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Northcom chief: Homeland command is now grown up

Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr. has four stars on his collars and 60 combat missions under his belt. But on a recent trip to a California airfield, he sprang from an SUV like a happy kid and charged toward a crowd of servicemen and women.

AP Interview: US military eyes more northern border patrols

As the Arctic ice cap shrinks, the Pentagon is eyeing the expanding navigable waters as possible entry points for security threats that must be monitored more closely, the chief of the U.S. Northern Command told The Associated Press.

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Baldwin Park Democrat: Would Cheney Attempt a Coup d'Etat?
Source: Baldwin Park Democrat

Is it possible that former Vice-President Dick Cheney, perhaps in concert with other neo-conservatives and the military, might attempt to stage a coup d'etat in this country? Seems pretty far fetched on the surface.

Massive NorthCom 'Homeland Defense' Joint Exercise Is Under Way
Source: progressive.org

This week and into next, NorthCom and NORAD are conducting a joint exercise called "Vigilant Shield '09." The focus will be on "homeland defense and civil support," a NorthCom press release states.

On The Road to Moronity
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

The elite power configuration that controls America--what do they desire most for the average American citizen? Moronity. Christian fundamentalist kinds of Irrationality. Dearth of freethinking.

Sen. Warner Supports Domestic Use of Military
Source: the-peoples-forum.com

A citizen of Virginia named Moya Atkinson wrote to Senator John Warner to express concern over the recent violation of the Posse Comitatus Act created by the assigning of U.S.

Beware October 15th!
Source: ReverendMark.Com

On September 11, 2001 our military was conducting exercises that included scenarios where planes were flown into skyscrapers in New York (link) and exercises were conducted in London on July 7, 2005 were trains were bombed while it was actually happening (link).

Analysis: How strategic is the Golan?
Source: JPost.com

The formula is clear and has been set by the past half dozen Israeli governments: The Golan Heights, probably alongside the Shaba Farms, in exchange for real and true peace with Syria.

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