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‘Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks,’ UK authorities say
Days ahead of the annual Carnival celebrations on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Office has warned a terrorist attack on the Caribbean nation is “very likely”.
In an unusual late-night announcement, the FCO said: “The Trinidad and Tobago authorities have arrested some individuals who planned to carry out attacks against Carnival on 12 and 13 February.”
Despite the arrests, the Foreign Office warns of a continuing threat, saying: “Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Trinidad and Tobago.”
British visitors are told to “remain vigilant and avoid crowded places and large gatherings”.
Around 30,000 UK citizens visit Trinidad and Tobago each year. Some have family links with Trinidad, but most are tourists heading for Tobago. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both fly twice-weekly from Gatwick to Tobago.
While the Caribbean is generally regarded as terrorist-free, Trinidad and Tobago is an exception. According to the Foreign Office, more than 100 citizens are believed to have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join Isis and “are likely to pose a security threat on return”.
The recruitment rate, relative to the nation's population of under 1.4 million, is around six times higher than in Britain.
As Isis crumbles in Syria, there are fears that returning jihadis could bring terror to the islands — with the additional risk that people who have been radicalised but failed to travel may turn on their fellow citizens.
There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!
wagonrunner wrote:If police just "do the job", instead of also going in front of a screen to say "aye, we're doing the job", the rest of us could go on appreciating whatever happiness we have.There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!
Redress10 wrote:Islamic radicals in tnt do know that Trinidad isn't Syria/Iraq and the middle east right? Trinidad is a very easy place to lock down. Where would they run to? laventille hills? Where will they hide? Someone need to stop these people from living in a dream.
500 marines on tnt soil and that's it for all radical elements in TnT. It not gonna take much. The more radical activity we face etc, the more boots and increased specialist activity(special operations forces) would take place in Trinidad. it wouldn't take much to clear out Trinidad at all.
Matter of fact, all this added attention might actually be good for Trinidad. More attention mean more military aid and training for our "soldiers" and police so maybe this is the wake up call we need.
They still.in denial of an isis threat..actually the murder rate right now is small thing for them alsokstt wrote:With all this threat, isis recruitment, Nat Geo documentary of Trinidad linK to isis, etc.
Is it safe to assume that the threat on kamla life by the same isis members, who left here for Syria, to be true although the PNM opposition of the day downplayed it and denied it? The same PNM PM who denied we had an isis threat
Gem_in_i wrote:Scary. What make some of you feel the US will come to help?
hydroep wrote:^As you mention that, I've always heard but could never confirm that the US still has some "rights" to Chaguaramas (where their WWII base was located) and can re-activate it if circumstances warrant.
VexXx Dogg wrote:wagonrunner wrote:If police just "do the job", instead of also going in front of a screen to say "aye, we're doing the job", the rest of us could go on appreciating whatever happiness we have.There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!
yh i agree.
not particularly worried, but the old people panicky here. moving like freaking y2k and armageddon.
we have oil here, and we need liberationGem_in_i wrote:Scary. What make some of you feel the US will come to help?
Gem_in_i wrote:Scary. What make some of you feel the US will come to help?
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