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Born on a farm near Chemnitz on the Czechoslovakian border in what was, at the time, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Drafted into the East Germany Army, 1970.  Specialized in bomb disposal and demolitions.  Assigned to East German Border Patrol,
1971-76.  Arrested by the GDR State Security Service (Stasi) in 1976 under suspicion of involvement in several high-profile defections.
Released for lack of evidence and discharged from army in 1977.
Movements and activities from 1977-84 are unknown.  The current
German government will neither confirm nor deny rumors that he was a member of the "Libellen", an underground group held responsible for several bombings of East German governmental offices in and around
Berlin in the summer of 1981.  Resurfaced in 1985 when he was granted asylum by West Germany after a risky crossing of the Baltic
Sea in a small sailboat.  Opened Pyrotechno GmbH, a security consulting firm, in 1989.  Since then he has built his reputation as
Germany's leading expert on explosives and demolitions.  Married,
1995.  Two children.

Beckenbauer has an encyclopedic knowledge of all types of explosive devices.  Years of working with bombs have made him extremely meticulous.  He never overlooks any detail of an operation and leaves nothing to chance.   In his relations with the rest of the team he is liable to be somewhat cold and distant, but only because he is so completely focused on his job that he considers personal interactions to be a dangerous distraction.

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Bogart, Daniel
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Born in Keokuk, Iowa, USA.  Father is a local deputy sheriff, mother a homemaker.  Two brothers.  Attended University of Iowa on a track & field scholarship, 1972-76.  Graduated with honors with a degree in law enforcement.  Worked for three years as a patrolman in Keokuk police department.  Hired in 1980 by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.  Member of FBI Hostage Rescue Team 1987-97.  Married since 1979.  Wife and two teen-age children live in Maine, USA.

Bogart is an excellent team lead.  He has exceptional tactical skills and situational awareness from his years with HRT.  Extremely cool under fire, he is also a crack shot, having won several marksmanship awards during his tenure at the FBI.  His low-key demeanor and laconic sense of humor have made him a well-liked member of the
RAINBOW team.

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Burke, Andrew
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Born in Manchester, England.  Whereabouts of father unknown.  Mother is a secretary at a plastics processing plant in Leeds.  Three siblings, two brothers and a sister.  Joined Royal Marines in 1986.
Two tours of duty with British Special Air Service (SAS) , 1989-91 and 1996-1999.  Awarded Military Cross, 1998. Has taken part in SAS actions in twenty-two countries on four continents.  Further details of his service record are sealed.  Unmarried.

Burke is a seasoned veteran of numerous covert operations.  While not reckless, he has a strong can-do attitude and unlimited confidence in his abilities.  As a leader he is decisive and demanding.  He has a quick sense of humor and is likely to keep his team relaxed by telling jokes before the start of a mission.  While he has some contact with his immediate family, he considers the service to be his home.

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Chavez, Domingo "Ding"
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Born in Los Angeles, California.  Joined U.S. Army, 1983.  Served with the 7th Infantry Division, 1984-87. Rose to rank of Staff
Sergeant before being recruited by the American Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) in 1987 for narcotics interdiction operations in South
America.  Discharged 1988 and became a full-time CIA employee the same year, working under John Clark.  Service records for the years
1989-99 are sealed.  Earned B.S. Political Science, George Mason
University, 1995.  M.A. International Relations from the same institution 1999. Married.

Chavez is an excellent light infantry soldier with an exceptional grasp of small unit tactics and close quarters battle.  Although small in stature he is powerfully built and agile, a formidable opponent with a wide range of weapons and in hand-to-hand combat.

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DuBarry, Alain
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Born in Chantilly, France.  Father is a manuscript curator at a local museum, mother is a journalist.  Four sisters and two brothers.
Second oldest sister is a prominent professor of mathematics at the
University of Paris.  Attended the Ecole Sup‚rieure d'Ing‚nieurs en
Electrotechnique et Electronique (ESIEE) in Paris, 1984-89.
Graduated with a degree in electronics engineering and computer science.  Joined the Gendarmerie Nationale in 1990 as an officer in their computer crime division.  Instrumental in thwarting a 1994 attempt by a group of Algerian nationals to bring down the French
Minitel computer network using a virus spread by telephone switching software.  In 1996 he was recuited by the Groupe d'Intervention
Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), France's elite counter-terrorist unit, as a specialist in telephony and electronic surveillance.  Unmarried.

DuBarry is an expert on computers and computer nets as well as more conventional forms of surveillance.  Although his role in CT actions is usually intelligence gathering and communications, as a veteran of  GIGN's extensive combat training he is fully qualified to participate in armed operations.  Introverted and thoughtful, and an excellent tactician, he often makes connections that other team members miss.  Off-duty he is an avid amateur scuba diver and is an officer in the Conf‚d‚ration Mondiale des Activit‚s Subaquatiques
(CMAS).

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Filatov, Genedy
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Born in Pskov, Pskovskaya Oblast, Russian Federation.  No information on family available.  Served in army of former Soviet Union, 1981-85, including tour of duty in Afghanistan.  Recruited by "Alfa" counter- terrorist group in 1987.  Operated in all major territories of the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe.  Resigned from "Alfa" in 1991 in response to that organization's ambiguous response to the failed
Soviet coup.  Director of operations for private security firm,
1991-96.  Returned to "Alfa" during its 1997 restructuring under the
Russian Federal Security Service.  Married, no children.

Filatov is a solid counter-terrorism operative.  Although his training and background are unorthodox by western standards, he has a wealth of real-world experience from his years in the security forces of the former Soviet Union, and numerous contacts across eastern Europe and Asia.  His steady nerves and methodical approach to any threat make him a particularly valuable asset in combat situations.  Team commanders should not be misled by his world-weary manner; he is not a pessimist but a realist, and he prides himself on being the voice of reason and conservatism in any debate.

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Galanos, Kure
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Born in Nicosia, Cyprus. Galanos was thrust into the ethnic tensions on Cyprus from an early age, when her family lost their homes during widespread clashes between Turkish and Greek rioters. The Galanos family, while never physically harmed by the tensions, continued to suffer difficult times for many years due to the unrest. Eventually they fled the city, and Galanos' father, an ex-ELDYK sniper, taught her his trade in extended hunting trips through the center of the island. Galanos attempted to join the Greek MYK force, but was denied due to her gender.  Instead, she joined the civilian police force and quickly rose to prominence as a sniper with a reputation for precise shooting in less than optimal conditions.

Galanos is, at times, a sheer force of nature. What she cannot achieve by skill alone, she often completes by force of will. Teammates often claim her piercing gaze does more damage than her bullets. She displays no antipathy towards Turks, or indeed any other nationality or criminal. She treats assignments as problems to be solved, and solves them with a single, clean trigger pull.

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Haider, Karl
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Born in Graz, Austria.  Father is a petroleum distributor, mother a homemaker.  Two siblings, a brother and a sister, both still in school.  Joined the regular Austrian army in 1992.  Transferred to
Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando Cobra (GEK Cobra) in 1996.  Trained with both Germany's GSG-9 and Israel's Sayeret Mat'Kal.  Participated in
GEK Cobra raid on Deissenmayr GmbH headquarters in Vienna in 1998 and was credited with single-handedly saving the lives of seven hostages.
Married 1999, no children.

In combat situations Karl is unstoppable.  He is extremely aggressive and will not hesitate to use whatever methods are necessary to complete his mission.  He is fanatical about protecting the lives of hostages and innocent bystanders, even to the point of jeopardizing his own life.  Off the job he is soft-spoken and private, but has an iron determination.

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Hanley, Timothy
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Born in Margaret River, Australia.  Father is a winery foreman, mother is a homemaker.  Two siblings, a brother and a sister.
Attended Australian Defense Forces Academy in Canberra, 1983-87.
Upon graduation was recruited into newly formed 1st squadron of the
Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and remained with this unit when it was reorganized into the Australian Tactical Assault Group (TAG) shortly thereafter.  His entire career has been with TAG with the exception of one tour of duty with the Australian Intelligence Corp
(AustInt), 1993-96.  Has lead counter-terrorist teams on three continents and has cross-trained with both the U.S. "Delta Force" and
British Special Air Service.  Unmarried.

Hanley is a career CT officer.  He is a veteran of dozens of assaults and approaches even the most dangerous missions with the easy-going good humor that has become his hallmark.  Off duty he is an experienced backpacker and mountaineer and has taken part in amateur expeditions to many of the world's major peaks.  He is in superb physical condition and has demonstrated an ability to endure even the most extreme physical hardship.

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Johnston, Homer
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Born in Boise August 23 1972.  Father local logger, mother secretary at lumber mill. Brought up in true mountain man fashion, he shot his first deer at age 10.  Former Green Beret and Delta member.  Part of
101st AirMobile Fort Campbell, Kentucky, he found his way into Black
Ops by 1989.  Definitive distance runner, relies on stealth and speed to set up his sniper locations.  Expert with all forms of rifles.
Spends free time hunting with Weber and spending time with his parents.  Unmarried.

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Lofquist, Annika
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Born in G”teborg, Sweden.  Father was a retired admiral in the
Swedish Navy, now deceased.  Mother is a professor of Romance languages at G”teborg University and is active in Milj”partiet de
Gr”na, the Swedish Green Party.  Three brothers.  The entire family sails avidly.  Attended Stockholm University 1984-87, graduated with
a B.S. in Physics.  After a stint as an engineer with the Swedish semiconductor giant Microelektronik AB (1988-92), Lofquist joined the
Stockholm police force as an expert on electronic surveillance.
In 1994 she was recruited into Ordningspolisens Nationella
Insatsstyrka (ONI), the national rescue unit of the Stockholm Police
Department.   From 1997 to 1999 she led ONI intelligence and surveillance teams in over a dozen different counter-terrorist actions, including the high-profile 1998 Red Cell occupation of the trading floor of the Stockholm futures exchange.  Unmarried.

Lofquist is an electronics genius.  Her name is on 14 different patents held by Microelektronik, her old employer, and she continues to consult with their engineers while serving as a member of the
RAINBOW team.  Most of her innovations have been in the area of electronic eavesdropping.  She is extremely confident and courageous, although at times her lack of military training can lead her to overestimate her ability to handle a situation.  Off duty she keeps to herself, living alone on a sailboat in Saltsjobaden outside
Stockholm.

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Loiselle, Louis
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