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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Police complete final riot drill before PA statehood bid
2011-09-19
Police have completed a major drill to test riot-response capabilities ahead of the planned Paleostinian statehood recognition bid at the UN.

Speaking at national headquarters in Jerusalem on Sunday, Insp.-Gen. Yochanan Danino said police would allow nonviolent rallies by Israeli Arabs and Paleostinians under Israeli jurisdiction to go ahead, adding that there was no intelligence information indicating planned disturbances.

"Experience has shown that we have to be ready for a sudden outbreak of violence," Israel police chief says.
"Experience has shown that we have to be ready for a sudden outbreak of violence," he said. "This exercise was held to ensure that all systems are working. We tested various scenarios again and again. We'll be happy not to use any of these measures, [but] the scenarios that were drilled were realistic." The police chief added that the terrorism threat had not changed over the past two weeks.

Cmdr. Nissim Mor, head of the Operations Branch and a former bomb squad officer, described the coming period as a "minefield without flags," saying police needed to proceed with caution.

The number of specially trained riot police had gone up by around 50 percent, from 5,000 to 7,400, with an additional 1,500 officers on standby, Mor said. The officers are assigned to 16 command and control centers across the country. Police have already beefed up their presence around Jerusalem.

Officers have been trained to deploy non-lethal riot response measures. To that end, 200,000 liters of "Skunk" liquid, which produces a foul smell and has been proven as an effective yet invested in the preparations, Mor said.

Police have identified four categories of mass events, ranging from peaceful demonstrations that do not require any response, to the most severe scenario of sustained disturbances involving the use of live fire by rioters. Set responses have been drawn up for each scenario.
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#1  I wonder if they will finally roll out the Area Denial Systems, the microwave dish anti riot devices, or the Israeli clones of them, if the US has removed them?

It would be hilarious to see a mass wave of Paleos charging one of the walls, then suddenly turn back as a group and run away, indifferent to the threats of Paleo gunmen using them as cover.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-09-19 09:45  

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