AP: Britain unveils terrorism alert system

[Eugene]

Monday, July 10, 2006 · Last updated 1:52 p.m. PT

Britain unveils terrorism alert system

By DAVID STRINGER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

LONDON -- Britain faces a severe risk of another terrorist attack, a Cabinet minister
said Monday as he unveiled a system for sharing threat assessments with the public
for the first time.

The new terror alert status system is based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security
model. It will take effect Aug. 1, British Home Secretary John Reid said in a speech
to the House of Commons.

The system will rate the threat as low, moderate, substantial, severe or critical.

"Critical" would indicate strong intelligence of an expected imminent attack. The threat
assessment was for the country as a whole and would not indicate the threat to any
locality.

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[Turbineguy]

1. OK, I'll bite...

when's their next election....

[MichiganVote]

2. What's their color scheme look like? Ours worked so well.....smirk

[CJCRANE]

3. They can f*ck off.

They need to let the intelligence services do their jobs without political interference and stop trying to scare the sh*t out of everyone.

[uppityperson]

4. They will use pastel colors though, or perhaps different type fruits

to indicate what level they are at.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. Yes, a fruit machine.

There is an image all in Britain will understand immediately.

[uppityperson]

6. sounds like a Monty Python skit

attack you with a banana?

[slackmaster]

10. That's pretty much what I was expecting

Or at least hoping for.

[xultar]

7. They're Brits so the colours will be from black through shades of grey

for damn sure. Critical will be red. It will look like a black beauty taxi.

[Ghost Dog]

8. I'm a Brit and I say it's all about saving Tony Bliar's neck

from the rope that's awaiting treasonous bastards.

[ladjf]

9. We already have ours, it's preset to announce a foiled terrorist

plot every 21 days until November.