By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent
9:15PM BST 07 Jul 2012
WELCOME TO THE UK OLYMPICS
At least 1,850 security cameras keep watch on the Olympic Park.
it costs $3100 per ticket to the opening ceremonies
The Olympic Park sits in the borough of Newham - one of the poorest in London
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IS HAVING THE OLYMPICS WORTH ALL THIS?
OLYMPIC BUS ILLS CYCLIST
Jun 7, 2012 ... Nick Pope, who has more than
two decades under his belt at the Ministry of
Defence, said mass summer events - like the Olympic Games in ...
Jun 10, 2012 ... Former MoD investigator Nick Pope
has warned of potential UFO activity over
London during the Olympics....
Jun 9, 2012 ... In a June 7, 2012 article published
at Daily Mail, UFO expert and former
investigator for the UK Ministry of Defense and the UFO Project, Nick
...
By Nick Pope. One of the most bizarre conspiracy
theories being discussed at
present is the idea that a fake alien attack will be staged at the 2012
Olympic ...
Jun 8, 2012 ... Keep an eye on the skies for saucers
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THEY NEEDED 10.000 - 110,000 APPLIED FOR WORK
2,000 PEOPLE WERE HIRED - THEN THEY WERE TOLD THAT 12 DAYS TRAINING WERE UNP0PAID AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN UNIFORM. ALSO, FOR THOSE WHO WERE ON THE DOLE (WELFARE) THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR BENEFITS AND IT WOULD TAKE TWO MONTHS TO GET THEM BACK. LOTS OF THEM WALKED AWAY.
AT THE HORSE VENUE, THEY NEEDED 300 PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE HORSES.
ONLY 20 PEOPLE SHOWED UP
THERE IS NO AIR CONIDITIONING IN THE ATHLETIC VILLAGE. EVERYONE SWEATS
NO MATTER
HOW IT AFFECTS THEM HEALTH-WISE AND PERFORMANCE-WISE
A NEW HIGHWAY WAS BUILT JUST FOR THE USE OF THE ATHLETES AND OFFICIAL -
BUT
TAXI-CABS ARE FORBIDDEN TO USE THIS HIGHWAY. ARE ATHLETES SUPPOSED TO RENT
CARS?
OR WALK THERE? SO TAXI-CAB DRIVERS PROTESTED N OPENING DAY AND
COMPLETELY BLOCKD|THE HIGHWAYS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WHO COULD BLAME THEM?
TWO SUICIDE BOMBERS HAVE BEEN STOPPED FROM CARRYING OUT THEIR TERRORISM BUT NE MORE IS STILL ON THE LOOSE. 14 TERRPROST RE;ATED OMCODEMTS JAVE BEEM STP[[ED SP FAR/
I PERSONALLY WAS WARNED OF THIS TODAY - AND ITS TO BE CARRIED OUT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE UNDERGROUND TUBE NEAR THE OLYMPICS - DO NOT TAKE THE TUBE TO THE OLYMPICS - GET THERE SOME OTHER WAY UNTIL LTHIS PERPETRATOR IS CAUGHT.
THIS IS A BIT AMUSING - GREAT BRITAIN IS PAYING THEIR MMILITARY TO FILL UP EMPTY
SEATS IN ATHLETIC VENUES BECAUE OF LACK OF ATTENDANCE. THEY ARE ALSO
GIVING AWA FREE TICKETS FOR THE SAME REASON.
IN THE SWIMMING VENUE OF THE WOMEN LAST NIGHT, A SET OF PARENTS OF AN ATHLETE HAD TO SIT IN THE 58TH ROW OF 60 ROWS TO SEE THEIR DAUGHTER SWIM. EITHER A LOT OF MILITARY WERE THERE OR THE PEOPLE LIKE THE SWIMMING WOMEN.
We made it thru the profound, powerful resonance point dates into today's "new year's day" of Mayan Dreamspell calendar cycle; this date when Sirius rises above pyramids in Egypt. ( Possible celestial time cue and activation of some sort connected with great pyramid. ) Bill Buehler had posted dates of great significance to the Grid work and Ark work of his groups, the final dates for July as the Opening ceremony and Olympics span of days. UHA has the information for July entire month as an "Easter" resonance for the planet ~ July as 68 = Easter. And now approaches the paired "99" dates July 31, August 10....where 99 = Ascension, Thirteen. ( 2012 year as year #13 of our new century ) July 1 was final day of the two 183 day periods for a leap year of 366 days, July 2 as first day of the final 183 day period this year. Beijing Olympics began 8/8/8...that anniversary date as upcoming August 8. 4 year span Olympic schedule, the 4 year span of Venus transit recently experienced for this century; and significantly the cue / clue of the "4" crossed leg position of two Tarot major arcana: "The Hanged Man" paired with Tarot arcana "The World", with themes of reversal, cycle change, ascension, DNA octavation, humanity upgrade, planetary scope. August as 89 = Complete. 89 = Ace of Cups ( Tarot image sent weeks ago ) Norma |
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Landlords 'evicting tenants' to make Olympic profit
Tenants in east London are being evicted from their homes as landlords attempt to cash in on the Olympics, BBC News has learned.The housing charity Shelter says it has seen more evidence of landlords acting unscrupulously and evicting people illegally.
One estate agent said properties typically rented for £350 per week were being marketed for £6,000 per week.
Shelter fears the problem will get worse as the Games approach.
The BBC's Michael Buchanan says: "The potential profits are leading to some private landlords telling their tenants they have to leave their homes, with little notice."
One woman told the BBC she and her four housemates had been given two weeks to leave; another couple had been given three weeks.
All said their landlords were seeking to capitalise on the Olympics.
Shelter says it has seen increasing evidence of landlords giving tenants little time to leave or increasing rents hugely during the Olympics and it worries the situation will get worse as the Games approach.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps said: "Landlords should be under no doubt that it is a criminal offence for them to evict a tenant without giving proper notice, and that anyone found guilty of doing this - or of harassing a tenant - could lead to a custodial sentence of up to two years."
The National Landlords Association condemned the practice, saying it was more beneficial to landlords to have a good, long-term tenant in their property.
'Social cleansing' housing benefit cap row: Duncan Smith hits back
The government has defended its housing benefit cap after it emerged London's Newham council was trying to find homes for some families 160 miles away.
The council has been accused of "social cleansing", but its mayor said it was trying to find the best solution.
But Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said there were "thousands of houses" within five miles of Newham which fell within the cap.
Westminster council is also understood to be considering a similar proposal.
As part of its welfare reforms, the government has introduced weekly caps on housing benefit of between £250 for a one-bedroom flat and £400 for a four-bedroom property.
Local Housing Allowance, which is used to determine housing benefit payments, has also been changed so it is being calculated on the basis of cheaper rents - rather than on the mid-point of rents in an area.
'Overheat'Labour-controlled Newham Council runs one of London's poorest boroughs in the east of the city - which is home to much of the new 500-acre Olympic Park.
It has written to Brighter Futures Housing Association in Stoke-on-Trent, offering it the "opportunity" to lease it homes for up to 500 families on housing benefit.
It says the local private rental sector in Newham is beginning to "overheat" because of the "onset of the Olympic Games and the buoyant young professionals market", and it can no longer afford to house tenants on its waiting list in private accommodation.
Newham Council is offering to pay Brighter Futures 90% of the local housing allowance plus £60 per week.
But Brighter Futures chief executive officer Gill Brown says she will not agree to the request: "I think there is a real issue of social cleansing going on.
"We are very anxious about this letter which we believe signals the start of a movement which could see thousands of needy people dumped in Stoke with no proper plan for their support or their welfare."
She said previous efforts to relocate needy people had put strain on local public services and led to "the collapse of already vulnerable neighbourhoods and the rise of divisive right-wing extremism".
'Not pushing'Newham's mayor, Sir Robin Wales, blamed government policies which had left his borough "chasing around the country trying to find ways to deal with people who are in need".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We have got a waiting list of 32,000 - we've got hundreds of people looking for places to stay and the result of government benefit cuts, which are still working through as well, means that many more people from wealthier parts of London are looking for places to live in London and they're just not there.
"We have written to 1,179 organisations [housing associations] saying could you accommodate some people? We're not looking to push people all to one place, we're looking to find the best possible solution for citizens."
But ministers have pointed to a £190m discretionary fund available to help councils and insisted that even after the cap, families can still claim up to £21,000 a year towards their rent.
Mr Duncan Smith said the cap had been in place since April 2011 and "every other council" was "managing" with it even though it was "difficult".
"We need to get people into housing they can afford to go work from, so the taxpayer doesn't have to foot that bill."
He added: "I suspect this is somewhat a little political at a time of local elections."
'Kosovo-style cleansing'Ministers say the way housing benefit is calculated means 30% of homes in an area will be within the cap - and they argue the changes are simply "shaving £2bn off a £25bn per annum budget".
But Sir Robin said just because there were 1,000 properties available, did not mean landlords would take housing benefit claimants.
Meanwhile, Westminster is said to be considering an offer from Smart Housing Group - a private association with homes in Nottingham and Derby - in conjunction with its partner councils Chelsea a
Hammersmith, and Fulham.
It has suggested it could provide properties for Westminster residents deemed "homeless" as a result of the cap - and if accepted, each of the three London councils would send 50 families.
Ben Denton, Westminster's director of housing, worklessness and regeneration, said there were more than 1,000 families on the waiting list so it had no option to look for "fair and realistic" alternatives.
He said candidates for a move were those "with minimal connections to Westminster", while those with "a genuine need to live in Westminster such as those with children at crucial stages in their education or those with social care packages", a discretionary payment could be made to allow them to stay.
Shadow communities secretary Jack Dromey said the government's policies were "harming families and forcing them from their homes" and as private rents in London had risen by 7% in 2011.
When the housing benefit cap was announced in 2010, London's Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson said he would "not accept any kind of Kosovo-style social cleansing of London" adding: "The last thing we want to have in our city is a
Housing benefit changes: Impact on number of available properties |
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| Top five areas | Property loss |
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Source: Chartered Institute of Housing research, Jan 2012 |
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1. Westminster |
20,700 |
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2. Birmingham |
14,200 |
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3. Kensington and Chelsea |
14,100 |
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4. Glasgow City |
10,120 |
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5. Camden |
10,000 |
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Total: England, Scotland, Wales |
800,000 |
London Olympics: Tube Trouble and Anti-Aircraft Missiles
And now, they want my blood.
London is slowly, but surely giving itself away to the great, grand and possibly overwhelming spectacle of the Summer Olympics. We who live here are being told to be ready to welcome the world. But we are also being warned it could be more than a little inconvenient.
First, my reference to blood. The health authorities are asking for lots of it. Now. They say they need stocks to be 30 percent higher than normal before the Games begin. There are some apparent worries about increased demand.
If that wasn’t disquieting enough, there’s word that the military wants to place anti-aircraft missile batteries on top of some people’s homes.
I covered the first Olympics held after the September 11th , 2001 attacks and I can tell you the Salt Lake City Winter Games were a high security operation. I understand the need for that, but the homeowners facing the prospect of missiles on their roofs must be losing some of the Olympic spirit.
This was always going to be a tricky business, staging the Olympics in London with its jumble of narrow, winding lanes and residents who often grumble about rules. It will not come close to resembling the Beijing games in order and efficiency, and I suspect many would think that is a good thing.
But just try asking a Londoner about that at the height of the events when many will realize the glories of sport are overshadowed by the horrors of traveling on the “Tube”, London’s subway system.
Transport officials are doing their best to get the word out with posters making light of it. They are estimating that there could be three million extra journeys each day on a system that already often struggles with the usual daily load of 12 million. Walk, ride your bike, or be prepared to wait, they say.
While it may be a hassle for commuters, spare a thought for the poor delivery driver trying to get that load of beer to the pub, or fresh linens to the hotels housing our visitors.
Transport officials are urging the drivers to rework their schedules, making their deliveries in the dead of night when London’s roadways won’t be quite so clogged. And if they agree, then they’re being given a “code of practice” for their night calls.
Among the code’s suggestions: use newer and quieter vehicles, don’t shout or whistle and please don’t blow your horn!
When you’re done, please close the truck’s doors quietly.
Similar noise restrictions won’t likely be imposed on the 4,000 extra flights expected to land in London. Keep calm, as they say and carry on.
The defense ministry has begun putting anti-aircraft missiles on rooftops in a few parts of London ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games.
London
With just 85 days to go until the London Olympics, Britain’s military and security apparatus has begun testing its readiness to deal with potential terrorist attacks.
The nine-day Exercise Olympic Guardian security test involves coordinated air, land, and sea operations and helicopters, warships, troops, and four Typhoon fighter aircraft based at RAF Northolt in west London. The show of force is designed to test the responsiveness of antiterror plans developed by the Metropolitan Police, which will have 12,500 officers on the ground for the Games, backed up by 13,500 military personnel.
But while politicians, the military, and police were keen to display their hardware to the media at the start of the exercise yesterday, the plan to place ground-to-air missiles on the capital’s rooftops has angered some residents who feel that security measures have gone too far, unnecessarily encroaching on their lives and even potentially putting them at risk.
IN PICTURES: Countdown to the Olympics
So far, there have been no Olympics-specific terror threats, according to the Ministry of Defense.
The ministry has identified six potential sites for air defense batteries, mostly in north and east London. The deployment will cover both the Olympic Games between July 27 and Aug. 12 and the Paralympic Games between Aug. 29 and Sept. 9.
The defense ministry distributed leaflets detailing its missile deployment plans in London neighborhoods that might be affected, such as east London's Bow Quarter – the ministry is considering placing some on the roof of its Lexington Building.
Local resident and freelance journalist Brian Whelan has contacted lawyers to see if he can challenge the missiles' placement.
Last night on Twitter he claimed he was now being evicted from his studio flat, which he shares with his girlfriend. Mr. Whelan wrote that his landlord was "unhappy with us" after widespread coverage of his challenge to the defense ministry. His landlord denies the eviction has anything to do with the missile issue.
“Very sad to learn my tenancy is to be terminated and I will be forced to leave my apartment days ahead of the opening ceremony," read his post on Twitter.
Whelan was unavailable for comment, but the chairwoman of a local residents’ association near Fred Wigg Tower in north London's Waltham Forest, another spot where missiles could be deployed would speak, said, “We have not been consulted over this, there has been no information from the council or Ministry of Defense – all we know is what we’ve heard in the media."
“Personally, I am a pacifist and I’m against having missiles on the roof of the tower because that could make us a target. It’s just a few minutes walk from my house so if that gets hit we all get hit," said the woman, Flash Bristow. "Can’t they do something else like have ... planes in the sky to monitor threats rather than put us at risk?”
A ministry spokeswoman said they had consulted with local landlords and already gained their permission at the six sites. Any complaints from tenants should be directed to their landlord, she said.
“The safety of the games is paramount and for the last four months, working alongside the police, the MOD has conducted a broad range of community engagement in those areas where ground-based air defence may be sited. This work has included extensive talks with local authorities and landowners alongside briefing local MPs, talking with community representatives and, most recently, delivering leaflets to the homes of residents in those areas in question," she said.
Security measures will only ramp up. During the Games, there will be a heavy police and military presence throughout the city. Attendees will be subject to bag searches, screening machines, surveillance cameras, and metal detectors. The management for London's subway system has planned for a possible attack on the network, carrying out a two-day terror drill at Aldwych station in February that mirrored the July 2005 bombings.
During the Olympics, there will also be traffic restrictions on some roads and dedicated "Games Lanes" to allow easy access for competitors and officials.
Jim Rollinson, vice chairman of the Newham Chamber of Commerce, said that resentment could increase as the event approaches and security measures begin affecting a broader swathe of residents.
“Once it starts, and there’s a security stranglehold around the site, people might get annoyed because they won’t be able to move around so easily. There will be limited access and parking as the police and security forces move in and people might only be allowed on their roads at night."
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Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims he has been blocked by the UK authorities from attending the Olympic Games in London.
Mr Ahmadinejad told Iran’s official news agency IRNA that he would
like to be “beside Iranian athletes” at the Games, but that Britain
has “a
problem” with him being there.
The Foreign Office refused to confirm or deny his claim, saying only: “We don’t comment on individual cases.”
The row comes ahead of talks in Baghdad next week over Iran’s
controversial nuclear programme, which Britain and other international
powers suspect is intended to produce an atomic weapon. Tehran denies the
charge, insisting it wants only to develop a civilian nuclear
power
capability.
The E3+3 nations – Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia and
China – will meet with negotiators from Iran in the Iraqi capital for
a day
of talks on May 23.
The meeting follows on from talks in Istanbul last month at which
the E3+3 team detected signs of willingness on the Iranian side to
engage
constructively after a long stalemate.
Britain believes that the European Union embargo on Iranian oil,
agreed in January and due to come into effect in July, is having a
significant effect in concentrating minds in Tehran.
Negotiators are expected to set out details in Baghdad of what Iran
must do in order to ratchet down pressure and benefit from the
co-operation
of the international community on its civilian nuclear energy aspirations.
It is thought unlikely that the withdrawal of the oil embargo will be on the table unless there are signs of dramatic concessions from Tehran.
Britain cut diplomatic ties with Iran last year after militant students stormed its embassy in Tehran.
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on 26 April 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona (two years before the Nazis came to power). It marked the second and final time that the International Olympic Committee would gather to vote in a city which was bidding to host those Games. The only other time this occurred was at the inaugural IOC Session in Paris, France, on 24 April 1894. Then, Athens, Greece and Paris, France were chosen to host the 1896 and 1900 Games, respectively. To outdo the Los Angeles games of 1932, the Nazis built a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and many other smaller arenas. They also installed a closed-circuit television system, radio network that reached 41 countries, and many other forms of expensive high-tech electronic equipment.[1] Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, a favorite of Adolf Hitler, was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the Games for $7 million[1]. Her film, entitled Olympia, pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports. Hitler saw the Games as an opportunity to promote his government and ideals of racial supremacy, and did not want Jews or Blacks to be allowed to participate in the Games. However, when threatened a boycott of the Games by other nations, he relented and allowed Blacks and Jews to participate, and added one token participant to the German team—a German woman, Helene Mayer, who had a Jewish father. At the same time, the party removed signs stating "Jews not wanted" and similar slogans from the city's main tourist attractions. In an attempt to "clean up" Berlin, the German Ministry of the Interior authorized the chief of police to arrest all Romani (Gypsies) and keep them in a special camp.[2] Total ticket revenues were 7.5 million Reichsmark, generating a profit of over one million marks. The official budget did not include outlays by the city of Berlin (which issued an itemized report detailing its costs of 16.5 million marks) or outlays of the German national government (which did not make its costs public, but is estimated to have spent US$30 million, chiefly in capital outlays).[
BERLIN OLYMPIC GATE
3]BERLIN S WIMMING VENUE - SUMMER OLYMPICS - 1936
Prior to and during the Games, there was considerable debate outside Germany over whether the competition should be allowed or discontinued. [edit] Boycott debate in the United StatesThose who voiced their opinions on the debate included Americans Ernest Lee Jahncke, Judge Jeremiah Mahoney, and future IOC President Avery Brundage. The United States considered boycotting the Games, as to participate in the festivity might be considered a sign of support for the Nazi regime and its anti-Semitic policies. However, others argued that the Olympic Games should not reflect political views, but rather be strictly a contest of the greatest athletes. Avery Brundage, then of the United States Olympic Committee, opposed the boycott, stating that Jewish athletes were being treated fairly and that the Games should continue. Brundage asserted that politics played no role in sports, and that they should never be entwined. He stated, “The very foundation of the modern Olympic revival will be undermined if individual countries are allowed to restrict participation by reason of class, creed, or race.”[11] Brundage also believed that there was a “Jewish-Communist conspiracy” that existed to keep the United States from competing in the Olympic Games.[12]. During a fact-finding trip that Brundage went on to Germany in 1934 to ascertain whether or not German Jews were being treated fairly, Brundage found no discrimination when he interviewed Jews and his Nazi handlers translated for him, and Brundage commiserated with his hosts that he belonged to a sports club in Chicago that did not allow Jews entry, either [13] Unlike Brundage, Jeremiah Mahoney supported a boycott of the Games. Mahoney, the president of the Amateur Athletic Union, led newspaper editors and anti-Nazi groups to protest against American participation in the Berlin Olympics. He contested that racial discrimination was a violation of Olympic rules and that participation in the Games was tantamount to support for the Third Reich. Most African-American newspapers supported participation in the Olympics. The Philadelphia Tribune and the Chicago Defender both agreed that black victories would undermine Nazi views of Aryan supremacy and spark renewed African-American pride. American Jewish organizations, meanwhile, largely opposed the Olympics. The American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee staged rallies and supported the boycott of German goods to show their disdain for American participation.[12] Eventually, Brundage won the debate, convincing the Amateur Athletic Union to close a vote in favor of sending an American team to the Berlin Olympics, winning by two and a half votes. Mahoney’s efforts to incite a boycott of the Olympic games in the United States failed. President Roosevelt demanded the participation of U.S.A. in the Olympics, intending to keep the tradition of America being void of outside influence intact. The 1936 Summer Olympics ultimately boasted the largest number of participating nations of any Olympics to that point. However, some individual athletes, including Jewish Americans Milton Green and Norman Cahners, chose to boycott the Games. Spanish and Soviet boycottsThe Spanish government led by the newly elected left-wing Popular Front boycotted the Games and organized the People's Olympiad as a parallel event in Barcelona. Some 6,000 athletes from 22 countries registered for the games. However, the People's Olympiad was aborted because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War just one day before the event was due to start. Like Spain, the Soviet Union did not participate in the 1936 summer Olympics.[14]
OLYMPIC FIRE IN BERLIN - 1936 The games were the first to have live television coverage. The German Post Office, using equipment from Telefunken, broadcast over 70 hours of coverage to special viewing rooms throughout Berlin and Potsdam and a few private TV sets, transmitting from the Paul Nipkow TV Station. The Olympic Flame was used for the third time at these games, but this marked the first time it was brought to the Olympic Village by a torch relay, with the starting point in Olympia, Greece.[15] The Republic of China's Three Principles of the People was chosen as the best national anthem of the games. The official book of the 1936 Olympics is present in many libraries[16] containing all the signatures of Golden medals winners[17] United States Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage became a main supporter of the Games being held in Germany, arguing that "politics has no place in sport", despite having initial doubts.[18] Brundage requested that a system be established to examine female athletes for what Time magazine called "sex ambiguities" after observing the performance of Czechoslovak runner and jumper Zdenka Koubkova and English shotputter and javelin thrower Mary Edith Louise Weston. (Both individuals had sex change surgery and legally changed their names, to Zdenek Koubek and Mark Weston, respectively.).[19] Gender verification in sports was not in place in 1936. [edit] Politics and controversyDespite not coming from fascist countries, French Olympians gave what appeared to be the Hitler salute at the opening ceremony, although some have later claimed that they were just performing the Olympic salute, which was in fact a very similar action.[20] Gretel Bergmann, despite equaling a national record in the high jump a month before the games, was excluded from the German team because she was Jewish.[21] American sprinters Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman, the only two Jews on the U.S. Olympic team, were pulled from the 4 × 100 relay team on the day of the competition, leading to speculation that U.S. Olympic committee leader Avery Brundage did not want to add to the embarrassment of Hitler by having two Jews win gold medals.[22] Italy's football team continued their dominance, winning the gold medal in these Olympics between their two consecutive World Cup victories (1934 and 1938). Much like the successes of German athletes, this triumph was claimed by supporters of Benito Mussolini's regime as a vindication of the superiority of the fascist system. Austria won the silver; a controversial win after Hitler called for a rematch of the quarterfinals match to discount Peru's 4–2 win over Austria. The Peruvian national Olympic team refused to play the match again and withdrew from the games. In the quarter-finals of the football tournament, Peru beat Austria 4–2 in extra-time. Peru rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final 15 minutes of normal time. During extra-time, Peruvian fans allegedly ran onto the field and attacked an Austrian player. In the chaos, Peru scored twice and won, 4–2. However, Austria protested and the International Olympic Committee ordered a replay without any spectators. The Peruvian government refused and their entire Olympic squad left in protest as did Colombia.[23]
Swastika on the plane of The Nazis demoted Captain Wolfgang Fürstner, the half-Jewish commandant of the Olympic Village, during the games, and replaced him with Werner von Gilsa. After the games' conclusion, Fürstner, a career officer, committed suicide when he learned that the Nuremberg Laws classified him as a Jew, and, as such, he was to be expelled from the Wehrmacht.[24] In the film Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) the filmmakers removed all Nazi symbols which appeared during the actual games, although actors playing members of the Berlin police force help Charlie apprehend the spies (of unnamed nationality) trying to steal a new aerial guidance system.[25] [edit] Sporting innovationsBasketball was added to the Olympic program. In the final game, the United States beat Canada 19–8. The contest was played outdoors on a dirt court in driving rain. Because of the quagmire, the teams could not dribble, thus the score was held to a minimum. Joe Fortenberry was the high scorer for the U.S. with seven points. Spectators did not have seats, and the approximately 1,000 in attendance had to stand in the rain. In the freestyle event, swimmers originally dived from the pool walls, but diving blocks were incorporated at the 1936 Olympics. [edit] Notable winsGermany had a prosperous year in the equestrian events, winning individual and team gold in all three disciplines, as well as individual silver in dressage. In the cycling match sprint finals, the German Toni Merkens fouled Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands. Instead of being disqualified, he was fined 100 marks and kept his gold. German gymnasts Konrad Frey and Alfred Schwarzmann both won three gold medals. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events. His German competitor Luz Long offered Owens advice after he almost failed to qualify in the long jump and was posthumously awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship. Mack Robinson, brother to Jackie Robinson won the 200 meter sprint silver medal behind Owens by .04 seconds. In one of the most dramatic 800 meter races in history, American John Woodruff won gold after slowing to jogging speed in the middle of the final in order to free himself from being boxed in.[26] Glenn Edgar Morris, a farm boy from Colorado, won Gold in the Decathlon. Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal. The U.S. eight-man rowing team from the University of Washington won the gold medal, coming from behind to defeat the Germans and Italians with Adolf Hitler in attendance. In the marathon two Korean athletes won medals – Sohn Kee-chung (gold) and Nam Sung-yong (bronze) – running for Japan and under Japanese names; Japan had annexed Korea in 1910. British India won the gold medal in the field hockey event once again (they won the gold in all Olympics from 1928 to 1956), defeating Germany 8–1 in the final. However, Indians were considered Indo-Aryans by the Germans and there was no controversy regarding their victory. Rie Mastenbroek of the Netherlands won three gold medals and a silver in swimming. Estonia's Kristjan Palusalu won two gold medals in Men's Wrestling, marking the last time Estonia competed as an independent nation in the Olympics until 1992. After winning the middleweight class, the Egyptian weightlifter Khadr El Touni continued to compete for another 45 minutes, finally exceeding the total of the German silver medalist by 35 kg. The 20-year-old El Touni lifted a total of 387.5 kg crushing two German world champions, El Touni broke the then Olympic and world records, while the German lifted 352.5 kg. Furthermore, El Touni had lifted 15 kg more than the heavyweight gold medalist, a feat only El Touni has accomplished. El Touni's new world records stood for 13 years. Fascinated by El Touni's performance, Adolf Hitler rushed down to greet this human miracle. Prior to the competition, Hitler was said to have been sure that Rudolf Ismayr and Adolf Wagner would embarrass all other opponents. Hitler was so impressed by El Touni's domination in the middleweight class that he ordered a street named after him in Berlin olympic village.[16] The Egyptian held the No. 1 position on the IWF list of history's 50 greatest weightlifters for 60 years, until the 1996 Games in Atlanta where Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu surpassed him to top the list.
The Nazis demoted Captain Wolfgang Fürstner, the half-Jewish commandant of the Olympic Village, during the games, and replaced him with Werner von Gilsa. After the games' conclusion, Fürstner, a career officer, committed suicide when he learned that the Nuremberg Laws classified him as a Jew, and, as such, he was to be expelled from the Wehrmacht.[24] In the film Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) the filmmakers removed all Nazi symbols which appeared during the actual games, although actors playing members of the Berlin police force help Charlie apprehend the spies (of unnamed nationality) trying to steal a new aerial guidance system.[25] [edit] Sporting innovationsBasketball was added to the Olympic program. In the final game, the United States beat Canada 19–8. The contest was played outdoors on a dirt court in driving rain. Because of the quagmire, the teams could not dribble, thus the score was held to a minimum. Joe Fortenberry was the high scorer for the U.S. with seven points. Spectators did not have seats, and the approximately 1,000 in attendance had to stand in the rain. In the freestyle event, swimmers originally dived from the pool walls, but diving blocks were incorporated at the 1936 Olympics. [edit] Notable winsGermany had a prosperous year in the equestrian events, winning individual and team gold in all three disciplines, as well as individual silver in dressage. In the cycling match sprint finals, the German Toni Merkens fouled Arie van Vliet of the Netherlands. Instead of being disqualified, he was fined 100 marks and kept his gold. German gymnasts Konrad Frey and Alfred Schwarzmann both won three gold medals. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the sprint and long jump events. His German competitor Luz Long offered Owens advice after he almost failed to qualify in the long jump and was posthumously awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship. Mack Robinson, brother to Jackie Robinson won the 200 meter sprint silver medal behind Owens by .04 seconds. In one of the most dramatic 800 meter races in history, American John Woodruff won gold after slowing to jogging speed in the middle of the final in order to free himself from being boxed in.[26] Glenn Edgar Morris, a farm boy from Colorado, won Gold in the Decathlon. Rower Jack Beresford won his fifth Olympic medal in the sport, and his third gold medal. The U.S. eight-man rowing team from the University of Washington won the gold medal, coming from behind to defeat the Germans and Italians with Adolf Hitler in attendance. In the marathon two Korean athletes won medals – Sohn Kee-chung (gold) and Nam Sung-yong (bronze) – running for Japan and under Japanese names; Japan had annexed Korea in 1910. British India won the gold medal in the field hockey event once again (they won the gold in all Olympics from 1928 to 1956), defeating Germany 8–1 in the final. However, Indians were considered Indo-Aryans by the Germans and there was no controversy regarding their victory. Rie Mastenbroek of the Netherlands won three gold medals and a silver in swimming. Estonia's Kristjan Palusalu won two gold medals in Men's Wrestling, marking the last time Estonia competed as an independent nation in the Olympics until 1992. After winning the middleweight class, the Egyptian weightlifter Khadr El Touni continued to compete for another 45 minutes, finally exceeding the total of the German silver medalist by 35 kg. The 20-year-old El Touni lifted a total of 387.5 kg crushing two German world champions, El Touni broke the then Olympic and world records, while the German lifted 352.5 kg. Furthermore, El Touni had lifted 15 kg more than the heavyweight gold medalist, a feat only El Touni has accomplished. El Touni's new world records stood for 13 years. Fascinated by El Touni's performance, Adolf Hitler rushed down to greet this human miracle. Prior to the competition, Hitler was said to have been sure that Rudolf Ismayr and Adolf Wagner would embarrass all other opponents. Hitler was so impressed by El Touni's domination in the middleweight class that he ordered a street named after him in Berlin olympic village.[16] The Egyptian held the No. 1 position on the IWF list of history's 50 greatest weightlifters for 60 years, until the 1996 Games in Atlanta where Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu surpassed him to top the list. A total of 49 nations attended the Berlin Olympics, up from 37 in 1932. Six nations made their first official Olympic appearance at these Games: Afghanistan, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Liechtenstein and Peru. Quotations
details about the sport and medal winners is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics
THE LYMMPIC FLAME
The Oympic Flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games.[1] Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics[citation needed]. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam,[citation needed] and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. In contrast to the Olympic flame proper, the torch relay of modern times which transports the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics.[2] The Olympic Torch today is ignited several months before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. Eleven women, representing the Vestal Virgins,[notes 1] perform a ceremony in which the torch is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. The Olympic Torch Relay ends on the day of the opening ceremony in the central stadium of the Games. The final carrier is often kept unannounced until the last moment, and is usually a sports celebrity of the host country. The final bearer of the torch runs towards the cauldron, often placed at the top of a grand staircase, and then uses the torch to start the flame in the stadium. It is considered a great honor to be asked to light the Olympic Flame. After being lit, the flame continues to burn throughout the Olympics, and is extinguished on the day of the closing ceremony. Ancient OlympicsIn the time of the original games within the boundaries of Olympia, the altar of the sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hestia maintained a continuous flame (according to the official website of the Olympic Movement 2012).[3][4] For the ancient Greeks, fire had divine connotations—it was thought to have been stolen from the gods by Prometheus. Therefore, fire was also present at many of the sanctuaries in Olympia, Greece. During the Olympic Games, which honored Zeus, additional fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife, Hera. The modern Olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of Hera used to stand. Flame from the ancient games was reintroduced during the 1928 Games. An employee of the Electric Utility of Amsterdam lit the first Olympic flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. The modern convention of moving the Olympic Flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue began in 1936. Carl Diem devised the idea of the torch relay for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin that was organized by the Nazis under the guidance of Joseph Goebbels. Krupp armaments company produced the torches in wood and metal, inspired by an olive leaf. The Olympic Flame was lit by a concave mirror in Olympia, Greece and transported over 3,187 kilometres by 3,331 runners in twelve days and eleven nights from Greece to Berlin. Leni Riefenstahl later staged the torch relay for the 1938 film Olympia. The film was part of the Nazi propaganda machine’s attempt to add myth and mystique to Adolf Hitler’s regime. Hitler saw the link with the ancient Games as the perfect way to illustrate his belief that classical Greece was an Aryan forerunner of the modern German Reich.[5] There were minor protests in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia on the way, which were suppressed by the local security forces. Although most of the time the torch with the Olympic Flame is still carried by runners, it has been transported in many different ways. The fire travelled by boat in 1948 to cross the English Channel and was carried by rowers in Canberra as well as by dragon boat in Hong Kong[6] in 2008, and it was first transported by airplane in 1952, when the fire travelled to Helsinki. In 1956, all carriers in the torch relay to Stockholm, where the equestrian events were held instead of in Melbourne, travelled on horseback. Remarkable means of transportation were used in 1976, when the flame was transformed to a radio signal. From Athens, this signal was transmitted by satellite to Canada,[7] where it was received and used to trigger a laser beam to re-light the flame. This distinctive 1976 torch was manufactured by John L. Saksun's The Queensway Machine Products Ltd. In 2000, the torch was carried under water by divers near the Great Barrier Reef. Other unique means of transportation include a Native American canoe, a camel, and Concorde.[8] In 2004, the first global torch relay was undertaken, a journey that lasted 78 days. The Olympic flame covered a distance of more than 78,000 km in the hands of some 11,300 torchbearers, travelling to Africa and South America for the first time, visiting all previous Olympic cities and finally returning to Athens for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The climactic transfer of the flame from the torches to the cauldron at the host stadium concludes the relay and marks the symbolic commencement of the Games. Perhaps one of the most spectacular of these ceremonies took place at the 1992 Barcelona Games, when Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo ignited the cauldron by shooting a burning arrow over it, which ignited gas rising from the cauldron.[9] Two years later, the Olympic fire was brought into the stadium of Lillehammer by a ski jumper. In Beijing 2008, Li Ning 'ran' on air around the Bird's Nest and lit the flame. In Vancouver 2010, four athletes—Catriona LeMay Doan, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash and Nancy Greene—were given the honor of lighting the flame simultaneously (indoor) before Wayne Gretzky transferred the flame to an outdoor cauldron at Vancouver's waterfront. Over the years, it has become a tradition to let famous athletes, former athletes and/or athletes with significant achievements and milestones be the last runner in the Olympic torch relay and have the honor of lighting the Olympic Cauldron. The first well-known athlete to light the cauldron in the stadium was ninefold Olympic Champion Paavo Nurmi, who excited the home crowd in Helsinki in 1952. Other famous last bearers of the torch include French football star Michel Platini (1992), heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (1996), Australian aboriginal runner Cathy Freeman (2000), and ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky (2010). On other occasions, the people who lit the cauldron in the stadium are not famous, but nevertheless symbolize Olympic ideals. Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the nuclear weapon Little Boy destroyed that city. He symbolized the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War when he opened the 1964 Tokyo Games. At the 1976 Games in Montreal, two teenagers — one from the French-speaking part of the country, one from the English-speaking part — symbolized the unity of Canada. The Olympic torch travels routes that symbolise human achievement. In 1976 the flame was transmitted from Greece to the New World via satellite. Heat sensors in Greece detected the flame, the signal was sent to Ottawa via satellite and there a laser beam lit the torch.[10] The torch, but not the flame, was taken into space by astronauts in 1996 and 2000.[11] The design of the torch used in the relay to the Games changes for each Games. They may be designed to represent a classical ideal, or to represent some local aspect of those particular Games.[12][13][14] Some, such as Albertville in 1992 and Turin in 2006 have been designed by famous industrial designers. These design-led torches have been less popular than the more classical designs, the Turin torch in particular was criticised for being simply too heavy for the runners. The torch for the 1948 London Olympics was designed by architect Ralph Lavers.[15] They were cast in Hiduminium aluminium alloy[16] with a length of 47 cm and a weight of 960 g. This classical design of a long handle capped by a cylindrical bowl re-appeared in many later torch designs. The torch used for the final entry to the stadium and the lighting of the cauldron was of a different design, also a feature that would re-appear in later years. This torch did not require the long distance duration or weather resistance of the other torches, but did need a spectacular flame for the opening ceremony. At the Melbourne Olympics of 1956, the magnesium / aluminium fuel used for the final torch was certainly spectacular, but also managed to injure its holder.[17] Runners were also burned by the solid-fueled torch for the 1968 Mexico Games.[12] The fuel used for the torch has varied. Early torches used solid or liquid fuels, including olive oil.[18] For a particularly bright display, pyrotechnic compounds and even burning metals have been used. Since the Munich Games of 1972, most torches have instead used a liquefied gas such as propylene or a propane/butane mixture. These are easily stored, easily controlled and give a brightly luminous flame. The number of torches made has varied from, for example, 22 for Helsinki in 1952, 6,200 for the 1980 Moscow Games[12] and 8,000 for the London 2012 Games. In transit, the flame sometimes travels by air. A version of the miner's safety lamp is used, kept alight in the air. These lamps are also used during the relay, as a back-up in case the primary torch goes out. This has happened before several Games, but the torch is simply re-lit and carries on. The torch has been carried across water. The 1968 Grenoble Winter Games was carried across the port of Marseilles by a diver holding it aloft above the water.[12] In 2000 an underwater flare was used by a diver across the Great Barrier Reef en route to the Sydney Games.[17] In 2012 it was carried by boat across Bristol harbour in the UK. The latest torch is designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (BarberOsgerby) for the 2012 London Games. Despite a deeply cynical response to the logo and mascots of the London Games, this torch design appears to have been well accepted in the UK and internationally.[19] There have been protests against the Olympic flame relay due to its origins with the Nazis. In the 1956 Melbourne Games, local veterinary student Barry Larkin protested against the relay by tricking onlookers by carrying a fake flame, consisting of a pair of underpants set on fire in a plum pudding can, attached to a chair leg. He successfully managed to hand over the fake flame to the Mayor of Sydney, Pat Hills and escape without being noticed.[20][21][22] In 2008 there were various attempts to stop the Olympic Flame as a protest against China's human rights record. In London, a "ring of steel" was formed around the Flame to protect it, but one protester, Ian Harold Brown, managed to grab hold of the torch while it was being held by television presenter Konnie Huq.[23] The cauldron and the pedestal are always the subject of unique and often dramatic design. These also tie in with how the cauldron is lit during the Opening Ceremony.
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We are drowning in ritual in Britain this summer. As I write, the Olympic flame is being carried through the streets
before cheering crowds in most of the population centres of the country on its
way to the games in London at the end of July.
Olympic torch: Flame arrives in UK for 2012 torch relayThe Olympic flame has landed in the UK ready for the London 2012 torch relay after being flown from Athens, Greece. David Beckham used it to light a cauldron after the plane, also carrying Princess Anne and Locog chair Lord Coe, arrived at a Cornish air base. Flight BA2012, a gold-coloured A319 named The Firefly, was greeted at RNAS Culdrose by cheering crowds. After Friday's welcoming ceremony, the flame flies on Saturday to Land's End for the start of an 8,000 mile relay. The Princess Royal carried the transportation lantern containing the flame from the aircraft and on to the tarmac. It was transferred to a London 2012 torch and David Beckham lit a cauldron, to mark the flame's arrival on UK soil.
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Search maps, check street routes and join in 70 days of live coverage in video, stories and pictures He said: "It's a very proud moment for everybody. "Seb (Coe) and the team have done an incredible job. I'm very proud to be part of this team bringing the flame. As a nation we're going to have an amazing couple of months." Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was at the Royal Naval air station to formally welcome the flame, along with 500 members of the public, armed forces and dignitaries. He said: "Eight thousand people will pass it from hand-to-hand, a human chain that reaches the length and breadth of Britain. "With every step, the excitement will build. Ten weeks from now, the world will watch as the flame arrives at the Olympic Stadium, bringing with it the hopes of a nation." Chairman of Olympic organisers Locog, Lord Coe, who went to Greece for the lighting and handover of the flame, said this next stage in the build-up to the Games was a "magical moment for any host country". He said: "It's just suddenly come home that this is the first time this has happened in this country for 64 years." The flame will spend Friday night under guard at the air base and on Saturday morning be flown the 25 miles to Land's End by a Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter. There, triple Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Ben Ainslie, who on Friday won a record sixth Finn world title, will be the first of 8,000 torchbearers to carry it across the country. |
Meanwhile, the country (though far from
all of it) is also celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and her
60 years as bloodline head of state of Britain as well as 16 Commonwealth
countries including Canada and Australia.
Both celebrations are actually rituals
to worship two major symbols of the very Control System that is enslaving the
people doing the cheering, clapping and waving of flags. Depressing? Yes, if you
allow it to be, but I don't, because it
achieves nothing. It is just another potent example of that which has held
humanity in servitude for aeons - ignorance
. Put a nicer way, lack of information.
The Olympic torch relay in which the
flame is carried from Greece to the Olympic venue every four years (every two
including the winter games) has nothing to do with the ancient games at
all. It was instigated at the Nazi Olympics in
Berlin in 1936 which were overseen by Hitler's propaganda chief and
occultist, Joseph Goebbels ...
... In the run up to the Berlin games,
the International Olympic Committee agreed to German requests that a flame
should be kindled from the rays of the sun in Olympia, Greece, home of the
original games, and carried by torch to
the host city. The 'Olympic' tradition of the flame relay had begun and it
is being continued on the streets of Britain
as you read this.
Some 3,330 runners carried the flame to
Berlin through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria,
Czechoslovakia, and Germany in 1936, while 7,000 are doing so across Britain in
2012. On its way through
Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in 1936 protesters were brutally dealt with in
keeping with the 'Olympic spirit'.
The Nazis of 1936 also made the Olympic
rings popular and brought them into widespread use at Olympic Gam
es to this day. They ordered that a milestone with carved Olympic rings be
installed at the ancient site of Delphi
before the torchbearers trotted off for Berlin.
Later, two British writers visited Delphi and found the said milestone with its
Olympic rings and recorded in their
work, History of the Ancient Games, that the ring symbol
originated in ancient Greece when it was actually
designed by the originator of the modern games and promoted to prominence by the
Nazis.
As in Nazi Germany in 1936 …
… so in Britain in 2012 …
Come cheer and worship the symbol of those that would enslave you … and if you want to make a profit sell your torch on e-Bay, as some have.
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can make a decision then on the maximum number seats we need to
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After seeing the new crop circle at Milk Hill that appeared this moring:
It lookes like a millipede but is a fish that I've seen before: a shark - called a Cloy Fish, shown to me in a vision several weeks ago. I was told by a voice that I would see one of these soon.
In my vision of the Cloy fish, it whipped it's tail violently back and forth and dug a hole in the sand behind it that it slid into until only its nose was sticking out.
In todays seies of visions, I saw it whipping its tail back and forth
similarly.
I saw two hands try to grasp it by the neck and it wipped its head back and forth so no one could keep a grasp on it.
I then saw a black triangle pointing off its tail like a sound pattern, my right ear clogged up and I heard the sound of a boom in the distance.
It came to me that the tail is pointing at London, and that a bomb is going to go off there. (This remains to be proven on a map a soon as possible)
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** Olympics missiles sites confirmed **
Ground-based air defence systems will be sited at six locations
in and around London during the Olympic Games, despite opposition from
residents.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18690861 >
About 100 sites were considered as locations for ground missiles
Ground-based air defence systems will be sited at six locations in and around London during the Olympic Games, despite opposition from residents.
The missiles - including rapier and high-velocity systems - will be in place from mid-July, the MoD confirmed.
Plans also include the use of helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, which will be moored in the River Thames.
RAF Typhoon jets will be stationed at
About 100 sites were considered as locations for ground missiles
Ground-based air defence systems will be sited at six locations in and around London during the Olympic Games, despite opposition from residents.
The missiles - including rapier and high-velocity systems - will be in place from mid-July, the MoD confirmed.
Plans also include the use of helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, which will be moored in the River Thames.
RAF Typhoon jets will be stationed at RAF Northolt, and Puma helicopters at a Territorial Army centre in Ilford.
'Small number of activists'Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the ground-based air defence systems were "just one part of a comprehensive, multi-layered air security plan" which would provide "both reassurance and a powerful deterrent
We have undertaken a wide programme of engagement with the communities affected, involving relevant local authorities, landowners, MPs, council leaders, and community meetings.
"These have shown that, while people understandably have questions and concerns which we have sought to answer, broadly speaking communities are supportive of our work."
Some 100 sites were considered as locations for ground missiles, before this was narrowed down to the six final sites which were deemed to offer the best possible protection to the Olympic Park and surrounding area against any air threat.
The sites, and the specific systems to be deployed at them, are:
The plans have sparked a campaign by residents, who say 1,000 people have signed a petition in protest.
The plans to site the missiles are being opposed by residents
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower have also launched legal proceedings against the missiles' siting.
Solicitors instructed by the residents' association said their challenge is set to reach the High Court on 9 July.
3 July 2012 Last updated at 10:07 ET
About 100 sites were considered as locations for ground missiles
Ground-based air defence systems will be sited at six locations in and around London during the Olympic Games, despite opposition from residents.
The missiles - including rapier and high-velocity systems - will be in place from mid-July, the MoD confirmed.
Plans also include the use of helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, which will be moored in the River Thames.
RAF Typhoon jets will be stationed at RAF Northolt, and Puma helicopters at a Territorial Army centre in Ilford.
'Small number of activists'Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the ground-based air defence systems were "just one part of a comprehensive, multi-layered air security plan" which would provide "both reassurance and a powerful deterrent".
They would go ahead despite objections from a "small number of activists," he said.
"We have undertaken a wide programme of engagement with the communities affected, involving relevant local authorities, landowners, MPs, council leaders, and community meetings.
"These have shown that, while people understandably have questions and concerns which we have sought to answer, broadly speaking communities are supportive of our work."
Some 100 sites were considered as locations for ground missiles, before this was narrowed down to the six final sites which were deemed to offer the best possible protection to the Olympic Park and surrounding area against any air threat.
The sites, and the specific systems to be deployed at them, are:
The plans have sparked a campaign by residents, who say 1,000 people have signed a petition in protest.
The plans to site the missiles are being opposed by residents
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower have also launched legal proceedings against the missiles' siting.
Solicitors instructed by the residents' association said their challenge is set to reach the High Court on 9 July.
Responding to the MoD's confirmation of the plans Chris Nineham, 49, from Bow, who is part of the Stop the Olympic Missiles campaign said: "This is a decision that flies in the face of good sense and also the opinions and feeling of the people who live in the area."
"Sitting missiles on housing estates makes people feel a lot less secure."
A decision based on the threat level as to whether the systems will remain throughout the Paralympics - from 29 August until 9 September - has yet to be made.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The government has reserved the right to extend the airspace restrictions, and the deployment of military assets, including ground based air defence, if an assessment of the threat level warrants it."
A terrorist suspect has been arrested for breaching legal curbs on his movements after he travelled through the Olympic Park site in east London.
The 24-year-old, known as CF, is one of nine people subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures.
He was arrested last month and charged with five separate breaches of an order banning him from using the train route which passes through the area.
CF's legal team has promised to prove he was seeing his solicitor each time.
They blame the breach on "erroneous advice" that the London Overground journeys were not in breach of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (T-Pim) because they did not involve him stopping at Stratford International station.
'Very serious questions'CF wears an electronic tag allowing the authorities to track his movements.
He was held overnight after being arrested for entering the Olympic no-go zone, but was subsequently released on bail, and he is due to face prosecution later this month.
T-Pims replaced the control orders system previously used to restrict the movements and contacts of individuals thought to pose a risk to the public, but who cannot be tried for reasons of national security.
Control orders allowed the authorities to force suspects to move away from their homes and close associates - but under the T-Pim regime, they do not.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has asked whether the incidents posed a threat to safety at the London 2012 Games - and said the "downgraded" anti-terror measures were at fault.
End Quote Yvette Cooper Shadow home secretaryThese weaker counter terror powers are costing the taxpayer millions of pounds in extra police surveillance at a time when the police already face serious pressure from budget cuts and Olympic demands”
Ms Cooper said CF's alleged multiple breaches of the T-Pim: "Raise very serious questions about the home secretary's judgment in downgrading counter terror powers in Olympic year, against expert advice.
"The reports show that last year this terror suspect was seen as sufficiently dangerous for the Home Office and the courts to ban him from London.
"Yet this year, because the home secretary downgraded control orders to T-Pims, he was allowed back into the capital and was able to travel to the Olympic area as a result.
"These weaker counter terror powers are costing the taxpayer millions of pounds in extra police surveillance at a time when the police already face serious pressure from budget cuts and Olympic demands."
CF is reportedly staging a legal challenge against the order which is due to be heard by the High Court on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "CF has been charged with five offences of breaching his T-Pim. He is next in court on 27 July."
NOTE FROM DEE: AMERICAN REPORTS OF THIS ARREST, WHICH IS THE SEVENTH ARREST, CLAIMED THAT IT WASN'T CONNECTED TO THE OLYMPICS.
9 July 2012 Last updated at 11:37 ET
Residents want an injunction preventing the siting of the missiles
Council tenants have argued a plan to place surface-to-air missiles on their tower block during the Olympics could make them a terrorism target.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) rejected the claim, saying missile deployment as part of security measures for the Games was legitimate and proportionate.
Residents of Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, have applied for permission for a judicial review at the High Court.
A judgement is expected on Tuesday.
Top-level decisionThe residents' barrister, Marc Willers, said their block could become the "focus of a terrorist attack" to make an "evil statement".
Mr Willers told Mr Justice Haddon-Cave: "It is the unprecedented siting of a military base or missile site in peace time on English soil that brings us to this court."
Of the residents, he said: "They have a fully justified fear that installation or deployment of the missile system on the roof of the Fred Wigg Tower gives rise to the additional risk that the tower itself may become the focus of a terrorist attack.
"That fear is not just genuine and legitimate but justified given the nature of the forthcoming occasion - the Olympic Games - and given the nature of the deployment and the current threat level, which is said to be substantial."
Mr Willers filed documents to the court calling for the residents to be moved out of their homes and compensated during the Olympics if the missiles are set up.
He suggested building a tower or gantry on Wanstead Flats to house the missiles.
Mr Willers also warned that part of the missile falls away when fired, claiming it could drop on to a passer-by or set a building on fire.
The MoD plans to deploy either Rapier or high-velocity missiles at six sites as part of security measures for the London Games.
David Forsdick, appearing on behalf of the MoD, said the decision over where to position the missiles was taken at the "highest levels after rigorous scrutiny".
He said it was signed off by the prime minister, deputy prime minister, home secretary and defence secretary in "defence of the realm".
He rejected the allegation that the block could become a focus of terrorism.
He told the court: "The MoD, intelligence agencies and the Metropolitan Police do not consider there is any credible threat to the Fred Wigg Tower from terrorism."
He said that view was supported by a witness statement from Dr Campbell McCafferty, head of UK counter-terrorism at the MoD.
The judge hearing the application said the case was "urgent" and hopes to give a judgment on Tuesday.
Mr Willers said it was now probably too late for a full consultation process to be ordered.
The residents want an injunction preventing the siting of the missiles until their legal challenge is heard.
The defence secretary is accused by the local residents' association of breaching Article 8 and Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
These protect an individual's right to a private life and peaceful enjoyment of their home.
But Mr Forsdick said the missile deployment was "legitimate and proportionate", and the MoD was not legally obliged to relocate residents or offer them compensation.
The missiles, including Rapier and high-velocity systems, will be in place from mid-July, the MoD confirmed last week.
The sites and types of systems set to be deployed are:
Plans also include the use of the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, which will be moored on the River Thames.
RAF Typhoon jets will be stationed at RAF Northolt, and Puma helicopters at a Territorial Army centre in Ilford, east London. The aircraft, which arrived back at the base on Monday, could be scrambled at short notice.
A SACRILEGE TO THE ANCIENTS JUST FOR FUN?
10 July 2012 Last updated at 16:12 ET
Stonehenge has been transformed into a "glowing fairytale environment" to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.
As the sun set, the World Heritage site was being lit up with fire sculptures, candle-lit paths and the ancient stones illuminated.
The "Fire Garden", which runs for three consecutive nights, has been created by French arts group Compagnie Carabosse.
The event is part of London 2012 Festival, a three-month cultural celebration.
Organised by the Salisbury International Arts Festival, the "atmospheric feast for the senses" includes "mysterious fiery engines", flaming fire pots and "cascades of candles".
The arts group, which has staged installations across Europe, said visitors would "pass between concentric circles of flames" and "huge fire balls".
"They have been setting up since Friday," said Maria Bota, the festival's director.
"And they have responded to the site and created this especially for Stonehenge.
"They've incorporated the points of the compass, the shadows on the stones and the sense of many souls departing."
Simon Thurley, chief executive of English Heritage, said: "Stonehenge has been a place of celebration for thousands of years so it is fitting that it plays a role in this major cultural celebration."
The Fire Garden runs from 10-12 July, from 21:00 BST until midnight, with last admission at 23:30 BST.
11 July 2012 Last updated at 18:02 ET
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The UK's armed forces are on standby to provide an additional 3,500 troops to help with security at the 2012 London Olympics, the BBC has learned.
It comes amid fears that private contractor G4S would not be able to provide enough trained staff in time.
The armed forces are already providing some 13,500 personnel - this could now reach 17,000, meaning summer leave for some troops is likely to be cancelled.
G4S said it had "some issues in relation to workforce supply".
The company is being paid £300m to guard the Games, but the BBC understands it has not been able to guarantee it can supply the 10,000 guards it has been contracted to deliver.
'No impact'A G4S spokeswoman said the company had accepted "that the government has decided to overlay additional resources".
She added: "This has been an unprecedented and very complex security recruitment, training and deployment exercise which has been carried out to a tight timescale.
"We have encountered some issues in relation to workforce supply and scheduling over the last couple of weeks, but are resolving these every day and remain committed to providing a security workforce for the start of the London 2012 Games."
The armed forces were already due to provide some 13,500 personnel to help at the Games, with more available as a contingency plan.
Whitehall sources are keen to stress that there is no impact on security at the Games.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will announce more details about the extra troops on Thursday, the Home Office said.
In a statement, it said: "We have agreed to offer help to G4S by revising the level of military support."
It added the government and all involved were focused on delivering a "safe and secure Games".
"Our approach is intelligence-led and risk-based, and we retain the ability to be flexible in our response.
"The government is committing £553m for venue security and we remain confident that we will deliver within budget."
'Deeply concerned'Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said he will write to the home secretary for an explanation to find out what is happening.
He said he was "deeply concerned" that G4S were now unable to deliver their contract and that "the Home Office have left contingency plans to the last moment".
And Labour's shadow Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell MP, said there was "clearly a serious problem".
"With two weeks to go to the start of the Games, it is imperative that action is taken to ensure that the full and necessary quota of security personnel are in place so that the Games will be safe and secure," she said.
"We need to know why the problem has emerged so late in the day and precisely what has been agreed to.
"We also must know whether this affects army commitments elsewhere, which units are providing people and what terms and conditions are given for those who will likely lose periods of leave."
She added that - in the spirit of the cross-party approach to the Games - it was "essential that the opposition is kept fully informed of these events as they develop".
G4S said its planning with organising committee Locog and other security agencies allowed for "a variety of contingencies which have been reviewed in the build-up to the Games."
A spokesman for the London mayor, Boris Johnson, said: "The mayor takes the issue of Olympics security extremely seriously, and having the finest and bravest service men and woman in the world at our disposal during the Games should be a source of great comfort."
The government has previously said a total security force of 23,700 will take care of venue security, including the G4S contingent.
G4S will have overall control of Olympic venue security, working alongside unarmed troops, searching and checking people going into the stadiums and other venues.
Olympic sites number more than 30 sporting venues and more than 70 "non-competition venues" including car parks and hotels.
16 July 2012 Last updated at 10:39 ET
Jon Kay reports on how 'Day One' went at London's Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is expecting its busiest day on record and on the main route out - the M4 - the first priority "Games Lane" is in operation.
Work is also starting at the lab which will conduct some 6,000 drugs tests.
Meanwhile, it has emerged police have had to deploy extra officers from eight UK forces at short notice to help with security work for London 2012.
This follows the news last week that 3,500 troops had been drafted in to plug gaps after private security firm G4S failed to recruit enough guards for the Games.
In the Commons, Home Secretary Theresa May answered an urgent question on Olympics security from shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper saying that it was "untrue" that ministers knew last year that there would be a shortfall in the numbers of security personnel they had been promised.
"G4S repeatedly assured us that they would overshoot their targets," she said.
Mrs May said the government had taken immediate action after becoming aware of the shortage last Wednesday.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison said: "Whilst some of the activity police officers are undertaking was not anticipated, plans were put in place to allow us to do this.
"Forces are making sure they make the best use of their resources locally to do all they can to minimise the impact on local policing."
The forces involved include Dorset, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Northumbria, South Wales, Strathclyde, West Midlands, Thames Valley Police, and Greater Manchester Police.
In Salford, only 17 of an expected 56 G4S staff turned up for work at an Olympic team hotel and front-line officers had been pulled in to cover, the chairman of the Greater Manchester Police Authority said.
G4S said measures were being taken that should lead to the withdrawal of officers from private security roles "over the coming days".
Passengers recordHeathrow Airport is expecting to process as many as 236,955 passengers on Monday, which would surpass its previous record of 233,562 set on 31 July last year. This compares with 190,000 passengers through Heathrow on an average day.
Some 335 competitors are expected on Monday, as part of 1,027 so-called "Games Family" arrivals (including athletes and coaches) from more than 50 countries. Heathrow operator BAA expects the busiest day for arriving athletes to be 24 July.
"Today heralds the start of Britain's biggest peacetime transport challenge and Heathrow's busiest ever period," said BAA's head of Olympic and Paralympic planning, Nick Cole.
Volunteers have been directing athletes to the coaches and trains taking many of them to the Olympic Village in Stratford, east London, which opened on Monday.
Two-time 400m hurdles world champion Kerron Clement claimed on the website Twitter that his coach to the village had become lost for four hours.
The American tweeted: "Um, so we've been lost on the road for 4hrs. Not a good first impression London."
The village will house 16,000 athletes and officials at its peak.
Those leaving the airport by road should benefit from the first of the Games Lanes, which at busy times will operate between Junction 3 and Junction 2 of the M4 motorway towards London.
The rest of the 30 miles of dedicated lanes in the Olympic Route Network (ORN) will be operational by the middle of next week, with heavy fines for those who misuse them.
All road users will be able to go into the lanes when they are not in use overnight.
Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said the authorities had plans to lift the restrictions if they were causing gridlock.
Kevin Delaney, from the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said the lanes could exacerbate traffic problems in the capital.
"If anything goes wrong with the central and inner London transport network, we tend to get a wholly disproportionate amount of congestion - and so the Games lanes themselves will actually impose serious constraints on this already stretched network," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The biggest anti-doping operation in the history of the Olympics is also beginning at the London 2012 laboratory.
Half of the competitors will be tested including every medallist at the Olympics and Paralympics.
G4S chief executive Nick Buckles is due to appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday to answer MPs' questions about the firm's failures over the Games.
The company has said it stands to lose up to £50m on the contract, worth a total of about £280m, after being unable to provide the 10,000 staff it had been contracted to deliver.
BBC political correspondent Robin Brant says Labour thinks there are "serious questions" for Mrs May over the extent to which the Home Office had oversight of the contract.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is also expected to deal with some of the implications for troops when he responds to MPs' questions in the Commons later.
Mrs May said she was only made aware of the scale of the problem at G4S on Wednesday.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the government had been monitoring potential Olympics problems since taking power in 2010.
"Obviously the G4S issue, the full extent of that didn't come to light until relatively recently as they were going through the final stages of hiring the temporary staff," he said.
"Let me pay tribute to the soldiers who are going to do a great job of making sure we deliver a secure Olympics."
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "It's absolutely vital that we get the message across these Games are going to be very safe, very secure.
Obviously you can never be complacent about security, you can never take anything for granted - and huge amounts of work continue to be done, particularly on the intelligence side, to make sure that we have anticipated every conceivable threat - but London will be very, very safe."
And he added: "I think we are still the last moment before curtain up, and there is a bit of pre-curtain up jitters and casting around for things to talk about.
"When the athletics gets going, when the whole thing kicks off, when the opening ceremony begins, then I think a lot of these issues that we are currently now discussing will melt away."
Meanwhile the BBC's Matt Cole has been speaking to a G4S source at an Olympic
site outside London. The source has raised a number of "significant" concerns
including only a quarter of the expected G4S staff have turned up; last minute
staff who are arriving do not appear properly trained and they have seen
forbidden objects pass un-noticed by colleagues through scanners.
There are others. Such as only 20 out of 300 security guards showing up for
their first day of work At the Surrey site, the fact that one reason why they
don't have people for the jokes is the 12day training was not paid & the persons
were required to purchase their own uniforms (at some expense I'm sure) -and of
people who were hired many never got calls back. They took over 110,000
applications for 10,000 jobs. Face to face interviewed About 50,000 but have
only a few k on staff. And of those, most don't show up or don't do their jobs
correctly as stated in the quote above
I think I might just take a trip soon.
** G4S boss grilled by MPs **
The G4S chief executive is before a committee of MPs to explain why his firm was
not able to provide the Olympic security staff it had promised.
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The Aslef rail union announced on Thursday that 450 of its members in central England would walk out between August 6 and 8 in a dispute over pensions, affecting passengers travelling from cities such as Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby to the capital.
The decision coincided with a move by border officials to strike on July 26, the day before the start of the Games, potentially delaying thousands of visitors arriving for the showpiece event.
The threat of transport chaos added to pressure on the government, which has already had to call in thousands of extra soldiers to guard the Games after a failed private sector recruitment drive left an embarrassing hole in security.
Even the wet weather has conspired to dampen spirits ahead of the sporting showcase, which has earned the nickname the "Soggy Olympics" in the British media.
Perhaps it was no coincidence that Police lyrics "sending out an SOS", from the song "Message in a Bottle", were blaring before the daily press conference at the Olympic Park in east London.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejected accusations that the build-up to the Games had been a shambles, arguing that for an operation of such a scale the preparations had in fact been remarkably smooth.
"Actually I think it has been a very smooth process," he told reporters, after a barrage of questions on issues ranging from security shortfalls to sanitation on the main Olympic site. "I think it has been an encouraging first week.
"I think it is very important that people understand that of course you are going to have a few hitches on a project of this scale, but actually things have gone pretty smoothly, and the athletes are getting a fantastic welcome in the village, and I think morale is very high."
On the issue of the danger of strike action causing disruptions, he added: "It would be completely out of tune with the mood of the British public. This is a moment when Britain wants to show its best face to the world, and that is what the vast majority of the public wants as well.
"I would strongly counsel any unions thinking of disrupting this very important period, I think they would lose huge amounts of public support if they really tried to do this."
Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking during a visit to Afghanistan, said of the planned action by passport officials: "I do not believe it would be justified.
GUARD SHORTFALL
The security glitch came after G4S said it could not provide a promised 10,400 security guards to staff Games venues, meaning the Defence Ministry had to call up an extra 3,500 troops to take the armed forces contribution to 17,000 personnel.
A further 2,000 troops may be required if security firm G4S fails to find a minimum requirement of 7,000 staff.
Hunt reiterated government assurances that the Games would be safe in a city where suicide bombers killed 52 people in attacks on the transport system in July 2005.
Further concerns could be raised by Wednesday's suicide bomb attack on a bus transporting Israeli tourists at Burgas airport in Bulgaria.
"Obviously we are monitoring the whole time what's happening with respect to the changing security situation, and we have extremely competent intelligence services who are giving us advice and we are responding to that on an ongoing basis," Hunt said when asked about the Burgas attack.
"The world can be absolutely certain that we will deliver a safe and secure Olympics. It has always been our number one priority."
OPENING CEREMONY
With the Games eight days away, British media has focused heavily on the opening ceremony amid reports of tensions between Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle, who is overseeing the 27 million pound show, and the Olympic Broadcasting Services in charge of airing the Games.
According to the Guardian newspaper, quoting an unnamed source, the atmosphere between the two was "miserable" and rehearsals were behind.
The July 27 evening ceremony, to be watched by a global audience estimated at more than a billion people, has already been shortened to avoid a possible late-night rush for trains and buses home.
"I think I would expect there to be lots of negotiations going on behind the scenes, but I think the overall picture is very encouraging," Hunt said, explaining that he was not aware of the specific problems being reported.
"I think it is going to be a sensational opening ceremony. It will show the best of Britain - its history, its culture, our contribution to the world. But it will do it through the artistic vision of one our finest film directors."
The ceremony will feature more than 10,000 performers and include the recreation of an idyllic English rural scene complete with live animals.
(Additional reporting by Mohammed Abbas in Kabul and Peter Griffiths and Michael Holden in London; Writing by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Alison Williams)
21 July 2012 Last updated at 09:39 ET >London 2012: Scots G4S Olympic security manager resigns
Extra police will be deployed when Olympic football matches are
held at Hampden
A senior manager has resigned from G4S in Scotland because of the crisis over recruiting security guards for the Olympics, BBC Scotland has learned.
The duty security manager, who has not been named by G4S, held an "overview" role, looking after security at Hampden stadium and the team hotels.
Games organiser Locog said he "felt the situation was becoming intolerable".
The departure came as Strathclyde Police took control of security at Olympic venues in Scotland.
It made the move after security firm G4S could not meet its commitments.
Eight football matches for the London 2012 Olympics are to be played at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow, beginning on Wednesday - two days before the Olympic opening ceremony.
Scotland's largest police force confirmed last week it would deploy extra officers.
Increasingly difficultIt does not envisage troops will be needed to bolster security.
G4S has been under fire since it emerged last week that 3,500 military personnel would have to be deployed to meet the firm's shortfall in trained security guards for the Games in London.
Earlier this week, the chief executive of G4S, Nick Buckles, said he regretted ever taking on the Olympic security contract and, under questioning from MPs, he said he could not disagree that it had become a "humiliating shambles".
It is understood Scotland's duty security manager left his post with immediate effect on Friday and has since been replaced.
Locog's head of venue security in Scotland, Kenny Graham, said: "His main reason was frustration at being asked to do an extremely difficult job with very limited resources.
"From a security perspective it was becoming increasingly difficult to put a security operation in place."
He added: "G4S did not deliver on the numbers that we required and that culminated in yesterday's statement from Strathclyde Police that they would, with immediate effect, take primacy for the security operation at Hampden Park."
Mr Graham said: "G4S are a massive organisation and, for whatever reason, they have failed to deliver on their contractual obligations.
"I know this has been addressed at ministerial level and hopefully, come Games time, that matter will be resolved."
A spokeswoman for G4S said they were hoping to resolve differences with the manager who resigned, over the weekend.
16 hours ago ... Olympic organisers apologise
to the North Korean women's football team after
their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean ...
Fortress London: UK protects Olympics with biggest security plan since World War II
Updated at 9:09 a.m. ET: LONDON -- The biggest peacetime security operation in Britain’s history is under way – an $877-million civilian and military plan to protect athletes and visitors from threats ranging from suicide bombers to organized criminals. But it has also turned some London streets into military zones and Olympic venues into fortresses.
A simple glance at the main Olympic Park in East London confirms this will be the most security-conscious Games in history: More than 11 miles of razor-wire-topped electric fencing separates the site from its surroundings, every entrance is guarded by soldiers and the surrounding streets and shopping malls are patrolled by police carrying 9mm semi-automatic weapons – an unusual sight in Britain, where armed patrols are normally found only at airports.
On the busiest days, 12,500 police officers will be on duty while 12,200 soldiers will carry out the venue security searches assisted by at least 7,000 contracted civilian security workers. A further 5,500 troops will be involved in military operations outside the site.
London's Metropolitan Police force is providing security for the Olympics on the ground, in the water, and in the air. NBC's Stephanie Gosk gets a firsthand demonstration of some of the new technology that will be implemented during the Games.
“I think the British have prepared extremely well and in my judgment this is as secure an Olympics preparation as I have ever seen,” said NBC counter-terrorism expert Michael Leiter.
Going for gold: British workers cash in on Olympics with strike threats
Every vehicle entering the site is scanned and searched, inside and out, by military teams in ‘sterile’ zones away from key buildings. The maximum-security athletes’ village is ringed by even more metal fences. It’s enough to prompt some to compare the Olympic Park to a prison.
But it’s the less obvious measures that have brought the greatest controversy to the Games. At least 1,850 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras feed pictures back across London to the joint police and government control center (NOCC) at New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the city’s Metropolitan Police, according to a data access request by civil liberties campaign group, Big Brother Watch. (Olympic organizers refused to say on Tuesday how many cameras are in use.)
London mayor Boris Johnson speaks with TODAY's Matt Lauer about how prepared the city is to host the Olympic games, and promises he won't violate the "no politicians rule" and try to carry the Olympic torch.
The extent of the surveillance might surprise visitors from the United States, but is a common feature of life in Britain - the world’s biggest user of such technology with 4.2 million CCTV cameras in use by public agencies alone.
As well as being fed through facial-recognition and license-place recognition software, images will be available to hundreds of CIA, FBI and TSA officials flying into Britain for the Games, as well as to officers from Interpol.
At least 1,850 security cameras keep watch on the Olympic Park.
The alleged al-Qaeda militant was caught crossing through the Olympic Park five times, breaking a ban imposed by the Home Secretary, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.
The 24 year-old has previously tried to get to Afghanistan, allegedly for terrorist training, and is suspected of fighting for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, which has been responsible for thousands of deaths, including those of Western aid workers. He is accused of trying to recruit other Britons to its cause.
A Home Office lawyer warned after his discovery in the Olympic area that the man - known as CF - wanted to “re-engage in terrorism-related activities, either in the UK or Somalia” and is “determined to continue to adhere to his Islamist extremist agenda”.
His detention is the most serious security alert yet to hit the Olympic Park.
It is disclosed today after a week which saw 14 terror-related arrests across Britain, including a white Muslim convert detained over an alleged plan to carry out a major terrorist attack.
Prized Olympic tickets entrusted to foreign delegations are being openly sold by touts on the streets of Britain, it emerged last night.
They are cashing in on the huge demand for seats by selling tickets sent overseas by Games organisers.
The revelation came as a row raged over embarrassing scenes of banks of empty seating at many Games venues – including last night’s swimming finals.
Earls Court in west London was virtually empty yesterday for Great Britain's volleyball match yesterday
Last night Scotland Yard said every illegal seller arrested so far had held tickets despatched overseas to national committees and official re-sellers.
One of the touts held is from Germany, another from Slovakia.
The discovery raises further questions about the way in which precious tickets are allocated by the International Olympic Committee.
And it will fuel anger among millions of British sport fans who have been left watching events on TV because they failed to get a seat in last year’s ballot.
Wimbledon: There were even plenty of spare seats for Andy Murray's winning match yesterday
Last night, as an official probe was launched into the scandal:
All quiet: Rows of seats lay empty during the football match between Egypt and New Zealand at Manchester United's stadium, Old Trafford
The Yard confirmed that about 20 people had been arrested attempting to sell tickets since the opening ceremony on Friday.
Yesterday spectators who bought tickets for the Olympic Park, because all venues inside were sold out of lower-priced tickets, had the frustration of watching pictures on the big screen of unfilled seats.
But a prickly Lord Coe insisted the ticketing process had worked.
He even dismissed pictures of empty seats as ‘holiday snaps’ before
admitting troops and students could be used to fill gaps.
‘We take it seriously,’ he said. ‘I don’t want to see swathes of those seats empty and that’s why we will make sure, where we can, people are in those seats when they are not used.’
The London 2012 chairman added: ‘Let’s put this in perspective. Those venues are stuffed to the gunwales. The public are in there.’
Initially, the empty spaces were blamed on ‘no-shows’ from blocks given to sponsors but yesterday the finger was pointed at the athletes, media and sports federations, who cannot be bothered to use their entitlement to a seat at the venue.
Designer Paul Chandler, 42, who travelled down to the Olympic Park from Nottingham with his family, added: ‘Standing in the wet watching pictures of empty seats on the big screen, we feel betrayed.’
Sally Pookey, 31, who lives less than a mile from the Olympic Park, said: ‘I felt disgusted when I saw all the gaps in the stands.’
Last night, Team GB cyclist Geraint Thomas said: ‘It’s quite sad, seeing all the empty seats.’
Lord Coe revealed yesterday how troops, students and teachers were being drafted in to help end the embarrassing spectacle of empty seats at Olympic venues.
The Locog chairman said fans with tickets could have them upgraded so they can sit in more expensive areas reserved for VIP members of the 'Olympic family'.
He added that tickets for sports held in double sessions, such as hockey, basketball, water polo and handball, were being recycled and re-sold as people leave.
This system is similar to the one employed at the Wimbledon tennis championships, where spectators leaving show courts can hand back their tickets to be bought by someone elseBASKETBALL
Some large chunks of empty seats even at United States v France at
the Basketball Arena, one of the top draws. Organisers reacted by using
one block as a press box overspill, while some troops were invited in to
take up more empty seats.
WATER POLO
Very few empty seats for the morning and afternoon sessions at the Water
Polo Arena, but the section for the Olympic Family was half-empty for
the morning sessions.
BOXING
The boxing venue at ExCel, in terms of buyable tickets, was almost
completely full.
TENNIS
The blocks of seats at Wimbledon reserved for those with accreditation
showed the biggest gaps. The majority of the other seats were full,
particularly the cheaper ones towards the back of the stands.
VOLLEYBALL
Great Britain's men started in front of a largely full house at Earls
Court, although pockets of seats were left vacant. There were also
unused seats in the delegation and media areas.
BADMINTON
Wembley Arena, which has a capacity of 4,800 for the Games, has been
officially sold out for the badminton. The hall has been close to full
for the sessions held so far, with three rows unoccupied due to
restricted view.
FOOTBALL
More than 65,000 were expected for the men's football at Old Trafford
although many did not turn up for the first match (New Zealand v Egypt),
but it filled up for Brazil v Belarus.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Decent attendances over the first two days of competition at ExCeL for a
relatively low-demand event, with the arena approximately 80% full with
Great British lifters still yet to compete.
EQUESTRIAN
Some empty seats in the arena at Greenwich Park but equestrian manager
Tim Hadaway said that crowds often moved throughout the venue during the
day, meaning some seats may be left empty at times - spectators can walk
around the cross country course.
FENCING
Almost packed at ExCeL yesterday. On Saturday it started with quite a
few empty seats, but filled up as the day went on.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
The venue at Horse Guards Parade is averaging two-thirds full according
to official attendances - the capacity is 15,000.
HOCKEY
Close to capacity for yesterday's morning matches at the Riverbank
Arena.
JUDO
There were only a handful of empty seats at the ExCeL.
HANDBALL
The morning session at the handball was virtually full at the Copper
Box.
GYMNASTICS
Fewer empty seats yesterday than Saturday- an estimated 1,000 were empty
in the first session on Saturday when the GB men were qualifying. Around
100 seats were given over to soldiers yesterday at the North Greenwich
Arena.
SHOOTING
Packed out for all sessions at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
ARCHERY
Reports of around 100 vacant seats in the two grandstands - which were
sold out. The venue manager at Lord's said none of those were for
sponsors or Olympic family as they are all housed in the pavilion.
TABLE TENNIS
The ExCeL Arena was around four-fifths full when the table tennis got
under way at 9am and the rest of the seats filled up during the
afternoon although it was never at capacity.
He said: 'It's not easy to ask people (in the accredited Olympic family) at
the beginning of the Games exactly how, where and when they're going to be in
those seats.
'This morning was a very good example, we looked at gymnastics, we could see at this moment there are empty seats in the accredited area - the rest of the venue is looking pretty good this morning, there's a good atmosphere.'
'So we were able to move those troops from - I'm not quite sure whether they
were on a rest period or whether it was a transition from work through to a rest
period - but they're sitting there enjoying the gymnastics.
'We can and we have moved them in there.
'Yesterday, we got pre-accredited students and teachers from the local boroughs. We were able to put 115, 120 into a venue.'
A MoD spokesperson said: LOGOG has kindly offered service men and women working on venue security to make use of unutilised seating when they are off duty. These seats will be made available to venue security personnel to utilise on a voluntary basis when off duty.
Olympics organisers had to call in extra military personnel before the Games
after private firm G4S failed to provide enough civilian security guards.
Asked whether the military would always be brought in whenever anything went
wrong during the Games, Lord Coe joked: 'We won't be cancelling leave to make
sure they're sitting in our venues.
'It will resolve itself quite quickly.'
Lord Coe also dismissed suggestions that ticket-holders who failed to turn up
should be stripped of their accreditation.
'Let's not run away with ourselves here,' he said.
'We're talking about an issue on the first couple of days.
'It's not for the organising committee to remove accreditation.'
Lord Coe called for the row to be kept in perspective, claiming that thousands of people were watching events and several steps were being taken to resolve the issue.
'Let's put this in perspective,' he said. 'Those venues are stuffed to the
gunwales. The public are in there.
'There are tens of thousands of people at this moment within the accredited
family who are trying to figure out what their day looks like, where they're
going to be asked to go to.
'Frankly just working out how you're going to divide your time.'
Mark Adams, of the International Olympic Committee, said: 'It's completely wrong to say this is a sponsors issue.'
Those who have failed to turn up include sports organisations from around the world, the media, and 'a handful of sponsors', he said.
Matt and Amanda Casson, from London, watched this morning's swimming heats at the Aquatics Centre - including British gold medal hope Rebecca Adlington's victory in her heat.
The pair said it was disappointing there were noticeable gaps of empty seats
in the centre during the races.
Mr Casson, 36, said: 'It's really disappointing. They should do something
like they do at Wimbledon where at a certain time they put them on sale to the
general public, just re-sell them.
Two foreign nationals have been charged with ticket touting after
being arrested near the Olympic stadium before Friday night's
spectacular opening ceremony.
Wolfgang Menzel, a 57-year-old German, and Maria Bukranova, a 30-year-old Slovakian, of Woolwich, south east London, were charged under Section 31 of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Act 2006.
Menzel, 57, and Bukranova, 30, will appear before magistrates at separate hearings this month.
They were among 16 people arrested on Friday and Saturday by police trying to stamp out ticket touting at the Olympics.
The head of the Operation Podium, Detective Superintendent Nick Downing, said: 'My team has been working tirelessly to clamp down on ticket touts.
'We have been, and will continue to seek out and take robust action
against anybody who tries to cash in on the 2012 Games in this way.
'Ticket touting is illegal and is a clear exploitation of those who
genuinely wish to experience the Games first-hand.
'I would also urge people to think twice about purchasing tickets
from these criminals: if you do, you are likely to find yourself paying
over the odds for them, while at the same time fuelling criminality.'
Det Supt Downing warned that anybody buying tickets from unofficial sources could end up with their personal and credit card details being stolen for use in other crimes.
'Or even if they upgraded people downwards, closer to the front, to fill
them, that would look better.'
Mari Fotherby travelled from Cirencester with husband Andy and daughters
Catrin and Hana, 26 and 23.
She said: 'We were surprised at the number of empty seats.
'I'm not sure what the reason is, I just wish there were more tickets
available to the public.
'We were lucky to get the swimming - this session - and the cycling, but we were the only people we knew who managed to get swimming tickets.'
Olympics organisers Locog have launched an investigation into the fiasco and the Government has voiced concern as to why the seats were not taken despite events being apparently sold out.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the empty seats were 'very disappointing'.
He added: 'I was at the Beijing Games, in 2008, and one of the lessons that we took away from that, is that full stadia create the best atmosphere, it's best for the athletes, it's more fun for the spectators, it's been an absolute priority.
'Locog are doing a full investigation into what happened, I think it was accredited seats that belonged to sponsors, but if they're not going to turn up, we want those tickets to be available for members of the public, because that creates the best atmosphere.
'We are looking at this very urgently at the moment.'
British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan said organisers 'owed it to the team' to ensure the seats were filled.
'The position of the British Olympic Association is very clear, we want every seat filled', he said. 'We welcome the fact this morning that Jeremy Hunt has taken responsibility and announced that he is going to lead an inquiry with Locog and Seb (Lord Coe) this morning to work on this.
'We are very keen that there should be an early solution and that the empty seats should be filled as quickly as possible.
'Yesterday it worked best at Eton Dorney, we had record crowds - there's never been 25,000 seats sold and filled for a rowing event.'
'That lifts the British team. We need every seat filled. We owe it to the team, we owe it to British sports fans the length and breadth of the country to make sure they get the opportunity to come to this unique occasion at the Olympic Games.'
Shadow Olympics minister Dame Tessa Jowell said: 'Anyone who is lucky enough to have tickets to the Games should either use them or give them up.
'I am pleased to see that unused tickets are now being distributed to members of our armed forces, local teachers and students.
'It is important that this process is stepped up to ensure that every single available ticket is offered to somebody who will use it.'
All by myself: A spectator sits among empty seats as he waits for the start of the final session on the first day of the swimming competition at the Aquatics Centre
Sparsely populated: Allowing fans to fill empty seats would end scenes like this at the Aquatic Centre
Deserted: Gymnast Pierre Yves Beny of France competes in front of empty seats in the North Greenwich Arena
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