By the numbers: Terrorism and the Olympics
27 July 2012The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open[ed] today in London; history offers a warning, but no clear pattern on the true risk of terrorism at the Olympic Games, concludes a new report
The Olympic torch being carried past the Olympic rings // Source: suriyantv.com
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games open[ed] today in London. History offers a warning, but no clear pattern on the true risk of terrorism at the Olympic Games, concludes a new report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland.
The Olympic Games have been terror targets on three separate occasions since 1970, claiming twenty-two lives and wounding more than 100, the report says. It compiles and analyzes data from START’s comprehensive Global Terrorism Database (GTD).
“The heightened profile of these events might increase the likelihood of a terrorist attack while the heightened security and surveillance might decrease the likelihood of an attack,” explains START researchers and report co-author Erin Miller...
There is more here, and it IS interesting reading.
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