Britain Raises Terror Threat Level to ‘Severe’                           Aug 29, 2014, By LEE FERRAN

 

 

The British government today raised the threat level for international terrorism to “severe,” indicating a terrorist attack is “highly likely” but, based on intelligence, not necessarily “imminent.”

U.K. Home Secretary Theresa May released a statement Friday saying the increased threat is “related to events in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups are planning attacks against the West, and that some of those attacks are likely to involve fighters who have travelled from the U.K.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was the first time in three years the threat has been raised to such a level in the U.K.

“What we’re facing in Iraq now with ISIL is a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before,” Cameron said in an address to the nation, noting that the terrorist group, also known as ISIS for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has recruited hundreds of British citizens to its ranks.

In a ten year period, {2001 to 2011] the muslim population in the U K rose from 1.5 million to 2.7 million. No telling how much more it rose from 2011 to 2014. In 2011 the pop.  was 4.8 percent
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