I just read this on a blog today then logged onto the Army Times website this afternoon and verified the content below...a few hours later it was no longer accessible on the Army Times site...this is absolutely frightening. I also spoke to someone yesterday who is in a major deal with a HUGE US company to deal with technology for the supposedly increasing disasters over time in the years to come...we already have economic chaos, energy-related fears, weather-related disasters on the increase, next may be political then the kind caused by what is described below. Anyone who has participated in a demonstration in the last years in the US (ask Amy Goodman of Democracy Now) knows that the "control" element is getting way out of hand. How can we take back America and make it better if we are continuously undermined by chaos? Or perhaps that is precisely the point...
"On September 7, 2008 the US Army announced that the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) will be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command (NORTHCOM), as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters."
This marks the first time an active US Army unit will be given a dedicated assignment to NORTHCOM, where it is stated they may be "called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) attack." These soldiers will also learn how to use non-lethal weapons designed to 'subdue unruly or dangerous individuals" without killing them, and also includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets...'
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_home...