Many Swiss Guard Euro 2008

Ok, so we're not talking the Swiss Guards which protect the Pope. We're talking about the Swiss federal government approving the deployment of up to 15,000 soldiers to help the local authorities in their security effort for the Euro 2008 tournament.

For those fans that like a bit of a scrap even 15,000 normally "pleasant" Swiss should be able to keep the non-football activities to a minimum.

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