http://my.telegraph.co.uk:80/cheech/november_2007/do_you_have_gas_.htm <file:///C:/cheech/november_2007/do_you_have_gas_.htm> Do you have gas???
A suburb of Birmingham was brought to a standstill yesterday by what sources say was a foiled terrorist attack, after a suspect package was found in a hole dug onto a major gas pipe. An unofficial source said the package had been discovered near to an uncovered mains gas pipe in Small Heath, where a 30ft hole had mysteriously appeared. The source went on to say that if the gas pipe had been destroyed then it would have cut off the gas supply to the whole of Birmingham. Officers were deployed to Small Heath, close to the A45 Coventry Road which links the city centre with Birmingham International Airport. A stretch of Small Heath Highway and the nearby Small Heath Industrial Estate were sealed off for about 12 hours. There were further unofficial reports that two ladders were found in the hole, which was said to be 30ft deep and 10ft wide, next to a gas main near the Ackers Trust dry ski slope site at about 10pm on Thursday. Drivers were trapped in long queues while hundreds of staff were unable to reach firms on the estate as a result of the cordons. Hundreds of employees lined the roads as they were stopped from entering businesses. The Small Heath Highway and the industrial estate finally reopened at about 10am. Police and forensic teams remained at the scene last night. Police said they could not comment on operational details. The police were called to the scene just before 5pm on Thursday after a concerned member of the public phoned them. But a spokeswoman said the incident was being treated as suspicious, but that it was too early to say what had happened National Grid, which owns and operates the gas distribution network in the area, referred all calls about the incident to West Midlands Police. Gary Smith, national officer of the GMB union, said: "GMB has been warning that the regulator, in proposing cuts of 18 per cent in the costs of maintaining the gas distribution system, is sending the wrong message regarding the security and dangers of this industry." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
