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...train was difficult because it stood in the open, surrounded by soggy pastures that would not carry the weight of armored cars. Knowing that the Moluccans had infrared field glasses, the operation planners decided to use the Starfighters to drop smoke bombs as cover for the marines and to warn the hostages that something was up. Valuable intelligence about the Moluccans' activities came from listening devices planted by marines who had crawled up to the train a few nights before the attack. When the plan was ready, the troops involved carried out exercise attacks on a duplicate...
...hill near the ancient castle. Within minutes, 101 more hilltop fires were flaring from one end of the British Isles to the other. It was a reminder of a difficult moment in the reign of her namesake and ancestor, Elizabeth I; similar fires had been set in 1588 to warn the country of the approaching Spanish Armada...
...commander of a Frontier Guard unit to impose a strict curfew from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. on several villages. Anyone leaving his home or trying to enter the village during that time was to be shot. The curfew was announced at 4:30, leaving little time to warn the populace. In particular, many villagers worked outside the village, and there was no way to inform them of the new security measures. During the first hour of the curfew, 47 Arab residents of Kfar Kassem were shot as they returned to the village on bicycles and in lorries after work...
...asked Wuest to remove the chemicals from the lab, to label dangerous chemicals remaining in use and to warn students more forcefully about possible hazards, he added...
Administration officials explained they wanted to go slow until the Kremlin had been given adequate warning of the U.S.'s intention to act tough. Another reason for White House caution was Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's presence in Moscow during part of the period when the Coast Guard wanted to strike. It would have been diplomatically unwise to risk embarrassing the Kremlin at the very moment when Vance was trying to revive the long-stalled SALT negotiations. The U.S., however, did warn the Soviet embassy in Washington that "future violations [by Russian vessels] would make their ships...