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Defense Head Gets Shootdown Power

LONDON GAMES

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A senior British army official has told a high court there that, under the terms of a secret agreement forged with the local council, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond could personally order the shooting down of any suspicious aircraft approaching the Olympic Park during the upcoming Olympic Games.

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