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Major UK Comms Backbone Bunker Burned Out
evilandi writes "The BBC are reporting that much of Manchester, England is without telephone service following a fire in a major underground tunnel system. The site in question is strongly suspected to be the 'Guardian' nuclear communications bunker system which is one of the main three UK subterranean communications backbone bunkers. The giveaway is this regional BBC news story which mentions Chapel Street, one of the very few entrance/exit points to the 'Guardian' system. If confirmed, Manchester could be without wired communications for some time. The MANAP Manchester Network Access Point regional Internet hub is officially reporting nothing, but a number of UK admins are seeing significant disruption."
Dear President Bush, I've tried to read your military records that were supposedly made public, but I don't know. I've worked with soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines for my entire professional life, and many retired military who served in Vietnam. Almost all of them actually served in battle, and can vouch for where they were during that year. Maybe they were war criminals. But I am *sure* you weren't. That's what I think, after all.
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Yes they do. They stood up to your warmongering idiot president and told him to fuck off, when the other western poodles Blair and Howard couldn't manage it. That's backbone.