The Olympics: a time
where all the nations of the world can join together in peace and compete in a
variety of sporting events-or not so much, as far as peace goes. With the Winter Olympics just around the
corner, there have been some complications.
The American and European teams traveling to Sochi, Russia have received
emailed threats from supposed terrorists.
The terrorists suggested that they would impose “strikes” on the
athletes and their supporters if they participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Upon receiving these
threats about the upcoming Olympic Games, the National Olympics Committee
became mildly concerned regarding the safety of the athletes and spectators of
the games. The committee began to think
that the imposed threats were phony, after further investigation. They finally came to be almost certain that
the threats were lacking credibility, and not real. Authorities believe this to be true because
the emailed threat was made somewhere outside Russia, and the person making the
threats, has made additional threats in the past-but has never come through.
Although the supposed
threat was proved to be fake, many people began to worry about the
threats. People began to “roar in fear”
at the imposed threats, believing that in fact-they might actually be real and
everyone would be in danger. Because of
the mass panic in Russia, an army of 40,000 men was deployed everywhere the
Olympic Games would be taking place. They
have told people to look for a particular woman, whom they have a vivid description
of. They believe the woman could be a
potential suicide bomber, just to be cautious.
Three suicide bombings have occurred in the last 3 months, killing 34
people in all. These suicide bombers
have imposed threats via a video on the internet, stating that they will attack
again during the Olympics.
The White House has
agreed to supply full assistance in security during the games in Russia. The USA even had a meeting lately, and they
stated that they would be sharing their bomb detecting equipment at the games,
to protect anyone who may be a victim from potential harm. With just about 2 weeks until the games begin
in Russia on February 2nd, it’s a race against time to take all
safety precautions necessary to prevent any disasters from occurring.
Carol J. Williams
January 22. "Terrorist Threat to Olympics Called Hoax, Still Adds to Sochi
Tension." Los Angeles
Times. Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 22 Jan. 2014.
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