[AP/MSNBC] Air raid sirens wailed across Israel Tuesday and thousands of security forces and rescue crews were mobilized in a nationwide drill to prepare for possible chemical attacks or an Iranian missile strike. The two-day exercise was the largest in the nation's history. During the exercise, police, soldiers and rescue crews responded to simulated assaults in seven different locations. In an unexpected twist, the exercise was briefly suspended after a report that a real attack might be under way on a major highway near Tel Aviv, where police stopped a car and arrested three passengers.
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