An armed policeman inches his way over burning flames on an electricity wire as part of an anti-terrorism exercise in the southern outskirts of Beijing, August 11, 2003. A total of 1,500 armed police and soldiers participated in the two-hour drill to "protect a VIP target from an attack and rescue a large group of hostages from terrorists." [Xinhua]

The advance to the drill site

Airborne mission

In action

Preparing for action

Searching for dangerous materials

Reconnaissance in air

Zeroing in on "terrorists"

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