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Military bases increased their se curity and declined to discuss the specifics, other than to say identifica tion cards were getting closer scru tiny at gates. Maj. Donna Pastor, spokeswoman for Kelly Air Force Base in San An tonio, said the installation moved from “Threat Condition Alpha” to the higher state of “Threat Condi tion Bravo.” She would not say whether a specific incident at Kelly led to the upgrade. Dolores Schroeder, spokeswoman for Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, said that base also moved to a higher security alert because of the Persian Gulf war. Special Zo licit . Nail Salon , TfA full service nail salon Sculptured Nails $25.00 Tip <&. 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Oil broker Christian Gohler at Merrill Lynch Energy Futures described the market’s mood as “a combination of panic, fear and euphoria.” Oil prices were devastated by the apparent success of the bombard ment of Iraq, which erased fears that Saudi oil fields could be threatened or world supplies disrupted. . A Japanese refinery in Saudi Ara bia was shelled by the Iraqis and two storage tanks were blown up, but Mideast oil production would not be affected, military sources said. Crude was further depressed as President Bush said he would open the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Re- r gy i Billions of dollars changed hands as traders who bought oif the pre vious evening suffered enormous overnight losses. Traders who sold oil before the war started enjoyed equally enormous profits. Thursday’s crash in the oil mar kets defied months of predictions that war with Iraq could send oil prices to record higns. “The prediction was right for 15 minutes,” said Philip L. Dodge, an oil analyst with Nomura Securities International Inc, “I think it’s an other reminder that this is one of the most volatile markets in the world and any psychological factor can be discounted very quickly.” After U.S.-led forces began bomb ing Iraqi targets on Wednesday night, crude prices shot up almost instantly to about $40 per barrel in private cash trading by oil compa nies. But just as quickly the price of oil began backing off. Oil trading opened several dollars a barrel higher in Asia. But the mar kets soon soured amid Pentagon statements that the attack of Iraq had been successful as well as Bush’s announcement on tapping the strat egic reserve. 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About 16,000 troops sent to Saudi Arabia from Fort Hood are attached to the 1st Cavalry and 2nd Armored Division. Movement of the ground troops seemed a logical way to avoid attack, Maj. Jesse Seigal, a Fort Hood spokesman, said. “They’re not going to stay in one place for long,” he said. “If you can be seen, you can be hit. If you can be hit, you can be killed,” Seigal said. The deployment from Fort Hood has touched virtually everyone on the post and in the nearby cities of Killeen, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights and Nolanville. War was the main topic at Shana- nagan’s Grill, a popular Killeen lunch spot. “They feel real good that the first attack was as successful as it was,” owner Jean Johnson said. “It seems like a mixed reaction now,” Killeen barber Noe Cabrera said, assessing the mood of his cus tomers. He said many folks think ground forces will be needed to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait. “It’s not going to be an easy war,” Cabrera said. 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