Police disrupt ‘terror plot’
As a result of the security alerts, there is massive disruption to airports across the UK (especially Heathrow, which is partially closed and which several airlines have cancelled flights to). So what? Since the alternative would be to close all airports completely (as the US did after the September 11th, 2001 attacks), surely a seriously disrupted flight is better than no flight at all?
Not to mention the fact that these extra security measures will, in all likelihood, last for days and weeks rather than months and years (ie until the police are satisfied that they have dealt with the threat). This operation has also seen a departure from the unnecessary killings that have made ‘anti-terror operations’ inspire fear in and of themselves – 21 24 people have been arrested, and none have been shot. This also shows that is entirely possible to prevent terrorism without enormously expensive (£21 billion? How many extra police or MI5 people could that pay for?) and privacy-destroying ID cards. Good on the police.
[EDIT] There has of course been no independent verification of this, so it is of course theoretically possible that it could all have been fabricated, but I’ll need some evidence to suggest that before I listen to the conspiracy theorists.[/EDIT]
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