City says spec ops urban training to move

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City says spec ops urban training to move
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 16:31:33 EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland officials say the U.S. military has agreed to move a special forces training operation in urban warfare to a less urban part of the city.

With scant public notice, four MH-6 helicopters with men apparently bearing arms began buzzing the city’s downtown district Monday, startling people.

Jennie Logsdon-Martin of Tillamook said the helicopter was close enough to her 12th-floor hotel room that “you could see the guys’ teeth,” and the force of the wind blew shut a window.

Tom Bethel of southeast Portland said he was certain it was a sign that the U.S. had invaded Iran.

The mayor’s office announced Wednesday that the exercise would move to Jantzen Beach Wednesday night in far north Portland along the Columbia River.


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