London Olympics chaos as thousands more troops are put on standby for security

Thousands more troops are on standby to police the Olympics, it was revealed yesterday. And the potential call-up of 2400 more personnel could mean the UK military strength deployed in London this month is DOUBLE that in war-torn Afghanistan.

The extra military staffing emerged as bungling security firm boss Nick Buckles revealed he could have to quit over the fiasco. And forces chiefs are furious at the chaos surrounding the security contract .... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk