[Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: Portland OR - "false flag" op on Oct 16th? - Cheney will be in town for Vigilant Shield by Michael Salla

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Subject: [GPUS-PAX] Fw: Portland OR - "false flag" op on Oct 16th? -
Cheney will be in town for Vigilant Shield by Michael Salla
From:    "Nancy Allen" <nallen at prexar.com>
Date:    Mon, October 15, 2007 07:35
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There are enough proven facts in this post to concern any US citizen and
also to ward off extremist and alarmist criticisim.
All of us should demand to know detailed information about the missing nuke.
Nancy
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Subject: Portland OR - "false flag" op on Oct 16th? - Cheney will be in
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      October 13, 2007

      Dick Cheney & Vigilant Shield: Will a Missing Nuke from the B-52
Incident be used in a Simulated Terrorist Attack?

      By Michael Salla


      From October 15 to 19, 2007, a set of military and civil exercises
will be held in Oregon, Arizona and Guam. The exercises, TOPOFF 4
and Vigilant Shield 08, are designed to test official responses to
the detonation of radiological dispersal devices on U.S. territory.
The exercises will be overseen by Vice President Dick Cheney who
will travel specifically to Portland to coordinate all Federal
departments and agencies responses to the simulated attacks. This
has led to a number of civilian groups expressing alarm that TOPOFF
and Vigilant Shield might be used as a cover for False Flag
operations that replicate what occurred during the 911 attacks . On
September 11, 2001, Dick Cheney was overseeing a series of simulated
terrorist attacks involving hijacked airplanes hitting buildings
that was called "Vigilant Guardian". Vigilant Guardian was run
simultaneously with NORAD training exercises called Vigilant Warrior
and Northern Vigilance that altogether involved as many as eleven
hijacked airplanes. This created much confusion and led to stand
down orders for the US Air Force that was unsure if the 911 attacks
were part of the simulated exercises or real attacks. This confusion
accounted for the long delays between initial reports of hijacked
planes being used in 'terrorist' attacks, and Air Force intercept
missions being launched using the few planes not involved in the
Northern Vigilance exercise.

      What makes TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant Shield especially concerning is
that they follow upon an incident involving five (later revised up
to six) nuclear cruise missiles found on a B-52 sitting on a tarmac
at Barksdale Air Force Base on August 30. The Air Force has launched
an official inquiry and so far has announced to the public that the
B-52 incident was nothing more than an unusually high number of
errors. A Washington Post article on September 23 summarized the
main arguments for this explanation which has effectively put to an
end any further investigations by mainstream media sources. In
contrast, a number of researchers have argued that the B-52 incident
could not have occurred without very senior officials giving orders,
and others refusing to comply with such orders. According to Wayne
Madsen a number of Air Force personnel refused to allow the nuclear
armed B-52 to fly in a covert mission to Iran outside the normal
chain of military command. Madsen describes the nature of the
internal conflict over the B-52 incident: "Command and control
breakdowns involving U.S. nuclear weapons are unprecedented, except
for that fact that the U.S. military is now waging an internal war
against neo-cons who are embedded in the U.S. government and
military chain of command who are intent on using nuclear weapons in
a pre-emptive war with Iran."

      Madsen is alluding here to the most plausible explanation for the
source of orders leading to the B-52 incident. The orders emanated
from the office of the Vice President, and in particular Dick Cheney
himself. Cheney's orders were opposed all the way up the Department
of Defense hierarchy including Admiral William Fallon, Commander of
Central Command, and Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. This is
supported by a recent report in the Telegraph newspaper that Gates
has become the chief opponent to Dick Cheney's plans to commit the
U.S. to another war against Iran and is encouraging military
officers to be more candid in their assessments of a new conflict.

      What makes the B-52 incident even more disturbing is that six
nuclear cruise missiles left Minot Air Force Base, and the initial
Military Times report on September 5 reported that five nuclear
warheads were discovered at Barksdale Air Force Base. This was
subsequently revised by the Military Times to six in an updated
story five days later on September 10. How could the Air Force mix
up how many nuclear weapons were initially involved in the incident?
The most plausible explanation is that there had been a discrepancy
in the number of nuclear weapons that had left Minot and what had
been later discovered at Barksdale? The nuclear armed B-52 had been
sitting on the tarmac in an unsecured military environment for up to
10 hours before its nuclear payload was discovered. This offered
plenty of time for the removal of one of the nuclear weapons. Such
an event had to be covered up for national security purposes which
is why the Military Times revised its initial report. The
possibility of a missing nuclear weapon is augmented by an
unprecedented official standown by the Air Force on September 14
where all planes were grounded allegedly to review Standard
Operating Procedures. Was the Air Force really conducting an
emergency inventory to locate any missing nuclear weapons?

      This raises the disturbing possibility that not only was the B-52
ordered to participate in a covert mission to attack Iran outside
the regular chain of military command, but that one of its nuclear
weapons was secretly siphoned off for another covert mission. If
Dick Cheney did give the order for the nuclear weapons to be loaded
on to the B-52, it is highly likely that he is aware of the location
and potential use of the missing nuclear missile. A number of
serious questions therefore need to be asked about the
appropriateness of Cheney being in charge of TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant
Shield. This is even more urgent if there is a missing nuclear
warhead that was taken from the B-52 for a yet undisclosed mission.
Could this mission be related to the TOPOFF and Vigilant Shield
exercises?

      In a Presidential Statement released on May 21, 2001, President Bush
gave Vice President Cheney the power to coordinate national efforts
in response to terrorist attacks: "I have asked Vice President
Cheney to oversee the development of a coordinated national effort
so that we may do the very best possible job of protecting our
people from catastrophic harm." An "Office of National Preparedness"
was created to implement the "national effort overseen by Vice
President Cheney" and would "coordinate all Federal programs dealing
with weapons of mass destruction consequence management within the
Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Justice, and
Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal
agencies." Effectively, this means that during TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant
Shield, VP Cheney will be responsible for all efforts to respond to
weapons of mass destruction. He will have the power of override any
Department of Defense objections to activities concerning
"consequence management" of nuclear weapons. If there was a missing
nuclear weapon from the B-52 incident, then TOPOFF and Vigilant
Shield could provide the cover for its use.

      The possible use of the B-52 missing nuclear weapon could trigger
the martial law scenario found in National Security Presidential
Directive (NSPD) 51 after the declaration of a "Catastrophic
Emergency." NSPD 51 defines a "Catastrophic Emergency" as "any
incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary
levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting
the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or
government functions." Once declaring such an emergency, President
Bush or his successors according to Continuity of Government
provisions, can take over all governmental functions at local, state
and national levels, as well as private sector activities, to ensure
the U.S. emerges from the emergency with an "enduring constitutional
government."

      So far, the Air Force inquiry is classified and information on a
possible missing nuclear weapon has not been disclosed. It is
unlikely that much information will be disclosed to the public for
national security reasons. The only U.S. Congressman calling for an
official public inquiry into the B-52 incident is Dennis Kucinich.
As long as the role of Dick Cheney in the B-52 incident is not
investigated and the missing nuclear weapon is not located, Cheney
should be removed from any position of authority in coordinating
civil and military responses to any simulated terrorist attack. Such
exercises provide him the opportunity and authority to secretly
approve the covert use of a nuclear device that can be used to
trigger a declaration of a "Catastrophic Emergency." U.S. National
Security is not served by Dick Cheney having a prominent role in
leading TOPOFF 4, Vigilant Shield and any future simulated terrorist
attacks involving weapons of mass destruction.





      Authors Website: www.exopolitics.org

      Authors Bio: Dr. Michael Salla is an internationally recognized
scholar in international politics, conflict resolution, US foreign
policy and the new field of 'exopolitics'. He is author/editor of
five books; and held academic appointments in the School of
International Service& the Center for Global Peace, American
University, Washington DC (1996-2004); the Department of Political
Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
(1994-96); and the Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, Washington D.C., (2002). He has a Ph.D in
Government from the University of Queensland, Australia, and an M.A.
in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has
conducted research and fieldwork in the ethnic conflicts in East
Timor, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Sri Lanka, and organized peacemaking
initiatives involving mid to high level participants from these
conflicts.

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