European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition in the states Page 11 Bush orders contingency plan for attack by Spencer Hsu the Washington Post Washington president Bush is sued a formal National Security directive wednesday ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a decapitating attack on the Federal and assigned responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White the Prospect of a nuclear bomb being detonated in Washington without whether smuggled in by terrorists or a for eign has been cited by Many Security analysts As a rising concern since the the order makes explicit that the focus of Federal worst Case planning involves a Covert nuclear attack against the nations in contrast with cold War assumptions that a Long Range strike would be pre ceded by a notice of minutes or hours As missiles were fuelled and As a result of the asymmetric threaten adequate warning of potential emergencies that could pose a significant risk to the Homeland might not be Avail and therefore All continuity planning shall be based on the Assumption that no such warning will be states the 72paragraph designated National Security presidential directive 51 and Homeland Security presidential directive the statement emphasis will be placed upon geographic dispersion of Lead and infrastructure in order to increase survivability and maintain uninterrupted government after the 2001 Bush assigned about 100 senior civilian managers to secretly rotate to locations outside of Washington for weeks or months at a time to ensure the nations a Shadow govern ment that evolved based on longstanding continuity of operations other former Bush administration officials said the directive formalizes a shift of authority away from the Homeland Security department to the White under an executive order dating to the Reagan responsibility for implementing and exercising such plans was originally charged to the Federal emergency management Agency and later the congressional research service noted in a 2005 report on a pending Dos the new directive gives the Job of coordinating policy to the presidents assistant for Homeland Security and counter terror ism Frances Fragos who will assume the title of National continuity coordinator in consultation with Bush National Security Stephen nature unleashes fury coast to coast Matt a wildfire rages behind the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park North of downtown los Angeles on Hollywood Hills fire nearly under control the associated press new York natures fury made life miserable from one end of the United states to the with people forced out of their Homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian Border and by major flooding in the mid and although the Calendar still said the first named storm of the year was whipping up surf on beaches along the Southeast Ern in Southern Georgia a three Eskold fire had become that states biggest in five de Cades after charring 167 Square Miles of Forest and smoke filled air created a Burn ing smell and a dusting of ashes that coated cars and buildings through much of Florida and Southeastern the Haze Over most of Florida closed sever Al highways and sent people with breathing problems the flooding was produced by the drenching weekend Thunder storms across the Plains states that also devastated in addition to 11 Tornado two drowning deaths were blamed on the one each in Oklahoma and High water had poured Over the tops of at least 20 levees along the Missouri River and other streams in the authorities said a wildfire near the Canadian Border in northeastern Minnesota had covered More than 34 Square Miles adding More than 8 Square Miles in one authorities it had destroyed 45 including multimillion Dollar and firefighters said it was just 5 per cent More than 100 people had been removed from their Homes in the path of the the associated press los Angeles the third wildfire this year in the Urban Tinderbox of the Hollywood Hills was three quarters surrounded wednesday and hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return to their no flames were showing by mayor Antonio Villaras Gosa said at a news conference at the landmark Griffith Obser Vato and firefighters expected full containment by thursday Twenty four hours after flames were chewing through rugged Griffith City officials were All smiles As they stood against a backdrop of charred ridges and a windless sky Clear of the tide is turning in our the mayor at least 30 companies of firefighters were to remain in Case the 817acre Blaze came Back to no one was and one Home was slightly the wilderness Park sprawls Over More than acres of Rug ged Hills Between downtown los Angeles and the san Fernando and has some of the cites most famous cultural in two Ages 12 and were charged with Start ing Small fires one of the arrests was made after blood hounds found a footprint left at the fire inmates placed on sandbag Crews big inmates joined the nation Al guard military auxiliary in sandbagging efforts thursday As floodwater crept toward Homes and businesses across Northwest and Cen trial cop charged in looting four fort Riley sol Diers and a Mcpherson Reserve police officer were charged wednesday with felony burglary and Misdemeanour theft charges after they Alleg edly looted cigarettes and alcohol from a store in Greensburg in the Days after a deadly Tornado the fort Riley soldiers Are James of Jacob of Spencer of and Joel of league along with Reserve officer Joseph Are accused of stealing from a Dillons grocery store on from the associated press a hand lettered sign rests against thousands of Sand bags on wednesday in about 100 Volun Teers filled the bags in anticipation of Missouri River if town residents will use the bags to reinforce Kelley Mccalup