Chicago to host NATO, G8 summits in 2012

Sarah Schulte
ABC 7 News
August 29, 2011

(CHICAGO) (WLS) — World leaders are gathering in Chicago next year for two international summits. Both the NATO and the G8 summits will be held in May.

It will be the first time since 1977 in London that two international summits will be held at the same time in the same city. Security experts say it will be a security challenge that no American city has ever had to face. Planning is likely to focus on the possibility of violent demonstrations.

Chicago does not want to risk a repeat of 1999′s “Battle of Seattle,” when thousands of people protested the World Trade Organization meeting.

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2 Responses to “Chicago to host NATO, G8 summits in 2012”

  1. odd, from chicago came obama, emanual (god with us?), now these ‘meetings’…some maneuvering.
    if they want it uneventful, perhaps they should cancel the event…
    this city is a cesspool in a concrete jungle…

  2. Who’s the dude with the curly “tupe” talking?

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