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In Article <hXoGsDAhSj+yEw0o@excelsecurity.demon.co.uk> Jim Brown  
writes:
>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?

I was told by a police officer that I could not take my car into the 
restricted zone and leave it where I usually do... presumably, it would 
be an easy cover for a bomb to just put an orange badge on the car...

>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. 

The traffic in London isn't bad! Admittedly, there are certain areas of 
London I don't take the car into, but others are fine.

Philip M Reynolds
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