Lord Coe blasts horrible Chinese thugs who barged their way through London

[Flashermac]

<< You realise that the police in Australia are still trying to exist on a Costello budget? >>

 

Abbott and Costello?

 

 

 

[Julian2]

Mate, you don't know how right you are.

[YimSiam]

How right is he?

Hu?

Right.

About what?

Security in Australia

Hu's security?

That's right

What's right?

Hu's security's in Australia

Wen?

No, Hu.

You're losing me...

Okay: Hu's first, Wen's second...

 

and so on....

[Torneyboy]

What's on third

[Torneyboy]

The Cops are State issues...lack of funds is due to 11 years of bungling idiots running the joint...in NSW

 

 

[Julian2]

State funding is a Federal issue. No money for the states due to tax cuts means no money for schools, hospitals, police....

[bust]

Besides TB the relay takes place in Canberra so regardless it is a Federal issue as they are federal police in Canberra.

 

But J2 is correct....the funding from the NSW Police comes fron the federal coffers.

[Flashermac]

Unmasked: Chinese guardians of Olympic torch

 

 

Chinaâ??s blue-clad flame attendants, whose aggressive methods of safeguarding the Olympic torch have provoked international outcry, are paramilitary police from a force spun off from the countryâ??s army.

 

The squad of 30 young men from the police academy that turns out the cream of the paramilitary security force has the job at home of ensuring riot control, domestic stability and the protection of diplomats.

 

[color:red]Questions are now being asked as to who authorised their presence as the torch was carried through London. The Conservatives demanded clarification from the Government last night.

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The guardsâ?? task for the torch relay is to ensure the flame is never extinguished â?? although it was put out three times in Paris â?? and now increasingly to prevent protesters demonstrating against Chinese rule in Tibet from interfering with it.

 

But the aggression with which the guards have been pursuing their brief has provoked anger, not least in London where they were seen wrestling protesters to the ground and were described as â??thugsâ? by Lord Coe.

 

The Olympic medallist and organiser of the 2012 Games was overheard saying that the officials had pushed him around as the torch made its way through the capital on Sunday. He added that other countries on the route should â??get rid of those guysâ?Â.

 

â??They tried to punch me out of the way three times. They are horrible. They did not speak English . . . I think they were thugs.â?Â

 

His comments came after Konnie Huq, the former Blue Peter presenter, who was one of the torchbearers on Sunday, described how she had seen the officials in â??skirmishesâ? with the police.

 

Ms Huq, who was carrying the torch when a pro-Tibet activist tried to snatch the flame, said of the guards: â??They were very robotic, full-on . . . They were barking orders like â??runâ?? and â??stopâ?? and I was like, â??Who are these people?â??.â?Â

 

[color:red][color:red]David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, wrote yesterday to Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, seeking clarification of the role of the Chinese officials. Mr Davis asked: â??Who in the British Government authorised their presence and what checks were made as to their background?â?Â

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He added: â??They appear to have some role in providing security and were seen manhandling protesters. They even accompanied the torch into Downing Street and were highly visible in the picture with the Prime Minister.â?Â

 

[color:red]The security men entered Britain on visitorsâ?? visas[/color] but the Home Office would not reveal whether they had disclosed on the application form for whom they worked.

 

[color:red]Less than a year ago these mysterious â??men in blueâ? were elite students from Chinaâ??s Armed Police Academy and were selected amid great fanfare to form the grandly titled Sacred Flame Protection Unit.[/color]

 

 

Die Fahne hoch!

[Flashermac]

Interesting comment:

 

"What is with the fanny packs? Are these goons armed? It looks like they have pistols in those little packs. What are the French, British, and American laws regarding armed foreign agents beating up their citizens. It is bad enough when our own police beat people exercising free speech, but agents from a fascist, totalitarian state beating us we should beat them back!"

 

[rogueyam]

I have said it before and I'll say it again: Chinese Communist robo-goons had best watch their step in San Francisco. Our motto is "Don't Tread on Me!"