Letter from Washington

Washington is holding its breath and waiting for the big one. The big what? Why, the big terrorist attack, of course. Supposedly, it will be launched by Iranian mullahs in retaliation for the downing of Iran Air 655 by the Vincennes. It will be executed, naturally, by a team of suicide commandos looking for a short-cut to the right hand of Allah.

The security types don’t talk about it much, of course, but they are said to be very nervous. In the Capitol building, lines of tourists can be seen emptying their pockets of paper clips before passing through metal detectors that, once, didn’t seem to pick up anything much more subtle than a filing cabinet.

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Washington is holding its breath and waiting for the big one. The big what? Why, the big terrorist attack, of course. Supposedly, it will be launched by Iranian mullahs in retaliation for the downing of Iran Air 655 by the Vincennes. It will be executed, naturally, by a team of suicide commandos looking for a short-cut to the right hand of Allah.

The security types don’t talk about it much, of course, but they are said to be very nervous. In the Capitol building, lines of tourists can be seen emptying their pockets of paper clips before passing through metal detectors that, once, didn’t seem to pick up anything much more subtle than a filing cabinet.