San Jose Military Offices Vandalized in Attack

Its about time people started to take the war home. The PR impact is less than a protest but at least those vehicles wont be usable anymore.

Found the same story at http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/4282564.htm ... I'd like to know what the "anti-government" slogans were ... maybe "No war in Iraq"?

Right on! But, most importantly, DON'T GET CAUGHT. Thorough planning and careful execution are of paramount importance.

AF

Another excuse for an APC on every corner.
Plenty more where they came from and we're
PAYING FOR THEM for christ's sake.
Let's give more reasons to make this country
look like and BE martial district! More
cops with full gear. But I suppose if it hadn't
been done by people opposing the war, it would have
(could have) been done by black ops to discredit
the movement.

The day the US army puts APCs in American streets is the day the US public will overwhelmingly rise up in revolt.

Perhaps this is an effort to discredit activists, but more likely it will energize kids all over the US who may find protests unproductive (this type of action does have a direct effect)

We should expect a crackdown. But anytime people do things that may actually get in the way of the war, that is to be expected.

I rest my case.

I rest my case.

The fires occurred in the back parking lot of four recruiting offices on McKee Road. Glass doors or windows to two of the offices were shattered, though it wasn't clear whether anybody entered them, said San Jose fire officials. ... http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/4283253.htm

http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/1718906/detail.html

The graffiti consisted of two words "pre-emptive attack,", spray painted in red, on a side wall near the driveway of the building's entrance. [So not very anti-government at all, only anti- the actions of the government.] ... http://www.bayinsider.com/partners/ktvu/news/2002/10/14_sanjose.html

The fires occurred in the back parking lot of four recruiting offices on McKee Road. Glass doors or windows to two of the offices were shattered, though it wasn't clear whether anybody entered them, said San Jose fire officials. ... http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/4283253.htm

http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/1718906/detail.html

The graffiti consisted of two words "pre-emptive attack,", spray painted in red, on a side wall near the driveway of the building's entrance. [So not very anti-government at all, only anti- the actions of the government.] ... http://www.bayinsider.com/partners/ktvu/news/2002/10/14_sanjose.html

http://www.nbc3.com/news/1718481/detail.html

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose arson officials, in cooperation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, are investigating an apparent anti-government attack in East San Jose.

Around 4:15 a.m. the KNTV news desk received a call from a person saying, "At 4 this morning we have taken a pre-emptive strike against a military recruiting office here on McKee."

According to the employee who took the call, the caller was very calm and sounded like a man with "no discernable accent". The KNTV worker also said there was no noticeable background noise that might identify the location from where the call came.

According to a San Jose fire spokesman, at 4:15 Monday morning, fire personnel responded to a military recruiting center at 2326 McKee Road. to reports of fire in the immediate area.

Arriving officials discovered a pair of military vehicle ablaze, a number of windows smashed and graffiti bearing anti-government slogans, the spokesman said.

Arson investigators and ATF officials are at the scene.

This exact same thing happened right before the Gulf War, at the exact same place, and it was found to be an inside job by a recruit who intended to discredit the movement.

Do you have any reference for the incident before the first Gulf War?

From Channel 5 Eyewitness News at 4:30pm, October 14th, 2002:

Len Ramirez "LIVE in San Jose" (for no reason):

... and Barbara, this area has a history of something like this. More than ten years ago, during the Gulf War these same recruiting offices where also struck by a vandal at that time.

Barbara (anchor): Was there anything they learned at that time that could help protect them now?

Len: Well, they're on a higher level of alert because ever since September 11th uh they're just more aware of their surroundings and things like that, but they're an open office, they can't really prevent the public or the public access because in fact that's what they want, they want people to be able to come into these military offices and talk to recruiters.



No mention of the previous attack being an "inside job" or a discrediter, or even that the "vandal" was caught.