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Recent Terrorist Threats

Terror Threat: Severe (June 2007)

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MA
Manxy
BBC announcing attack as an attempted suicide bombing.
MA
Matrix
davidlees posted:
London UK posted:
davidlees posted:
Brekkie Boy posted:
Matrix posted:
BBC National News with ammended titles.


Ammended how?


I'm not that familiar with BBC Saturday evening news, but this is how it started...



http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/2_copy1.jpg

Concert for Diana?


Correct.


The evening update covered over stories about tonight.
GE
Gareth E
Frank Gardner on N24 now reporting that the 'device' found on the suspect at the hospital was, indeed, a suicide belt.

This is all very scary stuff.
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A former member
US was Warned two weeks ago about glasgow!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/us-warned-of-gl.html

Quote:
U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport infrastructure or aircraft," a senior US law enforcement officials tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

The intelligence reports also warned that airports and aircraft in the Czech Republic could be the targets of al Qaeda-connected terrorists.

The warnings were kept secret for operational reasons, according to officials. In public, the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have continued to maintain they know of no specific or credible threats involving the United States, even though the intelligence reports specify US aircraft as possible targets.

A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow and Prague.

Air marshals had been added to flights into and out of Germany late last month, based on similar warnings.
AN
Ant
Interesting to see it seems to be top story on most US News websites tonight. This must be the biggest Scottish story in years, surely?
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A former member
since Dunblame, or lockibie
AG
AxG
This has been a bad week, flooding, flooding, more flooding, PM out PM in, London 2 bombs, Glasgow Airport. What next?
JO
Joe
London UK posted:
This has been a bad week, flooding, flooding, more flooding, PM out PM in, London 2 bombs, Glasgow Airport. What next?


Depends who you are - if you are a news channel, then it's great news in a horrible way.
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A former member
and peter sission

its also top news in Oz http://www.abc.net.au/news/
NE
newsjunkie Founding member
News 24 seemed to accidently announce 2 arrests in Cheshire.
GI
gilsta
Did C4 do anything special today? They're normally quite good for quick news flashes.

Edit: Al Yates now announcing arrests in Cheshire and confirming suspected threat at or to John Lennon Airport.
DV
dvboy
newsjunkie posted:
News 24 seemed to accidently announce 2 arrests in Cheshire.

I wouldn't say accidentaly. Just before 1am Alistair Yates is quoting Scotland Yard and had a witness on the phone who said it happened on the M6. He also states John Lennon was closed because a suspect vehicle was identified, and that those stuxk at Glasgow Airport are being bussed to the SECC.

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