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Update:Threat Level Elevated to Orange for Transportation Systems Michael Chertoff DHS
Department of Homeland Security ^ | July 7, 2005

Posted on 07/07/2005 6:59:52 AM PDT by bd476

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 July 7, 2005

We have been closely monitoring the bombings in London. Our sympathies and condolences go to the victims of this incident and the people of London.

We have been in direct communication with officials at the state and local level and with public and private sector transportation officials. We have asked them for increased vigilance and additional security measures for major transit systems.

The Department of Homeland Security has stood up the Interagency Incident Management Group to ensure full situational awareness around this incident and in the United States. We do not have any specific intelligence indicating this type of attack is planned in the United States, but we are constantly evaluating both intelligence and our protective measures and will take whatever actions are necessary.

We will continue to work closely with British officials as they investigate this incident.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chertoff; dhs; london; londonattacked; orangealert; security
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1 posted on 07/07/2005 6:59:52 AM PDT by bd476
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we are constantly evaluating both intelligence and our protective measures and will take whatever actions are necessary.

What is necessary is an immediate sealing of the borders, roundup of illegals for deportation, and an end to political correctness and pandering to the hispanic and arab electorates for votes at teh expense of our security. NOW !!! DO IT F#$%ING NOW !!!!

2 posted on 07/07/2005 7:24:43 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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This is not an ideology or even a perverted faith," he continued. "This is just an attempt to kill innocent people.

And Mr Livingstone then addressed the terrorists directly, saying they would never beat the resolve of the British people.

"Ours is the greatest city in the world and we will not be divided by your cowardly attacks.

"I know you fear you may fail in your long-term objectives. In the coming weeks look at our airports, seaports and railway stations.

"People come to live in London so they can live the life they choose.

"They flee you because you tell them how to live and no matter how many people you kill, you will fail."



3 posted on 07/07/2005 7:26:02 AM PDT by prognostigaator
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To: AbeKrieger
What is necessary is an immediate sealing of the borders, roundup of illegals for deportation, and an end to political correctness and pandering to the hispanic and arab electorates for votes at teh expense of our security

I'm not sure what the hispanics have to do with the bombings in London or the security of the United States.

You may have a valid point about the need to close the borders, but I don't think the bombings in London help you make it.

Shalom.

4 posted on 07/07/2005 7:34:55 AM PDT by ArGee (So that's how liberty dies, with thunderous applause. - Padme Amidala)
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U.S. State Dept. Call Center for Americans with friends or relatives in London, whether residents or vacationing:

1-888-407-4747


5 posted on 07/07/2005 7:37:56 AM PDT by rabidralph (Posting, without the restrictor plate)
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BBC Online

Public advice

The Metropolitan Police advise people to stay where they are.

Do not call the emergency services except in life-threatening situations.

An emergency hotline number is expected shortly.

All London hospitals are closed to non-emergency cases.

Emergency service calls are being given priority on mobile phone networks.

Metropolitan Police Home office

Mayor of London

Government advice

Emergency advice

6 posted on 07/07/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT by bd476
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To: ArGee
I believe the point he was making is that our nation's backsliding into a PC handling of illegal aliens pouring across our border gives the appearance that we are no longer vigilant. We have had some 180 Middle-easterners slip across the Mexican borders that we know about.

The PC handling of our borders has left our back door open.
7 posted on 07/07/2005 7:41:25 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Just what does the FreeRepublic spell-checker have against hyphenated nouns and adjectives?)
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To: ArGee
I'm not sure what the hispanics have to do with the bombings in London or the security of the United States.

The only reason the borders are not closed is the fear of alientating the hispanic voting bloc. That's what I meant. They have NOTHING to do with any terror acts, but as long as we fail to act in spite of their lobbying, we cannot be secure.

8 posted on 07/07/2005 7:47:50 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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I'm so amazed that the Networks are covering this. Usually they'll do anything they can to avoid reporting terrorism.


9 posted on 07/07/2005 8:48:13 AM PDT by Betaille ("I turned 21 in prison doin' life without parole" Merle Haggard (lyrics))
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To: AbeKrieger
As demonstrated by the thousands of illegals getting into the U.S. since 9/11 that you carp about, there is little to fear from them launching terrorist attacks. By your logic either (1) an illegal would have instigated a major terrorist event, or (2) thousands of illegals will rise up on que and strike like an organized army. There may be an economic issue associated with illegal immigration, but it seems that security concerns that you describe are not related to illegal immigration.
10 posted on 07/07/2005 8:52:07 AM PDT by sefarkas (why vote Democrat-lite???)
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To: Betaille

It is somewhat surprising. Maybe it's good to think of them giving us one kind of message and then sending the terrorists an entirely different message.


11 posted on 07/07/2005 9:01:02 AM PDT by bd476
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To: AbeKrieger

Seeing as our capitalist economy and your 401K depend on the utilization of cheap ChiCom and Illegal Alien Labor in order to fatten that bottom line, the finger points both ways, my friend.
Political correctness aside, how much do you think oranges and suburban tract houses would cost if those in charge actually employed legal residents of the U.S.?


12 posted on 07/07/2005 9:04:09 AM PDT by Craven Moorhead
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To: ArGee

I'm not sure what the hispanics have to do with the bombings in London or the security of the United States.

Jose Padia ring a bell?


13 posted on 07/07/2005 9:11:59 AM PDT by BayouCoyote (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices it.)
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To: AbeKrieger

Chertoff is Just Another Bureaucrat mouthing platitudes
designed to divert us. To quote< (and paraphrase): "This
is not a time for undue anxiety....this is a time to stand alongside London in its grief...." blahblahblah.\
This is still the same therapeutic ritualizing of tragedy
that we wallowed in for way too long post 9-11.
Nothing is going to change in the West unless we stop MONITORING Muslims, and start DEPORTING them back to their countries of origin, if they have show ANY sympathy or aid to those who have committed violence against us. But to do that NOW would be like admitting that we should have done it earlier----no, we'll wait until what happened in London happens here, and we STILL won't do what is necessary, which is to RID THE COUNTRY OF MUSLIMS! Britain has been even flabbier in response to its strident radical Muslim population that we have been here---at least here we have someone like B O'R who empowers himself to get on Sami Al-Arian's case, for example. I think there's no such person in the British media---their cultural trait of "reserve" is going to be what undoes them.


14 posted on 07/07/2005 9:18:09 AM PDT by willyboyishere
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To: AbeKrieger

Chertoff is Just Another Bureaucrat mouthing platitudes
designed to divert us. To quote< (and paraphrase): "This
is not a time for undue anxiety....this is a time to stand alongside London in its grief...." blahblahblah.\
This is still the same therapeutic ritualizing of tragedy
that we wallowed in for way too long post 9-11.
Nothing is going to change in the West unless we stop MONITORING Muslims, and start DEPORTING them back to their countries of origin, if they have show ANY sympathy or aid to those who have committed violence against us. But to do that NOW would be like admitting that we should have done it earlier----no, we'll wait until what happened in London happens here, and we STILL won't do what is necessary, which is to RID THE COUNTRY OF MUSLIMS! Britain has been even flabbier in response to its strident radical Muslim population that we have been here---at least here we have someone like B O'R who empowers himself to get on Sami Al-Arian's case, for example. I think there's no such person in the British media---their cultural trait of "reserve" is going to be what undoes them.


15 posted on 07/07/2005 9:19:12 AM PDT by willyboyishere
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To: ArGee

Terrorists can use the criminal infrastructure built up for illegal Hispanic immigration -- the smugglers of illegals, the providers of false documents, the political support structure to protect illegals.


16 posted on 07/07/2005 9:45:12 AM PDT by omega4412
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To: bd476
Translation from government-ese: teenage girls who look like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, elderly Catholic nuns, and other similarly highly suspicious characters will undergo invasive searches at our airports. Meanwhile, Ahmed Akbar, complete with the requisite beard and scowl, will fly through the airport inspection.
17 posted on 07/07/2005 9:51:38 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Craven Moorhead
Political correctness aside, how much do you think oranges and suburban tract houses would cost if those in charge actually employed legal residents of the U.S.?

I understand that but it is a price we must pay. MUST!

18 posted on 07/07/2005 10:04:21 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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Oh, I agree. But too many Americans don't see the link between open borders and their pocketbooks and 401Ks.


19 posted on 07/07/2005 10:33:26 AM PDT by Craven Moorhead
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To: AbeKrieger
The only reason the borders are not closed is the fear of alientating the hispanic voting bloc.

I understand your point, but the way you posted it smacked of xenophobia.

We have to remember also that England doesn't have any land borders and they still got bombed.

I don't think the bombings in London speak at all to our border issue. It's an issue, but that doesn't speak to it.

Shalom.

20 posted on 07/07/2005 10:35:35 AM PDT by ArGee (So that's how liberty dies, with thunderous applause. - Padme Amidala)
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