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As the Country Gathers Around TV Sets to Watch the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Protesters Gather Outside Utah Olympic Park in Protest

The 2002 Winter Olympics opened in Utah a week ago covered in gale-driven snow and wrapped in a $310 million security blanket to keep the so-called terrorists at bay. Turning Salt Lake City into one of the most heavily guarded placeson Earth was an army of 15,000 troops, police, Secret Service agents, Black Hawk helicopters and F-16 jets armed with anti-aircraft missiles. The patriotic opening ceremony featured the tattered U.S. flag unearthed from the rubble ofthe World Trade Center, carried into the stadium by eight US athletes and an honor guard of New York City firefighters and cops. "The Star-Spangled Banner" swept over the crowd. And throughout this week, the major media has lauded the Olympics with headlines like, "Olympics unify world in wake of Sept. 11."


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