Word: antiterrorist
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...four services, belonged to elite all-volunteer groups. Most were tough Army paratroopers. Their instructors reportedly included advisers from Britain's crack Special Air Services Regiment (S.A.S.), which has been effectively employed against Irish Republican Army terrorists in England and Northern Ireland. West Germany's Grenzschutzgruppe (G.S.G. 9), similar antiterrorist specialists, are also said to have helped in the training. With its diverse support forces, the team flew to undisclosed desert sites in the U.S. Southwest, where it conducted seven full rehearsals of the operation, some at night, to overcome the problem of operating in clouds of sand kicked...
...problem is that everyone wants to do that: the Household Cavalry, Special Air Service, New Scotland Yard, as well as antiterrorist experts flown in from Israel, West Germany and Japan. While the new Prime Minister dithers, responsibility for the rescue is divided between the S.A.S. and the admirable Jack Lash, head of the Yard's antiterrorist squad and holder of the George Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded by the Crown to a civilian. Meanwhile, the invaders have imprisoned Her Majesty and a young lady-in-waiting in the palace's royal apartments. Almost as pressing...
...seven-month-old government, however, was lamented more than most. A first-time Premier who had served as Interior Minister during the Moro affair, the scholarly, multilingual Cossiga, 51, turned out to be unexpectedly engaging and energetic. In Parliament he managed to put across a comparatively tough package of antiterrorist legislation, and despite Communist opposition, won approval for basing NATO's new, intermediate-range nuclear cruise missiles on Italian soil...
...contrast, the U.S. Ambassador, Spanish-born Diego Asencio, in his own daily phone calls to U.S. officials was reported to be maintaining steady nerves and preparing for a long siege. One grim alternative, of course, was an armed assault on the embassy. But, as one antiterrorist specialist on the scene warned, "that could be very, very bloody...
There is little agreement about what the priorities should be in trying to combat the threat. Many experts argue for a coordinated international strategy, including new antiterrorist laws comparable to those against skyjacking. Agreement has been elusive. As a former U.S. ambassador complains, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter...