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northzax

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Wed Aug-04-04 11:14 AM
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D.C. Security Angers City Officials

By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Heavily armed police manned checkpoints on streets around the U.S. Capitol and closed one avenue Tuesday, angering local officials who warned of turning the city into an armed camp hostile to tourists and commerce.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_go_co/terror_threat_capital_1

welcome to the new america, I want to see troops on the streets of Omaha interrupting people trying to get to work, and then I'll feel like I'm not being singled out. anyone see they're now thinking of closing the sidewalks on 15th street? what an absurd idea.

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Freddie Stubbs

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Wed Aug-04-04 03:37 PM
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1. City officials were also p-o'ed in the early '90's

When Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House was closed off.

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