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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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:47PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @04:47PM (#514925)

    The tsa is intended to disrupt the planning phase of a terrorist attack. It serves an ulterior purpose of keeping the public scared and used to invasive authoritarianism.

    Nobody has any interest in keeping the public safe feeling. Please remember that.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by fyngyrz on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:05PM (1 child)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Wednesday May 24 2017, @05:05PM (#514945) Journal

    The tsa is intended to disrupt the planning phase of a terrorist attack.

    The TSA is intended to disrupt people's expectation of liberty on multiple levels at once. It works very well.

    It serves an ulterior the primary purpose of keeping the public scared and used to invasive authoritarianism.

    FTFY

    Nobody has any interest in keeping the public safe feeling.

    Furthermore, the interest is specifically in keeping the public nervous. That way they pay less attention to other issues, and the oligarchy/1% remains in control of the laws and regulations, and so can continue to drain them of everything that isn't actually nailed down. Sometimes those things, too.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @06:21PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 24 2017, @06:21PM (#514995)

      purpose of keeping the public scared

      Not unlike like terrorism.