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...airplanes will do. "That's why it was so brilliant," says a Pentagon official. A senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney falls back on football metaphors. The Administration remains worried about the need to defend against "the long bomb"--a chemical, biological or nuclear attack. But just as crucial, this aide argues, is to protect against "short yardage"--attacks on bridges, tunnels, power plants, chemical-storage facilities and refineries. "There are hundreds of these targets," says a Pentagon official, "and attacking them with conventional means--a truck full of explosives--is a heck of a lot easier than building...
Today the Saudi conglomerate is run by 13 of Osama's 51 siblings. They remain close to the royal family, which has given them crucial contracts. Several Saudi princes have begun their careers in business chaperoned by the bin Ladens. But that relationship was tested when Osama began advocating rebellion after King Fahd allowed American troops into Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. The government exiled Osama, and his family quickly renounced him. Not long after the Sept. 11 attack, Osama's uncle and family patriarch Abdullah, speaking from his home in Jidda, declared the family's "strong denunciation...
Increased voter turnout in fall elections is crucial to the council’s mission. Without the support of the students it represents, the council lacks credibility with the administration; without their input, the council will lose a source of strong ideas for improvement. The lackluster turnout of recent years represented a vote of no confidence in the council’s ability to effect positive change. We hope that during this year, the newly elected council representatives will be able to reverse that perception...
...infection control teams and secure stores of vaccines and poison antidotes. Simulated scenarios like “Dark Winter,” rehearsed on a broader scale, can help the U.S. improve its response to a possible attack. An efficient and effective public health care infrastructure will also be crucial. Physicians and emergency care workers should be trained to recognize known biological agents, and good communications will be needed to allow for the tracking of a new disease. An early-warning system could spell the difference between a small outbreak and major epidemic...
...Those two goals on corners fired us up and got us going,” Pell said. “That was definitely crucial...