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  • Army, FBI lead ‘Orbit Comet’ anti-terrorism test

    08/24/2005 10:29:42 PM PDT · by SandRat · 8 replies · 539+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Aug 24, 2005 | Lt. Col. Susan C. Danielsen and Spc.Jonathan J. Springer
    FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Aug. 24, 2005) - More than 21 local, state, federal and military agencies last week took part in “Orbit Comet,” the largest full-scale anti-terrorism exercise ever in North Carolina. The exercise began Aug. 15 with a scenario a few minutes before 8 a.m.: on a Fort Bragg range road, two MPs escorting two buses of VIPs were fatally injured when the convoy was hit by improvised explosive devices. Several congressmen were taken hostage and scurried to an unknown location. Others remained captive on one of the buses which became disabled by the assault. Developing...