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Rep. Brad Sherman says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill is not passed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8

According to the Army Times (dated Tuesday, September 30, 2008), “Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT [Brigade Combat Team] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.” The article continued by saying, “But this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of...

Army Unit to Deploy in October for Domestic Operations Beginning in October, the Army plans to station an active unit inside the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent thirty-five of the last sixty months in Iraq, but now the unit is training for domestic operations. The unit will soon be under the day-to-day control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. The Army Times reports this new mission marks the first time an active unit...

Since Hurricane Ike struck — pitching much of the city into darkness — Houston police have made about 280 arrests every day. Most were for nonviolent offenses, including 388 for public intoxication and 335 for drug possession, police said. The totals actually show a decrease from pre-Ike levels, when Houston police were arresting about 370 people daily, according to department officials. "A lot of the credit goes to the visibility of the officers. We're trying to deter as much crime as we possibly can," said HPD spokesman John Cannon. Arrests for looting have dwindled. Of the 168 arrests made since...

Go home or go to jail! Those are the only two options for people living in one Mid-South neighborhood. The mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas has issued a mandatory curfew. the curfew is in place for an area he refers to as a "hot spot" for crime. It applies to anyone, any age, and any time of day. According to Mayor James Valley, this move is in the best interest of the city. "This curfew is for all people...everyone is subject to be stopped - almost like marshal law. And that's exactly what some are calling it. The mayor has...

There is quite a lot of interesting, but wild, speculation running around the blog-o-sphere, progressive circles and just plain dinner conversation these days about whether BushCo will allow a peaceful and constitutional transfer of Executive power in the ’08 elections. Unless or until George Bush appears on our TV boxes one night, wearing a dark blue suit, white shirt and red tie with his hands sweatily clasped in a desperate death grip on top of his desk in the Oval Office, telling us that some catastrophic event, whether man-made or natural, has just occurred somewhere, and he must, for the...

AP: Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud declares a state of emergency and orders the army to take over, hours before his terms ends. Breaking news, headline only.

Pakistan has plunged into the darkness of political uncertainty and potential civil war. Saturday's declaration of a national state of emergency by General Pervez Musharraf leaves little hope for even a troubled transition to democracy. Instead, Pakistan's coup within a coup may doom the world's only nuclear-armed Muslim state to a surge in violence, terrorism and protest. And, as ugly as it may seem, while we pay lip service to our democratic principles, Pakistan's Western allies may have no alternative but to watch nervously from the sidelines. In the eight years since he seized power in an Oct. 12, 1999,...

The mainstream mediaÂ’s coverage of the antiwar march in Washington, DC did its best to ignore the extreme Left views that were on display at the protest. A split-second image at the very beginning of Saturday eveningÂ’s NBC Nightly News showed some of the extreme views that were on display on signs, which included a call for the impeachment of President Bush for "war crimes," and a sign that cried "9/11 Truth Now!" The full NBC Nightly News report on the march devoted almost a minute to footage of the antiwar marchers, and only 15 seconds to comments from one...

WASHINGTON – A U.S. military drill designed to enhance homeland security in the event of a nuclear terrorist attack has some officials and media outlets funded by billionaire George Soros warning it may be a "false flag" operation leading to the detonation of a real nuclear device to set the stage for martial law.

A government plan to use members of the clergy to quell dissent and objections to government orders during a time of national emergency has been revealed by a Shreveport, La., television station. The story by reporter Jeff Ferrell on television station KSLA says such "Clergy Response Teams" already have been used – following the hit on New Orleans by hurricane Katrina. The station's video is available on a link on its website, and also available on YouTube. It asks if martial law ever could become reality in the United States, following a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. "KSLA News 12...

Could martial law ever become a reality in America? Some fear any nuclear, biological or chemical attack on U.S. soil might trigger just that. KSLA News 12 has discovered that the clergy would help the government with potentially their biggest problem: Us. Read More

(CNSNews.com) - A significant percentage of Muslims across the globe are buying into radical ideas at a time when the technology enabling lethal weaponry is becoming more readily available, the editorial page editor for the Washington Times said Tuesday while addressing a gathering of conservative-minded college students in Washington, D.C. The real possibility of a chemical, biological and even nuclear device being detonated in a major American city is further maximized by the unwillingness of many Bush administration critics to appreciate the dangers associated with the rise of radical Islam, Tony Blankley argued during the 29th Young America's Foundation National...

Polish court sentences 15 policemen in 1981 massacre at coal mine Reuters Published: May 31, 2007 WARSAW: A Polish court Thursday sentenced 15 Communist-era riot policemen to up to 11 years in prison for killing nine striking miners protesting against the 1981 martial law that crushed the Solidarity union. The sentence came after years of failed attempts to prosecute those responsible for the shootings, the bloodiest incident of martial law. Thousands of Poles were arrested and Solidarity was banned until communism collapsed in 1989. "This is good news for Polish society, good news for the public sense of justice," Kazimierz...

Seems the president wants the option to takeover the entire federal government in case another disaster hits the US. I do not see why the entire federal government needs to be taken over in case one part of the country is hit by a crisis? Look at this one "(b) "Catastrophic Emergency" means 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" This could mean anything. This one right here is really weird "(6) The President shall lead the activities of the...

New revelations about Republican ties to convicted influence-peddler Jack Abramoff have brought to the fore once again the unfortunate specter of public corruption as two congressmen, John T. Doolittle (R-CA) and Rick Renzi (R-AZ) were forced off their respective committees when it came to light they were under FBI investigation. It is a sad and by now all too familiar story. It is also infuriating because as a former White House budget analyst, I know full well that the kind of influence peddling highlighted in the Abramoff scandals is only noteworthy because Mr. Abramoff and his conservative clients got caught....

A disturbing recent phenomenon in Washington is that laws that strike to the heart of American democracy have been passed in the dead of night. So it was with a provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush administration's behest that makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law. The provision, signed into law in October, weakens two obscure but important bulwarks of liberty. One is the doctrine that bars military forces, including a federalized National Guard, from engaging in law enforcement. Called posse comitatus, it was...

Martial law declared in Somalia Ethiopia was at the forefront of the drive against Islamists Somalia's parliament has voted to declare three months of martial law after the rout of Islamist forces. MPs sitting in the provincial town of Baidoa voted 154 to two to ratify Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Ghedi's plan to restore order in the war-ravaged state. The government regained control after a campaign led by Ethiopian troops which also saw US air attacks on militants. Meanwhile, nine people have died in clashes between rival clans in a town in central Somalia. Residents say at least nine people...

City's murder rate is 30 percent higher than any other U.S. city NEW ORLEANS - In the last week more Americans have died in New Orleans than in Iraq. Since Dec. 29, there have been eight military deaths. In the Big Easy, there have been 14 murders. Among the latest victims: Helen Hill, a 36-year-old mother shot in her home in front of her husband and 2-year-old. "She was just such a wonderful person," says friend Sheri Branch, "the brightest spot of New Orleans to me." The killers are growing more brazen, striking in broad daylight and using assault rifles,...

Poland's War Remembering martial law 25 years later By Chai Woodham Last week marked the 25th anniversary of General Wojciech Jaruzelski declaring martial law in Poland. His desperate act on December 13, 1981, came in reaction to the rising tide of pro-democracy sentiment in the country, then a satellite state of the Soviet Union, and left the country in a military lockdown for more than a year. The government closed borders, banned driving, reinforced censorship and reinstated a six-day workweek. Thousands lost their jobs because they failed "verification" tests that questioned their loyalty to the regime. To commemorate those tragic...

The ex-General Jaruzelski? Joanna Najfeld reports On December 13, 1981 martial law was introduced in Poland. Phone lines went dead, military vehicles appeared on the streets, soldiers could be seen on TV. There was a wave of arrests of opposition activists who were imprisoned and persecuted. The solidarity movement was crushed. University historian prof. Pawe³ Machcewicz explains what martial law was for Poland. 'The martial law was a huge military and police operation against the 'Solidarity' movement, against all the reform movement in Poland at that time. This military operation crushed 'Solidarity'. 'Solidarity' was banned and more than ten thousand...

Katowice celebrates 25th anniversary of Wujek Tragedy 16.12.2006 Poland continues its commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the martial law. Today in Katowice President Lech Kaczynski, city authorities and local citizens commemorate the anniversary of brutal pacification of the Wujek coalmine, in which nine miners were murdered and fifty wounded. The coalmine went on strike when the martial law was introduced, on the third day of the strike it was attacked by armed police forces and the army. The president has already met widows and orphans of the murdered miners, the official part of the commemoration is scheduled for the...

We remember 13.12.2006 We are standing here in front of the house of general Jaruzelski. It's just before midnight. There's a huge crowd of people who came here to protest against general Jaruzelski. It looks like there are several hundred people on this side of the demonstration. Joanna Najfeld reports There is also a small crowd of postcommunist and socialist activists who came here to support general Jaruzelski, unfortunately not available for comment. They say they do not speak any languages other than Polish and Russian. There are many elderly people among them and some young political activists. They're here...

Martial law: Communist apocalypse of 1981 25 years ago, on a freezing Sunday morning, Poles woke up to General Wojciech Jaruzelski announcing that martial law had been imposed. Report by Slawek Szefs 13.12.06 One hour before midnight on December 12th 1981, all telephone connections in Poland had been broken. Radio and television programs were discontinued at midnight. Army units with tanks and special riot police squads rolled out of their garrisons. During that night, with the official date of December 13th, the State Council issued a decree proclaiming martial law throughout the country. Communist party first secretary and Prime Minister...

We remember We are standing here in front of the house of general Jaruzelski. It's just before midnight. There's a huge crowd of people who came here to protest against general Jaruzelski. It looks like there are several hundred people on this side of the demonstration. There is also a small crowd of postcommunist and socialist activists who came here to support general Jaruzelski, unfortunately not available for comment. They say they do not speak any languages other than Polish and Russian. There are many elderly people among them and some young political activists. They're here to support the general...

Anniversary of Communist 'lesser evil' of 1981 12.12.2006 One hour before midnight on December 12th 1981, all telephone connections in Poland had been broken. Radio and television programs had been discontinued at midnight. Army units with tanks and special riot police squads rolled out of their garrisons. First arrests were made among Solidarity leadership and the most active union members. During the night, with the official date of December 13th , the State Council issued a decree proclaiming martial law throughout the country. The erstwhile Communist rulers with general Wojciech Jaruzelski at the helm of the Military Council For National...

It’s amazing what you can find if you turn over a few rocks in the anti-terrorism legislation Congress approved during the election season. Take, for example, the John W. Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2006, named for the longtime Armed Services Committee chairman from Virginia. Signed by President Bush on Oct. 17, the law (PL 109-364) has a provocative provision called “Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies.” The thrust of it seems to be about giving the federal government a far stronger hand in coordinating responses to Katrina-like disasters. But on closer inspection, its language also alters...

Embassy Events 2006 U.S. Senate Agrees to Resolution Declaring December 13, 2006 a Day of Remembrance to Honor the 25th Anniversary of the Imposition of Martial Law by the Communist Government in Poland 25 September 2006 On September 22, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing December 13, 2006, as a Day of Remembrance for the 25th anniversary of the imposition of martial law by the Communist government in Poland. The Day of Remembrance honors the sacrifices of the Polish people who risked their lives in the struggle against Communist rule to restore liberty and democracy in Poland, and...

OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam acknowledged in a briefing at Northern Command headquarters in Safed on Sunday afternoon that the commander of the IDF's civil administration unit had already begun preparations toward the possibility of instituting a military administration in areas captured by the IDF over the last week. According to Adam, "Certain units who will give us breathing space have been called up, including the commander of that unit." The unit's activation, however, would only take place following comprehensive consultations, he said. Adam denied reports that there were plans to set up a large prison camp for captured...

Israel's war with Hizbullah intensified over the weekend as Katyusha rockets rained down on northern Israel, prompting the IDF to deploy Patriot missile batteries outside Haifa and Defense Minister Amir Peretz to declare martial law throughout the North. Meanwhile. a Katyusha rocket warning system is due to be activated in southern Haifa on Sunday, Home Front Commander Yitzhak Gershon said on Saturday night. The system will sound the alarm a minute before the rockets hit the ground in order for residents to seek shelter. Residents who had previously been asked not to leave their houses are requested to stay in...

As we all know 2006, will be a critical year. We may lose the majority. Every Senate seat is precious. We can't let the RATS control the Senate. In light of that, Bill Nelson is very vulnerable. But it is clear that as much as I love Katherine Harris, she cannot win. We need to draft General Franks, who will win. Who better to have than the General in the Senate to defend the war from idiots like Joe Biden? I know it seems unpractical, but there has not been a serious effort made. Maybe now is the time to...

Rumsfeld: We're trying to figure out what to do if Iraq falls into civil war By James Langton in Washington (Filed: 19/03/2006) America has begun making plans to deal with a civil war in Iraq, three years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. As sectarian violence continues to claim lives every day, Donald Rumsfeld, the American defence secretary, has disclosed that United States military intelligence is holding war games to predict what might happen in such a situation. Donald Rumsfeld: War games Mr Rumsfeld's admission that "the intelligence community are thinking about this and analysing it" comes despite the...

Jaruzelski to Be Charged for Martial Law By RYAN LUCAS ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prosecutors said Tuesday they were preparing charges against the nation's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, for his imposition of martial law, as Poles marked the 24th anniversary of the clampdown. Prosecutors argued that Jaruzelski violated the constitution when he imposed martial law in 1981, said Ewa Koj, a prosecutor with the National Remembrance Institute, which pursues communist-era crimes. Jaruzelski, 82, also could face charges for harassment, the internment of thousands of government opponents and the deaths of almost 100 people during some 18...

Martial Law remembered December 13th is an anniversary of the imposition of martial law in Poland....How do Poles look today at the events of 24 years ago? Report by Michal Kubicki 16 months after Solidarity's self limiting revolution began, General Jaruzelski, the communist party leader and prime minister, went ahead with his plan to crush a movement which by then embraced almost ten million people. Martial law was proclaimed. According to historian Antoni Dudek, what lay behind the general's decision was the defence of the communist regime. General Jaruzelski introduced martial law to allow the communist party to hold on...

Poland, patriotism, remembrance - 13 December 1981 Fr Ireneusz Skubis 13 December 1981 is a tragic date for Poland. The imposition of the marshal law brought about many family dramas, it stopped the development of economy and paralyzed ordinary lives of people. Let us recollect the situation when telephones were suddenly switched off, the curfew was imposed and General Wojciech Jaruzelski appeared on television, addressing the nation in an ominous way...We were deprived of freedom, the newspapers stopped appearing, out thinking were to be controlled. Everything was fairly precisely planned. Thousands of those who were not humble - innocent people...

According to LIGABusinessInform, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine on its special sitting has approved the Decree of President dated December 3, 2005, "About Introduction of Emergency State Regime in Settlements of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea". The law enters into force since the day of its publication. The law also stipulates an appeal to the President which is to be made with a request to issue another decree, which would determine the actual timeframe of the emergency regime and the frontiers of the areas where the regime is in force.

I found it odd a couple of weeks ago when President Bush floated the idea that we should consider using the military to enforce any quarantine needed in this country. He cited the Bird Flu epidemic, which has killed tens of millions of birds and 65 humans. The reason cited for the sudden panic was a World Health Organization report that said the flu could mutate into a form that easily spreads among humans, possibly causing a pandemic. So far, the 65 people who have died: all came in contact with sick birds. There has not been one confirmed human-to-human...

CONGRESSMAN BUSTS BUSH POLICE STATE Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com A member of the House of Representatives, Ron Paul, who some call “the most courageous man in Congress,” appeared on alternative newscaster Alex Jones' radio show to make a series of stinging charges about the Bush administration. Paul represents the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He also serves on the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, and the International Relations committee. He is know for his principled stand regarding the American Constitution – and for refusing to vote for legislation that he believes goes against the Founding Father’s intentions....

Today, somewhere in the DC metropolitan area, the military is conducting a highly clasified ‘Granite Shadow’ demonstration.

Using the unmistakable threat of force, police and soldiers went house to house Wednesday to try to coax the last 10,000 or so stubborn holdouts to leave storm-shattered New Orleans because of the risk of disease from the putrid, sewage-laden floodwaters."A large group of young armed men armed with M-16s just arrived at my door and told me that I have to leave," said Patrick McCarty, who owns several buildings and lives in one of them in the city's Lower Garden District. "While not saying they would arrest you, the inference is clear."A frail-looking 86-year-old Anthony Charbonnet grumbled as he...

Jaruzelski to answer for martial law of 1981 07.09.2005 The Silesian Office of The National Remembrance Institute is considering charging former communist ruler general Wojciech Jaruzelski with illegal introduction of martial law in December 1981. However, in the opinion of its spokesperson Ewa Koj, the official indictment might not be filed in October, as suggested by the press. Before that could happen thousands of documents have to be reviewed by the Institute’s prosecutors to confirm the absence of arguments used by the general in the past that he made the decision to avert the imminent and direct threat of Soviet...

A Republic of Emergencies: Martial Law in American Jurisprudence JASON COLLINS WEIDA Rhode Island Supreme Court Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 36, 2004    Abstract:      A precise definition of martial law is near impossible. The United States Constitution makes no reference to martial law, nor does any state constitution provide a working definition or model to implement martial law. Current notions of martial law are a compilation of how different people have used martial law at different times. From an historical overview of martial law invocations, one can deduce that, first, martial law is a military power exercised during times...

<p>What Is Martial Law? And is New Orleans under it?</p> <p>Military presence? Yes. Martial law? No.</p> <p>On Tuesday reports began circulating that New Orleans officials had put the flood-ravaged city under martial law. The attorney general's office of Louisiana quickly issued a denial. Confusion persisted, however, after White House press secretary Scott McClellan told a group of journalists on Wednesday that "martial law has been declared in Mississippi and Louisiana." Yesterday National Guard Lt. Gen H. Steven Blum sought to set the record straight, saying, "This is not, as it has been erroneously reported, martial law." What is martial law? And who can declare it?</p>

NEW ORLEANS — The situation in New Orleans was nearing rock bottom Friday as thousands of National Guardsmen armed with food, water and weapons streamed into the hurricane-ravaged city to bring relief to the suffering multitudes and take back the streets from the looters and armed vigilantes.

Just announced on WWLTV. The Mayor of New Orleans has just declared martial law to deal with the looters. No Miranda Rights, etc.

<p>Late Tuesday, Gov. Blanco spokeswoman Denise Bottcher described a disturbing scene unfolding in uptown New Orleans, where looters were trying to break into Children's Hospital.</p> <p>Bottcher said the director of the hospital fears for the safety of the staff and the 100 kids inside the hospital. The director said the hospital is locked, but that the looters were trying to break in and had gathered outside the facility.</p>

Martial law clarified Tuesday, 9:02 p.m. The state Attorney General's office on Tuesday sought to clarify reports in some media that "martial law' has been declared in parts of storm-ravaged southeast Louisiana, saying no such term exists in Louisiana law. But even though no martial law exists, Gov. Kathleen Blanco's declaration of a state of emergency gives authorities widespread latitude to suspend civil liberties as they try to restore order and bring victims to safety. Under the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act of 1993, the governor and, in some cases, chief parish officials, have the right...

Just leaving the movies in downtown Palo Alto. Cops are all over, sealing off the two main streets. Gang of black dressed punks just tore thru breaking stuff up. Still on the rampage. Every cop in Palo alto and Menlo seems to be on the streets. All traffic diverted. Developing.

Five signatories of 1981 martial law to stand trial 22.04.2005 Five former politicians who authorised martial law in Poland in December 1981 face trials after being charged by the Institute of National Remembrance IPN . The Institute which is responsible for prosecuting crimes against the nation said the five former politicians who signed the order and are still alive were charged because they imposed martial law while parliament was sitting which was against constitutional law. The communist authorities of Poland imposed martial law in order to crush the pro democracy Solidarity movement , during martial law which lasted until 1983...