Officials expect to break the crowd record of 1

Obama will inherit wars with al Qaeda and other enemies inAfghanistan and Iraq. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden tauntedObama in a message this week, declaring that the new U.S.president faced a guerrilla war that would only widen. Obama's election seen as a triumph in the long strugglefor equality by African-Americans also has stirred whitesupremacists to anger, sparked arrests during his campaign andraised assassination fears. Security officials say they have planned, staffed andexercised for more than a year against a vast array ofpotential threats. "In my over 25-year career, this is the biggest event thatI have been a part of," said Mark Sullivan, director of theSecret Service, which is in charge of overall inauguralsecurity. Asked whether Obama's historic inauguration posed specialconcerns, Sullivan said: "No matter who we're protecting, we'realways concerned with their security.

We take a look at eachevent, we take a look at the people we protect, and we put aplan together." AIR AND RIVER PATROLS An estimated 8,000 police officers, about half from outsidethe Washington area, will be deployed, said Washington MayorAdrian Fenty. Some 10,000 National Guard reserve troops and7,500 active-duty soldiers will also take part. An intensified air patrol will guard the skies, and riversbordering the city will be patrolled. "There are going to be a lot of things out there you'regoing to see, and there are going to be lot of things you don'tsee," said Sullivan. The threat of chemical, biological or radiological weaponsfigured prominently in the precautions, and the Novemberattacks in Mumbai by heavily armed gunmen were a wake-up call,said Rowe, who acknowledged, "It gave me willies." Obama will ride in a new high-security Cadillac limousinefor the inaugural parade, in front of an anticipated capacitycrowd of about 350,000 spectators.

"It is safe to say that this car's security and codedcommunications systems make it the most technologicallyadvanced protection vehicle in the world," said the SecretService, which declined to give specifics. Military guards along the route are prepared to shed theirceremonial uniforms and join any emergency response, fromcarrying stretchers to moving rubble, Rowe noted. Officials expect to break the crowd record of 1.2 millionpeople set for Lyndon Johnson's inauguration in 1965 andWashington authorities expect close to 10,000 buses to bring invisitors Said Virginia Gov. This isgoing to be one of those days." (Editing by Chris Wilson) Bonds.

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