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Calmer voices drowned out by rhetoric

By Andrew Ward in Atlanta and Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Edward Alden in Washington

Published: February 22 2006 19:02 | Last updated: February 22 2006 19:02

Standing beneath towering cranes and rows of stacked containers on the docks of the Port of Miami, it is easy to see why the city should be concerned about maritime security. 

The port is located on an island in Biscayne Bay just a few hundred metres from the gleaming blue-glass skyscrapers of Miami’s financial district and the apartment blocks of fashionable South Beach.

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