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"You and Dirk made it in and out," said Sandecker

"We weren't carrying a hundred tons of explosives, which is what it will take to do the job"

Pitt had left his chair andthe monitors and e satellite photo of the Odyssey R&D facility on Ometepe He moved in closer and exaan to form Finally, he turned and stepped back to the table

"A B-fifty-two drop of two-thousand-pound penetrating boested Stack

"We can't go around dropping bombs on friendly countries," said Seymour, "despite the threat"

"Then you admit the potential for a deep freeze is a threat to the nation's security," Stack cornered him

"That part of the equation goes without saying," Seyical solution that won't overnment look like inhuman monsters to the nations of the world"

"And lest we forget," Hecht said with a tight, canny smile, "the political implications and fallout in the next election if wedecisions"

"There ht be another approach," said Pitt slohile still looking at the satellite photo "An approach that would satisfy everyone involved"

"All right, Mr Pitt," said General Stack dubiously, "hoe destroy the tunnels without sending in the Special Forces or a squadron of bombers?"

Pitt held their attention, every eye was trained on hiive the job to Mother Nature"

They all looked at hi to think he ray matter Martin, the scientist, broke the silence

"Could you please explain?"

"According to geologists, a slope of the Concepcion volcano on O This was no doubt caused by the tunnel excavation under the outer edge of the volcano When Al and I were in the tunnel closest to its core, we could feel a substantial rise in temperature"

"Well over a hundred degrees," Giordino added