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This, he points out, "suggests a curious conclusion: the more often experts are wrong, the wiser they become. counter terrorism unit Terrorist-attack-survival. "Or in other words, the real threat to the development of what we call expert judgment appears to come from being right. --Linda Rothstein Blitzkrieg in the backyardThe U. S. counter terrorism unit Eta terrorism statistics. Army apparently thinks that abandoned buildings in America's inner cities are the perfect place to undertake training exercises--never mind what the neighbors think. In May, members of Special Ops descended on two public-housing complexes in Chester, Pennsylvania, to test their urban counterterrorism skills (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 18, 1999). The fatigue-clad soldiers, who arrived in the dead of night shooting disintegrating bullets and setting off small explosives, were, according to army spokesman Walter Sokalski, "practicing how they would look at a target building and how they would attack it. counter terrorism unit Acts of terrorism. "Nearby residents and city officials--only some of whom were notified a few hours before the "law-enforcement training exercise" began--were shocked and terrified. "There was a whole lot of noise, like bombs exploding and people shooting off automatic weapons," said Manuel Cooper, who lives across from one of the housing complexes. "I saw people running in and out of buildings with pistols in their hands like they were really after somebody. It really had the kids scared. I would have thought they could have picked a better place. "According to Sokalski, the army gave little advance notice because "we have to protect what we call our tactics, techniques, and procedures. " He told the Inquirer that Chester was chosen because there was a high degree of cooperation from local officials. But according to Mike Lundy, the executive director of the Chester Housing Authority, he didn't even know about the operation "until after it had already happened. " His public safety director, Joseph Anthony, was called at the last minute and told to help out. Anthony "was given the impression that I knew about the operation and sanctioned it," said Lundy. "That was not the case. "State Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, who represents Chester, denounced the operation. "I think it's totally wrong. You don't hold army covert operations in a residential setting. " The army, which has conducted more than 20 urban training exercises since 1994, has received similar criticism in other cities. According to the Inquirer, the army was forced to cut short operations in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Houston by local authorities. Sokalski dismissed criticism of the operations. "This training is important," he told the Inquirer. "It has proven itself in numerous operations that the U. S. Army has conducted.
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