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More than one runner has tried to wear a Tibetan flag only to have it snatched off by the ‘men in blue’ or Chinese Paramilitary torch guard/thugs. When in happened in Paris the runner was allowed to run but without the offending flag. When in happened in SanFran the runner was removed from the relay and pushed into the crowd and out of the street. The Australian prime minister has said the torch relay is welcome, the men in blue - not on Australian soil.
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BBC just announced that the men in blue won’t be welcome in Japan either. Also, the head of London’s Olympic Committee was caught by a microphone referring to those guys as “thugs.” Said they had literally pushed him out of the way three times. The head of the London Olympic committee!