sounds to me like they want to create chaos where none exists or is likely to exist! "Defence officials called for "aggressive and preventive actions" now to reduce the Year 2000 risk to a more manageable level. The military will have about 32,000 of its personnel dedicated to Operation Abacus, with thousands more available if needed." darkstarr cypherpunks-errors@toad.com wrote:

LOCAL

Saturday 12 December 1998

'Martial law' rushed for Y2K chaos Report warns government to be ready to

invoke federal Emergencies Act

By David Pugliese The Ottawa Citizen

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