Any news stories about * using troops to quarantine US communities...

[holboz]

...in case of Avian flu breaks out in the US? Just heard Randi talking about this and hope to find a news story about this. Thanks!

[Fridays Child]

1. A Reuters story from 10/12...

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20051012/2005-10-12T192302Z_01_SCH268992_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BIRDFLU-USA-PENTAGON-DC.html

[holboz]

2. EXCELLENT! Thank you, Fridays Child!

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[texpatriot2004]

3. Interesting discussion and many links on the topic on this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5049914

[Cookie wookie]

4. Military to take lead in disaster response

The Pentagon is planning to take a larger role responding to "catastrophic" events within the United States such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks and is developing plans to use active-duty troops to respond to an avian-flu pandemic, the Defense Department's top homeland security official said yesterday.
The lessons from Hurricane Katrina require that the military assume a greater role during major disasters, said Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security Paul McHale. But McHale stressed that active-duty troops would be used only for "catastrophic" events and would not be pulled into responding to the more than 50 storms, floods and hurricanes that require federal disaster assistance each year.

Last month, President Bush said during a nationally televised address from New Orleans that he would seek a larger role for the active-duty military in responding to domestic disasters.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002557736_ndig13.html