Tanks placed outside media centre at Olympics

8/13/08, Sydney Morning Herald: "A FLEET of armoured personnel carriers with camouflaged 40-millimetre guns quickly surrounded the Olympic venues amid stepped-up security yesterday morning - and suddenly the tone of the Beijing Games took a nasty turn....

• The president of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, said he was unsure why the tanks had been placed outside the media centre and noted the less-than-euphoric mood.".... photo by Sydney Morning Herald

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