APEC security barrier erected in Sydney

[buckthesystem]

Can't find anything about this in the print media but according to television news "the powers that be" want "only the elite" in sydney at that time. Ordinary people are being "encouraged" to leave the city.

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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/09/01/apec-summit.html

APEC security barrier erected in Sydney

Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2007 | 10:50 AM ET

CBC News

Crews in Sydney, Australia are building a 5.5-kilometre steel-and-concrete fence to keep demonstrators and delegates apart at next week's APEC summit.

The Sydney Opera House and hotels that will house more than 5,000 delegates will be hidden behind the barrier for the Sept. 2-9 meetings

There were traffic disruptions as work continued on the three-metre-high fence Saturday, a day ahead of the official start of the APEC summit, which culminates in the leaders' meeting next weekend.

Police expect violent protests against the war in Iraq and on climate change, but according to critics, the security measures are designed to frighten those thinking about attending the demonstrations.

"This is part of a seriously intense intimidation campaign, the likes of which I have never seen in my experience before," said rally organizer Alex Bainbridge.

About 3,500 police, backed by 1,500 counter-terrorism and special forces soldiers, will ensure protesters stay away from the security zone marked by the fence.

The APEC summit is one of the largest gatherings of world powers and will be the biggest international meeting Australia has ever hosted.

"Right now, there's one priority, there's one show in town and that's APEC," New South Wales state police Commissioner Andrew Scipione told reporters on Saturday.

"APEC must be delivered. It's the biggest security event we've ever had in this nation," he said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is due in Sydney next weekend. He will follow that trip with an official visit to Australia and become to first Canadian prime minister to address the country's parliament.

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[damo1]

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hay man i read what you stated and i am only 7 hrs from sydney so i am glad that i do not work in sydney any more yet this is a first for our country and right now there is a big crack down and people are being searched as three police radios went missing and bollet proff vest and those protesters are trouble makers so do not listen to all you hear yes people have a right to express there concerns but when ever these nuts say its going to be a peace full protest it wil almost turn out violent i use to work in the security industry and i know my friends that stil work are all telling me the police are on alert as about a month ago some one got into a truck and took sevral scud missles and these can fit into a small back pack and if one is fired it can almost do some harm

most who live in sydney wear told to take time of work and go out of sydney right now let me tell you those that have buisness in sydney and those that work in the city are not happy with what our prime minister did by having apec hear no matter what good it does for the country and this is a first for our police and other forces

most of sydney is blocked off even school kids are taking time off to protest yet i am in support of what the army is doing over seas as al my side served in the croation army and my half brother is serving know in the croation army as a snipper

people just dont seem to think and think by prottesting and asking serving soldiers to come home wil stop al the violence in iraq if i did not have a criminal record or bad past i would my self be serving in the army doing my best for our country yet the path i took i am not able to join the police force or the army

yet i am praying for our soldiers and for the others fighting in iraq right now

those that are organizing these protest are lazy most of them wil not work and have the brains to organize things like this yet our police hear wil do there best as there are young kids in the midle of this and these are my fears as i do not want to see young high school kids being taken advantage of or wear if something goes wrong wear they come in harms way

yet saturday wil be intresting to see if these nuts do go violent

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[buckthesystem]

Damo, I don't think this is at all about the protesters. Using Saturday's protest is nothing but a convenient excuse to build a wall around Sydney's CBD and keep the "plebs" out.

The "world leaders" attending the APEC conference are supposed to be working for the people. And it is the Aussie taxpayer who has paid for their luxury accommodation, their endless, pointless, absolutely useless "talks" and all the tidying up of streets to "make the place look nice for world leaders".

Somehow these "leaders" have got the idea that the do not exist to serve the people, but the people exist to serve them.

Every country who has a "leader" attending this (absolutely pointless) "conference" is paying extortionate amounts of money for their particular "leader" to stay in the most luxurious hotel possible and to travel in luxury (to mention just a few things). John Howard has absolutely no right to wall of part of a city (which, after all belongs to the people, not him) and demand that ordinary people stay away from their own property or be totally inconvenienced.

What about the small businessman, who is (according to what I have read) will be facing bankruptcy due to this APEC conference? Will the government be compensating him for this? I rather doubt that!

[JustinM]

This happens every where there's an APEC, WTO or G8 Summit. The Sydnians are inconvenienced for a few days. Blame the Germans, or French or whoever that decided to set a precedent of turning peaceful protests into rioting and anarchy.

[damo1]

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yes small buisness are suffering due to apec and as i said most of sdney is blocked off i have friends who have been told to take time of but can not afford to take time off the trafice is unbelivable and people have been told to put up wiht it until it is over

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[damo1]

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hay also my son has not been able to go to school due to apec but he is enjoying the time of but people in sydney wear warned way before apec was to hit town which people wear told to stay out of sydney and this gave people plenty of time to organize things and no small buisness wil not get compansated for the los of apec so that is my two cents worth and any one watching tv in america wear sevral guys wear arested from a show hear in australia caled the chassers these guys are a riot yet they are in big trouble for pulling of that stunt the way they did and they are all looking at doing time in jail

so for me apec has been very intresting even though it might get to others to wear they want to have a say or complain about the tax payer paying the tax payer has no say in how the goverment spends the money lo if robin hood wear to come back and steel from the rich and give to the poor i can say the same thing about some wel of churches and what they are doing with ther money something to ponder on

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