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Concern over Thames barrier terror attack; CONTINGENCY PLAN IF CENTRAL LONDON...
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...terrorists could attack the Thames Barrier - potentially flooding central London and causing...seriously that contingency plans are being drawn...in 1984, is London's main defence...deaths ...

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