[109227] in Cypherpunks
Re: Can anyone verify if this report is for real ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (x@x.com)
Sun Mar 14 16:20:06 1999
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:14:40 -0800
To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>,
"Cypherpunks" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
From: x <x@x.com>
Reply-To: x <x@x.com>
essentially, this is indeed true. as reported in sj merc news and on cbs
radio news who said a navy spokesman said (paraphrasing) 'monterey city
also took this opportunity to exercise their capability for interacting
with military foces such as might be necessary in the case of a disaster ...'
the jets were overhead inland as far as santa clara
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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