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06.12.03, 21:24
Greece: Israel has key role in Olympics security
By Yossi Melman
The Greek minister responsible for security at next
year's Olympics in Athens said in an interview
with Haaretz that Israel is playing an important
security role for the Games. "Israel is a key
country with respect to providing intelligence
information and training and drilling the Greek
security forces," Greek Minister for Public Order
Georgios Floridis said.
He said Israel's involvement
in organizing security at the
Games is in three areas:
testing the reliability of
the Greek security
arrangements, providing
expertise in dealing with
suicide bombers, and the
Mossad's delivering
information about terror
organizations and potential threats.
Floridis said that Greek security is preparing
for both "conflict-specific" terrorism, such as
Chechnyans against the Russian delegation or
Palestinians against the Israeli one, as well
as for general, al Qaida-type attacks on the
Olympics itself.
