http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/23/content_766137.htm
China holds state-level anti-terror exercise (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-12-23 17:36 China launched in Beijing Saturday morning its third state-level anti-terrorist exercise, involving both military and civil departments in the response to a terrorist biochemical attack. The exercise, dubbed Great Wall No. 3, began at 10 am in Qingdao city in east China's Shandong Province and was coordinated from Beijing. The exercise, based on terrorist attack scenarios, focused on the city's emergency response and its capacity to mobilize anti-terrorism forces. Contrary to two previous exercises, the target city was not revealed beforehand and no rehearsals for the attack were carried out. As soon as the simulated biochemical attack began, a local headquarters was set up to muster and dispatch emergency forces, a pattern which is expected to serve as a model for Chinese cities in future anti-terrorist work. Zhou Yongkang, State Councilor and Minister of Public Security, who commanded the drill, said that the exercise was a means of testing emergency security systems in advance of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. "The country must be ready for terrorist threats and prevent major terrorist crimes from occurring in China, to ensure the successful holding of the 17th national congress of the Communist Party of China next year and the 2008 Olympics," Zhou said. Zhou said that intensifying efforts to combat terrorism and safeguard social stability is crucial to the building of a harmonious society in China. "We must implement anti-terror measures and keep a careful watch on terrorist threats," Zhou said. China held a state-level anti-terror drill dubbed "Great Wall 2003" in Sep. 2003 and "Great Wall No. 2" in January 2006. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
