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Fri 06 Jun 2004Huge security operation swings into actionSecurity operation: Thousands of gardaí and members of the Defence Forces arrived in the Shannon area yesterday to take up duty as part of the huge security operation marking the visit of President Bush.As briefings of senior officers and rank-and-file members of both forces began yesterday afternoon, anti-war protesters, who had established a peace camp on the outskirts of the town, accused gardaí of heavy-handedness in relation to the following and stopping of vehicles belonging to activists.