UK terror alert downgraded to "Severe"
{{date|August 13, 2006}}

The {{w|UK Threat Levels|British terror alert}} has been downgraded from "Critical" to "Severe" [[MI5]] is reporting. The "Severe"-level became active at midnight BST. The terror alert was raised to "Critical" after an alleged terror plot was foiled which involved blowing up at least a dozen planes from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[United States]] in flight. The plot could have resulted in around 5000 deaths.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page269.html
|title=THREAT LEVEL: SEVERE 
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|pub=MI5
|date=August 13, 2006}}

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The British terror alert has been downgraded from "Critical" to "Severe" MI5 is reporting. The "Severe"-level became active at midnight BST. The terror alert was raised to "Critical" after an alleged terror plot was foiled which involved blowing up at least a dozen planes from the United Kingdom to the United States in flight. The plot could have resulted in around 5000 deaths.
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