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To: MSI who wrote (7433)	2/11/2003 10:51:16 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (2) of 25898

Blair takes a page from Bush's book Now that Blair's popularity is falling fast, he knows fear is the key to turn things around. Blair authorised terror alert troops The prime minister gave his personal authorisation for soldiers to be drafted in to boost security at Heathrow airport and other sites in London, says Downing Street. A total of 450 troops have joined 1,000 extra police officers in patrolling the airport as part of a tightening of security at sites across the capital. The heightened security is linked to intelligence concerns that al-Qaeda may try to use surface-to-air missiles in the UK or US this week. It is compounded by US security chiefs warning of possible terrorist attacks in the US and Middle East towards the end of the week, including the use of poisons, chemicals and a device to spread radioactivity The prime minister's spokesman said action to deploy troops at Heathrow would not have been taken unless it was thought to be necessary. The move was "an ongoing operation in relation to a specific threat", the spokesman said. "The threat is real and the response to it will go up and down accordingly," he added. "This is not an exact science. There is no rulebook on how to deal with these things. "The guiding principle is to protect the security of the people of this country consistent with not wanting to do the terrorists' job for them The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken news.bbc.co.uk

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