Posted on 07/21/2011 1:59:56 PM PDT by markomalley
A British man and a woman have been captured by forces in Afghanistan as they prepared to link up with terrorists in order to launch attacks in the UK, sources have disclosed.
The pair, who are of Afghan origin and are understood to have dual nationality, were detained by the SAS during a raid on a guest house in Herat, an historic city close to the Iranian border.
They are thought to be the first Britons to be captured alive in Afghanistan since 2001, although there have been reports of Britons who have died in suicide operations or been killed.
The couple were known to MI5 in Britain but they were not considered “high priority” targets and managed to leave the country unnoticed, security sources told the Daily Telegraph.
They were picked up in Herat soon after arriving in Afghanistan when MI6 learned they were trying to “establish contact” with the Taliban or al-Qaeda in order to learn bomb-making skills.
It is believed they were planning a terrorist attack in Britain, but one source said: “They were intercepted at an early stage so it is difficult to know what the targets would have been.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Let’s welcome them all with open arms. Allow them to build their terrorist planning buildings anywhere they want. It’s a religion of peace, according to W.
line um up ....ka-pow
Let Americans stop being harassed by the TSA.
Simply stop all travel to the USA from anyone born in, resident of, or citizen of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Yemen
That will solve 90% of terrorist threats right there.
When they say “British” they want you to imagine Richard and Hyacinth Bucket, when in fact they are only cheap imports who don’t consider themselves British any more than 25 million illegals here consider themselves Americans.
British couple, eh?
British as in George and Mary, or “British” as in Mohammed and Ramina?
That's a laugh.
99%
The couple will be returned to Britain where a judge will release them, based on some “human rights” nonsense. The gov’t will give them a house & generous stipend. MI6 will watch them for months as they make bombs.......
The rest is history.
Hangman's noose - the only sensible solution.
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