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...month later, on Oct. 7, the day U.S. warplanes began bombing Afghanistan, Perez and 1,000 fellow soldiers left Fort Drum for a Soviet-era air base outside the town of Khanabad, Uzbekistan, 90 miles north of the Afghan frontier. Their mission was simple but dull: Secure the airfield. "God, this can't go on for six months," Perez said to himself during one of his 12-hour shifts patrolling the earthen berms that encircle the base. "Something's got to happen...
Bags that might be carrying bombs are just one security concern that Denver is dealing with. Another is the large number of people--fuelers, caterers, baggage handlers--who have access to planes on the airfield. Even before Sept. 11, Denver had a program called Always Challenge Everybody, which urged all airport employees to question unauthorized people in secure areas and report suspicious activities--and offered gifts from airport concessionaires and vouchers for airline tickets as a reward. Since Sept. 11, the airport has also beefed up its background checks, for the first time screening all employees, not just newly hired...
...Bags that might be carrying bombs are just one security concern that Denver is dealing with. Another is the large number of people-fuelers, caterers, baggage handlers-who have access to planes on the airfield. Even before Sept. 11, Denver had a program called Always Challenge Everybody, which urged all airport employees to question unauthorized people in secure areas and report suspicious activities-and offered gifts from airport concessionaires and vouchers for airline tickets as a reward. Since Sept. 11, the airport has also beefed up its background checks, for the first time screening all employees, not just newly hired...
...presence of U.S. personnel in the Philippines is not uncomplicated, however. The withdrawal of the U.S. from its longtime naval base at Subic Bay and Clark Airfield in 1991 came after decades of Filipino nationalist pressure, and inviting American troops back in remains a sensitive decision for President Gloria Arroyo. Her insistence that U.S. forces will be limited to advisory and support roles may reflect a concern that her political rivals may try to exploit nationalist sentiments against her over a renewed American presence. The Maoist New People's Army whose four-decade insurgency in the central Philippines continues...
...level of security depends on the airfield. If it's an airport that has scheduled airline service, there's going to be some kind of controlled access. Generally speaking, the larger the airport, the more security there's going to be. At a small general aviation airport, there's less security...