Police Presence in Morocco
As I’m sure you know by now, Morocco raised its security level to maximum a couple of weeks ago. I wasn’t nervous at all really, given that Morocco’s last suicide bombers were too stupid to actually cause any damage (to anyone but themselves, that is). I was even less nervous today, after a drive from Meknes to Fez, during which we were stopped at two checkpoints before being allowed to exit the highway. The checkpoints even had those spikey things laid out which are intended to puncture tires if driven over (I will edit this post if someone please tells me what those are called).
The police in Meknes are also currently everywhere. Hamza was even stopped a couple of nights ago for a traffic violation which I’m pretty sure he commits on a daily basis.
July 21st, 2007 at 6:54 am
UK police call them “stingers”
July 21st, 2007 at 2:36 pm
tire bursters (crève pneu) maybe?
July 21st, 2007 at 2:48 pm
a harrow? a spike barrier?
July 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Spike barrier sounds right to my ears. “Stingers” would work for the Brit contingent. I swear that there’s another name though.
July 21st, 2007 at 9:12 pm
I’m not sure about this “threat”; I mean… Yes there are fundamentalist lunatics roaming around in almost every city in the Arab world and one should be wary, but I dought the sincerity of the Moroccan state apparatus… Fear mongering is a moroccan speciality
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I think I’d agree with spike barrier (portable or otherwise), I think after that you get into brand names like ‘RoadShark’ and stuff.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
These spikes are called harrow and in French “herse”-