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  • #391
    Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

    ah, the holidays at Rockefeller Center, crowded with tourists busy taking pictures; the 8-story tall, brightly-lit holiday tree topped with the giant Swarovski crystal star; the iconic ice skating rink; the anti-terror police squad in helmets, full body armor, carrying semi-automatic rifles....
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    • #392
      Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
      ah, the holidays at Rockefeller Center, crowded with tourists busy taking pictures; the 8-story tall, brightly-lit holiday tree topped with the giant Swarovski crystal star; the iconic ice skating rink; the anti-terror police squad in helmets, full body armor, carrying semi-automatic rifles....
      My son tells me that this is quite common in Paris.
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      • #393
        Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

        That's been true since I last went to Europe in 2003. I remember Prague had something that looked like a tank parked outside of their opera house (could have been their orchestra hall).

        Automatic rifles were the norm in most European airports we visited and throughout London.
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        • #394
          Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

          Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
          That's been true since I last went to Europe in 2003. I remember Prague had something that looked like a tank parked outside of their opera house (could have been their orchestra hall).

          Automatic rifles were the norm in most European airports we visited and throughout London.
          Rome had police officers wearing full battle gear that had the word (I'm going to get close, but likely wrong here) "Campione" on their body armor and holding sub-machine guns, just standing on the corners. This was the summer of 2000.
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          • #395
            Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

            Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
            Rome had police officers wearing full battle gear that had the word (I'm going to get close, but likely wrong here) "Campione" on their body armor and holding sub-machine guns, just standing on the corners. This was the summer of 2000.
            I was in London a few weeks after their subway bombings
            I saw lots of police officers with sub-machine guns walking around tub stations and around parliament. Otherwise they were dressed like ordinary police officers.

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            • #396
              Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

              Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
              Rome had police officers wearing full battle gear that had the word (I'm going to get close, but likely wrong here) "Campione" on their body armor and holding sub-machine guns, just standing on the corners. This was the summer of 2000.
              Carabinieri, possibly? Those are Italian civil law enforcement.
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              • #397
                Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                Carabinieri, possibly? Those are Italian civil law enforcement.
                Samsonite, that was the it! I was way off!

                I got the C, A and then ending I right. Partial credit? Also, it was 16.5 years ago now.
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                • #398
                  Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                  Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
                  Samsonite, that was the it! I was way off!

                  I got the C, A and then ending I right. Partial credit? Also, it was 16.5 years ago now.
                  I think it was d-mn impressive to remember anything at all. I was in Rome 15 years ago. What I remember is the train station is insane, the Roma children are organized into pick pocketing gangs with the efficiency of the mid-70s Dolphin defense, cats have completely taken over the Coliseum and the Forum, and I remember a Roman soldier re-enactor sitting on the steps on a break staring bored out into space and I thought "I'll bet an actual soldier sat there just like that 2000 years ago!" I sure don't recall any proper nouns.
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                  • #399
                    Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    I think it was d-mn impressive to remember anything at all. I was in Rome 15 years ago. What I remember is the train station is insane, the Roma children are organized into pick pocketing gangs with the efficiency of the mid-70s Dolphin defense, cats have completely taken over the Coliseum and the Forum, and I remember a Roman soldier re-enactor sitting on the steps on a break staring bored out into space and I thought "I'll bet an actual soldier sat there just like that 2000 years ago!" I sure don't recall any proper nouns.
                    The Forum and Coliseum were actually pretty clean when I was there because it happened to be in 2000, the year of the Great Jubilee. It turns out that Rome gets a thorough cleaning for these Jubilees. I knew nothing of it until someone mentioned that while my buddy and I were there.

                    The Roma children are really good, and a trio got my wallet - a large, difficult wallet to steal from my front pocket. Thankfully, I had most of my essential docs and traveler's checks in a pouch around my neck, but I still lost about $300 cash and my credit cards. So I had to make it around Europe for the next 11 or 12 days on roughly $1000. I was in luck then as the USD was extremely strong against almost every single European currency due to a hard recession that was sweeping the continent at the time. I made it home with $400 in traveler's checks remaining.
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                    "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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                    • #400
                      Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                      Gatwick had guards in full gear as far back as 1996. The more I flew internationally that year the more it felt the norm not the exception. Only having flown within NA until then it was an eye-opener.

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                      • #401
                        Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                        How much did that have to do with the IRA though?
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                        When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                        He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                        • #402
                          Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                          Gatwick had guards in full gear as far back as 1996. The more I flew internationally that year the more it felt the norm not the exception. Only having flown within NA until then it was an eye-opener.
                          I flew out of Amsterdam shortly after the shoe bomber had boarded a flight from there. They didn't **** around. I've only been in a few European airports (Heathrow, Manchester, Schipol). Not sure how common this is but Schipol had security at the gate. You'd start in an unsecured waiting area, then shortly before your flight boarded they'd process you through security (passport exit stamp, body scanners, pat downs) and you'd end up in a secured waiting area until your boarding group is called. Their searches were very thorough. A few women were shocked when they went straight for the bra underwire check with no warning after it shows up on the body scanner.

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                          • #403
                            Re: Global War on Terror 8 - Winter is Coming

                            Russian ambassador to Turkey shot, claiming revenge for Syrian activity... http://www.breitbart.com/national-se...speech-ankara/

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                            • #404
                              Originally posted by BassAle View Post
                              I flew out of Amsterdam shortly after the shoe bomber had boarded a flight from there. They didn't **** around. I've only been in a few European airports (Heathrow, Manchester, Schipol). Not sure how common this is but Schipol had security at the gate. You'd start in an unsecured waiting area, then shortly before your flight boarded they'd process you through security (passport exit stamp, body scanners, pat downs) and you'd end up in a secured waiting area until your boarding group is called. Their searches were very thorough. A few women were shocked when they went straight for the bra underwire check with no warning after it shows up on the body scanner.
                              Schipol has had that for quite some time. I started flying there monthly in 2003. Long interview then the close body search. Once saw an old man seated with a great view of those being checked with a huge grin on his face

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                              • #405
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