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2008-09-30 Home Front: WoT

NORTHCOMM units prepare for emergency civil assist role

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Posted by lotp 2008-09-30 10:22|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Bad linkie? Try this'n here.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-30 10:28|| 2008-09-30 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure the tin-foil hat people will have a great deal to b***h about concerning this news.
At least the US armed forces are willing to take our civil defense more seriously than our Congress is. Remember how the US Senate stopped doing business at the time of the anthrax attack? They still have no alternate places to assemble to do their business. Still no back up plan in case multiple legislators are killed or put out of commission, etc. etc. When a real crisis hits again, our surviving Congresscritters can be counted on to lie that "No one ever thought this would happen."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-09-30 11:33|| 2008-09-30 11:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Spousal Unit has stated low level, under the radar activity going on here in the Pac NW. includes caches of various medical and food 'stuffs.'(she works at local Navy hospital)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-30 14:23|| 2008-09-30 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Could be something, could be nothing, check this out:http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/20080928D

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ADDITONAL INFORMATION: Directives for Islamic terrorist attack in U.S. appear on the Internet

Although this post references a very specific date, it is never advisable to rely solely on open data, or consider a specific date as absolute. Since we published the article containing this information, however, analysts have found additional references to an event (or events) expected to occur on or about October 7, 2008. Such additional information increases the possibility that something appears to be planned around that time, or in the near term. Therefore, it is our consensus that the threat window could be anytime from the present and extend into early November. Terrorists might time an attack or attacks to take place close to our November elections, such as we saw in Madrid.
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It is interesting and quite relevant that certain postings have addressed the likelihood of Arabic language forums being shut down at the time of (or perhaps as a consequence of) such an event. Members of various forums have been asking where they will meet (in terms of a forum location) after Ramadan. Obviously these posters believe something is going to happen and the forums will be taken down or infiltrated by intelligence operatives searching for information.

Posted by Vortigern Unoper4871 2008-09-30 17:56|| 2008-09-30 17:56|| Front Page Top

#5 We've been doing things down here as well for several months.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-30 18:26|| 2008-09-30 18:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Should we be buying ammo, Pappy?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-30 19:27|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-30 19:27|| Front Page Top

#7 the forums will be taken down or infiltrated by intelligence operatives searching for information.

Will be infiltrated? Even I know the proper tense of the verb in that statement!

Barbara, you've been keeping your pantry and first aid kit stocked, and your cell phone charged, right? I keep hearing that ammunition is in short supply because of that little war we've been fighting, so you may want to consult the AutoBartender in the O Club about refilling used brass (I think that's the proper terminology.. and isn't he going to be glad I mentioned it!)

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-09-30 19:51|| 2008-09-30 19:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe the Army's going to arrest congress and return the country to the citizens. Could this be preperations?

I know wishful thinking...

Posted by Hellfish 2008-09-30 19:53|| 2008-09-30 19:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Sorry about the spelling.

Posted by Hellfish 2008-09-30 19:56|| 2008-09-30 19:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Nope on the Army/Congress scenario, hellfish. But yes re: accelerated work towards having NORTHCOMM be able to coordinate with civil agencies, Red Cross etc. in case of major emergencies ranging from WMD attacks to pandemic flu etc.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-30 21:18|| 2008-09-30 21:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Should we be buying ammo, Pappy?

No. Most seems to be coordinating with local authorities for major emergencies. For example, we've the closest medical facility in our area (the next one is 20 or so miles away), and we aren't that far from a little thing called the San Andreas fault. We also get a lot of flash flooding.

But... we're also drilling on other, more, horrific events.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-30 22:11|| 2008-09-30 22:11|| Front Page Top

#12 I interviewed several of the officers involved earlier in the month. You might find my article of interest Military Integration Into NIMS

The military is intended to supply resources than no other level of response has, or has run out of.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2008-09-30 22:33|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2008-09-30 22:33|| Front Page Top

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