Ugly Police Drill Raid on Make Belief Mosque in Illinois is Ugly and Sick
May 07, 2008
Police Harassment in Irving. Illinois
http://www.thejournal-news.net/articles/2008/05/06/news/news01.txt
For the purpose of Thursday night's emergency exercise drill, the Continuing Recovery Center in Irving had become Irving Mosque, the home-base for a radical, heavily armed group with suspected terrorist ties.
There were explosions outside and inside the building. Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) special forces stormed the "mosque" from an armored car.
There were casualties.
Hostages had been taken and suspects were killed. One hostage hooked up to an explosive devise, required services from the Illinois Secretary of State bomb squad. Suspects also released nerve gas, summoning the Montgomery County Ha
zMat team.
There were participants from local law enforcement, fire departments, ambulances, and critics to judge the drill. In all, over 120 individuals from nearly 30 agencies.
"It went very well," Montgomery County EMA director Diana Holmes said. "I would like to thank everyone involved, and especially the folks in Irving who allowed us to use their community for this exercise. The ladies who did all the food prep did an excellent job."
Agencies participating included the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Irving Police Department, Montgomery County 911, Montgomery County IMT, Montgomery County ARES, Nokomis Police Department, Montgomery County Coroner's Office, Irving Volunteer Fire Department, Montgomery County HazMat, Hillsboro Area Ambulance Service, Litchfield Ambulance, Illinois State Police, Illinois State Police Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center, Montgomery County Public Health, Madison County Unified Command, Illinois Secretary of State Law Enforcement, Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad, Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, Madison County HazMat, Litchfield Police Department, Nokomis Fire Protection District, Raymond/Harvel Ambulance, Illinois Fire Service Institute, Village of Irving, Taylor Springs Fire/EMS, and Montgomery County EMA.
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UPDATE: I (Robin) just spoke to Diana Holmes (Wed. May 7, 9:30 pst). She nor anyone else knew until the night before the "emergency drill" that the facility being used for this would be called a "mosque". Although the planning started in January, the scenario of it being a "mosque" was NOT announced until that time. Diana said to me that in retrospect she should have realized this could cause some very hurt feelings. She has received several calls already this morning about this. It was the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department decision to do this- The man responsible is Rick Robbins. The number at the Montgomery County Sheriff is (217) 532-9516
I also spoke to Gary, the director at the Continuing Recovery Center. When contacted to use their facility (the facility was evacuated of all staff and live-ins for the day) they ALSO were not told their facility would be called a "mosque" for this drill. I asked him if he could understand that taking a substance abuse/alcohol treatment center and turn it in to a mosque to be used in a "terror drill" could be seen as something very controversial and hurtful in addition to the fact that the insinuation of the entire drill-that a mosque was harboring terrorists and he said, "Absolutely". He had NO idea this had been done until he read the news report in the Journal News.
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Police Harassment in Irving. Illinois
http://www.thejournal-news.net/articles/2008/05/06/news/news01.txt
For the purpose of Thursday night's emergency exercise drill, the Continuing Recovery Center in Irving had become Irving Mosque, the home-base for a radical, heavily armed group with suspected terrorist ties.
There were explosions outside and inside the building. Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) special forces stormed the "mosque" from an armored car.
There were casualties.
Hostages had been taken and suspects were killed. One hostage hooked up to an explosive devise, required services from the Illinois Secretary of State bomb squad. Suspects also released nerve gas, summoning the Montgomery County Ha
zMat team.
There were participants from local law enforcement, fire departments, ambulances, and critics to judge the drill. In all, over 120 individuals from nearly 30 agencies.
"It went very well," Montgomery County EMA director Diana Holmes said. "I would like to thank everyone involved, and especially the folks in Irving who allowed us to use their community for this exercise. The ladies who did all the food prep did an excellent job."
Agencies participating included the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Irving Police Department, Montgomery County 911, Montgomery County IMT, Montgomery County ARES, Nokomis Police Department, Montgomery County Coroner's Office, Irving Volunteer Fire Department, Montgomery County HazMat, Hillsboro Area Ambulance Service, Litchfield Ambulance, Illinois State Police, Illinois State Police Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center, Montgomery County Public Health, Madison County Unified Command, Illinois Secretary of State Law Enforcement, Illinois Secretary of State Bomb Squad, Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, Madison County HazMat, Litchfield Police Department, Nokomis Fire Protection District, Raymond/Harvel Ambulance, Illinois Fire Service Institute, Village of Irving, Taylor Springs Fire/EMS, and Montgomery County EMA.
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UPDATE: I (Robin) just spoke to Diana Holmes (Wed. May 7, 9:30 pst). She nor anyone else knew until the night before the "emergency drill" that the facility being used for this would be called a "mosque". Although the planning started in January, the scenario of it being a "mosque" was NOT announced until that time. Diana said to me that in retrospect she should have realized this could cause some very hurt feelings. She has received several calls already this morning about this. It was the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department decision to do this- The man responsible is Rick Robbins. The number at the Montgomery County Sheriff is (217) 532-9516
I also spoke to Gary, the director at the Continuing Recovery Center. When contacted to use their facility (the facility was evacuated of all staff and live-ins for the day) they ALSO were not told their facility would be called a "mosque" for this drill. I asked him if he could understand that taking a substance abuse/alcohol treatment center and turn it in to a mosque to be used in a "terror drill" could be seen as something very controversial and hurtful in addition to the fact that the insinuation of the entire drill-that a mosque was harboring terrorists and he said, "Absolutely". He had NO idea this had been done until he read the news report in the Journal News.
http://thehollytree.blogspot.com/
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http://newsblaze.com/story/2008050612030400005.pnw
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