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Re: Bomb Scare in Birmingham ?

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From: Jim Brown
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <855246852snz@dasl.demon.co.uk>, john williams
<johnw@dasl.demon.co.uk> writes
>All these "controled explosions" ... and none of them a real bomb.
>
>Men with machine guns marching around Birmingham city center
>amongst the families and children doing their christmas shopping.
>
>A senior west midlands police officer stating on national TV news
>that they intend to continue to walk around the streets with
>their machine guns.
>
>No sign of any terrorist activity or interest in the area
>for what ...about 15 years? And the machine guns would
>stop a bomb?
>
>Am I the only person that thinks something seriously wrong
>is going on here?
>
>-john-
>http://www.dasl.demon.co.uk
>

You think thats bad? in London we have had the "ring of Steel" around
the city for a couple of years now, all this does is bring traffic to a
standstill and put a big smile on the face of the IRA. 
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