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# Planes that breach D-Day air space 'will be shot down'
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French troops near the town of Arromanches
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By Ben Fenton in Arromanches 12:05AM BST 31 May 2004
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Private pilots who stray into Normandy air space during the 60th anniversary
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of D-Day next weekend will be shot down, French officials said yesterday.
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With at least 16 heads of state, including the Queen and President George W
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Bush, attending the ceremonies, organisers are guarding particularly against
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an al-Qa'eda attack from the air.
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It is one of the biggest security exercises in Europe since the war. An
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enormous network of radar equipment has been stretched between Deauville and
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Cherbourg, with Awacs early warning aircraft already in the skies.
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The aircraft will be joined this week by small, remote-controlled drones.
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Advanced Crotale anti-aircraft missiles have been primed and two squadrons of
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Mirage 2000 fighters are stationed nearby.
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The French ministry of defence has spared no expense. It has established a
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temporary air base at Carpiquet, outside the city of Caen, as the hub of its
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defences.
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There, more than 800 soldiers will maintain round-the-clock surveillance,
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backed by more than 50 military helicopters.
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A spokesman for the 120-acre camp said: "The dangers are multiple, from a
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hijacked airliner being crashed into the stands at the main international
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ceremony at Arromanches to a tiny bomb being detonated remotely. But we are
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stretching an impenetrable fabric of protection above Normandy."
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At sea, fishermen and pleasure craft have been banned from the Seine Bay that
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stretches along the beaches which were codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and
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Sword on June 6, 1944.
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A French carrier, Charles de Gaulle, and an American carrier, George
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Washington, will be patrolling the bay, which will also be swept for mines.
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There are unconfirmed reports that submarines will be used in the security
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precautions.
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On land, more than 9,000 French troops are arriving this week, supplementing
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the 6,300 gendarmes and 2,300 police officers already on duty.
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The focus of all this protection will be a series of events marking the
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contribution of the allied nations to the Normandy landings, a theme that will
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be brought together at an international ceremony on cliffs above the small
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seaside town of Arromanches next Sunday.
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There the heads of state will watch President Jacques Chirac symbolically
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award the French Legion d'Honneur to 10 veterans of each of the 14 countries
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that took part. For the first time, Germany will be represented - by
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroder.
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Most people believe that this will be the last big commemoration of D-Day. The
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security operation will be twice the size of that for the last major ceremony
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in 1994 and is graphically illustrated at Arromanches.
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The town's residents have been told that they [must either stay indoors
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throughout next Sunday or leave the area][4]. Even Patrick Jardin, the mayor,
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one of the few local people invited to the international ceremony, will have
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to travel by bus to Caen, 45 minutes' drive away, and board a special bus to
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return to Arromanches that afternoon.
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