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...threatened city--the cia and fbi assume terrorists will target an urban area in order to incur maximum casualties--into search grids. Energy Department aircraft, specially fitted with photographic equipment, are sent aloft to take shots of the city for detailed maps that can be used if intelligence sources narrow the search to a particular area or type of structure. Helicopters equipped with radiation detectors can sweep over the city as well, but a nuclear weapon gives off little telltale radiation and is nearly impossible to find from above a dense, urban area...
...ground. Minivans are rented at the local airport, the backseats removed and replaced with electronic detectors that can sniff the neutrons and gamma radiation a nuclear device might emit. The vans, however, are only good for use in large open areas like parking lots and highways. To search narrow streets and buildings, as many as 100 two-person teams, dressed as inconspicuously as possible, are sent on foot patrols. One team member carries a special radiation detector designed to be hidden in briefcases, student backpacks, laptop computer bags--even beer coolers, in the case of a threat to vaporize...
...really a narrow escape this year, and I'm really thankful to the people in the International Office," the student says. "It's really bad if you don't know where to go. It can get really frustrating...
COULD THE REPUBLICAN RACE COME to an end before it even gets started? Americans normally don't think about presidential primaries until New Hampshire voters narrow the contest to an intelligible two- or three-man race. But Campaign 1996 is already anything but normal. The leading contenders for the G.O.P. nomination are massing their troops for a possibly decisive showdown on Feb. 12 in Iowa. Bob Dole is moving organizers and money into the state in the hope of finishing off his chief rival, Senator Phil Gramm of Texas. Gramm is pouring resources into Iowa as well, but his goal...
Once across the Sava, the troops will move to the Tuzla area along narrow, twisting roads blanketed in snow. Worse, the roads, winding along the bottoms of valleys, are highly vulnerable to snipers on the surrounding mountains. Advance troops will have to scour the hills to make sure their comrades can move along the roads in safety. Finally, in and around Tuzla, they will occupy a 500-mile-long border area designed to separate Serb from Muslim and Croat forces, setting up checkpoints and patrols to make sure nobody crosses without legitimate business...