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OK, kiddies, here's an update for y'all. Internet sources lead me to a verifiable military operation just getting underway. It's called Operation Vigilant Shield. It's set to run from Nov. 12-18, 2008.
Here's NORAD's own description:
http://www.norad.mil/News/2008/110508.html
"NORAD, USNORTHCOM participate in Exercise Vigilant Shield 09
November 5, 2008
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command will participate in Exercise Vigilant Shield 09 Nov. 12 - 18.
The focus of VS09 is on homeland defense and civil support. The exercise will include scenarios to achieve exercise objectives within the maritime, aerospace, ballistic missile defense, cyber, consequence management, strategic communications, and counter terrorism domains.
VS09 will run concurrent with other Department of Defense-sponsored and international exercises to more realistically test the synchronized response of federal, state, local and international mission partners in preparation for homeland defense, homeland security and civil support missions in the United States and abroad.
Concurrent exercises include U.S. Strategic Command GLOBAL LIGHTNING 09 and BULWARK DEFENDER 09; Canada Command DETERMINED DRAGON; California National Guard VIGILANT GUARD; and the State of California GOLDEN GUARDIAN.
VS09 is a Command Post Exercise. During a CPX, many of the forces involved in the exercise are notional and most of the real forces and equipment are not deployed from their home bases.
NORAD is the bi-national command charged with aerospace warning and control, missile warning as well as maritime for the United States and Canada.
Formed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, USNORTHCOM is responsible for Homeland Defense and civil support missions."
For those of you who think "outside the [idiot] box", there's a compelling article written by a former Air Force pilot, two former Marine Corps officers and two former members of Army Intelligence.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Vigilant-Shield-and-Jokers-by-William-Fox-081014-566.html
Here are some tasty tidbits from the aforementioned article:
"Operation Vigilant Shield, running from Nov 12-18, 2008, is much too big to ignore, as it will link multiple concurrent exercises including USSTRATCOM Global Lightning 09, Bulwark Defender 09, Canada Command Determined Dragon, California National Guard Vigilant Guard, and State of California Golden Guardian. Unfortunately, according to USNORTHCOM, specific information about Vigilant Shield scenarios will not be available for weeks, permitting less time to analyze the situation.
Once an urban area has been designated an exercise target, that designation increases its odds of actually experiencing a future false flag attack. It takes considerable resources to corrupt an area, and false flag insiders like to get a return on investment. Since Houston, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix have already been “prepared” in prior exercises, they remain especially vulnerable. In addition, Vigilant Shield will probably add new areas in northern California to the potential target list."
"In view of all of the aforementioned considerations, we believe that a “Red Alert” for the 12-18 Nov 2008 Vigilant Shield time frame, combined with a “High Alert” for the entire period from now until the official end of the Bush presidency on 20 Jan 2009, is fully justified. We remain concerned that Bush and Cheney will resort to extraordinary measures to insure their continuation in power. They may even use a false flag attack to suspend the Constitution while claiming that only they are capable of coping with a major crisis. Every one of us is obligated to resist by every means possible any efforts in this direction."
Keep your powder dry, folks, and your elbows up.
Over and out. 
