[Oremem/Idamem] MARS EXERCISE EEI SALEM OR -LOUD BANG

[John Jewkes- SMD OR/ID US ARMY MARS]

ST AAA9W @ AA9USA
RR MTS 1R AAA9W
DE AAA0OR NR 68
R 131622Z MAR 04
FM JOHN JEWKES/ AAA0OR OR/AAA0ID ID
TO JAMES BANKS/ AAA9W AZ
INFO AAM6T CS
AAM6O NM
ZEN ALL OR/ID US ARMY MARS STATIONS
ZEN NNN0EHG OR FOR RELAY TO NNN0GBP OR
BT
MARS EXERCISE
SUBJ: EEI REPORT
1. REF: LOUD BANG OREGON
A. SALEM OR STATE PENITENTARY ESCAPE.
B. OPERATIONAL. SALEM HOSPITAL AND KAISER
MEDICAL CLINICS RECEIVING MULTIPLE PATIENTS
BOTH GUARDS AND INMATES.
C. INTERSTATE 5 AT MILEPOST 256 SOUTHBOUND CLOSED.
HEAVY DEBRIS FROM PRISON WALL AND 18-WHEELER
USED TO BREAK THROUGH WALL OF YARD BLOCKING ALL
SOUTHBOUND LANES. STATE STREET AND HAWTHORNE AVE
CLOSED DUE TO BLOCKADE SET UP BY NATIONAL GUARD
AND STATE POLICE. 5 MILE PERIMETER AROUND STATE PEN
IS CLOSED AND PERIMETER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
D. EAST WALL OF PEN IS OBLITERATED. SOUTH WALL NEAR
MAIN GUARD OFFICE AND MAIN GUARD OFFICE ARE VERY
HEAVILY DAMAGED. 14 BODIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
GUARD OFFICE. POWER, WATER AND PHONES ARE OUT IN
THE PRISON. TOWER ON SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PRISON IS
IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE. FIRST RESPONDER STAGED AT
THE OREGON STATE HOSPITAL ACROSS THE STREET UNTIL
SITUATION FURTHER DEFINED.
E. OPERATIONAL EXCEPT AS NOTED.
F. OPERATIONAL EXCEPT WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA.
G. MARION COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE 131615Z MAR 04; OREGON STATE POLICE GOLD
CHANNEL 131616Z MAR 04;
ALERT NOTIFICATION AAA9W AZ 131445Z MAR 04;
H. GUARDS INSIDE HAVE BARRICADED THE MANY PASS
GATES INSIDE AND HAVE SIMPLEX NETS ESTABLISHED
AMONGST THEMSELVES AND THE STATE POLICE AND ARMY
GUARDSMEN OUTSIDE. VALUABLE INFORMATION BEING RECEIVED FROM THESE NETS. OF
MISSING PRISONERS, FOUR
ARE IDENTIFIED AS BEING HOMELAND SECURITY PRISONERS
AND SIGHTINGS IN THE AREA INDICATE THAT WEAPONS
WERE IN THE TRUCK CAB AND ARE NOW MISSING AND
PRESUMED IN THE HANDS OF THE TERRORIST SUSPECTS. ALL
GUARDSMEN HAVE BEEN GIVEN DEADLY FORCE AUTHORITY
ANY PERSON OR PERSONS FAILING TO HALT WILL BE SHOT
INSIDE/NEAR THE SECURED PERIMETER. GUARDS REPORT
HEARING THE PHRASE 'EL KABELL' SHORTLY BEFORE THE
EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN THE CELL BLOCK THE DHS WAS
HOLDING THE SUSPECTS FOR QUESTIONING.
MARS EXERCISE
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