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National Guard mobilised day before blackout

dh | 15.08.2003 14:40

Simple one liner from the Department of Defense says it all

National Guard and Reserve mobilised in advance of power outage

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20030813-0363.html

National guard mobilised

http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1403143

http://www.komotv.com/stories/26633.htm

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really impressive mobilisation

15.08.2003 16:39

"This week, the Air Force announces a slight increase of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization. The Army and Navy each announce a decrease. The Marine Corps reports no change. The net collective result is 271 fewer reservists than last week."

Really impressive this. Just the thing to deal with millions of looters loose on the streets of New York. I think posts like this could be describedas clutching at straws.

sceptic

More straws

15.08.2003 19:27

Keep collecting - we'll end up with a raft

Curfew in Michigan - curfews in three states

http://www.wgrz.com/storyfull.asp?id=15742

Cleveland – state of emergency/curfew

http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0815ohbo.html

Orange County – curfew,alcohol sale banned

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/6540241.htm

Electromagnetic pulse over New York caught by satellite

http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_news&Number=815758&t=-1

Various theories on radio show

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2003/08/14.html

Respect to propagandamatrix.com

really impreesive articles

15.08.2003 19:46

keep collecting them and you may end up with a straw man.

sceptic

You may be right

15.08.2003 20:22

you may be wrong. Lol - good comment
However if we don't ask questions, we'll never find any answers
This has every appearance of a practice run - for what - the bioterrorism they keep promising?

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-blackout-ny-security,0,1220421.story

Virus?

15.08.2003 21:43

All the folks on the techie security lists are discussing it being caused by the Blaster worm. And that's the most believable story I've heard so far. Lightning can't take out 25 million houses, neither can large demand. And there wasn't even any lightning in the area said to be affected. I've also heard of reports of military jets flying about soon after the blackouts started - but not enough to confirm yet.
No, this was simply caused by Blaster, but Microsoft aren't going to let them announce that. And theres no way the power companies would admit to it anyway.

Richard Kirkcaldy
mail e-mail: richard@lordrich.com
Homepage: http://lordrich.com

things go haywire (strawwire?)

15.08.2003 21:56

This is a little aside really, though one that just persuaded my computer to restart spontaneously, but you remember all those Washington beltway random killings, which weren’t so random, because when you joined up all the dots of their location on a map, they formed an inverted pentagram – at the end of which the two guys were arrested sleeping in their car in a layby.
Well, it’s happening again
And this as there is a major power failure, and yes, possibly the worm goes rampant, and the occult festival of Lughnasadh reaches its finale
You got to keep an open mind

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3031917,00.html

WhyWorm?

16.08.2003 13:21

And,just who created the BlasterWorm and why? To provide this sort of event perhaps?
Then the US Gov and its spooks can 'arrange' all sorts of mayhem ,thus further justifying
the descent into the Orwellian nightmare.

Greenlantern

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