Lt Col Lastoria said Jade Helm would involve 1,200 troops in seven states, with no more than 60 in Bastrop County. They would be confined to the national guard base, Camp Swift, and private property where the military had permission.
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It should come as no surprise, Mr Ellison said, that as the US military prepares to launch a large training exercise this month, many in Bastrop suspect a secret Obama plot to spy on them, confiscate their guns and impose martial law.
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They are not “nuts and wackos”, said Mr Ellison. “They are concerned citizens, and they are patriots.”

Across town at the Bastrop county courthouse, such talk elicits a weary sigh from County Judge Paul Pape, chief official in the county of 78,000 people. Mr Pape said he has tried to tell people the military exercise Jade Helm 15, is a routine training mission.

The judge invited a US army spokesman to answer questions about Jade Helm at a public meeting in spring. It drew more than 150 people carrying signs that read “No Gestapo in Bastropo”, “Keep America Free” and “Dissent is Not a Conspiracy Theory”.

Some asked whether the army was bringing in Isis fighters, and whether the military was planning to relieve local gun owners of their firearms.
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Others fear Mr Obama wants to establish martial law to cancel the 2016 presidential election. Terry Wareham, head of Bastrop County Tea Party, suspects his administration may instigate violence between soldiers and Texans as a pretext for martial law. “We’re not against the military,” she said. “But who’s the commander in chief of the military?”

Sailorman wrote:Its Texas, if you haven't been there you wouldn't understand.

Anchor Moy wrote:As they say, just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean to say that they are not out to get me.

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