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Britain Raises Terrorism Threat Level to ‘Severe’
New York Times ^
| August 29, 2014
| By Alan Cowell
Posted on 08/29/2014 12:32:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LONDON Alarmed by the suspected presence of hundreds of British jihadis among Sunni militants in Syria and Iraq, Britain increased its assessment of the terrorism threat on its own soil on Friday and said new laws would be introduced to counter what Prime Minister David Cameron called a greater threat to our security than we have seen before.
The tone of the warnings recalled the days after July 7, 2005, when four suicide bombers killed 52 travelers on the London transit system. The show of concern, moreover, seemed intended to bolster the governments case for contentious new legislation to control terrorism suspects.
In what seemed a related development, Mr. Cameron told a news conference that new laws would facilitate the seizure of the passports of suspected British jihadis. He said he would provide more detail in a statement to Parliament on Monday covering what he called legislation to fill gaps in our armory.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: leadingfrombehind
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Makes you wonder what their threat levels are.
1) Pish-posh
2) Harumph
3) I say
4) Severe, formerly “Ruddy”
5) Bugger All
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:35:48 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Britain has the right idea. Now, face what constitutes that threat and come up with a way to reduce it.
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NINETY-THREE PRECENT OF THE FREEPATHON GOAL HAS BEEN MET.
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Let's end this FReepathon folks. We all want the forum to be here. Let's stand behind it and chip in.
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:36:58 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
To: DoughtyOne
Look at Rotherham... the terrorism has been happening for years
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:37:23 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
When will the level rise to “shoot back and kill the moon worshipers...”
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:37:29 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Mittens:”severe conservative”
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:41:11 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Severe, Really Severe. Really Really Severe, Bloody Severe, and Blimey Severe.
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:42:22 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
To: GeronL
I agree. It’s evidence of the problem, and the government needs to recognize the problem and fix it.
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:42:25 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(We'll know when he's really hit bottom. They'll start referring to him as White.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Britain Raises Terrorism Threat Level to Severe
_________
Obama says, “Fore!!!”
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:44:44 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
LOL
There are 5 levels of threat:
low - an attack is unlikely
moderate - an attack is possible but not likely
substantial - an attack is a strong possibility
severe - an attack is highly likely
critical - an attack is expected imminently
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:44:53 PM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. Doggies Rock.)
To: moose07
Clicky the Pic
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:20:19 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:21:01 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey Brits! You once had a nice country. Not any more. You let hordes of screaming savages in. You paid them the hard-earned money of normal Brits. You let them spawn more maggots by the thousands.
You prevented Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller from visiting your country. You jailed normal people who complained about the hordes.
What are you gonna do now?
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:28:20 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
6) Bit of a sticky wicket, wot? “Ruddy’’ is more of an English slang version of ‘’bloody’’ (ruddy’’ being a shade of red, i.e ‘’bloody) . They tend to substitute these two words for the ''f'' word we use so freely. For your number 3 you might say it as "I say, jolly pulse throbbing!''
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:28:21 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: mabarker1
“It’s wear the Helmet day”
“Put on the dang Helmet”
Thanks for that, plenty of others to watch as well. :)
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posted on
08/29/2014 1:48:59 PM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. Doggies Rock.)
To: moose07
I like the “My State has an Express Lane”
“You kill somebody, We will kill You back!”
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posted on
08/29/2014 2:53:56 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: mabarker1
“Just stick with eating Crayons!”
Must go ,’Night.
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posted on
08/29/2014 3:19:10 PM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. Doggies Rock.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So lets not strike first lets sit back and get hit. This is what we have protecting us
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