coming off the tube at MA at 9am, approx five P.C's  were stopping
some passengers with carriers bags in thier possesion

I spoke to one of the P.C's who said it was a "terrorist excercise"

Well I don't have a problem with that,considering things that have
occurred in Koln(Germany) today

On 26 Sep, 19:40, den  wrote:
> coming off the tube at MA at 9am, approx five P.C's  were stopping
> some passengers with carriers bags in thier possesion
>

Why were they stopping those coming off the tube, what sort of
terrorist do they expect would be leaving a tube station complete with
a bomb?

den wrote:
> Well I don't have a problem with that,considering things that have
> occurred in Koln(Germany) today

What exactly would it achieve?

Surely if someone had a bomb and was challenged, then chances are they'd 
detonate it there and then?

allan tracy  writes:

> On 26 Sep, 19:40, den  wrote:
> > coming off the tube at MA at 9am, approx five P.C's  were stopping
> > some passengers with carriers bags in thier possesion
> >
> 
> Why were they stopping those coming off the tube, what sort of
> terrorist do they expect would be leaving a tube station complete with
> a bomb?

Terrorists need to get to thier targets as well. :-)
It could have been a small part of a larger exercise, based around a
target somewhere near MA.

"Great Eastern"  wrote in message 
news:cO6dnUIPqqU0rkDVnZ2dneKdnZzinZ2d@posted.plusnet...
> den wrote:
>> Well I don't have a problem with that,considering things that have
>> occurred in Koln(Germany) today
>
> What exactly would it achieve?
>
> Surely if someone had a bomb and was challenged, then chances are they'd 
> detonate it there and then?

Oh bugger!!! Look like you're cleverer than the police/government!

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:10:28 +0100 someone who may be Great Eastern
 wrote this:-

>Surely if someone had a bomb and was challenged, then chances are they'd 
>detonate it there and then?

Indeed, as demonstrated in places like Iraq.





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On Sep 28, 8:49 pm, David Hansen 
wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:10:28 퍝 someone who may be Great Eastern
>  wrote this:-
>
> >Surely if someone had a bomb and was challenged, then chances are they'd
> >detonate it there and then?
>
> Indeed, as demonstrated in places like Iraq.

The original post quoted that it was a "terrorist exercise", not an
anti-terrorist excercise.

Facetiousnes aside, I think that's really what it is.  Using fear to
alter the behaviour of a population, which is what the UK authorities
are doing.