implement martial law in a city. People were forced to relocate
against their will and authorities stole people’s firearms in the
name of safety despite these actions being entirely unconstitutional.
From USNORTHCOM:
“Hurricane Katrina’s impact on this country was unprecedented.
There are still many of our fellow Americans whose lives still
haven’t returned to normal,” said Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of
North American Aerospace Defense Command and USNORTHCOM. “It will
take many years for the Gulf Coast to fully recover.
“The United States military was deeply involved in the response to
the hurricane and subsequent flooding,” Renuart said. “While our
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines helped thousands of people,
we also learned many lessons.”
According to Renuart, USNORTHCOM has been using the lessons learned
from Katrina to modify plans to respond to both natural disasters
and potential terrorist actions.
Northern Command also admits in the same article that they have pre-
scripted mission assignments coordinated with FEMA to implement
martial law under the pretext of disaster response.
From USNORTHCOM:
USNORTHCOM is ready to help federal, state and local officials to
be prepared for a major hurricane and to be successful at
conducting response operations, if necessary and requested by the
primary responding agency. Some of the ways these objectives are
being achieved are:
Through State Engagement programs, USNORTHCOM provides planning
support to help states prepare for emergencies.
USNORTHCOM and its subordinates, as well as local, state and
federal partners conduct major disaster exercises to refine
processes and apply lessons learned.
Working with FEMA, USNORTHCOM has prepared pre-scripted mission
assignments to accelerate the disaster response process.
USNORTHCOM conducted a major exercise with the National Guard in
May to refine the interface between the National Guard and DoD.
There is no question that Vigilant Shield 08 is either government
preparation for the implementation of martial law or a way for
criminal elements within the government to distract emergency
responders in order to conduct a false flag terror attack as a
pretext to actually implement martial law and engage in foreign
war. On September 11th, 2001 there were drills run by NORAD
including Vigilant Guardian which served as a way to ensure that
there was no adequate military response to the hi-jacked planes. A
similar scenario unfolding with Vigilant Shield is not out of the
question.
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