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By VOA News
04 July 2007
Britain has lowered its national security level from its highest level, "critical" to "severe," indicating that authorities no longer believe a terrorist attack is imminent1.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the action does not mean the threat of terrorism is gone and urged the public to stay vigilant2.
The decision to lower the terror threat one level came after the detention3 of eight people following car bombing attempts in London and Glasgow last week.
British authorities say all eight are doctors or worked for the country's national health service.
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen after a meeting of the government's top emergency committee Cobra, 29 Jun 2007 |
Also Wednesday, a senior British cleric said that last April he met in Jordan with an unnamed al-Qaida leader who apparently4 warned him of attacks by doctors. Canon Andrew White said the al-Qaida official told him that "those who cure you are going to kill you." He said meeting the man was like meeting the devil. White runs an Anglican church in Baghdad. He said he passed the information to the British Foreign Office, which denies receiving the warning.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.
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adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
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adj.警觉的,警戒的,警惕的 | |
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n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下 | |
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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