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Originally Posted by Lorien
The exercise isn't happening after an ACTUAL terrorist event, the scenario will be that a theoretical event just happened, and the response to it.
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It's true that military exercises are normal, and that often there's international cooperation for them, BUT (it's a BIG but!!)... there was a synchronization of 'exercises' with both the 9/11 and the London subway attacks.
NY9/11/01: "Several different war game exercises were in play on the day of the attack. The limited public information on these exercises shows that they simulated the following events:
* Hijackings
* Attacks on buildings using aircraft as missiles
* Attacks using toxic or infectious substances
http://911research.wtc7.net/planes/d.../wargames.html
UK7/7/05: Search results vs content on page
"The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of ....
So we had to suddenly switch an exercise from fictional to real. ... Forensic examiners had initially thought that military grade plastic ...... Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway injured far more people (12 dead, 1000+ injured). ...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
http://www.answers.com/topic/7-july-...ondon-bombings
No mention of exercises on yahoo page
(Last updated: July 03, 2007.)
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