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Britain was hit with a perilous WMD attack today, prompting widespread closures of schools and offices. The transport system in the country was said to be at a standstill as the government met late into the night to discuss what to do.
The Prime Minister has appeared on television to try to reassure the nation:
'We know what this substance is and we are looking at ways of defeating it' he said. 'I advise people to stay indoors, with the windows closed and not to venture out unless it is a life or death situation.'
The home secretary, Charles Clarke was quick to point out that this type of attack was exactly the reason new legislation giving him the powers of house arrest should be enacted by Parliament: ' We have been saying that an attack like this would come and that we must be prepared to deal with it ruthlessly. If I had the power to force those responsible to be incarcerated
None of this would ever have happened.' He added that the security services had provided him with incontrovertible evidence naming the responsible parties but said that due to National Security he was not able to release the information.
Conservative leader Michael Howard added his condemnation to today's events and went further than Mr. Clarke: If the had given me the power of house arrest when I was home secretary none of this would have occurred. If nobody was able to leave their home we would see a massive reduction in burglary, binge drinking, illegal immigration and voting Labour. That will be our policy when we next come to power' he said.
Security experts have admitted that they have started to see a growing pattern to these events. John Ramsey of Risk Management Group told reporters that his company had been predicting an event of this kind for a number of days now, 'We are seeing this sort of thing happening around this time of year and the government has been able to do nothing to stop it.' He went on to question the seriousness of the governments commitment to the prevention of these kind of attacks saying; 'It really should be up to the private sector to manage these sort of events'.
Another five centimeters of snow is predicted to fall tomorrow keeping the country paralyzed and in the icy grip of terror.
London Bureau
Load Date: 24/02/05 12:36
Britain was hit with a perilous WMD attack today, prompting widespread closures of schools and offices. The transport system in the country was said to be at a standstill as the government met late into the night to discuss what to do.
The Prime Minister has appeared on television to try to reassure the nation:
'We know what this substance is and we are looking at ways of defeating it' he said. 'I advise people to stay indoors, with the windows closed and not to venture out unless it is a life or death situation.'
The home secretary, Charles Clarke was quick to point out that this type of attack was exactly the reason new legislation giving him the powers of house arrest should be enacted by Parliament: ' We have been saying that an attack like this would come and that we must be prepared to deal with it ruthlessly. If I had the power to force those responsible to be incarcerated
None of this would ever have happened.' He added that the security services had provided him with incontrovertible evidence naming the responsible parties but said that due to National Security he was not able to release the information.
Conservative leader Michael Howard added his condemnation to today's events and went further than Mr. Clarke: If the had given me the power of house arrest when I was home secretary none of this would have occurred. If nobody was able to leave their home we would see a massive reduction in burglary, binge drinking, illegal immigration and voting Labour. That will be our policy when we next come to power' he said.
Security experts have admitted that they have started to see a growing pattern to these events. John Ramsey of Risk Management Group told reporters that his company had been predicting an event of this kind for a number of days now, 'We are seeing this sort of thing happening around this time of year and the government has been able to do nothing to stop it.' He went on to question the seriousness of the governments commitment to the prevention of these kind of attacks saying; 'It really should be up to the private sector to manage these sort of events'.
Another five centimeters of snow is predicted to fall tomorrow keeping the country paralyzed and in the icy grip of terror.
