US Military Aggressors Cause Nuclear Fallout

[Shrapnel12]

B-52 bomber mistakenly carried nuclear warheads on domestic flight: report
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting a U.S. air force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a Defence Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.

The Air Combat Command has ordered a command-wide stand down on Sept. 14 to review procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and the public because of safety features designed into the munitions.

The missiles, which are being decommissioned, were mounted onto pylons on the bomber's wings and it is unclear why the warheads had not been removed beforehand.

In addition to the munitions squadron commander who was relieved of his duties, crews involved with the mistaken load - including ground crew workers - have been temporarily decertified for handling munitions, one official said.

The investigation is expected to take several weeks.

The incident was first reported in Military Times newspaper.

Oops!

[BeBMan]

Maybe it was meant as deterrence against gang violence in the US

[Lonestar]

Well, I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

[Lord Avalon]

OMFG!!!! Teh Apocalypse!!!

[Lancer]

I had to send that plane, you see its the floride in the water, saps the vital juices...

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Lord Avalon
OMFG!!!! Teh Apocalypse!!!

Now Apo is going to post here with "You called?" or something like that.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Lancer
I had to send that plane, you see its the floride in the water, saps the vital juices...

FAIL

[Dr Strangelove]

PEACE
ON
EARTH

[Shrapnel12]

I don't think there was any danger here, but sheesh how do you forget where your nukes are!? BeBro, I really like your suggestion!

[Slaughtermeyer]

The nukes might have been intended to be part of an Operation Northwoods type of event, but the operation was bungled resulting in its discovery. The only other time a weapon of mass destruction had an unauthorized departure from a government facility was the anthrax used in the post-9/11 anthrax attacks, which came from Ft. Detrick, MD.

Those who are capable of connecting the dots can envision a plausible scenario for use of the nukes in an Operation Northwoods type of event.

The greatest threat now is "a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities."
- Dick Cheney on Face the Nation, CBS, April 15, 2007

Vice President Cheney should be taken seriously, because he has a fairly good record at predicting terrorist attacks in advance. He started taking the anti-anthrax drug Cipro one week before the first anthrax attack took place and three weeks before it first appeared on Capitol Hill.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/1967.shtml

As reported in the Washington Post, the FBI and other federal agencies are moving outside of the Washington DC nuclear blast and fallout zone, something that did not happen even at the height of the Cold War. [url http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122500637.html

Bush and Cheney are making preparations to seize dictatorial power in the event that Congress is wiped out by a nuke:

http://progressive.org/mag_wx051807

Some of those preparations are being kept secret from Congress: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...910.xml&coll=7

Remember, the person who conducted the anthrax attack against Congress and specifically against the senators who were holding up passage of the Patriot Act is still at large. Because he had access to weapons-grade anthrax from a government facility, he might also be able to get a nuke from the government. And the FBI is refusing to provide Congress with an update on the status of its anthrax "investigation," an indication that the anthrax attacker is being shielded so he can make another terrorist attack:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n2252540.shtml

[Lorizael]

I saw your name and I was hoping you'd post something crazy. Thanks for not disappointing.

[PLATO]

Dang...


Maybe I better stock up on some stuff.

[Kuciwalker]

Unbelievable!

[Wiglaf]

Some of those preparations are being kept secret from Congress: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oreg...8910.xml&coll=7

Apparently no one can keep a secret from you though

Also, the link doesn't work. Perhaps Cheney got to them.

[Slaughtermeyer]

The link worked for me just now. Here's what the article says:

DeFazio asks, but he's denied access

Classified info - The congressman wanted to see government plans for after a terror attack

Friday, July 20, 2007

JEFF KOSSEFF

The Oregonian

WASHINGTON -- Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.

As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.

On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.

"I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States after a significant terrorist attack," DeFazio says.

Homeland Security Committee staffers told his office that the White House initially approved his request, but it was later quashed. DeFazio doesn't know who did it or why.

"We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be relevant to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security Committee."

Bush administration spokesman Trey Bohn declined to say why DeFazio was denied access: "We do not comment through the press on the process that this access entails. It is important to keep in mind that much of the information related to the continuity of government is highly sensitive."

Norm Ornstein, a legal scholar who studies government continuity at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he "cannot think of one good reason" to deny access to a member of Congress who serves on the Homeland Security Committee.

"I find it inexplicable and probably reflective of the usual, knee-jerk overextension of executive power that we see from this White House," Ornstein said.

This is the first time DeFazio has been denied access to documents. DeFazio has asked Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., to help him access the documents.

"Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right," DeFazio said.