[Mb-civic] War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S. - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

<>War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S.
Domestic Effort Is Big Shift for Military

By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 8, 2005; Page A01

COLORADO SPRINGS -- The U.S. military has devised its first-ever war 
plans for guarding against and responding to terrorist attacks in the 
United States, envisioning 15 potential crisis scenarios and 
anticipating several simultaneous strikes around the country, according 
to officers who drafted the plans.

The classified plans, developed here at Northern Command headquarters, 
outline a variety of possible roles for quick-reaction forces estimated 
at as many as 3,000 ground troops per attack, a number that could easily 
grow depending on the extent of the damage and the abilities of civilian 
response teams.

The possible scenarios range from "low end," relatively modest 
crowd-control missions to "high-end," full-scale disaster management 
after catastrophic attacks such as the release of a deadly biological 
agent or the explosion of a radiological device, several officers said.

<>Some of the worst-case scenarios involve three attacks at the same 
time, in keeping with a Pentagon directive earlier this year ordering 
Northcom, as the command is called, to plan for multiple simultaneous 
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