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London residents launch legal bid to stop Olympic missiles

Published time: June 28, 2012 17:04
Edited time: June 28, 2012 21:53
A Starstreak high velocity missile (HVM) system, which could play a role in providing air security during the Olympics, is manned by members of the British Royal Artillery as a Rapier ground-based air defence (GBAD) system stands in the backround (R) (AFP Photo/Carl Court)

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Tenants in East London are seeking an injunction to halt surface-to-air missiles being deployed on their block of flats during the Olympic Games.

­A group of residents have launched legal proceedings against proposals by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to put an air defence system on top of a tower block in Leytonstone, a poor area of East London adjacent to the Olympic site. 


Defence officials are considering deploying Rapier and Star Streak missiles at six sites across the capital; although the final go-ahead has not yet been given.  Howe and Co solicitors said lawyers attended the High Court today to issue proceedings against the MOD on the grounds that residents had not been consulted about the plans and that they breach their human rights. 


Martin Howe, a senior partner at Howe and Co told RT, “There is a public duty upon them to consult the residents particularly under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as this is a breach of their right to family life”. He continued, “There are 117 flats in that building and no-one heard a dickybird about this until the beginning of May. They were leafleted on a Friday night and invited to a drop in session to look at the weaponry. There was no exchange of ideas or objections.” 


“The MOD has had seven years to sort out the security of the Games, yet the residents have had two and half months notice,” he said. The tenants are seeking to stop the missiles being placed above their heads and to force the MOD into a legal consultation process.


“I’m not denying there is a security risk but everything has to be proportionate, there’s always a risk the loony fringe will see this as red rag to a bull,” he added. 


Howe compared the Olympics to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this month, which would have had a huge security operation. “We didn’t see missiles on the roof of Buckingham Palace, yet the MOD is quite happy to put them on council flats in East London,” he said.

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british citizen (unregistered) 02.07.2012 13:58

God forbid! (unregistered) wrote in #1
It will be very foolish for any sane person to travel to London in the nsame of 'Olympics',  'cause there no Olympics but preparation for war! Rather than rolling out Symbols of true peace, they are deploying all their military hardware on desplay, even war fair don't display so much weapons of madness...STAY AWAY FROM BRATAIN AND THEIR BLOODTHIRSTY QUEEN.... OF WAR!
Look, obvioulsy you need a lesson in how politics works in britain or maybe paranoia has just over taken your reason, but the queen isnt bloodthirsty and doesnt advocate war. believe it or not we have a government and a ministry of defense, yes i know shocking and they make these sorts of decisions not the queen, hense why the jubilie was not over kill on security :) hope you are now more inlightened, its the politions not the monarchy that run britain through chambers, upper house, house of lords and chamber of commons, and it hasnt been passed through these yet.

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Soussi (unregistered) 29.06.2012 13:27

No they will keep those rockets etc.  So when they bomb central London, don't worry olympics will go one, they (illuminaty-NWO) can say that they didn't do it.  They profile themselves as the protectors, but they are the agressors.  Yéyé, crazy talk, just wait, and don't fall in their trap. Do research about illuminaty, about the security company for the olympics, about the cards, the asteroids, project blue beam, extraterrestrial show, fooling generations,..., the end they don't know, but I think I do, it's about the illuminati-NWO peoples future, it starts then and will be the same a incredibly long time for sure,...send to a place called ->HELL!!

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CON (unregistered) 29.06.2012 08:17

It's in keeping with the aggressive nature of the British. I think they enjoy fighting and conflict, all the while promoting this image of a genteel sophisticated democracy. It's a load of BS.  All I've heard and read about the upcoming Olympics is weaponry and 'security', nothing about athletic prowess. I'm totally disinterested in these games and would recommend others to stay well away. Don't buy into it as this only encourages them.

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