More on Urban Shield

Urban Shield is one of the largest terrorism drills in the country in which armed federal, state, local and now international officers in full battle gear will train to rescuing hostages, fight bank robbers and quell terrorism at the Oakland Airport, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, the NASA Ames Research Center and 22 other high profile sites.

This year's high profile sponsor of the event is a British mercenary company, BAE, which according to Ethics Newsline stands accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure contracts in Africa and Eastern Europe. According to The Oakland Tribune, "BAE’s 'generous contributions' to Urban Shield will get the residents of Alameda County acclimated to the 'sound of gunfire and blasts' and the presence of militarized cops 'in full battle gear' roaming the streets of the Bay Area this weekend."

This year the French RAID unit — Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence), will be the first foreign participants involved in team drills. In the past foreign and private corporate observers or advisors were in attendance, including the infamous private military contractors Blackwater (now called Xe) and BAE, but were not team participants.

This is the third year Alameda has been hosting this event. As with so many drills one wonders if this can go 'live' in preparation for martial law. With Obama's declaration of a national emergency for the swine flu, the government has the unconstitutional authority to call out federal agencies and troops, along with private companies, to help local and state police enforce mandatory vaccinations should they get implemented.

Are we seeing the use of a phony pandemic to usher in the New World Order, and, our the nation's police forces being useful dupes to implement it?

And here's an interesting youtube video about Urban Shield: posted separately