{"id":16017,"date":"2011-12-20T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T12:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16017"},"modified":"2011-12-20T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:10:00","slug":"winning-the-war-on-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/20\/winning-the-war-on-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning The War On Terror"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.cyprus-mail.com\/olympics-security\/jets-and-snipers-helicopters-guard-olympics\/20111215\">Cyprus Mail<\/a> recently covered the security measures that are being taken in London for the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. \u00a0Here are a few quotes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SNIPERS in helicopters will patrol the skies over London<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nbased on HMS Ocean, the largest ship in the Navy, anchored in the Thames<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nFast jets will also be located just outside London<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nRapier air-defence missiles will be located in London<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n1,000-strong quick reaction force will also be on stand-by<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nAbout 7,500 armed forces members will work as security guards<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nRoyal Marines will be based on HMS Ocean<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThey will also patrol along the Thames.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nHMS Bulwark and Royal Fleet Auxiliary Mounts Bay will patrol off Weymouth<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nSpecial forces will also be placed on high alert, as well as military explosive disposal teams and units with dogs to search vehicles and buildings.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe venue security allocation has also been dramatically increased by \u00a3271 million to \u00a3553 million after the number of security guards was revised up to 23,700, more than double the original estimate of 10,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Winning The War On Terror, aren&#8217;t we? \u00a0I understand the need for security and all, but aren&#8217;t that going a bit too far? \u00a0Ships, jets, helicopters, snipers, special forces, dogs, patrols, tens of thousands in personnel, over half a billion in funds&#8230; When and how will we come to our senses again?<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Cyprus Mail recently covered the security measures that are being taken in London for the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. \u00a0Here are a few quotes: SNIPERS in helicopters will patrol the skies over London [&#8230;] based on HMS Ocean, the largest ship in the Navy, anchored in the Thames [&#8230;] Fast jets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/20\/winning-the-war-on-terror\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Winning The War On Terror<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2976,2270,200,1657,2975],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-london","tag-olympic-games","tag-security","tag-terrorism","tag-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16261,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/01\/london-olympics-security-craze-surface-to-air-missiles\/","url_meta":{"origin":16017,"position":0},"title":"London Olympics security craze &#8211; surface to air missiles","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Yet another story from Slashdot: I have to admit, when I first read about this I thought it was a hoax, but unfortunately it's true. 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