are likewise contamination when they come into contact with the agent. we go you don t tug on. normally you can smell the gas when you get on board. corboy or. rather we call the emergency services. and they are always quick to respond dispatching a lifeboat that also has ordinance experts on board as well as inspectors from the fisheries office a few minutes after the initial distress call a team of investigators in protective clothing examined both the munitions and the boat s catch before bringing the fisherman to safety. at the same time another team are alerted on the island a specialist unit that works for the danish defense ministry once the alarm is sounded they immediately set up one of the over 20 harbors on the island and get to
vehicle? plan on shooting that? we don t know where the vehicle was positioned, but talked to people today that are ordinance experts. they told me just that 50 pounds of tannerite would have created good-sized crater. haven t heard how much ammonium nitrate was there but would have triggered that and with the rounds created an explosion and distracted everybody. columbine killers planned to have explosives going off as well as distraction. san bernardino as well. pipe bombs. saying the police think he intended to survive and escape. does that offer you insight into the mindset? how does it impact the investigation? i don t think he really had plans on ultimately surviving. i agree with the other opinions, there s only three different ways these end. immediate suicide, suicide by
are explosive ordinance experts who will check for booby traps. the other two will provide security. when the president made his commitment no boots on the ground, that obviously it h. to do with entering into the fray between the qaddafi forces and the libyan freedom fighters. and that s not what these guys are engaged in. according to pentagon spokesman captain john kirby these four troops will not be there for a very long time. they are going to stay there and make an assessment. they arrived this weekend. shepard: this is it? so just these eight boots now? that s what they say. that s the those are all the ground troops that they are sending at this point in time. they say that they will not be involved in any kinetic military operations. but, again, they will be armed because of the security situation in tripoli right now. they will assess the damage at the embassy. here is former ambassador john
zone, the pentagon now confirmed a confirms a handful of u.s. members are on the ground there. james rosen is live from washington with more. james. reporter: jon, good afternoon. we heard multiple times from president on down throughout the libyan revolution since it began in february there would be no u.s. boots on the ground in that north african country. today, there are eight u.s. boots on the ground in the form of fourun idfied unidentified u.s. soldiers, they are working under the authority of the state department s chief of missions for our u.s. embassy in tripoli. you may recall, about ten days into the conflict in february, the united states shuttered its embassy in tripoli, fearing for the safety of u.s. officials there. well, now that embassy has been badly damaged throughout the course of the fighting. these four u.s. soldiers consist of two explosive ordinance experts and two other soldiers who are providing both general security while they assess
for a short while. jennifer we know the cia is on the ground. what do we know about these troops? reporter: there will be eight boots on the ground, according to the pentagon, four u.s. service personnel. there will be two explosive ordinance experts checking for booby traps at the embassy. when the president made his commitment, no boots on the ground that obviously had to do with entering into the fray between the gadhafi forces and the libyan freedom fighters. that s not what these guys are engaged in. reporter: the other two troops will be providing security. shepard: any indication there may be more boots on the ground or they are still saying no, not in this not war? they are saying there will be more boots on the ground a marine contingent to guard the em. they are still saying there won t be boots on the ground