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In a statement Mrs May said: "The increase in the threat level is related to developments in Syria and Iraq where terrorist groups are planning attacks against the West.
"Some of those plots are likely to involve foreign fighters who have travelled there from the UK and Europe to take part in those conflicts.
"The first and most important duty of government is the protection of the British people!".
PM David Cameron said at least 500 people had travelled from the UK "to fight in Syria and potentially Iraq".
He said Islamic State (IS) extremists - who are attempting to establish a caliphate in the region - represented a "greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before".
The UK's terror threat level is being raised from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says.
The new alert level means an attack on the UK is "highly likely", although Mrs May said there was no intelligence to suggest an attack was "imminent".
It is the second highest of five possible UK threat levels.
Better safe then sorry
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: thesaneone
Have you not seen the news... 500+ Americans are fighting for The IS...
Or does it have to round up to 1000...
Secondly it's about passports... They for care about anything else...
Give it 3 Months The US will do the same...
As we can see you don't need a passport to get into either country.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: thesaneone
As we can see you don't need a passport to get into either country.
Perhaps not but you need a passport to leave the country you are resident in.
Go to Texas or Arizona and see if any of the illegals have any passports.
Agreed. Here our pundits claim that Congress isn't doing their job when they've not written more bills and enacted more laws.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: thesaneone
Better safe then sorry
Politicians play politics , this has more to do with introducing more draconian laws and regaining the front pages than any change in the threat level.