Israel To Conduct Nationwide Civil Defense Drill

[iamthebandfanman]

Jerusalem — The most extensive nationwide civil defense drill in Israel’s history will be launched starting next Sunday.

It will start with a “battle in Gaza” that will spread as a second front in the “war” opens in northern Israel. In addition, the forces will train for an uprising and rioting by Israel’s Arabs.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli media: “his is a routine drill, which was planned several months ago and is held every year in order to coordinate between civil and military systems.”

The drill will begin on May 31 and will last five days.

The Israeli Defense Ministry will coordinate the exercise with the assistance of the Israel National Emergency Authority. It aims to train the Israeli home front, from the government level down to the civilian level, and will simulate a comprehensive regional war.



http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/05/26/top_stories/doc4a1ba4f627ded021386089.txt

sorry if its already been posted, but its new to me... lol

hope the source isnt a whackjob too ;)

also, does anybody know if this is a pretty common event?

[Bucky]

1. Is "Netanyahu" an Israeli word meaning "Cheney"?

Keep 'em scared, keep 'em jumpy, keep 'em voting for you.

(which is not to belittle the severe, un-US-like security concerns the Israelis have to deal with--but Bibi's approach seems designed to lock in the security problems and hope they don't evolve rather than create long term solutions for what ails his country)

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