<![CDATA[Beijing Becomes Giant Fortress For Olympics]]>

1.0 link 116698 <![CDATA[Beijing Becomes Giant Fortress For Olympics]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/04/beijing-becomes-giant-for_n_116698.html On the day that 16 Chinese police offers were killed by bomb-throwing attackers in western China, The New York Times is running a article on the "smothering blanket of security" imposed across Beijing before the Olympic Games begin Friday. According to the Times, the Chinese are warning that terrorism is a "constant threat." Read more on HuffPost's Olympics big news page.

Chinese officials have thrown an almost smothering blanket of security across this capital of 17 million in...

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