Israel on alert for Bush visit

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=358920

About 14,000 Israeli police officers will line the streets of Jerusalem, to safeguard US President George Bush, when he makes a three-day visit beginning on Wednesday.

Jerusalem District Police Commander Aharon Franco said his major concern was terrorist threats, noting that a closure of the West Bank that went into force ahead of Independence Day has been extended until Saturday night.

People in Jerusalem can expect major traffic jams throughout the city as the police will close off central Jerusalem thoroughfares during the visit.
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Bush will tour Masada on the Dead Sea on Thursday morning before returning to Jerusalem to address a special session of the Knesset at mid-day.
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Masada the last stand what a place for him to visit thats scary

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Then if he's outta the country, someone might as well try to evict Cheney

outta the country to Dubai, and THEN mark them on the "No Fly List" and order them Gitmoized until their trial...

[lutefisk]

2. "someone"? . . . all the someones are loyalists. They purged the good guys.

The defenders of the Constitution are the "nobodies" in this upside-down-reverse-Midas-touch Bush world we live in.

Bush and Cheney go to sleep every night cozy in their jammies, comforted by the fact that they are protected by their corporate masters.

[Ilsa]

3. "Israeli Knesset to undergo torture session midday Thursday. " nt

[lonestarnot]

4. Why scarier than another place in Israel? I would expect Megiddo

to be one of his stops.