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...About 95% of all American fighter pilots train here at the 2.7 million-acre Barry M. Goldwater Range, which stretches 37 miles along the U.S.-Mexican border. In recent years, as less dangerous routes into the U.S. have been closed off by fencing, cameras and beefed-up Border Patrol, more and more would-be immigrants risk crossing the live-fire zone. In 2005 alone, over 17,000 walked through the range. And that's a problem for the military. Every time an unauthorized person or vehicle is spotted on the range, training sessions are halted. In 2003, 450 training hours...
...Border Patrol agents who monitor this vast, remote area from a lone outpost called Camp Desert Grip are skeptical that a fence could be a practical solution here. Speaking before the Secure Fence Act was passed, Stephen Johnson, who runs the place, points out that Hunter's fence will cost at least $37 million to build and will be difficult to maintain. When the fence is cut - and it definitely will be cut, says Johnson - it would be costly to repair, given the absence of roads in the region. Walls are better suited to urban areas, where you have only...
...statement from the Governor’s office. In most cases, officials will not actually open passengers’ bags, though they may request to do so, the statement said. In addition, “impact teams” trained in anti-terrorism and behavioral recognition will patrol the stations. “We are fighting a war against people who have as their objective the overthrow of the United States government,” Romney said in the statement. “Given that kind of threat, we have to adjust our homeland security strategies to confront...
...confiscate weapons being transported to Hezbollah without the authorization of the Lebanese government.While the Lebanese government must focus on undermining Hezbollah’s popular support, UN forces should focus on weakening Hezbollah’s military strength. The UN peacekeepers will remain worthless unless they are empowered to patrol the borders and confiscate the truckloads of missiles already making their way into the country again. The UN’s failure to focus on the practical issue of disarmament is part of a general faith that dialogue can resolve deep hatred and lead to rational behavior from terrorist actors...
...NATO intervention would be aimed at saving Muslim lives, but that wouldn't stop al-Qaeda from screaming about the West's recolonization of the Islamic world. Bringing stability to a region as complicated and brutalized as Darfur could take years, if not decades. U.N. peacekeepers still patrol Kosovo today, and that's an easier case...