Johnny Canuck2 said:
It may or may not be, but that doesn't change the fact that al aqsa are talking about targetting jews outside Israel.
Is it still a bogey man if it's for real?
Im sure its for real, the question is if they actually a) plan an attack without getting caught b) make it successful and c) repeat it d) over and over again.
of the hundreds of terrorist attacks that are planned every year, how many of those fit into all these categories?
outside my synagogue, in terms of safety precautions, we have :
security gates.
a button you have to press to be let in, and if they dont recognise your car and they find you supicious, they will not let you enter the building
security personnel
a huge fuck off fence around the area surrounded by a hedge
peoples houses with hedges and huge walls
security cameras
easy escape routes.
the gates dont open automatically, you have to wait for someone to let you go. the doors are locked up at night and its impossible to throw something in through the window from behind the gate or from the back of the houses behind the synagogue short of actually climbing over someones fence and a huge fuck off hedge.
it is like that for most synagogues in the uk and thats because they have taken the steps to prevent such things. there have been plenty of scares, david copeland and other assorted fash among others, as well as the threat of "global" terrorism (as if this is suddenly ANY MORE of a threat than any of the other terrorism we've had?), and they have taken action to prevent it.
just because they threaten something doesn't mean it will happen. they can threaten all they like but security is so tight round most synagogues that they will stopped before they even get near any actual people.
the high holy days? theres security guys, police there, everything and you need to be an actual member of the shul to get inside the area where it is held.
its largely the same in canada, the US and most countries in the EU.
the countries where such attacks would take place are countries where the jewish community is persecuted anyway and does not have the money or the resources to spend on security and protecting themselves , and where the police are entirely unsympathetic.
in these cases these people have enough to contend with from domestic issues such as poverty and discrimination and police brutality in their own country, never mind a "threat" from "terrorists", real or imaginary that probably will not amount to anything and serves only to encourage tensions between them and another bunch of innocent people that society doesn't like.
and in any case, why would a jihadi supporter of al-aqsa visit those places?
what would be in it for them?
dont forget in terms of being killed by "islamic" terrorists as a whole, the risk is tiny.
there has been one real attack on london and the other one failed completely.
before 9-11 there was only one attack on america, the wtc bombing.
spain has had one attack.
france hasn't had any.
canada hasn't had any.
germany hasn't had any.
the list goes on ... and on and on and on. the majority of terrorism is carried out in poor muslim countries against the targets associated with corrupt governments and their supporters, not in the name of some global jihad.
even if we take into account all the ones that are being planned and foiled, they are still foiled and they come to far less in terms of numbers than you would expect if terrorism was really the danger we're being led to believe it is.
Even though the threat was made just before the bombings, other security groups seem to be taking it seriously. 
