Increased risk of Irish-related terrorism
September 24th, 2010 | Posted by Paul |
The Security Service has raised the threat level from moderate to substantial. This means an Irish-related terrorist attack is a strong possibility.
The full story is over here at the Home Office Media Centre
This is the first time an Irish-related threat assessment has been published. The threat from international terrorism remains severe.
Home Secretary Theresa May said: ‘The director-general of the Security Service has informed me that he has raised the threat to Great Britain from Irish-related terrorism from moderate to substantial, meaning that an attack is a strong possibility. Judgments are based on a broad range of factors, including the intent and capabilities of terrorist groups.
‘This is the first time we have published the Irish-related threat assessment to Great Britain. This is in the interests of transparency and to encourage people to remain vigilant.
There are five levels of threat:
* critical – an attack is expected imminently
* severe – an attack is highly likely
* substantial – an attack is a strong possibility
* moderate – an attack is possible but not likely
* low – an attack is unlikely
Please read the full item over at the Home Office Media Centre.
But coupled with the fact that on the news last week there were stories about IRA threats to banks….. this raising of the terrorism threat level from Ireland seems quite alarming?
