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Intelligence agencies have discovered AQ plans to carry our Mumbai style attacks in Europe. During the attacks in Mumbai over 160 people were killed in the first mins of the attack.

Do we have an adequate response to such an attack? I believe that we don’t. The police couldnt react in sufficient numbers in that time and the SAS also could not mount any Counter Insurgency in that time. We have been told that armed officers who are already in the City area would be there to react.

When you see these officers walking round they are normally in pairs chatting to each other and not really taking account of whats happening around them. Any terrorist who carries out efficient Hostile Reconnaissance will note this and make the armed officers the first target. Terrorists will have fully automatic weapons where as the police only have single shot facility on the common H&K MP5.

The home Secretary has announced, within the last hour that the current Threat Level has been raised from substantial to Severe.

He has said that this is not in response to any intelligence that could lead to attack.

The Home Secretary consults with The Joing Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) before making a decision as to the Threat Level. JTAC is made up of the main Security and Intelligence agencies.