Report: Israel Occupation Forces, Bahraini Guards Used To Train American Cops Against Domestic Disturbances

By Susie Madrak

Max Blumenthal has an explosive story about the influence of Israel counter-terrorism tactics on American police training -- and the way they handled the Occupy movement. Very disturbing stuff:

New York – In October, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department turned parts of the campus of the University of California in Berkeley into an urban battlefield. The occasion was Urban Shield 2011, an annual SWAT team exposition organized to promote “mutual response,” collaboration and competition between heavily militarized police strike forces representing law enforcement departments across the United States and foreign nations. READ MORE