SESSION 10: TEXT FOR WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER
MISILES TO PROTECT 2012 OLYMPIC
TEXT TAKEN AND/OR ADAPTED FROM:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
THE TEXT:
Britain is set to use surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to protect the London Olympics from an attack by air. U.K. Defence Minister Philip Hammond said on Monday: "All necessary measures to ensure the security and safety of the London Olympic Games will be taken including, if the advice of the military is that it is required, appropriate ground-to-air defences." Such military weapons have been made available before to protect an international sporting event. China deployed them near its main venues for the Beijing games in 2008. Missiles were also on standby for the Athens Games in 2004. It is the first time missiles will be used in Britain since World War II. London's Olympic security coordinator Chris Allison said the reports of SAMs were not true.
The 2012 Games are likely to be the best-defended Olympics ever. They have been the target of terrorists before. At the Munich Olympics in 1972, members of the Palestinian Black September group killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer. In an attack on the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, two people died and 111 were injured in a bomb attack at the Olympic Park. The USA has welcomed the security measures. They are sending up to 1,000 FBI and undercover agents to protect American athletes and diplomats. More than 6,000 British soldiers disguised as security guards plus 10,000 volunteer guards and 12,000 police will boost security for the London Games.
Misìles to Protect 2012 Olympic; 15th November, 2011
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