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- G4S said it can't supply all 10,000 guards it agreed to deliver
- It could mean troops in their uniforms checking tickets and bags
- Theresa May said Logoc will impose penalties on the firm for the mess
- Many troops will have been due time off after just returning from Afghanistan
- Move raises fresh concerns about the 'militarisation' of the Olympics
- Police force leaves possible G4S privatisation scheme following news
- Experts say 'lone wolves' sympathetic to Al Qaeda pose greatest threat
- Soldiers start installing missile systems on east London tower block
- Terror alert as student leaves 'backpack bomb' art project in college
By Emily Allen
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Thousands of troops having to step in as Olympic guards after G4S failed to train enough staff have had all their leave cancelled - and they've been 'rewarded' with tickets to the dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony.
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Home Secretary Theresa May made the paltry offering in the House of Commons this morning when she was forced to ask questions about the latest fiasco embroiling London 2012.公仔箱論壇0 [4 M6 w) G* R6 ~. f) I5 F Z
* Y4 u- ]. \* E+ M: p; I公仔箱論壇Last night, G4S finally admitted it wouldn't be able to supply all 10,000 security staff to man the Games - forcing Mrs May to go cap-in-hand to the Ministry of Defence to ask for 3,500 service personal to make up the shortfall. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' m8 S* w9 {; I- N0 D
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3 d! z+ a. y; t' m2 F0 K7 x' v* LTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Security: Soldiers begin installing high-velocity missile systems on the roof of a tower block in Leytonstone, east London today as it emerged more troops are being drafted in to help make the Games safeTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 ?/ D& `5 e6 [
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Mission: An aerial view of soldiers installing the missile systems at the Fred Wigg Building, Watham Forest today. An additional 3, 500 extra troops will man the Games - and many will have just returned from Afghanistan
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Preparing: Anti-aircraft rocket sites are installed at the William Girling Reservoir near Enfield, London. The Government has insisted today that Olympic security will not be compromised despite the latest fiascowww.tvboxnow.com. Z; ~& Q+ n* {6 N
' p8 S7 i2 X Y, F% I公仔箱論壇Mrs May told MPs today Olympic security would not be compromised and insisted all troops taking part would receive their full leave entitlement eventually and no one would be left out of pocket.
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She said: 'Ministers across Government recognise the burden that this additional short-notice deployment will impose upon individual servicemen and women and their families, especially over the summer holiday season.2 T9 i1 R* S0 _) L ~9 O9 i
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'So we will ensure that all of those taking part receive their full leave entitlement, even if it has to be rescheduled, that no one is out of pocket due to cancelled personal arrangements and that all deployed personnel are appropriately supported.' t% g7 b0 d$ p5 L0 l( `2 i# N
6 Q$ I! m" Z# N; ]She said there would be 10,000 Olympic and Paralympic tickets donated to the armed services via Tickets for Troops, access for 2,000 to spectator areas in the Mall for the Olympic cycle road races and Olympic marathon, and the right to buy 2,000 Olympic Park tickets.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! `, j# k, \4 L; l) n, T9 N9 r) X$ s
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, S& n" j, Y& W- z# btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe added: 'In addition, I can tell the House that a total of 7,000 tickets have now been offered to the troops for the dress rehearsals of the opening and closing ceremonies, a significant increase to recognise the extra commitment of military personnel.'
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Mrs May revealed that she was only informed of the problems with the staffing numbers 24 hours ago, telling the Commons: 'The fact that there was a gap of this size that required this contingency came into view, was crystallised, only yesterday.'www.tvboxnow.com9 c% r* q/ ]3 l9 Z) k. n
8 w( ]0 P( Q8 D3 `1 h1 _ o& ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbToday's news raises fresh concerns over the so-called ‘militarisation’ of the Games, which have been billed as the ‘friendly Games’.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* [' b5 W! R5 U0 h4 O6 Z
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The number of service personnel who will be on duty at the Olympics has now risen to 17,000 – 7,000 more than are fighting in Afghanistan. They will be made up of 2,600 from the Navy, 11,800 from the Army, and 2,600 from the RAF. www.tvboxnow.com! B" J" T3 h1 c$ ~( N
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; a3 o) f* d( `, `: `4 s6 H6 `Retired Colonel Richard Kemp, a former UK commander in Afghanistan, said the sudden deployment of additional troops will hit them 'very hard indeed'.
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The armed forces would carry out the task 'extremely well, extremely professionally and with a smile on their face', he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding they would not regard it as trivial.
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Help: Home Office minister James Brokenshire, left, said the problem first arose just two weeks ago forcing Home Secretary Theresa May to plead with the MOD for troops to help with security during the Games公仔箱論壇0 [& p# J- L5 k$ T. o
5 h$ o+ q0 E- M; F; Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'The wider morale in the armed forces now is very fragile and this will simply add to that fragility.'
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This morning it emerged that G4S made repeated assurances to ministers just two weeks ago that they would be able to supply all the guards they promised to deliver.
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Mrs May distanced the government from the firm saying that its contract was with Games organisers Logoc which would be responsible for imposing penalties. Last night, it was reported it had been penalised £50,000 a day per venue for not meeting staffing levels. Locog did not comment on the claim.
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: R6 { G" }* d" a& f5 Y. UShadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation looked like 'another Home Office shambles', with G4S falling 25 per cent short of its contract. The problems come on top of long queues at Heathrow airport and other problems with border staff, Ms Cooper added.
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7 w5 R8 Z8 X# X) w2 zGetting ready: An aerial view shows preparations for the opening ceremony inside the Olympic Stadium
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Keeping the Olympic Park safe will require a massive security operation
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4 W9 |% c* l; gAn aerial view of the Olympic Village where athletes will stay during the Games
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) |" `) Q0 r8 W0 S公仔箱論壇Meanwhile, senior Labour MP Keith Vaz said 'G4S has let the country down and we have literally had to send in the troops.'
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He said he'd asked chief executive Nick Buckles and its chairman Alf Duch-Pedersen to appear before the committee to explain the situation as it emerged the company's share price tumbled three per cent this morning.
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The move to recruit troops, a fortnight before the Opening Ceremony, is a major embarrassment for Locog and G4S, who many senior police officers blame for the shambles.
' K3 `7 ~7 f- D; M& G [ F* owww.tvboxnow.comTroops – who will be in their uniforms – could be deployed to check tickets, search spectators’ bags and prevent outbreaks of trouble at the Olympic Park.
2 S" `* ^. ?9 bThe blunder is not a first for the security giant, which as well as the Games, is responsible for running security services all over the country, detention centres, prisons, and hundreds of court and police station holding cells. www.tvboxnow.com% J5 O- t2 C7 X6 Q
; C, f$ G/ T! V+ l. oIt has repeatedly hit the headlines in the last few years, including in 2010 when Angolan detainee Jimmy Mubenga died after being restrained by three G4S guards before a flight from Heathrow took off.
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Home Office minister James Brokenshire said that the problem about the shortfall of guards - needed to conduct physical searches, operate X-ray machines and carry out perimeter searches at the Games - first arose 'about a fortnight ago'.
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1 _. m* _3 Z* x9 k0 |www.tvboxnow.com'We've been monitoring progress, challenging them (G4S), asking the questions, really going down and kicking the tyres and all those things, and they have been very robust about the fact that they would deliver on the contract,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: K: {1 j- v- Z/ D) l
'It's only been in these last few weeks that these issues have emerged.'
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6 W& w6 y/ M: G3 {' V5 O/ lHe said G4S had done 'the responsible thing' in the last 24 hours by admitting there was a problem.
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. M( S& o3 y2 q) d: T4 Iwww.tvboxnow.comAsked whether G4S would face financial penalties for wavering on its commitments to the £284million contract Mr Brokenshire said: 'Part of that budget (for security) is for the payment to guards for the delivery of that service, and therefore that will mean that there will be less paid in respect of guards that will clearly not be delivered.'
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London Mayor Boris Johnson said: 'The key thing is that it's going to be a safe and secure Games.'公仔箱論壇7 N1 h/ \# C' _9 l- o# |
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" p+ a$ E, Y8 s: K/ e q' @* zThe warship HMS Ocean will be stationed in the Thames and four Typhoon fighter jets will be on standby at RAF Northolt in Middlesex in case of a 9/11-style attack.
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COMPLAINTS, BLUNDERS AND CONTROVERSY AT G4S公仔箱論壇6 ?/ P* k: k6 }) y& o+ D
G4S is the UK's biggest private security firm responsible for running security services, detention centres, prisons, and hundreds of court and police station holding cells - but it's never far from the headlines:% ?9 D. y' u9 |+ c2 t
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( S I1 ]0 }* q9 E3 aTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。
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- In the same year Angolan detainee Jimmy Mubenga died after being restrained by three G4S guards before a flight from Heathrow took off.
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- Last year it introduced a policy of letting inmates in one of their privately-run prisons to wear their own clothes to improve their self esteem.
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' w( ~5 n' S9 U- The firm caused controversy after it emerged it is running a rehabilitation programme in a Midlands prison for sex offenders allowing them to be released into the community on day visits.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 F N3 e9 l9 E5 V
/ n) z2 e5 U/ ]5 z0 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - G4S was also criticised after it installed televisions and DVDs in some prison vans to reduce prisoners' anxiety as they are transported between jails or to court appearances.
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" Y" X2 r( t# d, j3 h% F公仔箱論壇- In June data input clerk Sarah Hubble claimed staff at G4S cut corners while vetting security staff for the Olympics. She lost her job after contacting the media, but claimedthe system was creaking under the pressure of processing thousands of applications ahead of this summer’s games and said the documents ended up piled in corners at the office in Stockton-on-Tees.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% I* h: X; G: H7 D/ N
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Falling short: The Armed Forces are to provide up to 3,500 extra troops for security duty at the Games after private security firm G4S admitted it could not supply the 10,000 guards it promised to deliver
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Puma helicopters carrying teams of snipers will also be on standby to thwart suicide bombers. The MoD insist the steps are necessary to prevent an attack on the Games by extremists.
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Mrs May was forced to defend G4S in the Commons on Monday, saying she was ‘confident our partners will deliver a safe and secure Games’.
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, z. Y% t* E, q( Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA G4S spokesman said: ‘This has been an unprecedented and very complex security recruitment, training and deployment exercise which has been carried out to a tight timescale.
! |4 h9 a* H5 X+ Q公仔箱論壇‘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.- c6 O1 _/ a$ m
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A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'We have agreed to offer help to G4S by revising the level of military support.
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'The Government are committing £553 million for venue security and we remain confident that we will deliver within budget.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ \0 k1 z. a- b: y- X! V, a) d1 O
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A London 2012 spokesman added: 'Security for the Games is big and complex but we have the best brains in the security business working on this - Home Office, Metropolitan Police, Ministry of Defence and world's largest private security business.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: Z8 n0 V' Q7 Z) x+ f _9 [0 T
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'Delivering a safe and secure Games is everyone's number one priority. We do not anticipate an increase in the overall venue security numbers.'( Z: Y/ R, n# `% [) ?) h p
6 b5 [5 S! \+ o. rDefence Secretary Philip Hammond said the deployment of further troops was 'feasible and will have no adverse impact on other operations'.
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POLICE FORCE LEAVES G4S PRIVATISATION SCHEME
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A police authority has suspended its part in a privatisation scheme following the failure of plans by security firm G4S to provide enough guards for the Olympics.
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A meeting of Surrey Police Authority today decided to suspend its business partnering programme, a joint initiative with its West Midlands counterpart and the Home Office, a spokesman said.
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'The decision was to suspend the business partnering programme, and the authority is minded to withdraw, subject to a paper that is going to come to a public meeting on September 6,' he said.
1 H' ?+ d; G7 Y2 Y+ C5 DThe subject of business partnering happened to be on the agenda of one of the authority's regular public meetings.
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, ]5 n) v1 W! Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe West Midlands and Surrey forces had drawn up a shortlist of six groups that have been bidding to take over 'middle and back office functions', including G4S.
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This morning General secretary of Unite Len McCluskey warned against police forces considering using the firm to run services.
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'If G4S can cut corners with the Olympics, then it doesn't bear thinking about what they will do to essential police services like 999 call handling or forensics.'0 C7 A/ u6 v3 r6 n8 I
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson gives the thumbs up to food in the Food Hall of the Olympic Village today as he said the Games would be a safe and secure event
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Concern: This Central Saint Martins college student calling herself Young Choo (in grey t-shirt with back to camera) caused a terror alert with with the bomb-like art installation on her back in London today公仔箱論壇# I9 @% N8 B! G- i% t2 U& |2 n
# h4 r; v7 z% K0 M% ^) m8 kwww.tvboxnow.comAppearing before the Commons Defence Committee to explain how the Army is to lose 17 major units - including five infantry battalions - in the biggest re-structuring of the service for decades, Mr Hammond said: 'The Chiefs of Staff recognise the importance of the Olympic Games and support this deployment, confirming that this deployment is feasible and will have no adverse impact on other operations.% r- L6 n; D: X$ D/ F
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'We will ensure that all those taking part receive their full leave entitlement, even if it has to be rescheduled, that no one is out of pocket due to cancelled personal arrangements and that all deployed personnel are appropriately supported.'www.tvboxnow.com2 L- o8 t! b% \! ~2 j
2 o5 a" f% h" w/ k; g5 J+ rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe defence cuts - to be completed by the end of the decade - will see the regular Army cut from 102,000 to 82,000 while the Territorial Army will be doubled to 30,000 to give a combined force of 112,000.
6 y( n/ e& E1 I1 LOne retired senior detective, involved in Olympics security, told the Mail: ‘With thousands of soldiers working as security guards and missiles on roofs, London 2012 might better be described as the “Paramilitary Games”.’
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+ k' Z: a; I9 B公仔箱論壇Lone wolf: Anders Breivik shot dead 69 people in Norway it is believed that security services could have done little to stop the attacktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb t4 B0 j/ F) Q2 }
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. S! g% W7 @: B8 l+ _$ ?2 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Olympics will be an attractive target for terrorists and so-called lone wolves may pose the greatest threat, experts said.
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# b7 ~! W8 y7 _' cwww.tvboxnow.comJonathan Evans, director general of the Security Service, said there was no doubt some terrorist groups had considered whether they could pull off an attack on Britain this summer.
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! R/ ?, y* L: q2 s/ x' W' pWhile the Games are not expected to be an easy target, there is 'no such thing as guaranteed security'.
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0 ]: c5 O& N, }5 a3 G0 O# R; T6 l" g'The dog you haven't seen may turn out to be the one that bites you,' he said in a rare speech last month.
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Lone individuals sympathetic to al Qaeda's cause are believed to be one of the major concerns being considered by the security services and police in the run-up to the Games.
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6 f" P2 R0 k' m$ m" E) n, ?Will Hartley, head of the IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, said: 'The threat posed by so-called 'lone wolf' terrorists - who act independently rather than as part of a militant group - is of particular concern to the security services, in part because the threat is so hard to quantify.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ I3 d+ \4 w L* a
7 s* t/ `/ [# E! J6 r% Z" k% Rwww.tvboxnow.com'The potential harm such individuals can cause was amply demonstrated by the combined improvised explosive device (IED) and small-arms rampage perpetrated by Anders Breivik in Norway in July 2011, in which 69 people were killed.'& c$ n9 y: b9 s2 W
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Mr Hartley went on: 'Although by definition the lone wolf threat is unpredictable, with individuals potentially motivated by any number of causes, in the UK the clearest threat is posed by aspiring jihadists who align themselves with the transnational militant Islamist movement.'4 O7 m: |2 w6 C; f! I
' A5 U2 V0 C" s8 v( J! i1 Z0 e t公仔箱論壇He pointed to a number of lone wolf attacks in the UK in recent years, including the incident when Roshonara Choudhry stabbed Labour's Stephen Timms twice in the stomach at his surgery in 2010 after watching extremist sermons online.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 u5 A( S) c, ]$ w. k
2 s ^: J) c0 J3 P8 g4 d! ywww.tvboxnow.comPolice and intelligence officials are understood to have picked up an increase in chatter, but there is not thought to be any intelligence of a credible plot to attack the Games.
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The threat to the UK from international terrorism also remains lower than expected when the security plans were first drawn up.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 }, w& D* D7 K/ Z
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Currently rated substantial - the third highest of five levels - it will not be increased simply because the Games are getting closer.www.tvboxnow.com5 j) j) U& u0 q
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The rating is set by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (Jtac), based at MI5's headquarters at Thames House in London, but is independent of the service.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ g. F8 U% ]$ h& d; ]) s; ?
; b4 N9 D# F% t+ rIn planning for the Olympics, it was presumed the level would be at the second highest, severe, which was last in place last July.
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. {, y/ Z* F& SAll leave has been suspended at MI5 to ensure the service has its full complement of some 3,800 staff for the Olympics, double the number it had a decade ago after the September 11 terror attacks.
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7 Y0 |4 @4 T! q公仔箱論壇Mr Hartley also warned that anarchists and other activists pose a threat to the Games.www.tvboxnow.com$ [9 v' |6 `7 @" ^2 Y& s4 C
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'Persistent targeting of its senior leadership in Pakistan is assessed to have severely degraded the group's ability to mount so-called 'external operations',' he said.公仔箱論壇8 R/ ?0 D5 n/ U- ]. f: u; e [' x
& C k, g( ]% i5 y9 y6 t) `公仔箱論壇Last month, David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, appeared to play down the threat from terrorists in the UK, saying the same number of people had been killed by hornets, wasps and bees as by terrorists in recent years.公仔箱論壇! N" v: W7 R4 M. c3 U3 t! ^! h
' w4 p+ [1 n9 X9 Z1 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'During the 21st century, terrorism has been an insignificant cause of mortality in the United Kingdom,' he wrote in his annual report.
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'The annualised average of five deaths caused by terrorism in England and Wales over this period compares with total accidental deaths in 2010 of 17,201, including 123 cyclists killed in traffic accidents, 102 personnel killed in Afghanistan, 29 people drowned in the bathtub and five killed by stings from hornets, wasps and bees.'TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" ~8 {* L' L9 l* A9 T
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The risk of disruption by anarchists and activists is high but they are extremely unlikely to pose a deliberate threat to life, Jonathan Evans said. |