Ok 14 people liking the fact you accuse me of being blase when you totally misunderstood my post. Not once did I say the security at football matches alone was enough to prevent a terror attack so an apology might be nice.
No, I said, with all the additional security put in place because of these terror threats, on top of existing venue security infrastructure, an ISIS group of armed men or bombers have a hope in hell of causing a major terror attack in a Champions league Stadium (that includes the area around the stadium including railway stations etc).
There's no need to do that. You will end up having to clarify every point that anyone (and there are fahzands of us on NSC, to miss-quote Michael Cain) makes that doesn't quite reflect the original nuance of your original post or reply. Which even I have forgotten now.
Ok 14 people liking the fact you accuse me of being blase when you totally misunderstood my post. Not once did I say the security at football matches alone was enough to prevent a terror attack so an apology might be nice.
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I did say in addition to the extra security provided by police and security services they would have an hope in hell. The existence of security structure already in place helps because searches/scans can be more thoroughly carried out, we hacpve security cameras, controlled entrances and more stewards can be drafted in in the event eg Security Services receive intelligence that ‘a’ EPL stadium was under threat - I suspect the usual security measures at the Emirates will be exceptionally tight and carried a out to a T.
Hans I only added what was clearly marked as an edit - the original post said exactly that marked in bold in my reply to @Bozza
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I’m not sure I understand your point. Is it that ISIS might blow up a stadium?Hans I only added what was clearly marked as an edit - the original post said exactly that marked in bold in my reply to @Bozza
The only gist was that the security of top flight stadia in addition to extra security forces in the face of specific threats was high. The infrastructure (ie scanning, searches, cameras, ticket regs, etc can all be tightened up - combined with extra security measure discussed by Sky News, yes, I think ISIS don’t realise what a difficult target a PL stadium would be.
Of course if a major ISIS attack, (initiated by overseas terrorists or linked to) came absolutely out of the blue, with no intelligence or chatter in the weeks or days leading up to it, and therefore no extra security measures had been put in place, I agree we’d be very vulnerable as would every other public major gathering place.
Often the ‘success‘ of major terror attacks come as a result of security failures - this isn’t the case here
Police in London, Madrid and Paris on alert after IS threat to Champions League venues
Police in Madrid and Paris have stepped up security before this week’s Champions League quarter-finals after an apparent threat from Islamic State
Yes, it is but the infrastructure would obviously soon be tightened up if there was a terror alert as there is at the moment etc as part of the overall measures to safeguard the public…I 'think' that what some people are saying is that security is pretty lax at football stadiums. I went to a concert at the London Stadium and my bag had to be emptied and I was scanned with the hand held scanner. Went to Wembley for FA cup semi, bag emptied, full pat down and scanner. Youngest Jnr is too young to be searched but eldest Jnr got scanned and that was it, they found it highly amusing that I was searched so thoroughly and said I must look dodgy.
At the Amex they have a quick look in the part of my bag that's open and through I go. Eldest Jnr (sometimes) gets scanned & even when he has his keys on the inside of the top of his jacket, nothing beeps to say there's metal around his chest area.
If I were going to the Emirates tonight, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be a bit nervous about it. Wouldn't stop me going, not that I'd want to go, but I'd still be a bit on edge as simply things get missed, the security services aren't infallible, warnings can be dismissed as empty threats and it can all go horribly wrong.
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I don’t know what the nature of the specific attack warnings are.
