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Marines to invade Morgantown!!
by p sundizzy Saturday, Apr. 17, 2004 at 10:03 AM

1800 marines to invade Mo'town in May! Help us resist the occupation!

In May, about 1800 troops from the 24th Marine expeditionary unit will be invading Morgantown in a series of drills to practice enforcing their particular brand of terror on the rest of the world. They will be coming in helicopters and will be fully geared up for battle, with some troops even using live rounds for sniper practice. Morgantown is an easy target because its poor economy makes it hard to turn down the income this will bring and the transient student population which will leave much of the Sunnyside neughborhood vacant for the summer wargames. While the military states that all residents affected will be warned well ahead of time, they refuse to state an exact date that they are coming, as they want it to be a surprise for their troops.

"People in Morgantown will have an opportunity to see something that a lot of other communities would like to have.'' Says Morgantown mayor Ron Justice, adding that the Special Op's Unit has assured him that daily life in Morgantown will not be disrupted. What?!? How can daily life not be disrupted with snipers on rooftops and Marines dropping from helicopters? Local residents are not so easily cowed. "Call your city council members and tell them you do not want Morgantown invaded," urges one community member. While another, though stating his firm opposition to the coming invasion, adds that "part of me wishes they would train in every American city, so that we might all understand a small amount of what families in Iraq have to live with every day."



Pittsburghers, we've been coming up to your anti-war marches, PAPV rallies, and May day get togethers for years. Now's your chance to come visit Morgantown and experience the occupation!

More info on specific actions yet to come...

http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2004/04/10/aa/

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