Security concerns at the Sydney Olympics

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1972 Munich Olympics

During the 1972 Oympics in Munich, West Germany (before reunification), a band of Palestinian gunmen broke into the Olympic compound, shot 2 Israeli coaches outright, and took 9 Israeli athletes hostage. A 20-hour standoff followed, after which an attempt by West German sharpshooters to take out the Arab gunment resulted in the deaths of the 9 hostages, as well as most of the terrorists.

Security at Olympic games since then has been about as tight as it can reasonably be. I wouldn't worry about Sydney. If you're planning to be there, I'd worry much more about getting robbed or something than I would about a terrorist incident. I'm sure they have crime statistics even in Australia. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
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[Liquid Night]

A bit ignorant of you Mojo.

"As far as terrorist attacks, it has EVERYTHING to do with what country its being held in. Terrorists have agendas. The IRA, for example. They hate Protestants. Say the Olympics were being held in Ireland. Would the IRA deploy a chemical weapon and risk killing thousands of Catholics just to kill a few protestants? No, they target specific Protestant groups."

This is a bit of a simplistic and incorrect view of the state of affairs in Ireland Mojo. Charles Stewart Parnell and Wolfe Tone, two Irish republicans who could be considered founders of the IRA were both Protestants. They were also instrumental in the implementation of the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland).

The IRA don't hate Protestants. Neither do they support Catholics per se. It just happens that most Unionists are also Protestants and most Republicans are also Catholics.

The IRA hate the fact that Britain has imposed it's rule on Irish territory. I feel the same way. I don't hate British people, I just hate their government's attitude to the situation in my country. They have given back most of their other colonies, they just hold onto Northern Ireland because they need the Unionist vote. I don't support or condone the methods of the IRA, and I believe indiscriminate violence is wrong.

Yes, like a lot of Irish people, I have a big problem with the British presence in the North of Ireland. But I don't hate Protestants. In fact it's not even something I ask or care about. I'm an aetheist myself and I believe in everyone's right to pursue their religous beliefs. So do the IRA. It's not Protestantism they have a problem with.


I respect nothing. I will take you and you will not hear or see me for my cloak is made of Darkness.

 

[Lance201]

terrorism

I hope there will be peacefull games in australia because I very well remember the shitty days in munich 1972, it was a shame to the german police and a very big tragedy! There was no other topic in schooldiscussions this summer 1972...

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[Bad.Mojo]

Yeah, Liquid Night, very true. I over-generalized the fact. Its just that Catholicism is a lot more predominant in Ireland than England, where the Anglican sect of Protestants seems to be the reigning king of Christianity.

my mistake.

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