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Published 04/26/07

On the morning of July 12, Ira Russ woke up to a startling reality. His shift supervisor at an Annapolis-based company known as iJET Intelligent Risk Systems informed him that terrorist group Hezbollah had kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.

Joshua McKerrow - The Capital Ed Daly of iJET sends out a security alert about a potential terrorist threat in the Philippines.
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That's when Mr. Russ, an iJET regional manager for the Middle East and North Africa, darted to work before sending a "critical alert" to 91 business travelers and roughly 200 security professionals.

The message was this: Israeli forces had entered southern Lebanon and intense fighting was likely.

Events such as this one provide quite the adrenaline rush, Mr. Russ said.

"Feelings...

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