Update – That didn’t take long. I assume it was a local, knee jerk decision.
US troops ordered to avoid London
Most of the 12,000 US personnel in the UK are based at Mildenhall and Lakenheath.
“We are concerned about the safety of our folks and are trying to do what we can to protect them,” RAF Mildenhall spokesman Matt Tulis said.
“This is the best course of action right now.”
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Details of the travel ban, enforced on Friday, emerged as US President George W Bush said the US would “not retreat in the face of terrorists” .
He said: “In this difficult hour, the people of Great Britain can know the American people stand with you.”
Well, not quite with you, but maybe about 25 miles away.
