UK raises security level to "CRITICAL indicating attacks are imminent

[karlrschneider]

a crawl "bulletin" on M$NBC I just now noticed.
:eyes:

[Bitwit1234]

1. I am not taking anything away from this but...

How in the hell do they know attacks are immenent.....they didn't know the cars were there, they were found by accident. NOW they know they are about to be attacked....Hindsight...sure is something isn't it....

[karlrschneider]

5. If you think they're going to tell you how they know, well...

:silly:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. Ahhh.... the real "sicko"

happens... sick playing with terrorism levels

[Flying Dream Blues]

3. Burning car in Glasgow has been deemed a terrorist act...on CNN now...nt

[aquart]

4. Did they ever do that for the IRA?

[dogday]

7. I have wondered this myself eom

[LeftishBrit]

13. Don't think we had the same security-rating system then

I haven't noticed anyone being in much of a panic, however.

[aquart]

21. Not here, either.

We were really, obviously, rattled by 9/11. But Americans are success-oriented. Any terrorist strike on us that kills less than 9/11 is going to look like a penny ante failure. It's hard to be frightened of boogeymen whose best days are clearly behind them.

If we hadn't been mentally defective enough to invade Iraq, al qaida might have perished of its own success.

That's why our media keeps trying to tell us these silly inept attempts at individual immolation would have been huge and horrific mass attacks. They know we just aren't impressed by palpable inefficiency and lack of imagination. Same as with George.

[partylessinOhio]

6. * is carrying on with his vacation with Pop! He knows this is nothing

but a false terror, terror, terror to frighten the masses so they forget about his falling poll numbers.

Serious terrorists would do more than set a Jeep on fire. I am calm and plan on staying that way.

[spanone]

8. The U.K. was watching CNN. Scared the shit out of them.

[NRaleighLiberal]

9. So, here's the question - if people turned off their TeeVees, would the so called powers

that be have such an easy time pushing fear at people? I just get the feeling that if more people would put on music instead of hate radio, or watch a movie or take a walk in the woods instead of watching the ignorance box, we'd be in a better situation in this country. just sayin'.

[michael_1166]

16. Well in the UK they don't really have hate radio,

that's unique to the U.S.. And they didn't postpone the final episode of Doctor Who series 3 from being televised, because Gordon Brown wouldn't have survived the lynch mob. ;-)

[countingbluecars]

10. Isn't there a big

concert for Diana tomorrow in London? Security nightmare-I would imagine.

[tammywammy]

11. Yeah, the big concert is tomorrow

[malaise]

14. And a packed cricket match at Lords

The thing is rain will wash out everything in London tomorrow.

[tammywammy]

15. I'd think the concert will still pull out people though

Since it's in remembrance of Diana.

[malaise]

20. No doubt n/t

[Horse with no Name]

12. Of course they are imminent

There is a progressive at the helm--we can't have that.

[Greeby]

17. Broon? Progressive?

:spray:

[conspirator]

18. Why is this shit has to happen every summer, Specially when I am planning to fly.

I hate to go airports when they have draconian security. I am going to take a bus to France and then fly from there.

[tammywammy]

19. I was on a cruise last August

when they went to the no liquid rule. Thankfully we were just driving home, but I know it sucked for the people that flew.