Police foil UK terror plot by arresting six people - Polidicks

Police have foiled an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK after raiding a suspected bomb making factory in the East Midlands. Six people were arrested when counter-terrorism officers swooped on addresses in Derby, Burton upon Trent and London in the early hours of Monday morning. Bomb disposal experts also attended one property amid fears that the alleged plotters were storing chemicals and other explosive materials ahead of a planned attack on a UK target. Five men, aged 22, 27, 35 and 36 and a 32-year-old woman were held and were being questioned on suspicion of engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, while six addresses were being searched for evidence. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/12/six-held-anti-terror-raids-london-burton-derby/[/url]

Holy shit, where are all these assholes coming from? Seems like a weekly occurrence lately.

holy shit, that's in my hometown

[QUOTE=AlbertWesker;51523654]Holy shit, where are all these assholes coming from? Seems like a weekly occurrence lately.[/QUOTE] Have a solid guess.

[QUOTE=Anyx;51523778]Have a solid guess.[/QUOTE] Well a lot of people are radicalised at home soooo...

[QUOTE=Anyx;51523778]Have a solid guess.[/QUOTE] I'm gonna take a wild stab and say Brobdingnagia. :v:

Well I'll take this as good news because authorities are proving themselves capable of catching these guys before they do any damage. lets just hope they can keep this up.

[QUOTE=genpung;51525506]Well I'll take this as good news because authorities are proving themselves capable of catching these guys before they do any damage. lets just hope they can keep this up.[/QUOTE] It's good they stopped them, but all it takes is for 1 person to slip through the cracks and you can have hundreds dead. It's more of a when will it happen rather than if.

[QUOTE=Turnips5;51523763]holy shit, that's in my hometown[/QUOTE] I'm pretty close to this area. Derby is a shithole these days though.

[QUOTE=Trebgarta;51525698]Im pretty sure they are either British citizens or legal permanent residents, as: A) Statistically, for Europe, terror attacks are more often done by aforementioned groups than refugees, B) UK barely got any refugees.[/QUOTE] If you want to crack down on terrorism, its far more effective to crack down on propaganda networks, in person or online, so people are far less exposed to radicalism and are less likely to sucumb to it

[QUOTE=Morgen;51525572]I'm pretty close to this area. Derby is a shithole these days though.[/QUOTE] It's not as rough as it used to be, still completely bland apart from a few saving qualities.

Living in Burton (which is also a shithole) this is actually fairly scary Just realised a few years a go i took a photo that most accurately represents what Burton is like. (I took it there) [url=https://flic.kr/p/dnuZtL][img]https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8475/8119584126_b633be55f0_z.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/dnuZtL]Urban Decay[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/]Tom Raworth[/url], on Flickr

[QUOTE=TomboPukka;51527630]Living in Burton (which is also a shithole) this is actually fairly scary Just realised a few years a go i took a photo that most accurately represents what Burton is like. (I took it there) [url=https://flic.kr/p/dnuZtL][img]https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8475/8119584126_b633be55f0_z.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/dnuZtL]Urban Decay[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomraworth/]Tom Raworth[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE] you live in the fallout universe or what

Welcome to the United Kingdom. North gets flooded with water, South gets flooded with refugees :^)

[QUOTE=AutismoPiggo;51527699]Welcome to the United Kingdom. North gets flooded with water, South gets flooded with refugees :^)[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee-crisis-refugees-british-government-20000-4000-progress-how-many-migrants-immigration-a7219971.html"]You guys[/URL] - who partly voted to leave the EU because of fears of immigration and refugees - have taken in [URL="http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support/Refugee-facts-and-figures"]45% of 38,878 asylum applications[/URL] and have 117,234 refugees living in the UK. That's just 0.18 per cent of the total population (64.1 million people). You guys have BARELY taken in ANYONE despite the fact you played a large role in destabilising the Middle East. Frankly, the UK has absolutely no right to complain about the situation after doing so little and being so utterly selfish about it. Your government is frankly fucking disgusting.

[QUOTE=AutismoPiggo;51527699]Welcome to the United Kingdom. North gets flooded with water, South gets flooded with refugees :^)[/QUOTE] Nothing wrong with refugees if they have been vetted properly.

[QUOTE=comet1337;51527668]you live in the fallout universe or what[/QUOTE] england has some very shitty towns i know for a fact that a fucking favela looks nicer than oldham possibly even less risky to walk around in a favela as well

[QUOTE=NightmareX91;51527758]england has some very shitty towns i know for a fact that a fucking favela looks nicer than oldham possibly even less risky to walk around in a favela as well[/QUOTE] Wow, and I thought favelas were the kind of place where theres a wormhole into a ratchet dimension that strips you of your shit and takes a shank at you on the way out.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51527724][URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee-crisis-refugees-british-government-20000-4000-progress-how-many-migrants-immigration-a7219971.html"]You guys[/URL] - who partly voted to leave the EU because of fears of immigration and refugees - have taken in [URL="http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support/Refugee-facts-and-figures"]45% of 38,878 asylum applications[/URL] and have 117,234 refugees living in the UK. That's just 0.18 per cent of the total population (64.1 million people). You guys have BARELY taken in ANYONE despite the fact you played a large role in destabilising the Middle East. Frankly, the UK has absolutely no right to complain about the situation after doing so little and being so utterly selfish about it. Your government is frankly fucking disgusting.[/QUOTE] It's little use showing specific numbers, they'll still be stuck in the 'THE UK IS DYING BECAUSE REFUGEES' rhethoric.

[QUOTE=Recurracy;51528128]It's little use showing specific numbers, they'll still be stuck in the 'THE UK IS DYING BECAUSE REFUGEES' rhethoric.[/QUOTE] Yeah, expecting information to actually change the epidemic of ignorance in the UK was his first mistake. As long as our total shitshow of a media industry is allowed the enormous influence over the populace it has, it's virtually pointless challenging anyone's beliefs. BlackMageMari is right, our government is disgusting, but it was elected by disgusting people as well, or at the very least, people who didn't know any better (but should have).

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51527724][URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee-crisis-refugees-british-government-20000-4000-progress-how-many-migrants-immigration-a7219971.html"]You guys[/URL] - who partly voted to leave the EU because of fears of immigration and refugees - have taken in [URL="http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support/Refugee-facts-and-figures"]45% of 38,878 asylum applications[/URL] and have 117,234 refugees living in the UK. That's just 0.18 per cent of the total population (64.1 million people). You guys have BARELY taken in ANYONE despite the fact you played a large role in destabilising the Middle East. Frankly, the UK has absolutely no right to complain about the situation after doing so little and being so utterly selfish about it. Your government is frankly fucking disgusting.[/QUOTE] Isn't this more an economical decision due to the 300,000 plus migrants we receive annually due to being EU members though.

[QUOTE=UK Bohemian;51528766]Isn't this more an economical decision due to the 300,000 plus migrants we receive annually due to being EU members though.[/QUOTE] We were talking about refugees, first of all. Not migrants from the EU. Second, if you really wanted to reduce immigration to the UK, you'd put control on non-EU immigration - EU immigration only accounts for 1/2 of total UK immigration. (Source: [URL="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration"]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration[/URL])

[QUOTE=NightmareX91;51527758]england has some very shitty towns i know for a fact that a fucking favela looks nicer than oldham possibly even less risky to walk around in a favela as well[/QUOTE] Don't trivialize urban favelas. They are the lowest of low, right above war zones.

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51528787]We were talking about refugees, first of all. Not migrants from the EU. Second, if you really wanted to reduce immigration to the UK, you'd put control on non-EU immigration - EU immigration only accounts for 1/2 of total UK immigration. (Source: [URL="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration"]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration[/URL])[/QUOTE] From your source: In YE June 2016, 284,000 EU citizens immigrated to the UK (the highest estimate recorded), compared with 265,000 in YE June 2015 – this difference was not statistically significant; also 289,000 non-EU citizens immigrated. There were 629,000 National Insurance number (NINo) registrations by EU nationals and 195,000 by non-EU nationals in YE September 2016. These sort of numbers cannot be sustained. We simply can't afford to take more people. This must have some bearing on our government's decision not to take refugees. Cameron also pledged to get net migration under 100,000 and failed that too.