The security firm to ‘look after’ the forthcoming London Olympics, G4S, has deep Israeli connections and a dredful human rights record. There have been quite a string of fabricated-terror events where Israeli security firms have been involved, enough to raise urgent concerns about what is in the pipeline for Londoners. If you have a ticket for the Olympics – get rid of it! Just stay away. G4S provides services to Israeli prisons, police army. Palestinian political prisoners from the occupied territories are held by G4S in contravention of international law. It provides security equipment and personnel to shops, supermarkets and businesses in the illegal West Bank settlements. Read article
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LONDON — London police have detained two British Muslim converts on suspicion of terror offenses Thursday, a U.K. security official told The Associated Press. The official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said it wasn’t clear whether the arrests were related to the upcoming Olympic Games. […]
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The biggest threat to the Olympic Games comes from British Muslim extremists, a senior intelligence figure has said. In a private briefing to BBC London, the security official said the Olympic Stadium would be the “most sensitive terrorist target in the world”. Read article
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AUSTRALIA’S Olympic Committee says it has a detailed action plan in place for a bombing or terror threat at the London Olympics. Australian athletes will be free to explore the city with no limitations on their travel despite incidents in the city that have included the Tube bombings in 2005 and the London riots last […]
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LONDON — Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil. Read article
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In a rare public speech, the head of Britain’s domestic spy service said Monday that the West now faces an “astonishing” cyber espionage threat on an “industrial scale” from specific nation states.”The extent of what is going on is astonishing,” said Jonathan Evans, director general of MI5, “with industrial-scale processes involving many thousands of people […]
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London: Britain has seen a credible terrorist attack plot about once a year since the September11 attacks, a worrying pattern as security officials brace for an array of threats ahead of next month’s summer Olympics, the head of the country’s domestic spy agency says. Although Britain’s threat level is a notch below what it has […]
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Al-Qaida could be mustering its resources to launch a WMD attack at this summer’s London Olympics, a security specialist said in a Wednesday news report (see GSN, May 7). The terrorist group has not staged a successful high-level strike in years and none that could rival the death toll caused by the Sept. 11 attacks […]
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U.K. police managed to smuggle a fake bomb into Olympic Park in a security test, overshadowing a special Cabinet meeting Monday at the park that marked 200 days until the Summer Games begin. U.K. police carrying out tests smuggled the device onto the main site. While the Olympic Delivery Authority declined to directly comment on […]
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Afghan security forces have ended a 12-hour attack by Taliban militants on a hotel outside Kabul, in which at least 20 people died, officials say. Insurgents attacked the Spozhmai Hotel in the Lake Qargha area on Thursday night, taking many hostages. Kabul’s police chief said 15 civilians, including hotel guests, died. All five insurgents were […]
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