08-29-2014, 03:18 PM
Gosh, whatever happened to the Good Old Days when some puffed up official would take the podium to announce a new Color Of Terror?
Not that the threat to Britain shouldn't be taken seriously, but it illustrates how we do business differently nowadays.
UK threat level raised to 'severe' after Iraq and Syria conflicts http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28986271 The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level means an attack on the UK is "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was "imminent". It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels.
PM David Cameron said at least 500 people had travelled from the UK "to fight in Syria and potentially Iraq". He said Islamic State (IS) extremists - who are attempting to establish a "caliphate", or Islamic state, in the region - represented a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before". New legislation would also be brought in to make it easier to take passports away from people travelling abroad to join the conflict, Mr Cameron said. National Policing Lead for Counter-Terrorism Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said security and protection measures were being increased from Friday....
During a news conference at Downing Street, Mr Cameron spoke of the "growing" threat of British people travelling to fight in Iraq and Syria and then returning home. He said Britain must couple a "firm security response" with an "intelligent political response", but warned the fight against the extremists would last "years and probably decades". Mr Cameron did not give extensive details on what the changed threat level would mean, stressing people "should continue to go about our lives in the normal way". But he said people "might see some changes in terms of policing and the number of armed police". More steps to deal with the threat will be announced on Monday, Mr Cameron said, adding there were "gaps in our armoury" which needed to be strengthened.
UK terror threat levels
Critical - attack expected imminently
Severe - attack highly likely
Substantial - attack a strong possibility
Moderate - attack possible but not likely
Low - an attack unlikely
Source: Home Office
You should have bought the tee shirt when you had the chance...
Not that the threat to Britain shouldn't be taken seriously, but it illustrates how we do business differently nowadays.
UK threat level raised to 'severe' after Iraq and Syria conflicts http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28986271 The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level means an attack on the UK is "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was "imminent". It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels.
PM David Cameron said at least 500 people had travelled from the UK "to fight in Syria and potentially Iraq". He said Islamic State (IS) extremists - who are attempting to establish a "caliphate", or Islamic state, in the region - represented a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before". New legislation would also be brought in to make it easier to take passports away from people travelling abroad to join the conflict, Mr Cameron said. National Policing Lead for Counter-Terrorism Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said security and protection measures were being increased from Friday....
During a news conference at Downing Street, Mr Cameron spoke of the "growing" threat of British people travelling to fight in Iraq and Syria and then returning home. He said Britain must couple a "firm security response" with an "intelligent political response", but warned the fight against the extremists would last "years and probably decades". Mr Cameron did not give extensive details on what the changed threat level would mean, stressing people "should continue to go about our lives in the normal way". But he said people "might see some changes in terms of policing and the number of armed police". More steps to deal with the threat will be announced on Monday, Mr Cameron said, adding there were "gaps in our armoury" which needed to be strengthened.
UK terror threat levels
Critical - attack expected imminently
Severe - attack highly likely
Substantial - attack a strong possibility
Moderate - attack possible but not likely
Low - an attack unlikely
Source: Home Office
You should have bought the tee shirt when you had the chance...