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Winter Olympics: NATO offered its Awacs, Turin sincerely thanked it but says "No"

Turin, Italy - Italian Extraordinary Commissioner for Games said: "We will do it ourselves"

Mario Pescante, Italian Extraordinary Commissioner for the Turin Olympics 2006, revealed that Italy has rejected NATO’s Awacs spy aircraft to cover Winter Olympics security. "We have said thank you for the offer of help, but we will do it ourselves". NATO provided air patrols, military ships and a special unit against chemical and nuclear threats already on the occasion of Athens Olimpic Games (see f...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 128556
Rome, Italy, 10/07/2005 18:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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