Naval exercises set for oct.31

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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-10-11T223021Z_01_N11427154_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GULF-EXERCISE.xml&WTmodLoc=PolNewsHome_C2_politicsNews-1

And this from afterdowning street.

"The JCS has accepted the inevitable," the intelligence official said, "and is engaged in serious contingency planning to deal with the worst case scenarios that the intelligence community has been painting."

A second military official, although unfamiliar with these latest scenarios, said there is a difference between contingency planning -- which he described as "what if, then what" planning -- and "branches and sequels," which takes place after an initial plan has been decided upon.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/14574