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Britain on high alert..
SAS troops and police are set to patrol the streets of some major cities in Britain in the wake of the Berlin attack.
We have been warned that an attack on our shores is "highly likely". We shouldn't let this 'threat' interfere with us going about our daily lives but it is pretty worrying that the horror of what happened in Berlin and Nice could quite easily happen here. ![]() We have great intelligence at work in this country but even they can't predict or stop a determined lone wolf. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...patrol-9488848 |
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We have been on high alert for decades.
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more accurately it remains on high alert.
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We have been on high alert for decades.
Surely it's got worse now though, hasn't it? I know that the police have been patrolling 'high risk' areas for a long time... but have SAS troops also been involved before? I only started this thread because they were just talking about this on GMB a little while ago and I thought it was a new thing. Apologies if not.
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Surely it's got worse now though, hasn't it?
I know that the police have been patrolling 'high risk' areas for a long time... but have SAS troops also been involved before? I only started this thread because they were just talking about this on GMB a little while ago and I thought it was a new thing. Apologies if not. ![]() (Wasn't having a go by the way . )
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Well the MoD don't comment on the deployment of Special Forces, so I won't exactly trust the Mirror regarding the truthfulness of their "story".
But it spreads fear and sells papers so mission accomplished, |
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Well the MoD don't comment on the deployment of Special Forces, so I won't exactly trust the Mirror regarding the truthfulness of their "story".
But it spreads fear and sells papers so mission accomplished, |
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Well the MoD don't comment on the deployment of Special Forces, so I won't exactly trust the Mirror regarding the truthfulness of their "story".
But it spreads fear and sells papers so mission accomplished, You are far more likely to be killed in a road accident than you are by a terrorist attack but, of course, that doesn't sell newspapers. |
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Brown Alert
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Due to the IRA British people have always been in the mindset of looking out for anything suspicious. I think its one of the reasons most Terror attacks here are foiled before they happen.
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Not sure what armed police, let alone unarmed police, could do to stop a truck or van to be honest.
These type of attacks are ultimately trivial to carry out. I could go out and run over people in the town centre in the next hour if I so choose. The fact we've had so few suggests that any treat is not as extreme as is portrayed |
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And that is the point. This is all about generating 'fear' because it sells newspapers. Context never applies.
You are far more likely to be killed in a road accident than you are by a terrorist attack but, of course, that doesn't sell newspapers. I'm not suggesting that terrorist incidents are trivial and not heartbreaking. |
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Not sure what armed police, let alone unarmed police, could do to stop a truck or van to be honest.
These type of attacks are ultimately trivial to carry out. I could go out and run over people in the town centre in the next hour if I so choose. The fact we've had so few suggests that any treat is not as extreme as is portrayed |
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Brown Alert
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"but there`s no such thing as brown alert sir"
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SAS troops and police are set to patrol the streets of some major cities in Britain in the wake of the Berlin attack.
We have been warned that an attack on our shores is "highly likely". We shouldn't let this 'threat' interfere with us going about our daily lives but it is pretty worrying that the horror of what happened in Berlin and Nice could quite easily happen here. ![]() We have great intelligence at work in this country but even they can't predict or stop a determined lone wolf. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...patrol-9488848 |
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SAS troops and police are set to patrol the streets of some major cities in Britain in the wake of the Berlin attack.
We have been warned that an attack on our shores is "highly likely". We shouldn't let this 'threat' interfere with us going about our daily lives but it is pretty worrying that the horror of what happened in Berlin and Nice could quite easily happen here. ![]() We have great intelligence at work in this country but even they can't predict or stop a determined lone wolf. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...patrol-9488848 The current threat from Norther Ireland related terrorism is one level below, "substantial". https://www.mi5.gov.uk/threat-levels |
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"but there`s no such thing as brown alert sir"
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...but it has. That is why so many holiday resorts has died.
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Abroad.
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Brown Alert
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"He brought the brown pants"
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...or even the brown leather trousers.....
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Not sure what armed police, let alone unarmed police, could do to stop a truck or van to be honest.
These type of attacks are ultimately trivial to carry out. I could go out and run over people in the town centre in the next hour if I so choose. The fact we've had so few suggests that any treat is not as extreme as is portrayed You only have to look at the recent introduction of the "Snooper's Charter" as evidence of this. |
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And that is the point. This is all about generating 'fear' because it sells newspapers. Context never applies.
You are far more likely to be killed in a road accident than you are by a terrorist attack but, of course, that doesn't sell newspapers. But as you say, exaggerating the terror threat sells newspapers and helps governments to pass laws restricting our freedom. |
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