U.S. Air Force Personnel Ordered to Stay Out of London

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBYACN12BE.html

LONDON (AP) - The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday lifted an order barring personnel from visiting London because of safety fears, the U.S. Embassy said.

The order, issued following Thursday's subway and bus bombings, caused some indignation in London after it was reported by a newspaper.

The order had applied to Navy personnel as well as the 10,000 Air Force personnel at two major bases in eastern England; the Navy rescinded the order earlier, David Johnson, the embassy's charge d'affaires, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.

The orders contrasted with the advice British officials gave to Londoners after Thursday's bombings on three trains and a bus. The government urged Londoners to get on with their lives and not let themselves be overcome by fear.

[Guy_Montag]

1. In fairness

The order was issued immediately after the bombing, which is common sense, after all one wouldn't know what was going to happen, whether bombs would keep going off all day etc.

Anyway, the problem was the order was never recinded & so it became big news.

[hexola]

2. Now recinded...nt