Officials proclaim terrorism drill a success

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Officials proclaim terrorism drill a success
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jun 14, 2008 16:12:27 EDT

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Organizers say this week’s Canadian-American anti-terrorism drill on the New Hampshire coast was a success.

“The exercise really showed that we are indeed one team, one fight,” said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jim McPherson, commander of the Coast Guard’s Northern New England sector. “All participating agencies, military and civilian alike from the United States and Canada, came to this week’s exercise with a shared mission focus to ensure we can decisively and appropriately handle maritime security threats.”

On Friday, military and law enforcement teams wrapped up five days of hunting fake mines and fighting simulated terror attacks.

In all, about 3,000 U.S. and Canadian military personnel and civilians from a slew of government agencies participated in Frontier Sentinel, the exercise to beef up maritime security along the East Coast.

Much of the activity revolved around Portsmouth, where participants were still pulling fake mines out of the harbor on Friday.


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