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Win the 100-meter sprint .......... OR ELSE !!!!
(AP) Some London residents are getting troops and surface-to-air missiles on their rooftops for the Summer Olympics.
British security officials identified potential sites for the missiles on Monday and announced plans for security tests during the week.
The potential sites include Lexington Building in Tower Hamlets, the Fred Wigg Tower in Waltham Forest, Blackheath Common, Oxleas Wood, the William Girling Reservoir and Barn Hill in Epping Forest.
News of one of the sites leaked out over the weekend when a journalist who lives in one of the buildings found a flyer notifying residents of the plan. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/olympics-residents-missiles-rooftops-16241624#.T56szVLi7To