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Soldiers Deployed in UK as Threat Level Raised to Critical

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 24 2017, @03:13PM   Printer-friendly

n1 writes:

For the first time in 10 years, the Prime Minister said the terror threat had been raised to the highest possible level, from 
severe to critical, meaning an attack 
is "expected imminently".

[...] Mrs May also announced that troops would replace police officers at set-piece events including sports venues and concerts.

It will be the first time since 2003 – when the Government reacted to a plot to bring down an airliner – that troops are deployed on the streets.

[...] It is the first time Britain has been on maximum terrorist alert since 2007, when a blazing car loaded with gas canisters was driven into Glasgow Airport.

Source: The Telegraph

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:21PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:21PM (#514903)

    I'm the son of a non-citizen resident alien of my country. I'm the grandson of immigrants.

    I'm the grandson of immigrants.

    Does that mean I'm not a "real" native of the country in which I was born, raised and have lived my life?

    I don't know, do you adhere to belief system that wants to violently overthrow and subjugate the society in which you live? If you do, why would you find it offensive to be told to fuck off to a country that shares your belief system?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:36PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:36PM (#514966)

    do you adhere to belief system that wants to violently overthrow and subjugate the society in which you live?

    The US government and their TLAs have been doing that to other countries for decades. Are you suggesting that national politicians and their spooks be stripped of their citizenship and "shipped back where they came from" (or some other undesirable location)?

    . . . You might be on to something there.

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:39PM (1 child)

      by VLM (445) on Wednesday May 24 2017, @08:39PM (#515091)

      Come on, AC, don't tiptoe around, just say Israel. You know I would.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 25 2017, @06:19AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 25 2017, @06:19AM (#515315)

        We all know you would. Not sure you want to be proud of being a nutjob though.