[109218] in Cypherpunks
Re: Can anyone verify if this report is for real ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Sun Mar 14 05:01:40 1999
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 01:10:01 -0800
To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>,
"Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <199903140231.VAA09902@cti06.citenet.net>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Well, I saw it on TV, so it must be true :-)
They're also planning to invade the Oakland area, though I'm not sure
how much is Jack London Square vs. Alameda or Emeryville.
All part of the propaganda to remind us that we need to keep
a strong military to rescue people from really scary threats.
At 09:29 PM 3/13/99 -0500, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
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>Marines launch controversial military exercises in California
>March 13, 1999 Web posted at: 5:40 PM EST (2240 GMT)
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>MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) -- Hundreds of Marines practiced rescuing a city
>threatened by chemical terrorism Saturday outside the view of dozens of
>protesters who said the military exercise might harm Monterey Bay wildlife.
>The controversial military exercise, known as Urban Warrior, was launched
>without the beachfront invasion originally planned. As an early morning fog
>cleared off Monterey Bay, helicopters transported troops in ships offshore to
>the airport, where they were whisked to exercise sites by bus.
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>For the rest of the article, go to
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>http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/13/AM-CoastalInvasion.ap/index.html
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Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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