Christmas terror strike 'highly likely'

[Flabbergasted]

http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10088739.html


London: The risk from terrorists in the Christmas period is "very high indeed" and the struggle against terrorism will last at least 30 years, John Reid, the Home Secretary, said on Sunday.

Reid echoed the view of MI5 that there are around 30 major terrorist plots under way and the terrorists only "have to be lucky once".

He told the GMTV Sunday Programme that an attempted attack over the Christmas period was "highly likely", adding: "We know that the number of conspiracies of a major type are in the tens - 30 or round about that.

"We can never guarantee that we will get 100 per cent success but we do get 100 per cent effort from the security services."

[Mojambo]

1. But keep shopping! n/t

[cboy4]

2. The only reason we're not hearing the same thing here is

THERE'S NO ELECTION THIS MONTH!

[Kutjara]

3. I hope Santa remembered to file his flightplan with MI5 and...

...the other security serivices. I'd hate to see him and the reindeer get taken down by missile fire from a bunch of trigger-happy paranoiacs who've drunk too much of the 'terra terra terra' koolade.

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. This reminds me of the opening scene in the movie 'Brazil'

[IndianaGreen]

5. Kinda late to be scaring us with another terra alert, isn't it?

Why don't we stop creating new terrorists?

[champt10]

6. Same old Same Old

I've heard this before. Im guessing he is thinking of O'Reilly and we will see a War on Christmas.

[smirkymonkey]

7. No, no... Not Christmas Terror Strike. HOLIDAY Terror Strike.

There, that's better.

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