China Olympic Terror Plot Nightmare
April 11, 2008 by national
Filed under World Report
Australias hottest Olympic gold medal prospect Libby Trickett has labelled a plot to kidnap athletes and journalists at the Beijing Olympics “every competitor’s worst nightmare”.
China says it has cracked a terrorist group plotting to kidnap foreigners during the Beijing Olympics and another that planned to carry out attacks with toxic materials.
“The violent terrorist group plotted to kidnap foreign journalists, tourists, and athletes during the Beijing Olympics and, by creating an international impact, achieve the goal of wrecking the Beijing Olympics,” Ministry of Public Security spokesman Wu Heping said of the kidnap plot.
But critics are sceptical, saying Beijing is inflating the terror threat to justify a crackdown on dissent ahead of the Olympics.
