[Occupymendocino] US conducts massive nuclear arms drill, US mercenaries in Ukraine

[agnes at mcn.org]

This is very disconcerting:

http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news

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U.S. conducts massive nuclear arms drill 12 May 2014 U.S. Strategic
Command this week is conducting a massive nuclear arms drill designed to
"deter and detect strategic attacks" on the United States and allies. A
Sunday press release announcing the May 12-16 "Global Lightning" exercise
explicitly noted that the event's timing is "unrelated to real-world
events." [?] Roughly 10 B-52 heavy bombers and as many as six B-2 bombers
are slated to take part in the "Global Lightning 14" nuclear exercise.

400 US mercenaries 'deployed on ground' in Ukraine military op 11 May 2014
About 400 elite mercenaries from the notorious US private security firm
Academi (formerly Blackwater) are taking part in the Ukrainian military
operation against anti-government protesters in southeastern regions of
the country, German media reports. The Bild am Sonntag newspaper, citing a
source in intelligence circles, wrote Sunday that Academi employees are
involved in the Kiev military crackdown on pro-autonomy activists in near
the town of Slavyansk, in the Donetsk region. It is not clear who commands
the private military contractors and pays for their services.