2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony - Security Measures

Security Measures

Security was present at the Opening Ceremony as has become the norm for the Olympics. Organizers have stepped up the security measures in connection with the contemporary Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and they insisted that the Olympic Games are going to be safe.

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