U.S. to test government's response to IED attacks (Reuters)

Eugene

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Feb-23-07 07:14 PM
Original message

U.S. to test government's response to IED attacks (Reuters)

U.S. to test government's response to IED attacks
23 Feb 2007 22:45:43 GMT
Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Saturday will test the government's
ability to respond to attacks inside the United States that use improvised explosive
devices, or IEDs, the White House said.

In the "tabletop" exercise, officials from security agencies, including the FBI, Defense
Department and Department of Homeland Security, will meet in the office building adjacent
to the White House and discuss how they would react to a fictional scenario of several
IED attacks around the country.

White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said the exercise was not in response to any current
threat.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23345788.htm

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Little Wing

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Feb-23-07 07:16 PM
Response to Original message

1. Great. The last time they did a simulation, we lost the WTC. In England, Guiliani was in town

to watch over a simulation of mass bombings in London, the same day it happened.

How about we don't?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

grytpype

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Feb-23-07 07:18 PM
Response to Original message

2. This is something to seriously worry about.

Can you imagine the panic if terrorists start using IEDs in the US? It's something I'm seriously concerned about.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat May 04th 2024, 03:07 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.