委派多3,500軍人部隊往奧運會

委派多3,500軍人部隊往奧運會
3,500 more troops assigned to Olympics
Published: July 11, 2012 5:13 PM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Translation by Autumnson Blog

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Sergeant Craig from Britain's Royal Artillery regiment holds a high-velocity missile lightweight multiple launcher during a media event ahead of a training exercise designed to test military procedures prior to the Olympics. (May 3, 2012)
來自英國皇家砲兵團的軍士克雷格在一項奧運會前，旨在測試軍事程序的培訓練習之前的媒體活動，握有一高速度導彈輕機多重發射器。 （2012年5月3日）

LONDON -- Britain put an extra 3,500 military personnel on standby Wednesday to protect venues at the London Olympics, after a private contractor said it may not be able to provide enough security guards on time.
倫敦 - 英國週三將額外的3,500名軍事人員準備，以保護倫敦奧運會的各處場館，在一名私人承辦商說，它可能到時無法提供足夠的保安人員後。
The contractor, G4S, had been enlisted to provide the bulk of the 13,200 private security guards across 100 venues, but said in a statement that it may not hit its target because of problems recruiting and training staff.
承辦商G4S已被徵召在100多個場館，提供大量13,200名的私人保安員，但在一份聲明中說由於招募和培訓人員的問題，它可能不達標，。
In a statement, the government ministry in charge of crime and security said the troops would be ready to be deployed to cover any shortfall.
負責犯罪和安全的政府局方在一份聲明中說，軍隊隨時準備部署填補任何短缺。
"We have agreed to offer help to G4S by revising the level of military support," the Home Office said.

Defense Secretary Philip Hammond will confirm the full details to Parliament on Thursday in an official written ministerial statement, the Home Office said.

G4S insisted that it still hopes to be able to supply the guards, but Britain's government is putting the troops on alert to be quickly deployed if the contractor cannot meet its obligations.

"This has been an unprecedented and very complex security recruitment, training and deployment exercise, which has been carried out to a tight timescale," the company said in a statement. "We have encountered some issues in relation to workforce supply and scheduling over the last couple of weeks, but are resolving these every day."

The firm said it accepted "that the government has decided to overlay additional resources." It was not clear what, if any, penalties the company would face if it failed to meet its contract.

Main opposition Labour Party lawmaker Tessa Jowell, Olympics minister in the previous government, said the news was a concern with the London Games due to begin on July 27.

"This is clearly a serious problem, and we have to understand how this problem arose," she said.

Britain has committed 553 million pounds ($857 million) for venue security, covering arenas in London and a number of additional locations across Britain -- including a southern England sailing center and five soccer stadiums.

In the country's mammoth Olympics security operation, 7,500 troops are already being deployed at venues and 6,000 more had previously been put on stand-by to provide a range of security duties. If all military personnel -- including the extra forces announced Wednesday -- were deployed, the total would be 17,000 -- dwarfing the 9,500 troops Britain currently has on the ground in Afghanistan.

About 12,000 police, 3,000 volunteers, Typhoon fighter jets, helicopters, two warships and bomb disposal experts are also part of the vast program aimed at securing the London Games.

"The government has been clear that as part of a civilian and police-led overall security operation, military personnel will be playing a key role in providing venue security for Olympic sites ahead of and during the Games," Britain's defense ministry said in a statement.

London's Olympic Organizing Committee said in a statement that the security plan was "big and complex, but we have the best brains in the security business working on this -- Home Office, Metropolitan Police, MoD (Britain's defense ministry) and (the) world's largest private security business."

http://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/3-500-more-troops-assigned-to-olympics-1.3832258

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