The Emergency Phone rang in the Headquarters of the Royal Hawaiian Constabulary. Indications were that it was coming from Germany. Inspector Charles Lee answered the phone and was pleased that he recognized the voice on the other end as that of Inspector Chan. The Inspector said he was calling with bad news that needed to be passed upstairs to the Commissioner and to the Prime Minister. There had been a series of terrorist bombings in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. On the island of Sicily two bombs had gone off killing 80 and wounding 120, another bomb had gone off in Athens, one in Belgrade and one in Nice. Two bombs had exploded in the Ethiopian Capital, one in Cairo and one in Istanbul. Bombs had been discovered in Kiev, Munich, Warsaw and Brussels but they had all been defused. It appeared that the Terrorist were striking back. Fortunately , these were conventional bombs not bio-weapons. Reports from the Caucasus region indicated that the Russian Special Forces had taken out a Black Cross base but resistance had been fierce. The Russian Military had bombed another suspected base and explosions had been reported. Inspector Chan then stated that the recommendation from the task force was to put the Kingdom on a heighten state of alert and to check anyone entering the Kingdom.