Work starts on embassy security fence
The US Embassy in Oslo started work Monday on its so-called "perimeter security project," aimed to ward off terror attacks. Construction is expected to take a year.
The project includes a high steel fence that will surround the embassy, which occupies a site at the corner of one of the city's busiest intersections.
The embassy has been dubbed "Fort America" by critics unhappy with the concrete barriers, cyclone fencing and round-the-clock armed police guards positioned around the site since terrorist attacks on the US in September 2001.
Embassy officials argue that the new fence "will be a great aesthetic improvement." They also contend that the "security enhancements" will "in no way detract from the Embassy's commitment to move from its current location."
US and Norwegian officials have been negotiating a new site for the embassy, but a move isn't expected for several years.
Via Aftenposten News in English.
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