Olympic-Sized Security Fears
When the London Olympics begin, spectators and television viewers captivated by the feats of the world’s finest athletes won’t be the only ones holding their collective breath. After a build-up dominated by concerns over security, the British government, the Games organizers, and the security services will be hoping the event passes off without incident. While plans are in place to deal with everything from anti-capitalist protests to cyber-crime, the biggest threat is, of course, a terror attack.
In terms of symbolism, the London Games is arguably the most attractive target to present itself to Islamist terrorists since 9/11 and the onset of the War on Terror, being the first global sporting event since then to be held in the capital city of one of the nations deemed to be waging war on the Muslim world. While the 2002 Winter Games were held at Salt Lake City in Utah, that venue did not hold the same cache for al-Qaeda and its affiliates as New York or Washington.
And London is certainly vulnerable, as the 7/7 bus and subway bombings of 2005 showed. Salt Lake City was a relatively isolated venue in comparison and more easily secured, even before America was placed on its highest state of alert. Prospective Arab or Asian terrorists would have found it difficult to keep a low profile in a relatively small city in the western United States populated largely by Mormons and winter-sports enthusiasts. By contrast, Britain’s teeming, multicultural capital has long been home to the ethnic minority communities from which all manner of terrorist groups have drawn their support and their foot soldiers; not for nothing has the city been referred to as “Londonistan.”
As if Britain’s status among jihadists as a “minor” Satan wasn’t lure enough, the presence of Israeli athletes provides an obvious target for both al-Qaeda and Iranian-backed groups such as Hezbollah — since the massacre at the 1972 Munich Games, they have supplanted the Palestine Liberation Organization as the greatest threat to Jewish interests worldwide. Israel has accused Hezbollah of being behind last week’s bus bombing in Bulgaria, and reports in the British press have claimed that Mossad agents are hunting for terrorists planning an attack to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Munich. (The International Olympic Committee, meanwhile, has shamefully refused to hold a minute’s silence for the 11 Israelis murdered at Munich.)
The solution to this security shortfall can be taken straight out of American airports. They’ve loaded up on security personnel over the past few decades to protect innocents against unprovoked mass murder attacks. They gave them federal jobs that’ll keep everybody safe and eventually let these security workers retire at the age of 45 or 50 with most of their pay and all of their benefits for life.
The gubmint officials in England should do the same. The solution is rat there in front of their faces. There are plenty of unemployed persons in London, and also up in Birmingham, who’d jump at the security jobs: Moslems. Take ‘em off the welfare and let them work at what they understand most, Jihad terror. I go through MSP International frequently and see hundreds of Moslems working there, not only as security guards but also as cabbies.
And, cuz the Olympics jobs would be temporary jobs, the UK wouldn’t have to pay them at the upper caste pay rates the TSA pays here. They could just put them back on the Welfare, which is presumably less costly.
It’d be great.
Lots of luck. For my own part, I see “perfect storm” conditions. The event is so huge, the security so porous, and the audience so diverse (“Londonistan” again) I don’t see how the Bad Guys could fail to pull one off, if they really made a professional effort.
For a time I entertained thoughts of attending this year’s Olympics, but the thought of having to deal with enhanced security at every turn, however necessary, and the possibility of a successful terrorist attack that would disrupt the games even if it posed no immediate danger to me and mine, cause me to get over the notion and decide to watch the proceedings on TV as usual. And I don’t believe I’m alone in that thought. A few things I’ve read indicate that spectator turnout may be a bit lower than expected.
Probably a better view than the seats I would have drawn, anyway.
This should be a grand experiment for Soro’s “open boarder” plans. Invite the whole world and see how well they behave. At least the zillion security cameras will offer a great hindsight view.
“It’s more likely that terrorists will attempt a repeat of the devastatingly effective suicide bombings of 2005, while security chiefs have also long been concerned about the possibility of a Mumbai-style gun attack.”
Or a Mumbai-style suicide attack with chemical weapons. THAT is what really concerns me. With the Assad regime inches from falling, it is not inconceivable that some of these weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists. There are also literally tons of weapons that are missing or unaccounted for in Libya, especially since the fall of Gaddafi. These are serious issues and I don’t envy the British government having to deal with all this. Maybe these days, it’s better NOT to be the host of the Olympics? With what these games are going to ultimately cost (between the security and all the construction costs), I doubt the British are going to make a dime on it.
I recently penned an explosive commentary at my blog regarding this issue -’Mossad’s Double Mission…Hunting Down ‘Soldiers for Allah’…Who Struck in Bulgaria..Headed for Olympics Too…’
It can be accessed at http://www.adinakutnicki.com
It is not easy reading, but it IS necessary!
Hunting Down ‘Soldiers for Allah’…Who Struck in Bulgaria..Headed for Olympics Too…
Oh c’mon, now that’s just paranoid. Why would they strike against Jews in particular? I seriously doubt that’d ever happen. Except in Munich, but that was a terrible misunderstanding, like with Klinghoffer.
Just issue orders to kill every Jew in the country.
- the Holy Prophet Mohammed in the Bukhari Vol 1Bk 1 Nbr 6
Say, maybe I’ve got it wrong here. England is an official country, isn’t it? We found out Germany is a country. So is Egypt.
The I.R.A would ring bomb warnings ,saying it’s in this location and you have an hour ,with recognised IRA codewords
But they also did hoax bombs threat’s and we wouldn’t know which was real.
The Grand National is the biggest horse race in the country,nearly everyone makes a bet
and then the whole country watch it together.
The I.R.A ,using the codewords said they planted a bomb there which caused chaos,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ira-wrecks-grand-national-1265457.html
So that is a concern
There has been threats to attack the mainland.
They also have been targeting the Queen.
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Queen-a-legitimate-target-says-top-dissident-Republican-120564659.html
We had terrorism for over thirty years but they were unable to break the British
people,we know what we have to do.
I will not be watching. I don’t do NBC.
I must not be on top of things but the last I heard the TEA Party didn’t really have a presence in the UK. Maybe the security officials can get some tips from investigative superstar Brian Ross? He’s clearly got a secret inside source. Maybe a disgruntled TEA Partier who’s didn’t built their business?
i foresee more of a complete blundering on an epic scale
today a fire alarm went off and sent the whole place into hysterics: http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/story/19660882/london-police-evacuate-mall-outside-olympic-park-after-fire-alarm
those running the show in england are even more high strung, uptight, sissified, and blinded by p.c. than the american equivalent
the slightest flicker could cause a complete domino effect of ineffectiveness and incompetence and if anything serious were to happen the pc wimps will be impotent
First, I think the Olympics are obsolete. When it was decided to admit professional athletes, that was it for me. Now the amateurs might as well be professionals. Many train with experts and who knows how many fortify themselves with some drug to enhance performance.
Security has become such an issue that I just think the whole thing should be scrapped and the money used for other things. The arenas etc built for the Olympics are often unused afterwards and the city who footed the bills suffers an enormous loss.
I think Romney was truthful when he spoke about the Olympics. It’s too bad the Brits can’t take the truth….more diplomacy should use that approach.
I like the British and London but I think they should admit defeat now before something really bad happens. Take those poor soldiers, just back from the middle east and give them more plush assignments.
I don’t think Romney gaffed it. He was giving his expert, technical opinion as a man with considerable experience in these matters.
The Brits decided to huff and puff and take offense rather than accept his advice in the spirit in which it had been given.
His gaffe was in saying it publicly.
He was asked a question, and responded honestly, as someone who knew what he was talking about, and without thinking about who he was talking to.
That’s a gaffe in politics.
Many countries have been sending professionals for many decades, now, particularly the Soviet Bloc countries.
We’ve all just stopped pretending. That works for me.
When they get rid of the beauty contests, and return to having only SPORTS (where there are objective scores, instead of judging panels), I’ll consider watching again.
I worked on the 1984 Olympics, and we had our scares with security problems, in a time that was much different than now.
And I was informed that one of the placard bearers, the girls carrying the nation’s name, was a terrorist that had not been vetted.
Since the placard bearers were going to be with the athletes, staged in the Sports Arena, one person could have destroyed the games. We found out the problem right before the dress rehearsal, and the terrorists found out before that because she never showed up for the dress rehearsal.
And that is the problem with terrorism, you have to be 100% correct, and terrorists only have to be correct once.
So is everyone really that happy when we are told that security expected was short, that training may be shortened and many other problems that we may never know, which could include the proper vetting of those that are supposed to secure others.
Can you imagine if one terrorist gets hired, and the compromise in security that would ensue.
This is life and death situations, and if you don’t believe it, ask those that still weep for the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the Olympic village in 1972.
The likehood of an attempted Islamic terrorist attack on the London 2012 Olympics approaches 100%.
The only question is, will British Intelligence and Security forces be able to stop them all.
I wouldnt go near the games.
heres an article directly related.
(btw we have g4s in israel as well, always seemed to me like a dodgy operation, they specialize in manpower and surveillance systems. they did the cameras where i work and ive never seen such sloppy works in my life)
link http://israeljewsjudaism.blogspot.co.il/2012/07/scandalous-lack-of-security-at-israeli.html#.UBKnE2EjHjI
How could a terrorist attack even be POSSIBLE in tolerant, peaceful, multi-cultural England, with a city full of peaceful, tolerant, Muslims? And of course, guns are banned throughout the country as are other pointy and dangerous objects.
Clearly this is the safest place on EARTH! None of this security is even remotely needed except to satisfy paranoid, racist, ultra-violent and intolerant Americans.
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