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on the box on his belt, and detonate. And that, my friends, will ignite a secondary event called a thermobaric fuel-air explosion.
    “The mix of oxygen and explosive aluminum dust will create the fuel and framework for a blast hundreds of times more powerful than conventional explosions. A fuel-air bomb’s power has been compared to that of a nuclear weapon without radiation. Temperatures will reach 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit. The blast wave overpressure will be so great that eardrums will rupture and internal organs will be sucked out of people’s mouths, along with all the air in the stadium. Thousands will perish from asphyxiation. The final fatality counts will reach numbers unlike anything the United States or even the world has seen since the large-scale bombing campaigns of World War II. Victim identification alone will take weeks. The physical carnage will compare to Hiroshima. And we’re not done yet.”
    Riley guzzled half a bottle of water. “What I’m about to show you is a fuse—one that will ignite the mother of all terrorist actions. More than twenty-three times deadlier than 9/11. You can count on it. My friends, this attack will be short, unimaginably brutal, highly coordinated, and most of all, purposeful. It will have extreme significance, and it will involve the smallest military invasion force in history—one hundred and forty soldiers to be exact—who in just thirty minutes will attempt to destroy the freedom of the United States of America. And they will succeed. Why? Because we’re vulnerable. And more important, because our Constitution guarantees it.”
    Riley motioned to the projection screens. A list appeared.
    KOMODO ONE
    Disney’s Animal Kingdom—Lake Buena Vista, FL
    Six Flags St. Louis—Eureka, MO
    Kings Island—Mason, OH
    Universal Orlando—Orlando, FL
    SeaWorld—San Antonio, TX
    Disney’s Hollywood Studios—Bay Lake, FL
    Busch Gardens—Williamsburg, VA
    Six Flags Great America—Gurnee, IL
    Epcot Theme Park—Lake Buena Vista, FL
    Six Flags Over Georgia—Austell, GA
    Playland Amusement Park—Rye, NY
    Disneyland—Anaheim, CA
    Six Flags Over Texas—Arlington, TX
    Magic Kingdom—Lake Buena Vista, FL
    Universal Studios Hollywood—University City, CA
    SeaWorld—Orlando, FL
    Six Flags Magic Mountain—Valencia, CA
    Luna Park, Coney Island—Brooklyn, NY
    California’s Great America—Santa Clara, CA
    Six Flags Darien Lake—Darien Center, NY
    Six Flags New England—Agawam, MA
    Knott’s Berry Farm—Buena Park, CA
    Worlds of Fun—Kansas City, MO
    Cedar Point—Sandusky, OH
    SeaWorld—San Diego, CA
    “Twenty-five theme parks. You know these places. You’ve packed up your families and traveled there. Perhaps you’ve even seen some identified as potential terror targets. But you’ve never imagined the tactics.
    “On the perfect date, let’s call it K-Day, one hundred guests across the United States will simultaneously enter these theme parks. Did you catch that? Not terrorists, not soldiers, not enemy combatants . . . guests. One-zero-zero. Four in each park. And trust me, none will comply if asked to hand over the weapons strapped under their clothing. One MP-5 machine gun, two automatic handguns, and one thousand rounds of .40 caliber ammunition in fast-load magazines. For those of you who at this very moment are so anal as to want to calculate the ammo weight, I’ll save you the trouble—approximately forty pounds. Easily concealed and carried. Two pairs of shooters in each park. One pair protects the other. At a precisely coordinated time, they’ll open fire and continue until all ammunition is spent. Ever hear the expression ‘shooting fish in a barrel’? These fish will include women and children, young and old. At the end of this random killing spree, seventy thousand Americans will be dead or wounded.”
    A new list appeared.
    KOMODO TWO
    Wrigley Field—Chicago, IL
    Fenway Park—Boston, MA
    Yankee Stadium—New York, NY
    Oriole Park at Camden