Terror Threat

[matthewhotdude]

Sky News understands increased numbers of British Transport Police officers are being deployed at transport hubs in the London area amid continuing fears of a New Year terrorist attack.

Sky sources have indicated members of the emergency services have recently been briefed about how to respond to a Mumbai-style attack on the capital.

The UK's terror threat level remains at its second highest level - severe - meaning an attack is highly likely.

Sky's security editor Sam Kiley said transport police are being told they have to cancel days off tomorrow and some will be deployed across the capital and as far as Luton and Heathrow.

He added that no change is being made to the current terror threat level.

What do we read into the fact it seems like they are concentrating on just one day? Do they have intelligence to suggest something is in the pipeline, but for some reason, they can't pinpoint the threat and derail it?

 

[DAnDan]

Have a link - http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK...ice_Deployed_At_Transport_Hubs_In_London_Area

 

[Rroff]

Not sure what increased unarmed transport police are gonna do if you get a small number of well equipped terrorists opening up with AK47s.

 

[thecomputerguy]

not good though is it something gonna go off big time sometime somewhere

 

[OriginalJonty]

It's possible that the security services have identified a possible attack but don't know where. Maybe they were informed by an agent or even a terrorist cell.

 

[Danthus]

Not sure what increased unarmed transport police are gonna do if you get a small number of well equipped terrorists opening up with AK47s.

That is why other precautions have been taken.

 

["andy"]

That is why other precautions have been taken.

yea id expect a few undercover police waiting to shoot anyone looking suspicious without thinking

 

[ThomasTheTankEngine]

Pffft. More scaremongering.

 

[Danthus]

Pffft. More scaremongering.

Scaremongering, what makes you say that?

 

[matthewhotdude]

Pffft. More scaremongering.

Let's hope your right

 

[Aleksandrs]

Get intelligence to think you're doing an attack on public transport

Police go look after stuff under threat

Terrorists go ahead and bomb whatever unrelated thing it is they plan to bomb.

??????

Profit?

 

[Robert]

Pffft. More scaremongering.

Actually it really isn't.

 

[loopylou]

I was advised in work today (about 3pm) not to get the Tube tonight or tomorrow.

 

[thecomputerguy]

its scary stuff guys especially if you have family around them areas

 

[Lysander]

Wow, OCUK actually worried about a terror threat. This must be serious.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

its scary stuff guys especially if you have family around them areas

It isn't.

Currently the entire country's terror threat level is severe, which is the second from the top.

The sectorial terror threat for the areas that have been reported in this thread has been elevated to severe.

If there was specific intelligence about a threat to those specific areas, the sectorial terror threat level would be elevated to the highest threat level.

Nothing to see here.

 

[regulus]

It isn't.


Nothing to see here.

Nothing to see as per usual.

 

[Lysander]

Nothing to see here.

That's what you said the last time. And there actually was.

 

[deko]

Has the 'terror threat level' ever been anything less than Severe? I was under the impression that it was basically covering their backs if anything were to happen, if it was at 'safe' or whatever and somebody blew something up it wouldn't look very good, so they just leave it at 'severe'.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

That's what you said the last time. And there actually was.

Explain. When have I ever that and when was I proven wrong?