Some news was made recently when it was 'discovered' that a handful of nuclear weapons were 'accidentally' transferred from a base in Minot, ND to another airbase in Barksdale, LA. The first stories were told to slant this as a 'mistake', but I cannot believe that two days passed before another possible reason for this 'mistake'. As a result of this 'faux paus' the Air Force announced that they will ground all fighters and bombers on September 14th.- hmm
This is from former CIA operative and insider, Larry Johnson:
Staging Nukes for Iran?
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/09/05/staging-nukes-for-iran/
Why the hubbub over a B-52 taking off from a B-52 base in Minot, North Dakota and subsequently landing at a B-52 base in Barksdale, Louisiana? That's like getting excited if you see a postal worker in uniform walking out of a post office. And how does someone watching a B-52 land identify the cruise missiles as nukes? It just does not make sense.
So I called a old friend and retired B-52 pilot and asked him. What he told me offers one compelling case of circumstantial evidence. My buddy, let's call him Jack D. Ripper, reminded me that the only times you put weapons on a plane is when they are on alert or if you are tasked to move the weapons to a specific site.
Then he told me something I had not heard before.
Barksdale Air Force Base is being used as a jumping off point for Middle East operations. Gee, why would we want cruise missile nukes at Barksdale Air Force Base. Can't imagine we would need to use them in Iraq. Why would we want to preposition nuclear weapons at a base conducting Middle East operations?
His final point was to observe that someone on the inside obviously leaked the info that the planes were carrying nukes. A B-52 landing at Barksdale is a non-event. A B-52 landing with nukes. That is something else.
Now maybe there is an innocent explanation for this? I can't think of one. What is certain is that the pilots of this plane did not just make a last minute decision to strap on some nukes and take them for a joy ride. We need some tough questions and clear answers. What the hell is going on? Did someone at Barksdale try to indirectly warn the American people that the Bush Administration is staging nukes for Iran? I don't know, but it is a question worth asking.
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Dozens of reports have surfaced from various insiders who have predicted that this adminstration is planning on attacking Iran in the very near future. Fox has been going batshit crazy in their Iran war drumming, and this latest supposition from Johnson and others 'fits' into this meme in a sick and twisted kind of way.
Following this 'mistake' the Air Force has announced an almost unprecedented grounding of all fighters and bombers over the US on September 14th. I say 'almost' because most of us will remember that NORAD was stood down during the 'attacks' of 9/11.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/loose.nukes/
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed.
Don Shepperd, a retired Air Force major general and military analyst for CNN said the United States had agreed in a Cold War-era treaty not to fly nuclear weapons. "It appears that what happened was this treaty agreement was violated,".
The Air Force announced that all flights of fighters and bombers in the United States will be halted on September 14 to allow for a review of procedures.
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Gee, I hope that nothing bad happens on September 14th. Isn't it just a tad queer how close September 14th is to the anniversary of September 11th? I'm sure that it's only a coincidence. Watch the skies Henny Penny.
