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Sea Island selected for 2004 G-8 Riots
President Bush has chosen Sea Island, a posh resort community on the Georgia coast, to host next yearâs meeting of leaders from the worldâs major industrial countries. The meeting will be June 8-10, according to a news release from the Sea Island Co. Perdue said the island -- 60 miles south of Savannah and about a two-hour drive from Hilton Head Island -- was a great venue for security because of its proximity to several major military bases and a federal law enforcement training center.Gonna get some first hand crowd control training. Anti-globalization protesters have had a growing presence at the annual summits, where leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States meet to discuss economic and political issues. During the summit last month in Evian, France, protesters generally were kept to neighboring Switzerland, where leaders were left wondering who would pay the bill for cleaning up after the vandalism and looting. I doubt the folks in Georgia will put up with this kind of stuff from the puppet crowd. A Homeland Security official in Washington said security at the summit is expected to be federalized. As a "national special security event," the summit would be protected by Homeland Security personnel, including those from the Secret Service, Coast Guard, and other agencies. Sea Island is a private, 5-mile-long resort island about halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville, Fla. Damm, I think I had picked Fairbanks, Alaska in the pool. Posted by: Steve 2003-07-16 |
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