The G-8: making sure the "eight dangerous men" don't escape

what's REALLY going at the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm...

Close to 10,000 protesters managed to block key roads and railway tracks leading into the Heiligendamm complex, forcing organizers to implement an emergency plan to bring delegates in by air and sea.

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Police used water cannons on anti-G-8 demonstrators near the town of Bad Doberan Wednesday after they entered the no-protest zone around the summit venue. Around 10,000 demonstrators entered the zone on Wednesday morning, violating a ban on protests in the area around the summit. They had avoided police roadblocks by simply walking through fields and woods.

According to police spokesman Lüdger Behrens, officers "used water cannons twice after demonstrators bombarded police with stones." He said the protesters were violating a ban on demonstrations in the area and might be detained.

The protesters were trying to make their way to a 12-kilometer-long security fence around the summit venue at Heiligendamm. Police said that they forced back thousands of protesters who had got within 20 meters of the fence. Officers then marked off a police line which protesters were not allowed to cross. The line was accepted and the protests remained peaceful, police said. One protester dressed as a clown told Reuters that the demonstrators were there "to make sure their security is tight so that the eight dangerous men (sic) inside are not going to escape."

that last line is a keeper...

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