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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 06:52 PM Nov 2015

Britain on terror alert:special forces on streets of London as experts warn isis is using

Source: Uk Daily Mail

Britain on terror alert: Special forces on the streets of London as experts warn ISIS is using the PlayStation 4 network to recruit and plan attacks because it's 'more secure than WhatsApp

ISIS is using the PlayStation 4 network to recruit and plan attacks because it is 'more secure than WhatsApp' intelligence experts warn, as special forces are deployed on the streets of London with Britain on terror alert.
The move is the biggest security response since the 2005 London bombings and comes after the sickening attacks in Paris on Friday night - the deadliest in Europe since the Madrid bombings in 2004 - that left at least 129 people dead.
In Belgium, which appears to be at the heart of the terror plot, officials believe terrorists are using consoles to communicate.
Belgian Minister of Home Affairs Jan Jambon said intelligence agencies have discovered evidence of jihadis using the games consoles to exchange messages with a special, hidden recruitment channel.
He said: 'Playstation 4 is even more difficult to monitor than WhatsApp.'
ISIS fanatics are also said to be using a 'cyber caliphate' - protected by their own encryption software - where they plan their next attacks.

Meanwhile, special forces have been deployed to some of the capital's landmarks and busiest spots in the aftermath of the Paris atrocities.
Eighty-nine people were killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.
People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 352 people were injured, of which 99 are critical. ISIS has claimed responsibility.

It is believed two of the bombers were carrying Syrian and Egyptian passports. At least two others are thought to be French while several could also be Belgian.
Last night it emerged French detectives questioned one of the jihadis behind Friday's terror attacks as he crossed the Belgian border and let him go after he showed them his ID card.
Officers pulled over Salah Abdelslam on Saturday morning on the A2 motorway between Paris and Brussels in a hired car used in the attacks.
Detectives soon discovered their blunder when they found Abdeslam had rented a hire car abandoned near the scene of the massacre inside the Bataclan theatre.
However, by the time they alerted Belgian authorities, he had abandoned the car in the jihadi stronghold of Molenbeek in Brussels - the so-called 'den of terrorism' - and disappeared.
An international manhunt has been launched.
Home Secretary: We are checking people coming into the UK

Meanwhile, special forces have been deployed to some of the capital's landmarks and busiest spots in the aftermath of the Paris atrocities.
Eighty-nine people were killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.
People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 352 people were injured, of which 99 are critical. ISIS has claimed responsibility.

It is believed two of the bombers were carrying Syrian and Egyptian passports. At least two others are thought to be French while several could also be Belgian.
Last night it emerged French detectives questioned one of the jihadis behind Friday's terror attacks as he crossed the Belgian border and let him go after he showed them his ID card.








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Britain on terror alert:special forces on streets of London as experts warn isis is using (Original Post) Wash. state Desk Jet Nov 2015 OP
PS4 network, not the most reliable still_one Nov 2015 #1
Thought this was debunked hours ago? Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #2
What ? Wash. state Desk Jet Nov 2015 #3
The article is from Sunday - yes, much of it is out of date muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #4
Ok , Wash. state Desk Jet Nov 2015 #5
It was, but they still want their click$. PSPS Nov 2015 #6

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
3. What ?
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:01 PM
Nov 2015
https://www.mi5.gov.uk/home/about-us/faqs-about-mi5/what-is-the-current-national-threat-level.html

WHAT IS THE CURRENT NATIONAL THREAT LEVEL?
The current UK threat level for international terrorism is: SEVERE.

A police car

This means that a terrorist attack is highly likely.

The current threat level for Northern Ireland-related terrorism is SEVERE in Northern Ireland (an attack is highly likely) and MODERATE in Great Britain (an attack is possible, but not likely).

For more information, see Threat levels.



muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
4. The article is from Sunday - yes, much of it is out of date
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:44 PM
Nov 2015

as well as being outside the 12 hours LBN rule (there was some update at 0816 Monday UK time, but that's still over 12 hours old)

For instance, it's now known the Egyptian passport belongs to a victim who is in hospital.

And the PS4 stuff turned out to be speculation from before the attacks: http://kotaku.com/reporting-error-leads-to-speculation-that-terrorists-us-1742791584

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
5. Ok ,
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:15 PM
Nov 2015

Uk terror alert is severe ,The article is worth the look although it is somewhat outside the time line.
UK Daily Mail is a tabloid ,however it is about visual reporting meaning lots of pictures.

On the time date-oversight.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320356/Fake-Syrian-passport-used-MailOnline-shocking-frailty-migrant-registration-used-suspected-Paris-terrorist-travel-Europe.html

By NICK FAGGE IN PARIS FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:03 EST, 16 November 2015 | UPDATED: 12:51 EST, 16 November 2015


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320356/Fake-Syrian-passport-used-MailOnline-shocking-frailty-migrant-registration-used-suspected-Paris-terrorist-travel-Europe.html#ixzz3ri1lmpSc
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Passport to terror: MailOnline reporter bought an IDENTICAL Syrian passport that ISIS bomber used to sneak into Europe before Paris attacks
MailOnline reporter obtained forged Syrian passport for $2,000 in four days
Investigation exposed security flaws where terrorists buy fake passports to get into Europe undetected
Passport of 'Ahmad Almohammad' found at Paris Stade de France terror
Believed Ahmad Almohammad got into Europe via Greek island of Leros
See full coverage of ISIS bombers at www.dailymail.co.uk/isis
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'While we don't have the full facts yet it appears that a terrorist used a false Syrian passport to come into Europe among the refugees,' said Keith Vaz, MP, chairman of the UK's Home Affairs Select Committee.
He told MailOnline: 'This does appear to be what happened. This is deeply concerning.'
Finger print analysis of the bomber's remains revealed the man, who had falsely declared himself to be a Syrian named Ahmad Almohammad, 25, had entered Greece as a refugee on October 3.
He was among 198 migrants who landed on the island of Leros after crossing the Aegean from Turkey on a raft.
He was processed as a refugee by the Greek authorities who interview more than 1,000 migrants and refugees a day to establish their real identities and nationalities.
They took his photograph and fingerprints before giving him a document that enabled him to buy a ferry ticket to leave the island for Athens.
Almohammad left EU state Greece a few days later. He crossed into Macedonia and into Serbia where he was registered at the Presevo border crossing on October 7.
He continued north and entered the EU again when he crossed into Croatia. He was registered at the Opatovac refugee camp on October 8, before eventually travelling to Paris to commit mass murder.
The two other suicide bombers who detonated themselves outside the French national stadium carried false Turkish passports, it has emerged.
Armed police enter building in Molenbeek in suspect hunt




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