Word: threated
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sudden radicalization and embrace of jihadist violence takes place mostly online, without much or any contact or direction from established extremist organizations known to police. The insulated, surreptitious environment that evolution takes place in makes the so-called "home-grown jihadist" almost impossible for authorities to identify as a threat when they go into plot mode. Because this European intelligence official says he knows British counterparts "weren't anticipating or suspecting any impending terrorist activity, and were taken completely by surprise by this", he and other experts expect the foiled attack will be uncovered as the work of self-styled...
...radicals did. Consequently, their ability to procure powerful explosives and successfully execute massive strikes is far more limited. That's an additional reason some experts believe the London plotters were quite probably self-schooled, and relied on less sophisticated techniques identified from earlier, successful attacks. "Numerically speaking, the largest threat today comes from our home-grown radicals," says the European intelligence officer. "If you're talking about the gravest threat - the prospect of a very large, deadly attack being staged and successfully executed - then we're most worried about very skilled groups being transplanted here from elsewhere, notably north Africa...
...that there was no prior intelligence of any attack, although the security services are currently monitoring 1,600 individuals involved in terrorist activity, 200 networks and 30 plots. The source says investigators are keeping an open mind about the identity and motive of the bomber. Britain's current terrorism threat level has been deemed "severe" since the plot to bomb trans-Atlantic jets was uncovered last August. That means an attack is thought highly likely...
...second day as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown warned Britons, "We face a serious and continued security threat to our country," and his new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has already twice chaired the government's emergency response committee, Cobra. As investigators hurry to try to sift fact from a distracting mess of theories, they'll hope that Agent Luck remains on their side...
...also at things like the skimpy-looking electric range that Johnson tucked into the ultraefficient, small kitchen zone.) But even while the Glass House has been scrupulously restored and preserved, there are thousands of less well publicized Modernist homes on a kind of architectural death watch. The main threat comes from buyers with dreams of tearing them down to make way for McMansions. Or at least for homes without a flat roof, the tricky-to-maintain Modernist feature par excellence...