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With no warning, low-flying copters buzz St. Paul, Minneapolis
Pioneer Press ^ | 8/19/14 | Tad Vezner

Posted on 08/19/2014 1:07:46 PM PDT by DManA

With no warning for residents, military helicopters flew low Monday evening over St. Paul and Minneapolis in a federal training exercise, about which officials released almost no information.

The exercise -- reportedly involving U.S. Navy Seals with Army pilots, engaging in rappelling exercises in an urban setting -- began just before 8 p.m. and was scheduled to last until midnight.

The St. Paul police watch commander initially had no information on the exercise. He was later informed that it was a training exercise involving Homeland Security and local law enforcement.

. . . Many downtown residents said they were shocked and afraid at the sudden sight of military helicopters flying so near to their buildings.

Lynda Hanner, who lives on the 27th floor of City Walk Condominiums at 66 E. Ninth St., was surpised to see a helicopter flying just outside her window.

"At first I thought he was in distress -- in the process of crashing," Hanner said. "It was very frightening. They were playing dangerous games in my back yard, and I didn't appreciate it."

(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: blackhelicopters; extortion17; militaryexercise; minneapolis; navyseals; nowarning; stpaul
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To: grumpygresh

EBT is how they supply their storm troops (Obamaphones are their communication net)
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61 posted on 08/19/2014 3:55:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Quix was just stubborn. He had been warned many times.

Michael has been proven by subsequent events not to have been a crackpot.

Those that led the attack on him had a destructive mission to blunt the effectiveness of FR. “Control Rods” we used to call them.

17 years in school here and still learning!
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62 posted on 08/19/2014 4:01:32 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Hulka
Not all wars will be in Afghanistan.

Indeed, some may even be on U.S. Soil.

63 posted on 08/19/2014 4:20:31 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: Oatka

Ferguson, MO.


64 posted on 08/19/2014 4:40:59 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

They can practice over industrial areas. Stay the hell away from areas where working families reside.


65 posted on 08/19/2014 6:44:49 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: dmz

Nice Steve Earle reference.
I sing that song in one of my bands. Whenever I do, I introduce it as a love letter to Marion county. It is the county’s biography.


66 posted on 08/19/2014 7:15:00 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: DManA; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ...
Nano Black Helicopters

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

67 posted on 08/19/2014 7:31:47 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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69 posted on 08/19/2014 8:15:27 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things.)
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To: null and void

The DiC and his thug overact continues down the path to Venezuela


70 posted on 08/19/2014 9:34:11 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: DManA
Wow. I read the article and the comments and several videos attached. Didn't see any rappelling in the videos, but it looked like the helicopters were practicing getting in place to do one, though I don't know.

Those helicopters didn't look very military to me.

71 posted on 08/20/2014 12:06:23 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Hulka
Yeah. . .how dare they practice their mission. I mean, come on, when they go into combat they better never have experience flying in urban areas. Let them practice over ... yadda yadda yadda.

Yeah. And how dare they not expect to be cheered when they exhibit such haughty arrogance over the people who are paying for their extensive helicopters and training, when they need to come snarling in violent confusion without extending the courtesy of telling people to be expecting the equivalent of a barking Rottweiler right outside your door, only on a much larger scale. Heaven forbid! They're only training!

And by golly, when they fill you with a line of crap for explanation, you swallow it and say think you!

Right, Hulka?

72 posted on 08/20/2014 12:15:54 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Defiant

73 posted on 08/20/2014 3:26:26 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DManA
This happens on a weekly basis ‘round here.....I live in an MOA.
74 posted on 08/20/2014 3:47:04 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: DManA

We have large military planes and helicopters that fly right over our house
every once in a while, but we are below their airlane, so we can’t complain.

Since we live in the Middle of Nowhere, Ohio, it’s not so bad.


75 posted on 08/20/2014 7:47:32 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Finny

Notification was made, DHS screwed up the notification and didn’t ensure both St Paul and Minneapolis both got the word, and the locals screwed up by not passing the word..

But hey, don’t let your paranoia get in the way of your hatred towards the troops and desire to send them into combat without proper training.

Here’s your choice:
a) Reply with another silly emotional childish rant thereby demonstrating to the world that your childish emotions drive you, or
b) Be a man and let it go since we both said our piece.

Now, I have a bet with my neighbor that you will cave into your inner child go for option ‘a’. . .you just can’t control yourself. . .come on. . prove me wrong.


76 posted on 08/20/2014 2:35:00 PM PDT by Hulka
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