Bush's speech on British terror

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Goodmorning.Thisweek,Americareceivedastarkreminderthatterroristsarestillplottingattackstokillourpeople.BeginningonWednesdaynight,authoritiesinGreatBritainarrestedmorethan20individualswhowebelievewereplottingtodetonateliquidexplosivesaboardflightsfromtheUnitedKingdomtotheUnitedStates.Iftheseterroristshadsucceeded,theycouldhavecauseddeathonamassivescale.Theplotappearstohavebeencarefullyplannedandwell-advanced.Theyplannedtobringthecomponentsoftheirexplosivesonboardintheircarry-onluggage,disguisedasbottleddrinksandelectronicdevices.

Webelievethatthisweek''''sarrestshavesignificantlydisruptedthethreat.Yetwecannotbesurethatthethreathasbeeneliminated.Soasaprecaution,onThursday,thefederalgovernmenttookseveralstepstoincreasesecurityatourairportsandaboardourplanes.

First,theDepartmentofHomelandSecurityhasraisedourNation''''sthreatwarningtoCodeRed--thehighestleve公务员之家版权所有l--forflightsfromGreatBritaintoAmerica,incoordinationwithBritishauthorities.Second,we''''veraisedthethreatwarningforalldomesticandinternationalflightslandingintheUnitedStatestoCodeOrange--thesecondhighestlevel.WealsohavesentadditionalfederalairmarshalstoGreatBritaintoprovideextraprotectionaboardflightsfromtheUnitedKingdomtotheUnitedStates.

Thisplotisfurtherevidencethattheterroristswefacearesophisticated,andconstantlychangingtheirtactics.OnSeptemberthe11th,2001,theyusedboxcutterstohijackairplanesandkillthousandsofinnocentpeople.Thistime,webelievetheyplannedtouseliquidexplosivestoblowupplanesinmid-air.Inresponse,we''''veadjustedoursecurityprecautionsbytemporarilybanningmostliquidsascarry-onitemsonplanes.Iknowmanyofyouwillbetravelingduringthisbusysummervacationseason,andIaskforyourpatience,cooperation,andvigilanceinthecomingdays.Theinconveniencesyouwillfaceareforyourprotection,andtheywillgiveustimetoadjustourscreeningprocedurestomeetthecurrentthreat.

I''''mgratefulfortheoutstandingworkofintelligenceandlawenforcementofficersintheUnitedKingdomandinourcountry.Thisweek''''sarrestsweretheculminationofhardwork,cooperation,andinformation-sharingacrossdifferentagenciesanddifferentgovernments.We''''redealingwithanewenemythatusesnewmeansofattackandnewmethodstocommunicate.Thisweek''''seventsdemonstratethevitalimportanceofensuringthatourintelligenceandlawenforcementpersonnelhaveallthetoolstheyneedtotrackdowntheterrorists,andpreventattacksonourcountry.

Becauseofthemeasureswe''''vetakentoprotecttheAmericanpeople,ourNationissaferthanitwaspriortoSeptemberthe11th.Still,wemustnevermakethemistakeofthinkingthedangerofterrorismhaspassed.Thisweek''''sexperienceremindsusofahardfact:Theterroristshavetosucceedonlyoncetoachievetheirgoalofmassmurder,whilewehavetosucceedeverytimetostopthem.Unfortunately,somehavesuggestedrecentlythattheterroristthreatisbeingusedforpartisanpoliticaladvantage.Wecanhavelegitimatedisagreementsaboutthebestwaytofighttheterrorists,yetthereshouldbenodisagreementaboutthedangersweface.

Americaisfightingatoughwaragainstanenemywhoseruthlessnessisclearforalltosee.Theterroristsattempttobringdownairplanesfullofinnocentmen,women,andchildren.TheykillciviliansandAmericanservicemeninIraqandAfghanistan,andtheydeliberatelyhidebehindciviliansinLebanon.Theyareseekingtospreadtheirtotalitarianideology.They''''reseekingtotakeovercountrieslikeAfghanistanandIraqsotheycanestablishsafehavensfromwhichtoattackfreenations.ThesekillersneedtoknowthatAmerica,GreatBritain,andouralliesaredetermi公务员之家版权所有nedtodefendourselvesandadvancethecauseofliberty.Withpatience,courage,anduntiringresolve,wewilldefendourfreedom,andwewillwinthewaronterror.

Thankyouforlistening.