[justshe]

But you have to admit, the TITLE of this piece:

BRITAIN ON STANDBY FOR NUKE STRIKE;

is just a BIT misleading based on the text in the article:

But police stress there is no specific
intelligence about an imminent attack.

At least that is the way *I* read the words 'on standby'.

[Dog Gone]

Oh, it's misleading, for sure. I was thinking about the substance of what Britain has done, not how this is being reported.

This is being spun as if London could be wiped out by a nuke later this weekend. That's absurd, but it sells papers.

[Wallaby]

Ignore the title. They are selling papers. Pay attention to the phrase "biological strike."

[Wallaby]

But read on: "The move is in direct response to the September 11 atrocities and a possible terrorist backlash after any military strike against Iraq." The problem with the title is not with the word 'standby' it is with the word 'nuke'.