Level Orange!? :o
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/13/17296512-dutch-raise-terror-alert-level-after-increase-in-islamist-radicals-leaving-for-syria?lite
QuoteDutch raise terror alert level after increase in Islamist radicals leaving for Syria
By Anthony Deutsch, Sara Webb and Kevin Liffey, Reuters
AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands raised its alert level for terrorist attacks to "substantial" on Wednesday, citing an increase in the number of Islamist militants traveling from the Netherlands to Syria, as well as a radicalization of Dutch youth.
"The chance of an attack in the Netherlands or against Dutch interests abroad has risen," the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) said in a statement.
"Close to a hundred individuals have recently left the Netherlands for various countries in Africa and the Middle East, especially Syria."
The agency said individuals fighting for radical Islam abroad could return and "inspire others in the Netherlands to follow in their footsteps."
Political changes in the Middle East and North Africa have made space for an expansion of radical Islamic groups that are no longer under the control of security forces, the agency said.
Dutch police and intelligence services have deployed extra personnel to investigate suspect individuals and monitor sources, the agency said.
The Netherlands has not suffered a major terrorist attack, but a radical Dutchman of Moroccan origin murdered the provocative filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was critical of multiculturalism and of Islam, in Amsterdam in 2004.
The Netherlands?
Neanderthalands :contract:
Quote from: garbon on March 13, 2013, 11:46:46 PM
The Netherlands?
I really hate my work computer, it doesn't have an English spell check. :cry:
How about simply learning how to spell things? :unsure:
Quote from: garbon on March 14, 2013, 12:00:31 AM
How about simply learning how to spell things? :unsure:
Dammit Garbon, I'm an English conversation teacher, not an English spelling teacher!
Then stop teaching Koreans to speak wrong.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2013, 12:05:08 AM
Then stop teaching Koreans to speak wrong.
My students talk wicked good! :mad:
I'm picturing a bunch of Korean teenagers talking like Peter Griffin.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 14, 2013, 12:41:14 AM
I'm picturing a bunch of Korean teenagers talking like Peter Griffin.
I'm picturing Korean teenagers who can't speak English at all.
My students won 5 medals at the Chungnam provincial English contest!
3 Bronze, 1 Silver and 1 Gold. ^_^
Shameful, shameful bronze. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2013, 12:05:08 AM
Then stop teaching Koreans to speak wrong.
Atleast he's got a job.
How is radicals leaving the Netherlands for Syria going to make the Netherlands more dangerous? :huh:
It's a low-lying country. If we don't raise our terror alert level regularly it might get wet.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 14, 2013, 12:41:14 AM
I'm picturing a bunch of Korean teenagers talking like Peter Griffin.
:lol:
Breaking News - Nothing Will Happen.
Quote from: mongers on March 14, 2013, 05:30:49 PM
Breaking News - Nothing Will Happen.
I'm sure that's what Theo van Gogh thought, too.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 14, 2013, 07:50:45 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2013, 12:05:08 AM
Then stop teaching Koreans to speak wrong.
Atleast he's got a job.
I can teach Koreans to say "Nomaaaah", too. Hell, don't need to be paid for that.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 14, 2013, 05:33:00 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 14, 2013, 05:30:49 PM
Breaking News - Nothing Will Happen.
I'm sure that's what Theo van Gogh thought, too.
Was his death preceded by the appropriate threat level warning ?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 14, 2013, 02:59:04 AM
My students won 5 medals at the Chungnam provincial English contest!
3 Bronze, 1 Silver and 1 Gold. ^_^
Congrats! :)
Quote from: Maladict on March 14, 2013, 03:26:44 PM
It's a low-lying country. If we don't raise our terror alert level regularly it might get wet.
:lol:
Quote from: mongers on March 15, 2013, 08:39:00 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 14, 2013, 05:33:00 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 14, 2013, 05:30:49 PM
Breaking News - Nothing Will Happen.
I'm sure that's what Theo van Gogh thought, too.
Was his death preceded by the appropriate threat level warning ?
Obviously not :D
Quote from: fahdiz on March 15, 2013, 01:57:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 15, 2013, 08:39:00 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on March 14, 2013, 05:33:00 PM
Quote from: mongers on March 14, 2013, 05:30:49 PM
Breaking News - Nothing Will Happen.
I'm sure that's what Theo van Gogh thought, too.
Was his death preceded by the appropriate threat level warning ?
Obviously not :D
Which is why I think it's better that the police warn people about specific intelligence/threats, like they did for years regarding risk of IRA attacks, rather than these generalised, possibly politicised threat levels.
Does anyone even pay attention to threat levels?