The British government has raised its terror threat from “substantial” to “severe” today, saying it was a response to “what we’re facing in Iraq now.” Officials said there was no specific threat.
The British government was quick to insinuate itself into the new US war in Iraq, saying their campaign is going to “last weeks and months.” As with the US involvement, Britain’s involvement is greatly increasing their profile as a potential retaliatory target for ISIS.
The US insists there is no plan to change their own terror threat level since their own attacks on ISIS began, but the White House did say that Britain’s situation is “not dissimilar” to the United States.
Before the US involvement began, officials were classifying ISIS as a primarily “regional” threat, interested mostly in fighting over Syria and Iraq territory, as opposed to launching strikes abroad. The new international intervention has both raised ISIS’ profile for recruitment and given them a specific reason to target Western sites, instead of focusing on the regional war.
Concurrent with the move, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the new power to revoke the passports of anyone believed to have fought alongside ISIS in the past. Implementing the move may be difficult, for while Britain is known to have a substantial number of ISIS fighters, their identities are by and large unknown.
Hey David of the Cameron, you brake it you pay for it. Didn't your mother told you not to brake things when you play with stupid stuff like your stupid idiotic foreign policy.
Britain let millions of Muslims in while also helping invade Iraq. Sheer madness.
millions??? really any kind of proof on that statement or is it to be taken its a kneejerk reaction?
Britain the testing ground for suppression in the "free" world
Lots of proof. Do a Google search. Check out the astonishing population changes in the U.K. from 1997-2010.
many muslims came to britian when their countries were crown possessions, name an islamic country that was not part of the british empire. (or french or german)
plus there are 100,000 conversions a year to islam in the uk
if you don't want muslims in your country next time don't claim to be the ruler of just about every muslim in the world.
I doubt Isis will attack the uk or us any time soon, think about it, they're making big gains why would they ruin that by bringing two of the biggest armies fully down on themselves ? It wouldn't make strategic sense for them to do that right now, I think one of the reasons AQ never truly followed 9/11 up was because they already got the response they wanted from the west, there was no need for a follow up attack, but aq never made the gains currently being made by Isis so they had nothing to lose by goading the west into reacting, Isis now have something to lose and if they carry out a 9/11 style attack they will lose it.
But western intervention even further into this conflict would make it certain there would be retaliatory attacks.
"…the new power to revoke the passports of anyone believed to have fought alongside ISIS…"
…or anyone they deem to fit the profile but maybe not the facts. Is this like the US's claim to legally be able to kill any American without due process anywhere in the world…because of who they associate with? Would they have summarily executed the American industrialists who associated with and supported the fascists prior to WWII? People such as Hearst, Joseph Kennedy, Charles Lindbergh, John Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, Allen Dulles, Prescott Bush, or companies like DuPont, General Motors, Standard Oil (now Exxon), Ford, ITT, National City Bank, and General Electric? What about the manufacturers who are now supplying the world (and ISIS) with weapons – directly or indirectly?
Or is it more basic…because they're Muslim?
Just what the Brits need : More adrenal burn out. Who says all terrorists are Muslim ? I fear my own government in their so called white cowboy hats.
Ah but there already was a Middle Eastern-related domestic terror attack in the UK… an Israeli (or supporter) beat George Galloway on the street. This actually happened, not might happen. Is there one word anywhere calling this the result of foreign radicalism infecting Britains population… or not so much..?
Are you seriously equating a mass casualty attack on British soil with some guy beating up George Galloway? Is your brain truly that warped? Do you have similar difficulty telling the difference between basic shapes? Just how profound is your cognitive disorder? I believe it has a name: Israel Derangement Syndrome.
Are you seriously equating a mass casualty attack on British soil with some guy beating up George Galloway? Is your brain truly that warped? Just how profound is your cognitive disorder? I believe it has a name: Izzy Derangement Syndrome.