London arrests 4 in terror investigation

[Robby999 1,024]

London police arrested four men across the city Tuesday in an ongoing investigation into Islamist-related terrorism, Scotland Yard said in a statement.

Authorities said the men, who are in their early 20s, were arrested after warrants were executed at various addresses. One of the men was tasered, but did not require medical attention, a statement obtained by Fox News said.

Con Coughlin, the defense editor at The Telegraph, told Fox News that sources said there was an ISIS plot for British jihadist to behead people in the streets of London within the next few days.

The men were arrested on the charge of Preparation or Instigation of acts of Terrorism, which falls under the Terrorism Act.

No shots were fired during the arrests and the men have been taken to police stations in the central part of the city.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/07/london-arrests-4-in-terror-investigation/

[lostinblue 1,989]

The brits will be demanding CC in a short while. After Ebola hits their shores law enforcement will be overwhelmed,, Radical Islam will be on the move. The homegrown terror cells will be taught by the folks returning from the battlefield. ... Folks will be wondering why their leo's cannot protect them.

[Pooky 3,347]

The brits will be demanding CC in a short while.

No, they won't.

[Robby999 1,024]

As just about everyone knows wandering around with a gun in your hand is not an option open to the average Englishman when civil disorder erupts. In fact, owning a handgun of any kind, by anyone (yes, even single shot target pistols of the Olympic kind: the team has to do its practice outside the UK), is illegal.

So, when civil disorder does erupt, as it has done in those riots, said average Englishman needs to be creative as to what weapons can be used for defence. Amazon UK quickly suspended sales of police style batons, so the sales of baseball bats have soared.

Amazon has removed several police-style telescopic truncheons from sale on its site as soaring sales of truncheons, baseball bats and other items that could be used as weapons sparked fears of vigilantism in the wake of widespread rioting.

Sales of one type of aluminium truncheon rose 50,000% within 24 hours, entering the top-10 bestselling items in the sports category. Before they were de-listed, two different “police-style” truncheons had seen sales increase more than 400-fold overnight, though from a low base.

Strangely for an Englishman, as baseball is not one of the sports we play, this is a subject I know something about. For one of the things I do in my day job is supply the scandium which is used to make the various “scandium aluminium” baseball bats. So I can offer advice on which type of bat should be purchased.

Speed is of the essence: you always want to get your retaliation in first in such hard times. But more than that, the effectiveness of a bat depends upon how fast you can swing it. Wooden bats are quite heavy: this limits that swing speed. Aluminium bats are lighter and can thus be swung faster. And scandium aluminium bats are even lighter for the same tensile strength so can be swung that bit faster.

You would thus want to purchase, if home protection was your desire, one of the scandium aluminium bats. Yes, I realise that some small (very small indeed I would point out) portion of your purchase price would end up in my pockets but this is a burden I’m willing to bear for your increased safety.

Something of a Mandy Rice Davies moment, for of course Worstall would say that, wouldn’t he?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/08/11/amazon-uks-soaring-baseball-bat-sales/

Axe handles work pretty good also and are usually cheaper than bats!

[lostinblue 1,989]

Maybe a book of ISIS stamps would spare a few folks their lives .I here stamp collecting is a bit popular with some ...

In the heyday of stamp collecting, almost every school in the UK had a club for collectors to discuss, trade and compare their collections http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8829055/Philately-gets-you-nowhere-stamp-decline-sparks-fears-for-collectors.html

We collect guns here and stamps across the pond. .... A bat against a man trained to behead .... CC is the way to go.

[Pooky 3,347]

Maybe a book of ISIS stamps would spare a few folks their lives .I here stamp collecting is a bit popular with some ...

In the heyday of stamp collecting, almost every school in the UK had a club for collectors to discuss, trade and compare their collections http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8829055/Philately-gets-you-nowhere-stamp-decline-sparks-fears-for-collectors.html

We collect guns here and stamps across the pond. .... A bat against a man trained to behead .... CC is the way to go.

There will be no concealed carry in the UK.

Most of the UK feels safer, knowing that guns are not an every day fact of life.

Rest assured, however, that the UK is quite capable of responding to internal threats.

[Curmudgeon 227]

The brits will be demanding CC in a short while. After Ebola hits their shores law enforcement will be overwhelmed,, Radical Islam will be on the move. The homegrown terror cells will be taught by the folks returning from the battlefield. ... Folks will be wondering why their leo's cannot protect them.

Presumably this is not a serious response to the OP? You can see that's a bit out there?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Out there? Its completely mental.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

The FBI, NSA, and DHS surely monitor all social sites, including this one. It's time to start shining floodlights on anti-American posts that support radical Islam, and behaviors that compromise the safety of Americans. This administration is allowing freedom of speech and expression to threaten our homeland. For now it is happening, but it will be stopped.

Source: Air Force father, son targeted online by ISIS followers

By Catherine HerridgePublished October 07, 2014FoxNews.com

The Facebook pages of an Air Force servicemember and his son were “swarmed” by offensive messages after Islamic State sympathizers urged followers to target them online, a source tells Fox News – a virtual attack that coincided with an Army bulletin warning ISIS may try to track down military families on social media.

The Army intelligence bulletin, obtained by Fox News, had warned that Islamic State militants were calling on supporters to scour social media for addresses of U.S. military family members and “show up [at their homes] and slaughter them." The assessment urged U.S. military personnel to be vigilant.

A counterterrorism source described to Fox News how one military family was targeted around the same time.

The source said that in late September, Islamic State sympathizers harassed an Air Force member who had posted pictures on Facebook from a flight over Iraq during a recent bombing campaign.

The source, who is familiar with the incident, said ISIS found the servicemember’s social media profile, and then linked it to his son’s Facebook account. The son is believed to be in his early teens.

The Facebook pages were then "swarmed" with derogatory messages such as kafir, or non-believer, in an online flash-mob-style attack.

"This is the real deal," the counterterrorism source said, referring to the posts. "They want to find them [u.S. military], raise their profile, in the eyes of a potential 'lone wolf.'"

The militants apparently encouraged others to join in the digital harassment.

A post on one ISIS-linked Twitter account, translated for Fox News, said: “We have a raid on an American pilot account at 9:00 evening Mecca time who is participating in the crusaders’ bombing. Retweet this if you are ready to be part of the raid.”

The father and son were not identified to Fox News for security reasons.

Fox News is told that the Department of Defense became aware of the incident, and shortly afterward, both Facebook accounts went dark.

The counterterrorism source said the incident is in line with the recent threat assessment from the Army’s Threat Integration Center that was released in late September. The bulletin warned Army commands worldwide that servicemembers should limit the number of people with access to their social media profiles after ISIS called on its supporters to use the Yellow Pages and Facebook to track down addresses.

While there was no independent intelligence to corroborate the warning in the Army bulletin, the source said “ISIS wanted to find these guys, and inspire someone to go after these guys.”

The Army said in a written statement that protection levels at installations “have not changed.”

“This document is a reminder to stay vigilant,” the Army said. “It provides renewed emphasis on force protection measures to ensure the safety and security of our DOD components, defense critical infrastructure, personnel and communities.”

After Fox News reported on the bulletin last week, the assessment has been more widely circulated, including among an association of retired Marine Corps and Navy investigators.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/07/source-air-force-father-son-targeted-online-isis/?vgnextrefresh=1%3Fcmpid%3Dcmty_twitter_fn

Edited October 8, 2014 by ExExpat

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

in other news, the british have increased their national alert level from "not amused" to "slightly miffed"

[lostinblue 1,989]

in other news, the british have increased their national alert level from "not amused" to "slightly miffed"

is dealing with the ebola situation or the home grown terrorist threats

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

There will be no concealed carry in the UK.

Most of the UK feels safer, knowing that guns are not an every day fact of life.

Rest assured, however, that the UK is quite capable of responding to internal threats.

The UK doesn't just FEEL safer, it IS safer. One's odds of becoming the victim of a homicide are far lower in the UK (1/100K) than they are in the US (15/100K). That is a verifiable fact.

[lostinblue 1,989]

The UK doesn't just FEEL safer, it IS safer. One's odds of becoming the victim of a homicide are far lower in the UK (1/100K) than they are in the US (15/100K). That is a verifiable fact.

We have so much black on black crime in this country. That's a verifiable fact... The main reason we have that number.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

We have so much black on black crime in this country. That's a verifiable fact... The main reason we have that number.

The verifiable fact is that the majority of homicides are committed by white offenders. Taking away the 45% or so of homicides committed by non-whites still leaves the homicide rate in the US at about 8 times that of the UK. Your rebuttal falls flat on it's face.

Total single victim/single offender murders in 2011: 6,131

Murderer White: 3,172 - 52%

Murderer Black: 2,695 - 45%

Murderer Other/Unknown: 264