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Originally posted by JasonT
You guys need to stop stressing out over everything. If you had been reading the news, you'll see G4S #ed up big time and 3,500 soldiers are needed to fill in the void regarding Olympic Security. Yesterday, they were saying Police would have to be brought in too. All this "activity" is nothing more than the army switching people around. Use common sense, people!
Originally posted by rockymcgilicutty
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by dwarfflex
Is there a armored unit in your area? Tanks and APCs make quite a noise, especially at night when sound travels further. That could explain the odd, grumbling noises as Armor folk like to train at night.
Then why do the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan call both the M-1 abrams and the Stryker whispering death?
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Originally posted by dmsuse
What a load of absolute rubbish
Originally posted by dmsuse
Where was all this activity when all the "switching people around" had to be done when the binmen, fire service and fuel tankers went on strike or threatend to strike and the government had prepared the army to do those jobs while the strike happened. Those events would require the same amount, if not more soldiers than 3,500.
Originally posted by dmsuse
Also why would they need to move round hundreds of helicopters, fighters, tanks etc?
Originally posted by dmsuse
Use common sense.
Originally posted by Milkflavour
I would strongly advise against videoing troop movements etc. the MOD would not take kindly to that I wouldn't think... they changed the rules (maybe last year I can't remember) on filming the police and security services etc. The new 'anti-terror' law means you can't do this if it interferes with security.... From the Met police website:
Originally posted by Milkflavour
"Photography and Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000
Officers have the power to stop and search a person who they reasonably suspect to be a terrorist. The purpose of the stop and search is to discover whether that person has in their possession anything which may constitute evidence that they are a terrorist.
Originally posted by Milkflavour
Officers have the power to view digital images contained in mobile telephones or cameras carried by a person searched under S43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to discover whether the images constitute evidence that the person is involved in terrorism. Officers also have the power to seize and retain any article found during the search which the officer reasonably suspects may constitute evidence that the person is a terrorist. This includes any mobile telephone or camera containing such evidence."
Originally posted by Milkflavour
And that's just for filming the cops, you start filming the army and you're going to be in the doo-doos...