Guardsmen to conduct urban training at Arcadia in April

[galileoreloaded]

Source: Daily Times Herald Carrol, IA

The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia.

The purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer, according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company.

Citizens, law enforcement, media and other supporters will participate.

Troops will spend Thursday, April 2, staging at a forward operations base at Carroll. The next day company leaders will conduct reconnaissance and begin patrolling the streets of Arcadia to identify possible locations of the weapons dealer.

Read more: http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7451&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1

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Read the entire article. If true, it gets a big ol' WTF from me.

[marketcrazy1]

1. I dont know about the rest of you

but this kind of shit scares the hell out of me!!!!! it seems to me "they" are planning for the worst..... witch begs the question, what do they know that we dont???

[biopowertoday]

8. they have Federal Homeland security money to spend.

I do not like it either. Too many macho folks with new toys and the mentality that goes with it--that is what scares me.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. that the economy is really totally gone...

The big banks know it.
the government knows it.
Bernanke and Paulson and Geithner have known it for some time.
All the real wealth has left the country.
It is a huge open secret.

Fear of well motivated urban riots.

[Arctic Dave]

2. WTF IS THIS SHIT AGAIN!!

They will set up roadblocks. They will enter peoples homes. WHO THE F*CK IS SAYING THIS IS OK?

[Hugabear]

4. Oh, but only if you "volunteer" to let your house be used

And who wouldn't volunteer to do that? Certainly nobody who didn't have anything to hide! :sarcasm:

[Arctic Dave]

5. I wonder who volunteered to block roads.

I'm sure everyone will be more then willing to have the A holes waste their time.

[Mojorabbit]

3. Scary shit. nt

[Downwinder]

6. Training for the Iraqization of the USA? n/t

[davidinalameda]

7. this isn't the first time the military has conducted urban training

why are people getting so upset over this?

[The abyss]

9. This is all about conditioning.

Conditioning the troopers in dealing with American citizens, conditioning them to “see” other Americans as an enemy. Dealing with Americans in roadblock situations rather than angry Iraqis. Looking for an American “weapon stash”.

Conditioning American citizens to see armed troops on their streets. Conditioning them in driving past an armored vehicle while the barrel of an automatic weapon tracks them through the intersection.

[IADEMO2004]

10. We have been doing this to our school kids for years

it is for your own good and resistance is futile.

[The abyss]

12. Kicking this story back to the top of the Iowa Forum

Anyone on hand out here to witness this operation?

Take photos?

[No More Bushbots]

13. Arcadia?

This should take about five minutes.
Maybe they could search Westside too, between the two it could kill about 15 minutes.