Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Big Ben, Heathrow, and Climate-Change Terorrists

Today, I read a news report from Great Britain's newspaper, The Guardian, which reminded me of all the times I said, "I'm sure glad I wasn't working yesterday." Ladies and gents, over the past few days, our great ally has been besieged by "climate-change terrorists." Okay, so I'm exaggerating a bit. But there were some serious security breaches both at Heathrow and at the Houses of Parliament.



Yesterday, five protesters from a group calling themselves "Plane Stupid" climbed atop the roof of the Houses of Parliament. The displayed two banners reading "No third runway" and "BAA HQ". Okay, I know there's a ton of speculation as to how this could have happened. Well, the police speculate they had an insider who provided them with access and who offered to store the signs. How else could they have gotten past security especially at Parliament? The protesters, of course, claim they brought the signs in past security and merely told the guards they were there to hear a debate on the floor. Either way it goes, somebody is in a lot of you-know-what.



According to SkyNews, Greenpeace protesters gained access to the roof of a Boeing 777 outside of Terminal 1 on Monday. For what? They were protesting Heathrow's planned expansion. For those who have traveled through Heathrow, you might agree climate change aside it could use the expansion. And maybe some maps and arrows that made sense. I digress. To say the least this was a major breach of security for an airport that has repeatedly been targeted by terrorists of all types to include Al-Qaeda and the IRA. Police and security units were able to respond and remove the protesters who posed no significant threat except to Heathrow's PR image. The protesters did carry signs which denounced the changed. It should be noted Virgin Airlines flew out of this same airport on the same day flying a bio-diesel jet which is supposed to reduce greenhouse gases from commuter jets.

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