The Italian police is on high alert these days in the Olympic City of Torino. And it's not just muslim extremists that are causing this. A number of domestic protesters like the so called No Global movement and other leftside organization have said they'll use the Torino 2006 arrangement as a stage for their cause and to get media attention from the thousands of journalists that are currently flocking to the city from all parts of the world.

Italians like to protest is my somewhat easy conclusion after living here for some time now. An Italian might answer that there are lot of things to complain about so they're in their right to do so. Anyway, as mentioned before the torch relay hasn't just been a triumphant voyage around the country, but it has been blemished by a series of incidents with rpotesters blocking the relay route. Yesterday it was time for the anti-fast-train protesters NO TAV to use the (lime)light of the Olympic Torch to spread their message.

The public broadcaster Rai has made this news clip about the security preparations for the Olympics. The last part of the clip has some spectacular images of protesters trying to stop the Torch Relay with their banners almost catching the Olympic fire.