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Feds Plant Inert Bomb in Portland Before Arresting Muslim Man

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What if there was a simultaneous bomb set to go off at the same time?  

Of course you would probably need real terrorists for that. 

But what would have happened then?  

I guess they had to run the full course in order to get this story out. I cry foul at this point and I believe absolutely nothing the feds are reporting. I'm not saying they are dishonest, it just fits a pattern of conditioning that is part of a ramp up for more military action in the Middle east, namely against Iran. No bombs blow up, but "Muslims" are constantly in the news for these supposed bomb plots. It all might be a big crockpot of sh*t, it pays to look closely. And when these supposed terrorists turn out to have ties with Israel, it is amazing how quickly the mainstream media forgets the events ever existed.

But here is the coup de grace; Portland Mayor Sam Adams now says Portland will begin "cooperating" with the federal government at a higher level, just what we need. According to the New York Times: 

In response to the thwarted plot, Mayor Sam Adams has floated the idea of cooperating more fully with federal law enforcement agencies. In 2005, the Portland City Council passed an ordinance that put conditions on the city's continued participation in the F.B.I. Joint Terrorism Task Force out of concern for the civil liberties of residents.

Now Mr. Adams said he was prepared to reconsider his opposition. "It's been five years since our last policy review," he said.

City officials said they were also concerned about the safety of Portland's Muslim population. The police authorized additional patrols around Muslim community centers, said Sgt. Peter Simpson, a police spokesman[5]. 

Extra police patrols? That's funny, I haven't heard of any incidents that would require that, and some people would not consider increased police patrols in their area a courtesy, more like harassment by policy. But what I really find interesting is how that story suggests Portland is "hands off" with the feds; like they have been keeping them out of Oregon.  

It was just three years ago that Portland devoted enormous time and resources to a huge federal emergency planning event that was not just federal, it was actually sponsored by Homeland Security.

We covered the story in October 2007:  

Using resources that Congress made available to prepare for acts of terrorism, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sponsors the TOPOFF exercises as part of a thorough assessment of America's ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from an attack that involves a weapon of mass destruction.

Each TOPOFF exercise involves a two-year cycle of seminars, planning events, and exercises. The exercises enable federal, state and local agencies to identify ways to improve their ability to save lives and protect property when any major public emergency occurs, regardless of whether that emergency is natural or manmade[6]. 

I am going to continue studying this story and this Muslim-indicting pattern that the feds and western media are peddling like Lance Armstrong on race day. 

It is amazing how many alleged Muslim "terrorists" are constantly arrested and caught "just in time" when in fact no bombs are detonating and no people are dying from these supposed actions. If there are terrorists operating here then of course they must be stopped, but why the big show?  

I said it early in the story and I will say it again; Americans are being conditioned to hate Muslim people as the U.S. prepares for war on Iran, the ancient land of Persia that has zero history of attacking other nations off its own soil, with very few exceptions, yet is continually pushed to the brink by Israel because it is one of the few countries that openly condemns Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.  

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