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NATIONWORLD KCTTCCN (ILL) JCISL GAZETTE A2 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 Israeli-style security would have averted hijackings, NATIONAL CLOSINGS Some of the closures and evacuations nationwide Wednesday in response to terrorist attacks in New York and Washington: TRANSPORTATION: Commercial air traffic halted at airports nationwide; FAA ban expected to be lifted but timing uncertain. Bridges and tunnels from New Jersey to Manhattan remain closed. New Jersey commuters could reach New York via train. Amtrak running a normal 1 1 i experts say personnel, and security checks are just as strict as in Israel All passengers undergo some form of questioning during check-in. Most are questioned briefly and continue.

Others have all the contents of their luggage to the smallest toothpaste tube ined. By questioning passengers, guards can quickly spot those 'who appear nervous, said Leo Gleser, a former El Al security officer and head of a security suiting firm. In the case of Tuesday's hijackers, "not all of them would have made it onto the plane" if the Israeli approach to security had Kioon need filpspr said "Tf vmi NATO allies: Terrorist attacks on U.S. can be considered attack on whole alliance By The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium In a Strong show of support, Washington's NATO allies declared Wednesday that the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington can be considered an attack on the whole alliance if they were directed from abroad. "An attack on one is an attack on all," NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson said after the alliance's 19 ambassadors decided to invoke Article 5 of the.

NATO charter for the first time in the alliance's history. The decision obliges America's allies to provide support for any military operation against those responsible if Tuesday's attacks were committed by foreigners, he said. 'The country that is attacked has got to make the decision and has got to be the one that asks for help," Robertson said. "They have not reached that judgment as to who did it and why they did it." Shortly before the announcement, Secretary of State Colin Powell said invoking the principle would not necessarily mean using NATO force against terv rorists and their protectors. It could include anything from opening up air space and providing intelligence to contributing troops and equipment.

Powell telephoned the leaders of the United Nations, NATO and the European Union on Wednesday in search of support for a coordinated response to the attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. He made two calls to Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and also spoke with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and top officials from Germany, Canada and Italy, among other countries. In a separate show of allied solidarity, the European Union pledged Wednesday to help.U.S. authorities trackffcwn and "punish those responsible" for Tuesday's attacks. At a special meeting, EU foreign ministers meeting asked "all Europeans to observe three minutes of silence" on Friday at 6 a.m.

EDT. They declared Friday a "day of mourning" in all 15 EU nations because the attacks were "not only on the United States, but against humanity itself and the values of freedom we all share." "There will be no safe haven for terrorists and their sponsors'," the EU ministers said in a statement. "The Union will work closely with the United States and all partners to combat international terrorism." JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's tough airline security methods pistol-packing in-flight guards, grilling of passengers, rifling through luggage, have helped thwart terrorist attacks in the past. Israeli experts said Wednesday that, had they been used in the United States, they might have prevented Tuesday's horrific airborne attacks in New York and Washington. But some, would have proved difficult to implement in the United States, and others like profiling would not meet the test of the U.S.

Constitution. Security on Israel's national airline carrier, El AL begins long before takeoff. Every passenger is checked through Interpol for a criminal record before the flight, said Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Shlomo Dror, a former airline security guard. At Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, cars are examined as they enter the airport compound by uniformed guards armed with mini-Uzi submachine guns. Plainclothes security guards, wearing the standard loose-fitting jackets that cover bulging weapons holsters, patrol the airport building and entrances.

Bomb scares, often triggered by careless travelers briefly leaving pieces of luggage Out of sight, occur frequently. On Wednesday, Israeli TV broadcast an airport bomb scare live, showing police directing people out of the terminal. It lasted less than a minute. El Al terminals overseas are guarded by armed Israeli-security Epp Ingle Electronics Technician For 26 Years 209 north 19th st. mattoon.il 258-8225 CAR CAR ALL WHEN IT COMES I'KKss photo U.S soldier Robert Schmahl from Midway, who is serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, salutes as he walks by a U.S.

flag waving at half-staff in sign of respect for the victims of a terrorist attack against the U.S. at a military base in eastern Kosovo Wednesday. NATO officials stressed there was no discussion of military intervention at this point. "At the moment this is an act of solidarity," Robertson said, adding that the declaration "in no way" binds the United States "against taking action on its own." A senior German official, meanwhile, said German, French, British and Israeli secret services consider Saudi exile Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect behind the attacks. "The way it was carried out, the choice of targets, the military approach, the highly professional preparation and the presumably large financial resources (all) mean there are many points that indicate we should look for the perpetrators among those around Osama bin Laden," Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's' chief of staff said.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier added that Germany expects the United States to launch strikes against whomever it determines carried out the attacks. In a statement, the NATO allies said "in the event of attacks each ally will assist (the United States) by taking such action as it deems necessary. Accordingly, the United States' NATO allies stand ready to provide the assistance that may be required as a consequence of these acts of barbarism." detect one, you can start to ask 4 niiAfAnc" that miohr loan tr tha other members of the group. During check-in, high-tech explosives detection equipment is then used to examine all luggage, said a former El Al security chief, TuviaLivneh. El Al is probably the only airline that places all its cargo in decompression chambers before takeoff, Livneh said.

At least 10 planes have been blown up with explosives set off by a barometric fuse, sensitive to altitude, he said. The last lines of defense are armed, undercover guards seated on the plane, he said. And even if all the measures fail, a hijacker still "could not get into the cockpit of an Israeli plane," said Neri Yarkoni, former head of Israeli Civil Aviation Administration and a pilot himself. The cockpit door is locked as sopn as the pilot enters, he said, an anti-hijack procedure that has boen used for decades. SWEET CAR AUDIO SOUND AND SERVICE AT LOWER PRICES! STEREO SALES STEREO INSTALLATION ELECTRONICS ACCESSORIES STEREO AND VCR REPAIR TO TOUR CAR, EXPERIENCE IS A MUST ing the material not be broadcast.

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Most New York subways in service. Washington D.C. Metro open but subway not stopping at Pentagon or National Airport sta- tions. SCHOOLS: Schools in New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington D.C, parts of Virginia and Maryland, closed. GOVERNMENT: City, federal and state courts in New York closed.

U.S.-Mexico border crossing between San Diego and Tiiiipna nn hitfh alort hut remains open. Security tightened at all U.S.-Canada border crossings. Washington D.C. government offices open. Grand Coulee Dam in Washington locked down, tours canceled, visitor center closed.

Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas, one of several Army stockpiles of chemical weapons, said only "mission essential" personnel should report for work Wednesday. Coast Guard and 20 other agencies called off a planned air disaster exercise for Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Among the scheduled events was a mock explosion and crash involving commercial plane. Norfolk Naval Station and other East Coast military installations closed to everyone but essential personnel. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

closed; skeleton crew of about 240 people monitored the site from inside the launch control center. Chicago hospitals on alert to take part in a national medical emergency system by either offering to treat victims locally or sending specialists to the disasters. California Capitol and other government buildings reopened with heightened security. -TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Orlando, Fla. area theme parks Walt Disney World Resorts and Sea World reopened with heightened security.

Empire State Building, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York dosed. Most Southern California amusement parks, including Disneyland and Universal Studios, reopened. Sears Tower in Chicago open. Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Virginia and the USS Wisconsin, a World War II era battleship, closed. Smithsonian museums open; Holocaust Museum in Washington closed.

BUSINESS: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market and American Stock Exchange closed. Lower Manhattan businesses closed, including Wall Street, All General Motors Corp. offices and manufacturing plants operating. All Ford Motor Co. assembly plants except Wixom, and Oakville, Ontario, operating.

Those plants closed because of supply shortages due to travel restrictions. All offices except those in New York and Washington opened. All DaimlerChrysler AG offices and manufacturing plants operating. ENTERTAINMENT: Fashion Week, eight days of runway shows in New York City, postponed until October after four days. Tapings for the "Tonight Show With Jay Lerio" at NBC in Burbank suspended for the rest of the week.

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