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Carmona became interested in terrorist and biological threats several years ago, lecturing and advising in emergency drills around the country. "He was the first person I know who was preaching about bioterrorism and becoming prepared in case something happened," says battalion chief Les Caid of the Tucson fire department. "He was a voice in the wilderness for a few years." After Sept. 11 he was put in charge of implementing bioterror and emergency-preparedness plans for southern Arizona. That makes him a welcome new team member for a White House that has struggled on homeland security. Carmona will...
...will break loose," a senior Arab diplomat told TIME. "You can say goodbye to the peace process for 10 years." Before storming into Arafat's compound, the Israelis blared over a loudspeaker to those inside, "Lay down your arms and come out." Israeli officials told TIME that the Egoz Battalion, a highly trained unit of commandos, led the room-to-room raid through Arafat's compound. Within 24 hours, the Israelis had arrested 150 Palestinians--including fugitives on their wanted list--wounded 40 Arafat bodyguards and killed five others. Only a handful of senior aides and bodyguards remained with Arafat...
...Israelis did get their hands on some interesting papers. Soldiers from the elite Egoz Battalion located Arafat's personal files when they invaded the compound. Those documents are being analyzed by the Shin Bet domestic security service. "Now we will be able to add to what we knew about Arafat and his direct ties to terror using what we'll find in the files," says a senior Israeli security official. --By Bill Saporito. Reported by Matt Rees/Jerusalem
According to Gabriel A. Mendel ‘02, cadet battalion operations officer, yesterday’s visit offered “a chance for the Harvard cadets to show one of the leading officers in the Army where we go to school and what...
Major Robert Curran, battalion executive officer, said the unit’s relationship with the University is “very healthy at this time. I think we’re moving in the right direction...