Word: alertness
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...latest upgrade to a "high" level of terrorism alert, announced after authorities picked up rising chatter about attacks against U.S. targets, had a certain inevitability. CIA Director George Tenet has been predicting, for months, a probable terrorist attack if we go to war with Iraq. Nearly half the American women polled in October by the Gallup Organization say they believe they or someone in their family will soon be victims of an attack (about a third of men do too). But polls don't convey the intensity of these fears. "When I was out campaigning last fall, this...
...Pacific to keep North Korea in check if the U.S. military is occupied in a war with Iraq. But the nations that have most to fear from the North?Japan and South Korea, which harbor U.S. troops and are within range of North Korean ordnance?are not on military alert. Japan's Defense Agency denied press reports last week that it is considering deploying two Aegis-class destroyers in the Sea of Japan to detect missile launches by Pyongyang. "Practically, it is very difficult for North Korea to start a total war against the U.S.," says Jiro Okuyama, assistant press...
Police have beefed up security measures in Cambridge since Friday, when a national terror alert warned of an increased risk of terrorist attack...
...Bush Administration, preoccupied with Iraq, was determined not to get too excited. Spokesman Ari Fleischer said the White House had "heard much talk from North Korea before." However, Fleischer noted that "the United States is prepared with robust plans for any contingencies." Washington has put 24 bombers on alert for deployment to the region. Yet Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee "we have no intention of attacking North Korea." The U.S. continued to pursue a multilateral approach to the crisis, working with allies South Korea and Japan, as well as Russia and China. But Pyongyang...
...should the public respond to this heightened state of alert? What can we do? Generally, you should just be vigilant, pay attention to what's going on. If people really feel they need to do something, they should prepare as if for a hurricane, with some water and some canned goods, a flashlight and a radio. This is not a moment to run out and buy a gas mask; if you've been watching the news you know it wouldn't do you a whole lot of good anyway. But they should also just watch the news - this is definitely...