Action idea for those on the Gen. Byrnes/nuclear drill story

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I think we need to make contact with the LOCAL papers that cover all the drill areas.

The local aspect of the story makes it much more difficult to ignore or shrug off for them.

It can also heighten their awareness about what is happening around them next week.

So, can we compile a list of the areas that are expected to be effected by the drills and identify the newspapers that need to be contacted?

I think we should call their newsrooms and send the original articles that link the stories.

Like this DU post from yesterday:


http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.shows...

From the Northern Command website

Press Release
Exercise to focus on nuclear terror scenario
Posted Jun 29, 2005 at 1:00:PM MDT


FORT MONROE, Va. -- Here's the scenario...A seafaring vessel transporting
a 10-kiloton nuclear warhead makes its way into a port off the coast of
Charleston, S.C. Terrorists aboard the ship attempt to smuggle the warhead
off the ship to detonate it. Is this really a possibility?

Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) here is planning its next exercise
on the premise that this crisis is indeed plausible.

Sudden Response 05 will take place this August on Fort Monroe and will be
carried out as an internal command post exercise. The exercise is intended
to train the JTF-CS staff to plan and execute Consequence Management
operations in support of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV's
response to a nuclear detonation.

Some of this year's objectives for SR05 are to refine nuclear incident
Concept of Operations, produce a CM Operation Order, refine command post
set-up procedures and maintain situational awareness of multiple CM
incidents.

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From WAVY TV website

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3695802

(AP) - Officials plan to hold a drill next week to test Fort Monroe's
readiness for terrorism.

Fort Monroe's anti-terrorism officer Bill Moisant says the
emergency-response exercises will be held August 17th.

He says people entering the Army base can expect thorough security checks
at gates, restrictions near emergency-response drill sites and temporary
closure of some customer-service activities.

Moisant says the exercise could involve Hampton police and fire officials
as well as other agencies.


From Journalnow.com

http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WS...

Friday, March 18, 2005
N.C. sites to be part of summer terrorism drill

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SHALLOTTE - The largest terrorism drill in North Carolina history is being
planned for August and will include a mock attack on the Sunny Point
Military Ocean Terminal in Brunswick County.

Officials said Wednesday the drill will stretch from Fort Bragg to
Morehead City in the state's central coast area to Brunswick County on the
southeastern coast.

Emergency and law-enforcement units from Virginia to South Carolina have
been invited to participate, as have those from the seven counties that
surround Fort Bragg. Participation by military personnel and equipment
will hinge on their availability.

The exercise is thought to be the first to test the new National Response
Plan that takes effect next month and requires coordination among local,
state and federal officials in terrorism and emergency response.

The idea came from Fort Bragg and the FBI, said Andy Albright, an exercise
facilitator and civilian employee of the Coast Guard in Wilmington. Other
military bases and state and local agencies were invited to join.

Planning for the drill has been going on for a year, Albright said.

The exercise is to begin with a weapons of mass destruction drill at Fort
Bragg with some of the perpetrators escaping. Other events will occur over
the next three days at or near other military bases in eastern North
Carolina, at the State Port in Morehead City and in the Pamlico Sound.

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Nuclear Terror Drill to Go Live? Let's Hope Not
by R. Leland Lehrman, 505.982.3609

http://physics911.net/nuclearterror.htm

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Adding to the drama, the four-star commander of the Army's Training and
Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at the Fort Monroe base where the nuclear terror
drill is to occur, Kevin P. Byrnes was just relieved of his command amidst
allegations of sexual misconduct. Veteran investigator Greg Szymanski has
uncovered another plausible motive: "Sources close to the military who
remain anonymous said Byrnes was part of a U.S. military faction
discontented with the Bush administration war policies in Iraq and the
potential for a nuclear disaster in Iran.

In an effort to stop the Bush administration in its tracks, sources say
Byrnes was about to lead a coup against the hawks in the military and
executive branch determined to lead America into a global conflict,
leading to devastating ramifications for the country, as well as financial
and social chaos.

Rumors inside the military say that a growing faction of discontented
high-ranking officers are attempting internally to try and stop the Bush
administration's imminent plans for war with Iran in an effort to avert
global war.

Although the exact number of high-ranking military involved is
undetermined, sources have disclosed it appears to be evenly split between
pro Bush and anti Bush factions.

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[fooj]

1. We need to get this out on AAR! How aboutLaura Flanders?

PEACE.