Muslims warned to stay off trains used by Chinese (warning from Turkistan Islamic Party)

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Terror video, smog cast pall over Olympics

'We hope that these will be a great Games, even the greatest'

A group identifying itself as the Turkistan Islamic Party released a video warning Muslims to stay away from the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Washington-based IntelCenter, which monitors extremists, said the video shows flames consuming an Olympic logo.AFP, Getty

Karl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse, with files from news services Published: Friday, August 08, 2008


BEIJING - China declared yesterday it was ready to stage one of the greatest Olympics ever, but a new terrorist threat, continuing concerns about air quality and human rights controversies hung over the final preparations.

As the world's best athletes poured into Beijing and the Olympic flame passed over the Great Wall, Games organizers sought to shift global attention to the opening ceremonies and what they promised would be a sports spectacular.

"We have prepared for the Beijing Olympics for seven years and now we are ready ... we are very confident indeed that we will stage a successful Olympics," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the organizing committee. "Of course we hope that these will be a great Games, even the greatest."

For China, the Games are an opportunity to show the world how far it has come since the communists came to power in 1949 after a brutal civil war, and particularly the past three decades of phenomenal development.


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