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<DIV><FONT size=2>There are enough proven facts in this post to
concern any US citizen and also to ward off extremist and alarmist
criticisim.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>All of us should demand to
know detailed information about the missing nuke. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Nancy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2007 7:37 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Portland OR - "false flag" op on Oct 16th? - Cheney will be
in town for Vigilant Shield by Michael Salla</DIV></DIV>
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<P><B><FONT face=Verdana size=2>October 13, 2007</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Verdana size=4>Dick Cheney & Vigilant Shield: Will a
Missing Nuke from the B-52 Incident be used in a Simulated Terrorist
Attack?</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2><I>By Michael Salla</I></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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 <A
href="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2506.shtml">overseen
by Vice President Dick Cheney</A> 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 <A
href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_melinda__071011_operation_vigilant_s.htm">civilian
groups </A>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. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>What makes TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant Shield especially
concerning is that they follow upon an incident involving five (later
revised up to six) <SPAN></SPAN>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 <A
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6909">Wayne
Madsen</A> 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.” </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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
<A
href="http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_michael__070907_was_a_covert_attempt.htm">Dick
Cheney himself</A>. 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 <A
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/07/wiran307.xml">Telegraph
newspaper </A>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.<SPAN> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/07/wiran307.xml"></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>What makes the B-52 incident even more disturbing is
that six nuclear cruise missiles left Minot Air Force Base, and the <A
href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/05/3642/">initial
Military Times</A> 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 <A
href="http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_nuclear_B52_070904w/">updated
story </A>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? </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN></SPAN>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?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>In a <A
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/20010508.html">Presidential
Statement </A>released on May 21, 2001, President Bush gave Vice President
Cheney the power to coordinate national efforts in response to terrorist
attacks: <SPAN></SPAN>“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. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The possible use of the B-52 missing nuclear weapon
could trigger the martial law scenario found in <A
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html">National
Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 51 </A>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." </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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 <A
href="http://www.rense.com/general78/b52.htm">Dennis Kucinich</A>. 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. </P><BR><BR><BR><BR>Authors
Website: www.exopolitics.org<BR><BR>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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