National Guard scraps plans to invade Arcadia
 

POLICE STATE, USA
National Guard scraps plans to invade rural town
'This operation could be pretty intrusive to the people'
Posted: February 20, 2009
4:24 pm Eastern

By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

DES MOINES, Iowa – Following publicized reports that the Army National Guard was planning a military training exercise on the streets of a rural Iowa town, the commanding officers have called off the mock "invasion."

The Guard had planned a four-day urban military operation in tiny Arcadia, Iowa, population 443, sending troops to take over the town and search door-to-door for a suspected weapons dealer.

The exercise was designed as a mock scenario to give soldiers the skills needed for deployment in an urban environment, and military officials stressed that only households that consented to be part of the drill would be searched.

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Re: National Guard scraps plans to invade Arcadia
 

probably couldn't get enough homes to agree to being searched :mfr_lol:
alys