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Originally Posted by SpongeG
OTTAWA — Possible threats against sponsors of next year's Vancouver Olympics have federal security agents wringing their hands over "extremist elements," a newly released intelligence report reveals.
The report by the government's threat assessment centre cites vandalism of a corporate backer's premises, theft of the Games flag, and skirmishes between protesters and police during unveiling of the Olympic countdown clock.
The Royal Bank of Canada, a key Games sponsor, "has been named specifically in anarchist and anti-Olympic Internet postings," notes the analysis, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics: Terrorist Threat to Vancouver Area Facilities.
Between September 2007 and last May, anarchists claimed responsibility for four attacks in which large rocks were thrown through the windows of Vancouver Royal Bank branches, says the assessment under a section titled Domestic Non-Islamist Extremist Groups.
"Extremist elements . . . have publicly stated their intent to continue acts of protest and possible violence against both the Olympics and commercial symbols they perceive to represent the 2010 Olympic Games."
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What really annoys me is at the end of the day the taxpayer will be on the hook for the ever expanding security budget.
AND WHAT REALLY GETS INTO MY GUT is that the provincial NDP opposition, the same guys that brought us the Olympics, are adding fuel to the fire by dishing the Olympics any way that they can... galvanizing their
nutty left-wing and their anarcho counterparts.
AND THE NDP ARE THE SAME GUYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COST OF THE SECURITY BUDGET
It would be nice to have PC/Liberal dominant parties here in BC, like Ontario, who wouldn't play the same political games with the Olympics that the provincial NDP are doing.
And yes, NDP bloggers are dishing the Olympics all over the place, again adding
fuel to the fire.
As a taxpayer, I'd certainly like to present the security bill to these guys.
Rant over.