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APEC Summmit 2007 Sydney
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Well, Australia hosted the APEC summit in Sydney last week. Apparently 88 protesters mainly from the "Anti-Bush Coalition" were arrested amongst claims of excessive police force.
The punchline to the event came from the "Chaser Team". Think a cross between the Daily Show and Letterman's outdoor antics that he used to do. These guys thought they'd test security measures by driving a van up to the doors of the convention centre where the summit was held.
They made it through several barriers and indeed up to the main doors, they did not get stopped. They did get arrested at the end of it all however. You can find information about this stunt on the net somewhere. "The Chaser's War on Everything" is an ABC show.
Um, security!!!!!!
Here is a picture of them talking to Police:
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Is that the group that tried to give the "Trojan Horse"?
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Excellent "protection" joke there FC.
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Are these the guys who drove around with a bin Laden look alike, and still got through security? Because I don't think proving security is shitty should be a crime. In fact, if you engage in victimless mischief that makes some authority look bad because of its incompetence, you should be applauded.
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They don't look too worried.
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Yeh, they are heros in Australia. Gave the whole nation a big belly chuckle.
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Quote from: fuckin crazy on September 13, 2007, 06:48:49 AM
Is that the group that tried to give the "Trojan Horse"?
Yep...they're fucken hilarious
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ya well to put the stunt into prespective, here is the article about what happened. Reproduced under fairdealing of the copy right act.
Aussie comedy troupe rides 'Canadian' motorcade through APEC summit security
Published: Thursday, September 6, 2007 | 10:29 AM ET
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Members of an Australian TV comedy show, one dressed as Osama bin Laden, drove a Canadian-flagged motorcade through two security checkpoints Thursday before being stopped near the hotel where President George W. Bush is staying.
The stunt embarrassed Sydney police who have imposed the tightest security measures in city history for a summit of leaders from Pacific Rim countries, including Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who arrived Thursday.
Police arrested 11 cast and crew from the TV program, "The Chaser's War on Everything," and impounded three vehicles, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., which airs the show, said on its website.
Cast members put together a sham motorcade, hiring two motorcycles and three large cars on which they put Canadian flags.
Police waved the motorcade through two checkpoints before pulling it over near the Intercontinental Hotel where Bush is staying.
Cast member Chas Licciardello got out of the car dressed in a white tunic and cap and wearing a long fake Osama bin Laden-style beard.
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"No particular reason we chose Canada," cast member Chris Taylor was quoted as saying on the Sydney Morning Herald's Web site.
"We just thought they'd be a country who the cops wouldn't scrutinize too closely, and who feasibly would only have three cars in their motorcade - as opposed to the 20 or so gas guzzlers that Bush has brought with him."
All 11 were charged under new laws passed a month ago with entering a restricted APEC area, a police statement said.
They were released on bail and are to appear in court next month. Each faces a potential six-month jail sentence.
Bush is a frequent target of "the Chaser," as are Australian politicians. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the stunt proved security was working.
"Whatever you think of the humour of 'the Chaser,' the honest truth is they were clearly not going to harm anybody in a physical way," Downer said.
"They presumably were, as is the nature of their show, aiming to humiliate a lot of well-known people."
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