U.S. tells troops to stay out of London

[tocqueville]

U.S. tells troops to stay out of London after bombs 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - All 12,000 members of the U.S. Air Force stationed in Britain have been banned from visiting London because of last week's bombings, newspapers reported on Tuesday, and one daily slammed the decision as "timid."

American military chiefs issued the "battle staff directive" on Friday, a day after bombs on three underground trains and a double-decker bus killed at least 52 people, The Daily Telegraph and The Times newspapers reported.

A U.S. spokeswoman was quoted as saying that military staff were not allowed to go anywhere inside the M25 orbital motorway belt surrounding the capital until further notice, "because the security of our people is our top concern."

"Family members who are U.S. civilians and are not subject to orders are also being encouraged to stay away from London," the spokeswoman, Cindy Dorfner, was quoted as saying.

Londoners, by comparison, were encouraged to return to work as usual and the media lauded the city's "get on with it" attitude.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050712/ts_nm/security_britain_usa_dc

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I wonder what the Londoners think about this one...

[justinsb]

1. This was up earlier, but I'll aske the same question

Is this because they are afraid of terrorism or because they are afraid of stonings by Londoners?