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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1574981/Assassination-fears-follow-Barack-Obama.html

Security surrounding Barack Obama has been stepped up amid fears he could be an assassination target.

Massive crowds across New Hampshire following the Illinois senator's stunning victory in the Iowa caucuses last week have caused major headaches for his Secret Service bodyguards and led to extra agents being drafted into his detail.

Tensions have flared at events when crowds of people have swarmed around Mr Obama or tried to get into venues that were already crammed full.

At a school in Salem on Sunday, a policeman ordered an Obama supporter to get back and shouted: "Do you want me to arrest you in front of your kid?"

Mr Obama was given Secret Service protection last May, far earlier than previous presidential candidates, after indications of threats against him.

Hillary Clinton already had a Secret Service detail because she was a former First Lady but John Kerry, Democratic nominee in 2004, did not get one until after he won the New Hampshire primary.

Secret Service agents, conspicuous because of their suits, lapel badges and earpieces, are noticeably more jittery than before.

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses they froze as a man shouted "Obama, Obama" and ran towards the senator in corridor after he had just finished a speech at a Des Moines high school.

But as the agents prepared to draw their weapons, it became clear that the man was simply an enthusiastic Obama supporter who wanted to shake the candidate's hand. Mr Obama, who had seemed surprised at the shouting of his surname, recovered quickly and shook the man's hand.

Afterwards, an Obama aide told the supporter: "Hey, you can't do that man. Be careful. You freaked those guys out." The incident was witnessed by The Daily Telegraph.

Jesse Jackson was given Secret Service protection when he ran for president in 1988 after racist death threats against him while Colin Powell is believed to have decided against a White House bid in part because of the fears of his wife Alma that he might be murdered.

A few voters even say they are reluctant to vote for Mr Obama because a Southern racist might shoot him.

"There are people in this country who will not accept a black president," said Marvin Henderson, 32, at a Bill Clinton rally in Amherst, New Hampshire.

"Even before he got elected, I think some redneck or the Ku Klux Klan would try to do something about it."
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