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Residents in bid to stop Olympic missiles on roof
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLY_LONDON_2012_MISSILES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-09-11-06-20LONDON (AP) -- Residents of a London apartment tower went to court Monday in a bid to stop their rooftop being used as a missile base during the Olympic Games, saying the unprecedented deployment could make the building a terrorist target.
The British military plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles at six sites around London as part of a vast security operation for the July 27-Aug. 12 games.
But residents of the 17-story Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone, east London, say they were not consulted about the decision. The judge's decision is expected to be announced Tuesday morning.
Their lawyer, Marc Willers, told the High Court that the residents had "a fully justified fear that installation or deployment of the missile system on the roof of the Fred Wigg Tower gives rise to the additional risk that the tower itself may become the focus of a terrorist attack."