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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-08 09:03 AM
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22. Sounds like their primary purpose is not fighting terrorists, but...
..."crowd control" in the event of an attack.

Planners assume an incident could lead to thousands of casualties, more than 1 million evacuees and contamination of as many as 3,000 square miles, about the scope of damage Hurricane Katrina caused in 2005.


Maybe they're operating under the assumption that National Guardsmen would be more reluctant to fire on their fellow citizens?
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