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DSEi gala dinner

Phil | 16.09.2005 14:22 | DSEi 2005 | Anti-militarism | London

Security breached at Dorchester Hotel during DSEi Gala dinner.

Two men dressed quite smartly arrived at the main entrance of the Dorchester Hotel where the DSEl Gala dinner was being held. They hopped out of the taxi and walked in confidently. They roamed the hotel trying to get into the dinner. There was robust security on the obvious entrances and after about an hour and a half exploring found an empty function room just above the entrance area for the gala where the sound of the band was clear. Well illuminated they opened the windows, waved and danced to the samba rhythms for about ten minutes before being quite vigorously ejected by an angry head of hotel security and his henchman. After a search by annoyed police they walked free. 4000 police, £4 million spent on policing the high security event in a city on high terrorist risk alert and two blokes sat in a pub decided and succeeded in getting in by walking through the front door.

Phil

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DSEi Gala Dinner

19.09.2005 11:18

There was no intention to "secure" the Hotel. It was intended merely to secure the ballroom and the dinner and they were successfully secured. Many other people use the hotel so getting into the hotel was no breach of security. Attendees at the dinner were not even aware of the presence of the two in the hotel.
Finally, there was no "band" involved with the dinner.
Just thought you should get your facts right!!

DG DMA


Dorchester Samba Band

19.09.2005 16:01

To truly get the facts straight, oh yes there surely was a band with the dinner! A fantastic Samba band playing swinging rhythms and bringing some light and joy to the dark dinner. Amazing just how far that sweet sound carried, enjoyed as much by those of us on the pavement as it was by those two triumphant besuited intruders who danced wildly from within a well-lit Dorchester room.

Paula


itching the surface

22.09.2005 04:07

Just war causes liberation of the peoples, and includes scrapping the war machine globally forever, so all technolgy supports the planets livability. At the point of the closing down of the war machine manufactury, all wars on earth will cease. There will be a liberation in space whereby the planets life will be saved by deflecting and or destroying meteorites that would hit the earth killing its livability. There would not be any weapons against the worlds peoples. Viva liberation. Canadas first div. agrees.

osten


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