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Army drill scares residents on Houston's south side
abc local ^ | 1/28/13 | Jessica Willey

Posted on 01/28/2013 10:13:27 PM PST by Nachum

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The sight of Army helicopters and the sound of gunfire created a lot of concern Monday afternoon in one Houston neighborhood.

We received a lot of phones calls, Tweets and Facebook posts from worried neighbors, wondering what was going on.

SkyEye 13 HD was over the south side where at first look, it appeared there was a massive SWAT scene happening.

With military helicopters flying above her southeast Houston neighborhood, Frances Jerrals didn't know what to think.

"When you see this, you think the worst. When you hear this, you think the worst," Jerrals said.

And so, she passed along her concern.

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; drill; houstons; scares; shadowwars; threatmatrix
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Miami yesterday and Houston today. What gives?
1 posted on 01/28/2013 10:13:43 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

For what good reason they may do it?


2 posted on 01/28/2013 10:19:22 PM PST by cunning_fish
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To: Nachum

A show of strength to pre-terrify urban inhabitants. It makes confiscation and purges so much easier.


3 posted on 01/28/2013 10:37:28 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: Nachum

Hmmm.... Makes you wonder: why so close to a large population center? The military usually wants to practice in areas well away from prying eyes and ears (Area 51?). What could be so interesting in SE Houston for them to use that area? I wonder if any of the grunts participating in the “drills” wondered the same thing? Just getting us ready for Martial Law, I guess.


4 posted on 01/28/2013 10:45:13 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Oh, and the local ABC affiliate, like the good DNC talking points repeaters that they are, made sure to post "quotes from residents" like, "if it's to protect the children, I'm all for it."

I'll bet that numb-nut will be one of the first ones led into the re-education "camp" they set up, smiling all the way: "It's for the children!"

5 posted on 01/28/2013 10:49:25 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: cunning_fish
For what good reason they may do it?

Maybe Gov Perry or AG Gregg Abbott can find out.

6 posted on 01/28/2013 10:49:29 PM PST by Jane Long
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To: Nachum

This is how they do it in Syria.


7 posted on 01/28/2013 10:51:14 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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To: Nachum

I am NOT liking this. Bad omens.


8 posted on 01/28/2013 11:04:46 PM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: gnarledmaw

agree but I don’t think it will make confiscation earier, perhaps even harder...


9 posted on 01/28/2013 11:06:28 PM PST by goat granny
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To: MestaMachine
I am NOT liking this. Bad omens.

Yea, a bit chilling. Miami, Houston. I read elsewhere that Nashville is on the schedule for this type of exercise, I believe on Thursday of this week.

I would hope that someone inside this administration would have enough of a conscience to tell us what the Marxist truly has planned.

10 posted on 01/28/2013 11:12:48 PM PST by sand88
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>"what the Marxist truly has planned. "

Apparently Martial Law.

Gonna need it when the EBTs don't get refilled, and he blames whitey.

11 posted on 01/28/2013 11:30:45 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Nachum
Crossposting to TM.


12 posted on 01/28/2013 11:32:10 PM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: lonevoice

ping


13 posted on 01/28/2013 11:51:26 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: jeffc

I can see the arch over the camps now.

It won’t read “Arbeit Macht Frei”.

It will read “Es ist fur die Kinder.”


14 posted on 01/28/2013 11:56:45 PM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Nachum

They are extremely lucky that someone that was a little jumpy didn’t decide to start firing live rounds back at them.

Sooner or later, if they keep holding these unannounced drills, in highly populated areas, while firing blanks. Someone is going to get real confused and open return fire with real bullets.

….. Or, maybe, that’s the idea….


15 posted on 01/29/2013 12:01:01 AM PST by Rage cat
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Why is there a joint MILITARY/LAW ENFORCEMENT exercise with blackhawk helicopters, live fire (blanks) with low flying and the sound of 50 caliber rounds going off as if in a firfight?

Recap-----Homeland Security purchases 1.2 billion rounds of 9 mm caliber ammunition.

------Homeland security states the biggest terrorist threat comes from southern militia-types.

-------Recent reports of Obama asking officers in the military if they would/or would not fire on Americans, if ordered.

-----Now this-lowflying, simulated firefights in heavily populated urban centers with military/law enforment.

Taken alone, perhaps no one of these is determitive. But all of them? Together? What the hell is going on in this country now?

16 posted on 01/29/2013 12:04:34 AM PST by Texas Songwriter (THAT)
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To: gnarledmaw

It also makes distraction of what this administration and those connected so much easier. Kind of like that Jodie girl who murdered her boyfriend changes outfits 2 or 3 times daily. That is an old lawyer trick example a lawyer who wears a plaid jacket, bow tie or weird hair. It’s done to distract so all you will not be paying attention to anything but the object of the distraction. If the jury at the Casey Anthony trial had been using common sense and paying more attention instead of the lies her lawyer was spinning and the circus he created; she might not have gone free.


17 posted on 01/29/2013 12:05:25 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: sand88

Sand, can you confirm the Nashville exercise? If you have a link, I’d be grateful.


18 posted on 01/29/2013 12:15:09 AM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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To: Old Sarge

Beck had this covered back in July when they were doing training in St. Louis. An excerpt - but much more info. at the link.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/10/we-have-never-seen-anything-like-this-before-beck-the-military-weigh-in-on-armys-public-training-exercises/

In the segment, Beck notes that The Blaze TV staff contacted former army Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin to see just how routine this sort of training was. Lt. Gen. Boykin said it was bizarre and that, generally, trainings conducted in cities kept a low profile and didn’t interrupt daily activities.


19 posted on 01/29/2013 12:19:25 AM PST by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: Nachum
Gee, can we participate also? I would love to play take down the enemy helicopter.
20 posted on 01/29/2013 1:34:18 AM PST by trailboss800
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