Posted on 05/31/2009 2:56:54 PM PDT by Wontsubmit
A five-day civil defense exercise, simulating an attack on the country, started on Sunday. Named Turning Point 3, the drills will be the most extensive ever held and practice new measures to safeguard civilians.
On Tuesday the exercise will spread nationwide and include emergency sirens and air-raid shelters.
The cabinet held a special session Sunday on moves during an attack; the ministries will then open their emergency headquarters to rehearse various scenarios.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cabinet ministers during the briefing that the drill was a "routine" procedure and not directed against any regional entity in particular. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Hear the faint train whistle blowing in the distance?
One day when US AWACS picks up dozens of IAF aircraft heading east at low altitude with trailing tankers, what will Obama do?
All those 2012 doomsayers will get a sudden early fulfillment. Close enough. We'll see.
Thanks for posting the article.
Go play golf.
We should be running our OWN civil defense drills. Not only do we face nuke terrorism, but the Russkies could nuke us and Obama would wonder what we had done to offend them. The Russkies are chess players and Obama is opening us up to a CHECKMATE move.
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