# It Looks Like It's Not Over for the Brits **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-its-not-over-for-the-brits/311833 "2005-07-10T08:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-its-not-over-for-the-brits/311833/1 "2005-07-10T08:01:17Z")
[Bombs, threats, and evacuations.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4668313.stm) > [@](#): > > Thousands evacuated from Birmingham city centre faced “a real and very credible threat”, West Midlands Chief Constable Paul Scott Lee has said. > > Mr Scott Lee declined to describe the nature of the threat but said intelligence indicated it was genuine. > > He said he made the decision to evacuate up to 20,000 people from the city centre after a “specific threat”. > > Four suspect packages were blown up but Mr Scott Lee said they had nothing to do with the intelligence warnings. At least this time no one was hurt or killed. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-its-not-over-for-the-brits/311833/2 "2005-07-10T11:28:14Z")
Later reports make it look to be just a false alarm. Expect plenty of those. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-looks-like-its-not-over-for-the-brits/311833/3 "2005-07-11T17:43:28Z")
Yes, there were plenty of those after 9/11 all over the US.