Security Tightened around Parliament

While walking over to listen to music last evening, we noticed that the road near Parliament was closed and new barriers were being put in place. Later I spotted an article in the evening paper that stated that "Security Tightened around Parliament"

"The anti-terror barriers around Parliament were today being upgraded to prevent a lorry bomb attack by terrorists. The road layout outside is also being changed to reduce traffic to one lane in each direction, with the security barrier due to be extended out away from the Lords. Fears of a vehicle-borne bomb attack in London have grown following the failed car bomb bids in the capital and at Glasgow airport last month."

Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time

Sunday's Daily Mail newspaper had a great article on Heroin and UK's involvement in Afghanistan. Click here to read the article.

This past week, Britain lost another soldier in Afghanistan and author Craig Murry offers an interesting look at the bumper crop of opium and now heroin and what has happened since we removed the Taliban and how they have been replaced by drug lords including top ranked officials of the Karzai's government.

Sounds of the City

Since last Friday's failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in central London, there has been a noticeable increase in security and when you are outside you hear "Sirens after Sirens". I thought it was bad before last week but now it seems like a continuous sound.

They have arrested 8 people believe to be part of the latest attacks. The profiles have changed as several of the people arrested are Doctors and have come here within the past couple years from Jordon and Iraq. The two people that drove a SUV into Glasgow's airport terminal apparently were Doctors. The police found another car at the local hospital that contained bomb material and had to be control detonated.

Yesterday, I had to go to the Liverpool Rail station and I used the underground (tube). This is the first time that I have seen police riding on the tube. Since we are staying directly across from Scotland Yard, I can see the increase in the number of police with sub-machine guns. Also just along Victoria Street this morning, I noticed more police on the street.

London has more CCTV cameras than any place in the world. Somewhere around 3 million including vehicle registration identification cameras. It has been reported that a normal person in London for 1 day, that their image will be captured around 300 times. I walk by Scotland Yard almost daily and normally wave to the CCTV cameras.


We are headed to Norway on the 4th of July and will return on the 10th. At least we will be out of London on the 2 year anniversary of the 7 Jul 05 bombings......