Australian government warns fans not to fly flag at Delhi over terror fears

[Sonnabend]

SPORTS fans are being warned not to wear the green and gold national colours or fly the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games for fear of attracting terrorists keen to target foreigners.

Tthe Commonwealth Games chief says India was working hard to ensure it is prepared as athletes arrive.Tthe Commonwealth Games chief says India was working hard to ensure it is prepared as athletes As the first Australian athletes headed for India, the Federal Government issued a new explicit travel warning of a "high risk" of a terrorist attack.

Security experts warned supporters to keep a low profile while in Delhi and leave their Australian colours at home. "People should not fly Australian flags," counter-terrorism and security consultants Homeland Security Asia-Pacific spokesman Roger Henning said.

http://www.news.com.au/national/australian-government-warns-not-to-fly-flag-at-delhi-over-terror-fears/story-e6frfkvr-1225929416604



This fourth world rat hole should never have been given the Games.

[Odysseus]

SPORTS fans are being warned not to wear the green and gold national colours or fly the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games for fear of attracting terrorists keen to target foreigners.

Tthe Commonwealth Games chief says India was working hard to ensure it is prepared as athletes arrive.Tthe Commonwealth Games chief says India was working hard to ensure it is prepared as athletes As the first Australian athletes headed for India, the Federal Government issued a new explicit travel warning of a "high risk" of a terrorist attack.

Security experts warned supporters to keep a low profile while in Delhi and leave their Australian colours at home. "People should not fly Australian flags," counter-terrorism and security consultants Homeland Security Asia-Pacific spokesman Roger Henning said.

http://www.news.com.au/national/australian-government-warns-not-to-fly-flag-at-delhi-over-terror-fears/story-e6frfkvr-1225929416604



This fourth world rat hole should never have been given the Games.
I have a hard time begrudging India this kind of event. For one thing, they are rapidly becoming a first world economy. For another, they share a border with Pakistan, which means that they are intimately acquainted with the Islamist threat that we face, and that makes India an ally in the Conflict Formerly Known as the Global War On Terror.

Personally, I think that every nation should fly their flag and walk around heavily armed, and let the vermin try something, but I also think that we need to start retaliating against nations that sponsor terror with more than just pinprick attacks by drones.

[AmPat]

Agreed

[m00]

... but I also think that we need to start retaliating against nations that sponsor terror with more than just pinprick attacks by drones.

But then we'd have to alienate the Saudis, and probably the Chinese. :p