Threat level now critical

June 30, 2007

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HOME SECRETARY: Jacqui Smith

THE national terror threat level has been raised to critical, its highest level, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said tonight.

The level means an attack is expected "imminently".

It has been raised as a response to the events of the last 48 hours, which have seen a blazing car smash into Glasgow airport and the planting of two car bombs which failed to detonate in the heart of London.

The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) raised the level and appropriate security measures have been put in place, Ms Smith said.

In further developments, reports indicate that Blackpool airport is being searched by armed police.

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Snare Drum, Ashton-under-Lyne (30/06/2007 at 21:00)

Bring back the death penalty for all terrorist attacks and murder

Joe D M (30/06/2007 at 22:14)

What can we expect. Brown needs to get a grip of the do gooders and the terrorists. There is no respect for Law & Order and releasing prisoners before completing their sentences is atrocious. Bring back capital punishment fast.

peter-pie-eater, Wigan (01/07/2007 at 11:44)

My 12 year old daughter goes on a 3 day school trip to London on tuesday and though i would not stop her has she has been looking forward to it, but i am extremely concerned it seems like the terrorist's have done what the set out to do terrorise people!!!

Kevin From Hulme (01/07/2007 at 13:09)

These people are amateurs, they don't have a clue what they are doing, throw them in to the streets of Glasgow to the public, let the public give them punishment.

Kevin From Hulme (01/07/2007 at 16:18)

Its Time Gordon Brown had a rethink now and give every british Copper a Gun. We must be one of the only force in the world not to have them.
Move with the times.

marc (01/07/2007 at 21:35)

i don't care what the threat level is - i refuse to be scared or intimidated by terrorists.

PW, Manchester (02/07/2007 at 10:02)

Reading about the Glasgow attack, I thought that a terrorist pouring petrol over himself is an excellent idea.

Bill, Kiriat Motzkin (02/07/2007 at 10:32)

Strange that there is no mention of a certain religion. Are the censors here hard at work?

PW, Manchester (02/07/2007 at 14:20)

I have a nagging suspicion that the latest attacks are due directly to Salman Rushdie's knighthood. If it is, I doubt this news will come out. Then so much for the Government's claim that the safety of the public is paramount. All for the benefit of the literary world, and the arrogance of the authorities, Joe Public will have been put at risk unnecessarily. Yes, we are a free country, but shouldn't the Government be aware of which way the wind is blowing? They didn't have to give that award, and the British public probably couldn't care less one way or the other. If this is all conjecture, then why has the Queen's effigy been burned so much in the last 2-3 weeks in Pakistan and the like?

moodyblu, Heald Green (02/07/2007 at 16:12)

marc - pity there aren't more like you!

Isn't it time to introduce internment for anyone who might be involved? It worked a treat in Northern Ireland (remember, before Tony Blair sorted it asll out).

If we can't trust these people to behave, then we must lock them up. Margaret Thatcher would have had this lot under control years ago. Bring her back from retirement I say.

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