Security Alert Closes Birmingham (BBC)

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Birmingham city centre has been shut down and 20,000 people evacuated amid a security alert.

West Midlands Police put up an exclusion cordon around the A38 inner city ring road after intelligence warned of a "substantial threat".

Bomb disposal experts are now examining a suspect package at the Travelodge hotel on Broad Street.

Hundreds of people left stranded by the evacuation are staying at Aston University overnight.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4668313.stm

[Ian David]

1. This part is chilling....

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"It is highly unusual, if not unprecedented to evacuate a whole city centre."

Mr Hyde said the decision to close such a large part of the city had not been taken lightly.

"We have made this decision after careful analysis and consideration and we are very, very grateful to the public for their understanding.

"We believe it is a proportionate response to the information."

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2. Wow, they LISTEN to their intelligence

Good for them!

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3. kick

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4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1614914