When the United States prepared to attack al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Putin offered more than words of support.
Mr Justice Treacy said the encounter was not premeditated but Dobson and Norris had been prepared to attack if the opportunity arose.
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"We were prepared to play rugby from a fair way out from the goal line and were prepared to attack from our own half and that resulted in a couple of tries, " said New Zealand coach Graham Henry.
Gafoor said all of the attackers were trained by former army officers, but he would not elaborate on where they prepared for the attack.
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The United States intends to develop and deploy a missile defense designed to defend our people and forces against a limited ballistic missile attack, and is prepared to assist friends and allies threatened by missile attack to deploy such defenses.
Observers say the army was prepared for such an attack and had already brought extra troops to Elephant Pass, the scene of constant skirmishes.
Earlier, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft told CNN that investigators were treating the anthrax incident in Florida as a criminal matter but were not prepared to label it a bioterrorism attack.
ThinkProgress meanwhile discovered from the original leaked e-mails that similar proposals had been prepared for the Chamber of Commerce to attack progressive groups and other activists including ThinkProgress itself.
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None of several security companies contacted by the Financial Times was prepared to talk about the impact of the Algerian attack.
Yet for all the alarums and excursions, there are few hard conclusions to draw about whether an attack on Iran is imminent, or whether Israel is prepared to act unilaterally.
In a cybersecurity emergency, such as a terrorist attack or a major natural disaster, our country must be prepared to respond without delay.
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Clearly, as I mentioned, there were indications that an attack was in the offing, the United States government was prepared for it in the Middle East, but obviously not here.
This kind of attack may sound implausible, but Mr Munde notes that people are prepared to go to great lengths to crack security systems on the Internet.
Still, both have a responsibility to understand that any hope this country has of deterring and, if necessary, of defeating chemical attack will lie not in wishing the threat away but in remaining prepared to deal with it -- both through defensive measures and through the credible threat to respond in kind.
The U.S. is also prepared to provide military assistance to South Korea in the event of any other type of attack by the North.
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