Package Forces Evacuation of Blair's St.

[maddezmom]

LONDON - Police on Monday closed the street in central London where most central government offices are located, including 10 Downing St., where Prime Minister Tony Blair lives and works, after a suspect package was found, an official said.

Four days after terrorist bombs killed 49 people on three subway trains and a bus in central London, two red police vans blocked both ends of Whitehall, which runs from Trafalgar Square to the House of Commons, and includes the headquarters of the major government departments such as the Foreign Office.

There was no sign that buildings were being evacuated, but police moved pedestrians, including many tourists, from the sidewalks and urged them to leave the area. Many congregated outside the Commons in Parliament Square to watch the scene.

An official in Blair's office said the emergency was called after a suspect package was found on in the Whitehall area, but she wouldn't provide any details. She spoke on condition of anonymity.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050711/ap_on_re_eu/britain_bombings_evacuation_1

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. I hope this is nothing serious

but I bet every time someone goes to throw the garbage for the next couple of weeks, the authorities are going to freak out.

[cal04]

2. London police reopen Whitehall after security alert

Police have evacuated some government offices in Whitehall, near
Downing Street, after a security alert, the BBC reported. No further details are immediately available.
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5348884&action=article

Police have reopened Whitehall, the street that runs past Downing
Street and is the site of many government offices, after it was closed earlier
today by a security alert caused by a suspicious package, the BBC reported.
The report said the alert seems to be over.
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5348923&action=article

[flordehinojos]

3. maybe blair will decide to live in another bubble, just like his mentor of

the war, W.