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01/02/08
A new boat that can detect biological or chemical attacks and respond to nuclear explosions may begin patrolling Anne Arundel County waterways. 
Photo courtesy Baltimore City Fire Department/ Regional Response Homeland Security Vessel
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The county's Office of Emergency Management recently got a go-ahead from the County Council to apply for $670,000 in federal funds to buy a terrorism prevention and response boat.
"We are located in an area that has a lot of terrorism targets," explained Division Chief Michael Cox, a spokesman for the county Fire Department. "We feel it would be prudent of us to have a boat like this." Those targets could include the port of Baltimore, the Bay...
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Fools and their money - 2008-01-02 18:11:46
Shame shame shame. What kind of people spends that kind of money on paranoia when people are starving and homeless? The shameless, the ignorant, and the callous that's who.
Shame on you.
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