Germans Locked Down for * Visit (Security precautions worse than Cold War)

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EAST Germany is sealed off again with barbed wire, tanks, warships and fighter planes.

It is not the return of communism but the arrival of President George Bush that is giving Germany a taste of the Iron Curtain once more.

The security concerns surrounding the World Cup pale compared with the ring of steel and firepower thrown up to protect Mr Bush in a country where 84 per cent of the population loathe him.

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The police are running a special bus service for residents to and from their cars.

But when they are in their homes from midday they are prisoners until nightfall. They are forbidden to open windows, walk outside or receive visitors.

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/germans-locked-down-for-bush-visit/2006/07/12/1152637740850.html