CTV reports that while there are no specific terror threats, the U.S. is advising American sports fans traveling to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics to watch out for al-Qaeda and other extremists, especially on transit and in restaurants, churches and other areas outside official venues.
Al-Qaeda’s demonstrated capability to carry out sophisticated attacks against sizable structures – such as ships, large office buildings, embassies and hotels – makes it one of the greatest potential threats to the Olympics,” the U.S. State Department said in a fact sheet on the Games posted on its website.
No specific credible threats have been identified, the U.S. government said. However, Americans planning to attend Olympic events or participate in large-scale public gatherings during the Winter Games should use caution and be alert to their surroundings, the advisory said.
Americans are advised to be especially alert when outside Olympic venues. “As security increases in and around Olympic venues, terrorists could shift their focus to more unprotected Olympic venues, open spaces, hotels, railway and other transportation systems, churches, restaurants and other sites not associated with the Olympics.”
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Boy O boy I pray they are very strict on the boarder watching the visa/passports and fallow training to the T
The borders are not the problem. The terrorists are already living here, they have been for decades. There is a joke in Vancouver… “What seperates Afghanistan from India… The Fraser River” (a river than runs through Vancouver). We have a very concentration of foreigners living in the Vancouver area, and recently accepted a boatload of more than 100 suspect Tamil Tigers into our so-called Security Zone. Canada has been in Afghanistan as long as the U.S. and essentially the common feeling is ‘we have it coming to us’. The Olympics are an eye-catching event, if a terrorist wanted to be noticed, or a security policy shift were required, an attack at the Olympics would be the way to getter done. Even scarier… 2 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate (bomb making material) have gone missing in Vancouver 1 month before the games, AND we’ve got Verint Security running the Airport… They have been asleep at the wheel before (7/7 London, ShoeBomber, UndieBomber)… if you’ve seen the movie 2012 you will have heard Oliver Platt’s character make reference to Vancouver 2010… There is an agenda at work here people. So PACK YOUR BAGS AND COME TO VANCOUVER!!!! WOOOOOOO 2010!!!!