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# Security budget for London 2012 Olympic Games set to break record
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## The security budget for the London Olympics is likely to snowball if
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terrorist attacks continue in the lead-up to 2012, according to the
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International Olympic Committee official in charge of supervising the Games.
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![Birds Nest stadium - Security budget for London 2012 Olympic Games set to
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break record][1]
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Costly exercise: rising terrorist threat will add to London 2012 organisers'
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concerns Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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By Simon Briggs 8:27PM GMT 04 Dec 2008
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Denis Oswald, the chairman of the IOC's co-ordination committee for London
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2012, told _Telegraph Sport_ that he expected all previous records to be
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broken by the security provisions laid on under the supervision of the
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Metropolitan Police.
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"It's really a difficult budget," Oswald said, as he prepared to deliver a
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lecture at De Montfort University in Leicester. "Compared to previous Games,
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it is really rocketing.
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"I would think it would be the biggest spend on security in Olympic history.
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It is sad, because you think of all the other things that the money could be
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spent on, but that is the evolution of the world.
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"Athens spent €900 million (£780 million), and brought in support from
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different countries as well. In the lead-up to 2004, there was an attack in
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Istanbul, as well as the bombings in Madrid.
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"Nobody knows how much it will cost London in the end, because it all depends
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on the situation: a few attacks like the one in Mumbai, especially if they are
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closer to this country, and they will have to reinforce security again."
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## Related Articles
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* [BBC deal softens funding blow][3]
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04 Dec 2008
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* ['Credit crunch will not affect London 2012'][4]
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04 Dec 2008
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* [GB Athletics punished for Beijing failure][5]
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03 Dec 2008
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* [BBC Olympic coverage threatened][6]
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03 Dec 2008
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* [Olympic sports lose out ahead of 2012 Games][7]
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03 Dec 2008
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* [Government to plug 2012 funding gap with £29m][8]
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02 Dec 2008
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The security budget for the London Games was stepped up in December last year,
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when an additional £238million contingency fund was added to the £600 million
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already earmarked for the purpose.
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"But the rising costs in other areas, including the Government's need to cover
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the shortfall in private investment, will make it difficult for the organisers
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to balance their books.
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Plans to build social housing alongside the promised 16,000 beds in the
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Olympic Village have already been abandoned, and several sports are waiting to
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see how badly their funding will be slashed as the recession bites into
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Government revenues.
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The man in charge of developing a master plan for Olympic security, the former
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Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, has just left the
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project after settling a claim against the force.
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But Oswald believes that the UK is ideally equipped to defend itself after
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years of monitoring terrorist networks.
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"Experience plays quite a big role, and with the situation in Ireland the UK
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has been dealing with terrorism and threats for quite a number of years,"
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Oswald said.
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"You probably have the best experts in the world. There is such an evolution
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that you cannot just rely on what you did 10 years ago, but still I am
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confident that everything will be safely covered."
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The one thing that concerns Oswald is that the outstanding decisions on venues
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for some sports - most obviously badminton - should be finalised.
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"There are still discussions about moving one venue or another,'' Oswald said.
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"How can you plan your security or your transport if you are not sure where
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the competition is going to take place?"
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