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ktlight
21st February 2012, 07:24
FYI:
"Britain is seeking to secure London Olympics through transforming the capital into a police state, as It is to deploy over 13,500 military personnel to avoid any possible threat to the security of the Games.


Defense Secretary Philip Hammond announced that some 2,100 military personnel would be called out to work as part of the security force for the Games. The personnel are part of 2,300 reservists who have been called out each year for military operations across the world since 2008.

The reservists will be part of 13,500 military personnel, compared to 10,000 fighting in Afghanistan. The Reservists will “continue to be a key contributor to that and other ongoing overseas operations,” Hammond said.

The news has strongly worried the analysts and the British public, believing through covering more and more London streets with military personnel, Britain is trying to militarize the events to prevent any threat to the capital’s security and avoid further unrest as more people are getting dissatisfied by government’s false policies.

Following the country’s crippling financial situation, the social conditions have deteriorated in recent years. While Britain is dealing with rising unemployment, division between the rich and the poor, social and financial inequalities, and racial contradictions, analysts stress that more social unrest and violence would hit the country.

Moreover, last month Home Office announced that London 2012 organizers and the police force would employ “all available” powers in facing the protesters and would remove encampments set by the Occupy London protesters.

The overall 23,700 security force for the Olympic Games will consist of military, private security guards and some 3,000 Olympics volunteers who are to be used during the security process.

Even with UK government’s harsh safety procedures, officials along with people all around the world are still worried whether the British capital could host a safe Olympic Games in July.

The question now on the minds of analysts is whether the Games turn into a blessing for the UK government to quell the protesters with harsh security measures. "

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/227730.html

jcocks
21st February 2012, 07:35
"Welcome to the 2012 olympic games. Big brother is watching your every move.". No thanks.

The thing I loved about the olympics when they were held in Sydney (I was living there at the time) was that the security was unobtrusive. It sounds, from what I am reading, that there will be military personnel in uniform literally flooding London during the games. They're not trying to stop any terror attacks with that action, they're instilling an environment of fear in the populace while waving a red flag at the "terrorists" saying "please attack us".....

I sense a disturbance in the force, as Yoda would say.

Calz
21st February 2012, 07:36
Gosh for a split second or so the title had me hoping the world militaries had come to their collective senses and decided to duke it out with Olympic War Events rather than spilling the blood of all the innocent civilians.

Oh well ... :ohwell: ... nice thought.


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Calz
21st February 2012, 07:38
I sense a disturbance in the force, as Yoda would say.

Yes yes ... say it I must ...


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Mulder
21st February 2012, 07:59
The British aren't going to "make a profit" on these Olympics with all this "security." I notice the UK is bankrupt, but still it can waste Billions of pounds on Olympics while Grannys freeze in their wintery homes. Clearly, this is a big practice run for the UK Police State.