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Nonetheless, some hit-and-run operations are likely, to hold an airport, raid a terrorist camp, or snatch a top target. But military analysts are bluntly realistic about the challenges facing them. In a sense, the U.S. military is a victim of its own success. The Gulf War, says Charles Dunlap Jr., an Air Force colonel, "was an object lesson to military planners around the globe of the futility of attempting to confront the U.S. symmetrically, that is, with like forces and orthodox tactics." The attacks on the World Trade Center were classic examples of "asymmetric" warfare, using small fanatical...
...whose long graying hair and beard give him the look of a fortyish hippie. His sign reads DON'T CREATE MORE TERRORISTS. "As a New Yorker, I'm on the front lines. And if this breeds more terrorists down the line, it means I'm going to be the victim...
...Elisabeth Burrows (Brittany Murphy), a violent schizophrenic whose knowledge of a mysterious six-digit combination makes her the center of Koster’s next plot. Early scenes between Conrad and his new patient are surprisingly tense. Having been shown photographs of Burrows’ most recently brutalized victim, Conrad approaches the sedated patient with an unsteady resolve reminiscent of a timid Clarice Starling first approaching Hannibal Lecter...
...Silence of the Lambs. While both films focus on unlocking the secrets of an imprisoned genius in a short period of time, the tension in Silence of the Lambs is two-fold: The audience doesn’t know if Hannibal Lecter will cooperate or when the next potential victim may die. Don’t Say a Word doesn’t have the patience for such complexity. In this film, the protagonist’s deadline is five o’clock...
...roof of a midtown office building: Brown and two of his men held an inch-thick rope in their bare hands and, straining and skidding toward the parapet, lowered two fire fighters, one at a time, down into black, billowing smoke; each man grabbed a panicky victim from a windowsill perch. The lunchtime crowd below went wild with relief...