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Headlines : "War on Terror"Military Copters Fly Low Over Denver For Exercise
The blades of Blackhawk and Little Bird helicopters buzzed over the rooftops of Denver, Colorado on Monday in an apparent training exercise in preparation of a possible “terrorist attack.” The Department of Defense also stated that the exercise had nothing to do with the upcoming Democratic National Convention in August.
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[Posted By grady]Republished from CBS4 Denver
DENVER (CBS4/AP) © Military helicopters flew low over parts of Denver Monday evening in a training exercise. Authorities said it was designed to prepare for a possible terrorist attack.
Many people called CBS4 to report the activity and ask what was going on. Many more called 911 because they didn’t know what was happening.
The department of defense claims it’s simply a joint training exercise with local police and fire planned years ago to improve operations in populated areas.
“If we scared anybody in our training evolution that’s going on, we deeply apologize for that,” Lt. Steve Ruh with the Department of Defense said. “That is not our intentions at all.”
The division said the training had nothing to do with this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Posted by grady
Did this get any MSM coverage? Appears to be just local coverage
Here’s an update from the same source.
And a roundup here that includes a video of CBS4 coverage.
I like how they note it has nothing to do with the DNC. That just screams “yes, it probably does!”
Could someone fill me in on what Operation Cleansweep in Chicago in the early 90s was about? I heard it used helicopters flying low over the city as well.