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TOWARDS A NEW WORLD ORDER In Cleveland an activity which was cov- received media coverage. But it received uniform. They wear the black pascat ered only by national public radio involved no national media attention except for one armour, the black pascat helmet which clements of the MITF police and probable place, national public radio, who thought looks quite a bit like the German. They are FINCEN forces. The Ohio guard was that this was the next best thing to sliced armed, equipped and maintained through mobilised from several different areas in white bread—that they had violated peo- DoD resources. So many of the weapons the state, transferred to an area outside the _ple's homes, that they had gone into differ- that they are provided with are actually Cleveland airport where a mount area— _ent parts of the city and that they had done provided by our military. In many cascs that's an urban warfare training area—was this. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI, set up with three neighbourhoods. The The Waco situation, which was typical DEA are now receiving training both at units that were brought in were trained in of a lot of what we're going to be seeing im Quantico and many of them have gone house-to-house search and seizure and the future—although I think you're goingto through the US Army Ranger School. securing a neighbourhood. They then went see even more ham-handedness—involved That's rather exotic training for people who into the first training neighbourhood, went a 100-130-man assault company of are supposed to be police officers in the house to house, secured the neighbourhood Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, probably United States. On the other hand, if you and then attacked a second neighbourhood. under MJTF authority again. It should be again need thugs, you've got to send them Once they had secured the second neigh- understood that as of March 1989, the ATF some place where they can learn to-be fair- bourhood they had to hold the firsttwo and (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) forces _ ly efficient thugs. Many of the people that went to get a third neighbourhood. After were divided up into these assault compa- ‘we have had that went through ranger these elements were trained and passed nies. Each platoon consists of 40 men school in the last year said that up to 50% through this mechanism, they were trans- armed with M16 A2 rifle, the ARIS 9mm __ of their company were made up of Federal ferred to different parts of Cleveland where conversion, or the M79 grenade launcher. Bureau of Investigation people and individ- they were actually deployed against the [t is now known that these forces also uals who were involved with Alcohol, population. include the M60 machine gun which is an Tobacco and Firearms or the Drug This happened about the same time that infantry battle weapon now being deployed Enforcement Agency. Now DEA, by the the Weaver incident took place in Idaho. It with policing agencies—you know, like way, has what we call CLET units. CLET was almost simultaneous. In fact, a series they have in Russia. units are directly under the control of the of actions both in Cleveland and one here It was interesting to note that this assault Treasury and/or can be accessed by the in Michigan took place either during or company in Texas was identical to the type MJTF police or FINCEN. CLET are shortly after the Weaver incident. of forces that were used during Operation armed identically to the ATF combat cle- Now in Cleveland this received media Achilles in the Ohio Valley coming up into ments and are deployed throughout the coverage. In some parts of Ohio this Mich’ zan. The forces are in all-black BDU _ United States and can be used overseas.