Seal off Westminster: security chiefs

[dArKeR]

THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

Intelligence chiefs are calling for the most sweeping security shake-up in the history of Westminster to prevent terrorists striking at the heart of central London.

Amid fears that government departments and tourist landmarks such as Big Ben are under threat, intelligence experts want to set up a "sterile security zone" around a large swath of London, blocking off key roads and sealing off the Commons debating chamber with bomb-proof screens.

Police and anti-terror chiefs want to close roads around key ministries, including the Department of Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence as well as Parliament itself, which could extend from Trafalgar Square to Millbank, where MI5's headquarters are situated.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/06/21/2003175953

I think all countries must enforce curfews the way the Nazis did. Anyone seen out after dark must be shot on sight!

[warrior1]

1. Thanks

George!

[goforit]

2. Their dream come true......Maximum paranoia!!!

Party on PNAC!!!

[NMDemDist2]

3. we have those around the White House

and most state houses too. Big concrete barriers that keep car bombs from getting close enough to do any damage

[orthogonal]

4. Like the Green Zone?

The commoners must not be allowed to mix with their masters.

[Gloria]

5. WOW!! Back in the mid-80's I worked for a couple of weeks

at the office of the Environmental ministry. At the time, the IRA was bombing all over London...in fact, a woman in the office lived practically next door to a huge bomb that went off just off Oxford Street.

I remember, just going up moving staircase to the elevators...no one checked, no security at all...and this was in a government building near Scotland Yard....

How things have changed!!