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Thanks for posting, just heard it on Fox too.
Remember folks its not If we will be attacked again.... its when.....
Have they said anything about planes already on route from the UK to the USA?
DHS website still says yellow. May the site just needs updated.
I noticed from the other thread that the UK has sane/logical names for their threat levels. Theirs is not at critical.
Why do we use colors? It isn't the easiest thing to understand at a glance.
Chertoff - Raised due to threat in UK and aircraft between nations. No evidence of plotting in US. (FoxNews)
I didn't know we were still using the color warning system.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is taking immediate steps to increase security measures in the aviation sector in coordination with heightened security precautions in the United Kingdom, the department said in a statement on Thursday.
"For that reason, the United States Government has raised the nation's threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights originating in the United Kingdom bound for the United States," the statement said.
Prayers for all those in the air, in Britian and the U.S...
well, here we go again - may God go with us.
DAMN, THIS IS HAPPENING NOW...gonna check the newswires
DHS still shows yellow/elevated.
British police say foil plot to bomb aircraft
By Reuters. Thursday August 10, 2006. 07.11am
British police said on Thursday they have thwarted a plot to blow up aircraft in mid-flight between Britain and the United States, arresting a number of people in the London area.
Britain’s security service MI5 raised the threat level to the country to “critical” from “severe”, meaning an attack is expected imminently.
News of the arrests and heightened security threat came amid high international tension over Israel’s war against Hizbollah in Lebanon.
Police said the aim of the plot was to detonate bombs smuggled on board aircraft in hand luggage.
“A major terrorist plot to allegedly blow up aircraft in mid-flight has been disrupted in a joint, pre-planned, intelligence-led operation by the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist branch and security services,” a London police spokesman said.
He said police believed the intention was particularly to target flights from Britain to the United States.
The BBC said about 18 people were arrested.
The police spokesman could not confirm the figure, saying only that an unspecified number of people had been detained in London during the night. The operation was the culmination of a major covert counter-terrorist operation lasting several months, he added.
Following the arrests, security at all British airports was increased and additional security measures put in place for all flights.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under strong criticism at home and abroad for following the U.S. lead and refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.
The security alert comes 13 months after four Islamist suicide bombers killed 52 people on London’s transport network on July 7 last year.
The Home Office Web Site showed the threat rating had been raised to “critical” from “severe” earlier on Thursday. Britain has a five level rating for security threats, ranging from low to critical, which is the highest level.
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We should never forget that the west got to this sad state of affairs through insane immigration laws.
"Europe your 9-11 is coming"
Crap! Sorry but that is just how I feel. I was going to make airline reservations for Montana in the morning. Ya know Montana, where the missing middle eastern students where supposed to go and the other ones DID go?