From: kwhite9472@aol.com
Subject: SNET: DANGEROUS Terrorism Exercise !
Date: 12 Jun 2000 17:53:21 -0400
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 The following lead item from WorldNetDaily, the No. 1 web page, is an 
extremely alarming "mock" exercise to see what the reaction of Kentucky 
citizens is to "practice" federal takeover of a state with (at some stage) 
grabbing of citizens' guns, etc.  If there is too much reaction, some kind of 
"incident" could be created to cause declaration of an actual emergency.  
Many lower level police, Marines and other government people are believed to 
be strongly opposed to this affair, but the governor of Kentucky is in the 
hands of the Clintonistas and will not object.  Citizens there are going to 
work on the state legislators, who have authority to determine whether state 
laws shall be set aside for this purpose.  Many out of staters will be 
traveling to Kentucky to follow developments.  Check internet   


Tell your local sheriff or police chief, and tell others.

This is serious for the entire U. S.!

Kenneth White                
                 
                     
         
      

                 
MONDAY
JUNE 12
2000                     
         



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    ARMED AND DANGEROUS 
Marines hit beach
in Kentucky today 
Military training for U.S. deployment
features mock-terrorism, 'earthquake' 

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By David M. Bresnahan
© 2000 WorldNetDaily.com 


A devastating earthquake will hit Kentucky tomorrow, followed a few days 
later by a terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction; at least, 
that's the mock scenario for a joint Marine and civil agency exercise that 
starts today. 
According to documents obtained by WorldNetDaily, an experimental exercise to 
help the U.S. Marines learn how to work with civil agencies during a domestic 
emergency is now under way. 
Gunslinger 2000 is referred to as a "civil support experiment" in Marine 
documents, the planning for which has taken over a year. Marine public 
affairs officers contacted by WorldNetDaily had not prepared a news release 
for the media. Officials planning the event did not expect public attention, 
according to a Marine public affairs spokeswoman. 
"The principal objectives of this exercise are to explore and define 
potential roles of the Marine Corps Reserve within the civil support mission, 
and to educate commanders and their staffs about the nuances of civil 
support," said Col. Karim Shihata, assistant chief of staff for the 4th 
Marine Division. 
U.S. Marine Corps. documents obtained by WorldNetDaily describe Gunslinger 
2000 as an "experiment," intended to evaluate how the Marine Reserve and 
National Guard can work together with local and national civil agencies 
during an emergency. 
"The experiment will explore roles and missions for the Marine Corps in the 
event of a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident within the continental 
United States. Following the completion of the CREST exercise, the exercise 
staff and subject matter experts will conduct operational planning in a 
facilitated discussion by National Interagency Civil-Military Institute 
(NICI) that will outline and define potential civil support roles and 
capabilities for the Marine Corps in support of Consequence Management (CM)," 
stated Shihata in an internal memorandum sent to participants. 
The experiment begins today and will continue at least to the end of the 
month, but one document provided to WorldNetDaily suggests it may continue 
until July 15. 
"This experiment is an opportunity to provide an exploration of the Marine 
Corps' role and missions within the civil disaster management and weapons of 
mass destruction arena," explained Shihata in the memorandum. "Through this 
experiment, we must clearly and specifically describe the general military 
roles and functions for the Marine Corps within Military Support to Civil 
Authorities (MSCA). This exploration should also provide an identifiable exit 
criteria to facilitate our extrication from operations in support of 
Consequence Management. The conduct of this experiment must demonstrate 
SMCR-provided expeditionary capabilities with emphasis on voice and data 
communications." 
The exercise will take place at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and in the Louisville 
and Memphis, Tennessee, areas. Some documents indicate that eight states will 
be involved, but locations for exercise events were not confirmed. 
Planning documents confirm that many local and national agencies will join 
with the Marines during at least part of the exercise from June 19 to 23. 
"Active and reserve component military, civilian agency emergency managers 
from the federal, state and local levels, law enforcement officials and other 
first responders will be in attendance," said Shihata in his memorandum. 
Agencies participating: 

*   Federal Emergency Management Agency 

*   Federal Bureau of Investigations 

*   Joint Task Force-Civil Support 

*   Fourth Marine Division 

*   Kentucky Plans, Operations and Military Support Office 

*   Kentucky State Emergency Operations Center Director 

*   State Emergency Management Office 

*   Department of Health 

*   Department of Transportation 

*   Environmental Protection Agency 

*   Kentucky State Police 

*   Conservation/Natural Resources 

*   Kentucky Army/Air National Guard 

*   Kentucky State Public Works/Utilities 

*   Kentucky State Social Services 


The computer-assisted exercise is designed to help all the agencies involved 
learn how to communicate with each other in the event of a real emergency. The
 computer program will simulate a major earthquake, followed by a biological 
or chemical terrorist attack in the same area a few days later. A simulated 
national emergency covering eight states will be declared by authority of 
"Presidential Directive 39," according to Marine documents, and civil 
agencies will ask for military assistance because they will be unable to 
handle the situation. 
The computer simulation was designed by Cubic Applications, Inc., as part of 
a $47 million contract to provide services to the Marine Air-Ground Task 
Force. CAI is a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation of San Diego. The company 
provides operational and technical support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 
to all branches of the military. 
"This award demonstrates CAI's position as an industry leader in providing 
training support to the warfighting forces of our Nation," said Jack A. 
Walker, CAI president and chief executive officer in a news release. "CAI is 
extremely proud of its long-standing support relationship with the United 
States Armed Forces, and we believe our team can make a significant 
contribution to the Marine Corps of the 21st century." 
Shihata explained that Gunslinger 2000 does not represent a new role for the 
Marine Reserve, but that it is an added ability as part of the "force in 
readiness." He said it is not an effort to take away the authority of the 
civil agencies. 
Marine documents reveal plans for future exercises after evaluating the 
results of Gunslinger 2000. 
A Power Point presentation used by the Marines in preparation for the event 
indicates that the Marines will "provide law enforcement support." 
"There is an appropriate role for the armed forces to play in these 
circumstances. The intent is not to fulfill law-enforcement roles, but to 
augment them. This is a new function that grows out of traditional Marine 
missions. We are now exploring and experimenting our role with the emerging 
mission," said Shihata. 
The National Commission on Terrorism has concluded in a recent report that 
current efforts to detect, prevent and prepare for such terrorist attacks are 
inadequate. The report offers plans to deal with terrorist threats, and 
acknowledges that it will provoke controversy by those concerned with threats 
to freedoms. 
Meeting the threat of tomorrow's terrorism, in its view, will require a 
bare-knuckle approach that includes some measures bound to provoke 
controversy. 
"These include dropping human rights concerns in recruiting terrorist 
informants, making it easier to initiate FBI investigations, paying for legal 
help if agents overstep their bounds, monitoring foreign students studying in 
the United States, frequently updating the list of Foreign Terrorist 
Organizations, hanging tough on Iran and Syria while adding Afghanistan to 
the list of state sponsors of terrorism, designating Pakistan and NATO-ally 
Greece as states 'not fully cooperating' with the United States, expanding 
federal authority, and considering designating the Defense Department as the 
lead federal agency for responding to catastrophic terrorist incidents in the 
United States," said Brian Michael Jenkins, a senior adviser to the president 
of RAND Corp. who served as an adviser to the National Commission on 
Terrorism. He wrote an article about terrorism published by UPI. 
Major terrorist threats on the U.S. would also have a huge psychological 
impact. Jenkins said a chemical or bioterrorism attack could cause national 
hysteria. 
"Liberal democracies have been shaken by levels of violence far below this. 
Politicians would pound the podium demanding the most draconian measures 
while an alarmed public screamed for even more. In such circumstances, the 
commission's recommendations would seem mild," explained Jenkins. 
Related stories: 
Marines on Main Street 
Marines landing -- in North Carolina 
Alabama Army maneuvers continue 
The military's new cowboys? 
Training ammo claim disputed 
Army admits live ammo used 


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David M. Bresnahan is an investigative journalist for WorldNetDaily.com 


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There is an appropriate role for the armed forces to play in these 
circumstances. The intent is not to fulfill law-enforcement roles, but to 
augment them. This is a new function that grows out of traditional Marine 
missions.
   

-- Col. Karim Shihata, assistant chief of staff for the 4th Marine Division  

The National Commission on Terrorism ... report offers plans to deal with 
terrorist threats, and acknowledges that it will provoke controversy by those 
concerned with threats to freedoms.


  
Liberal democracies have been shaken by levels of violence far below this. 
Politicians would pound the podium demanding the most draconian measures 
while an alarmed public screamed for even more.
   

-- Brian Michael Jenkins, a senior adviser to the president of RAND Corp.  
     

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