Raised Eyebrow Level: Critical

August 10th, 2006

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Posted by ChrisG at 8:52 am

John Reid yesterday:

If more violent attacks on UK citizens are to be stopped, the public, corporations – everyone – will have to do its part to help, he said. He called on the public to do all it can to stay alert and notify authorities of any suspicious activity, and warned: ‘We are probably in the most sustained period of severe threat since the end of World War II.’

And:

The majority of the public understood its seriousness but there were those who “just don’t get it”, whose opposition was undermining the struggle. They included:

– Politicians who opposed the anti-terror measures the police and security services said were necessary to combat the threat.

- European judges who passed the “Chahal judgment” that prohibited the home secretary from weighing the security of millions of British people if a suspected terrorist remained in the UK against the risk he faced if deported back to his own country.

- The media commentators who “apparently give more prominence to the views of Islamist terrorists rather than democratically elected Muslim politicians like premier Maliki of Iraq or President Karzai of Afghanstan”.

Did you get all that? Good. What’s happening today, I wonder?:

A terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said.
It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on to as many as 10 aircraft in hand luggage.

Police arrested about 18 people in the London area and West Midlands after an anti-terrorist operation.

High security is causing delays at all UK airports, Heathrow is closed to incoming flights, and MI5 has raised the threat level to critical.

UPDATE: Bloggerheads has more, much more.