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by Boomer Cardinale
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fear of
terrorism produced by the Persian
Gulf war gripped Texas on Thurs
day as military bases, airports and
other possible targets tightened se
curity. There was at least one bomb
threat.
The increased security across the
state came amid reports of terrorist
attacks on several U.S. facilities else
where in the world following the
American-led bombing of Iraq.
In Austin, the Sematech semicon
ductor manufacturing consortium
received a bomb threat shortly be
fore 8 a.m. and evacuated its ap
proximately 700 employees, officials
said.
“The guy did reference the war in
the Gulf and did threaten us that
there was a bomb in the facility,” Se
matech spokesman Miller Bonner
said.
The five-story office building and
adjacent manufacturing facility were
searched. No bomb was found.
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.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices
collapsed Thursday in the biggest
one-day dive ever, reacting to the
apparent success of the relentless air
raids on Iraq that opened a long-
awaited Persian Gulf war.
Traders around the world were
stunned as the so-called “war pre
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more than $10 per barrel, to prices
cheaper than on Aug. 1, the day be
fore Iraq invaded Kuwait.
After a day of frantic activity at
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February closed at Jiil.44 per bar
rel, down $10.56 for the day. Oil
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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-
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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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FORT HOOD (AP) — Friends
and relatives of the 23,000 Fort
Hood-based troops in the Persian
Gulf were buoyed Thursday by the
initial success of the U.S.-led air at
tack on Iraq.
But apprehensions remained over
the likely use of ground troops,
which could include two tank divi
sions from the central Texas post,
the nation’s largest.
“I hope the ground work will
never happen,” Emma Shelton, who
has a sister and brother deployed in
the Gulf region, said. “I hope we can
do it in the air and get this over
with.”
During a morning briefing for re
porters in Washington, Gen. Colin
Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, hinted ground forces may
be repositioned. He stopped short of
saying such activity had been or
dered.
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.
Gibson Vodrey, owner of Fatigues
and Things, a popular supply store
in Killeen, said most of his customers
were nonchalant about the outbreak
of war. But some wanted to be where
the action is.
“I even feel that way myself and
I’m not in the military anymore,”
Vodrey said.
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