UK threat to critical
Public AlertPart of UK Foils Transatlantic Bombings
 | Primary Organization | UK-US airline bomb plotters | |
 | Other Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Warning Agency | UK Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre | ||
| Alert issued | 0200 local, Aug. 10, 2006 | |
| Alert rescinded | Aug. 13, 2006 | |
| Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | The level was raised to "critical," the UK's highest, as police sought suspects in the air bombing plot. It was lowered to "severe," the second-highest, a few days later.1 | |
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| 1Home Secretary John Reid, Scotland Yard press release, Aug. 10, 2006. | |||
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