NATO venue Strasbourg becomes fortress city for Obama

People are the enemy. All you people. All of us. And we are/will be treated accordingly by jack-booted thugs who call themselves officers of the law. - Ed.

April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Strasbourg, which is playing host to President Barack Obama and other leaders for a NATO summit, has become a fortress city, with police barricades and locals discouraged from waving flags with the message “PEACE.”

The medieval French city with its 13th-century cathedral and canals has banned anyone displaying protest symbols close to the summit venue. About 40,000 people, who live in what has been declared a security zone, have been screened by the authorities. Traffic has been barred from the area which is patrolled by riot police with water cannon. The clampdown in the city of 273,000, one of three venues for the two-day summit starting today, has drawn fire from some organizations.

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