Posted on 01/08/2015 5:55:24 PM PST by Mount Athos
The head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 warned on Thursday that militant Islamists in Syria were planning "mass casualty attacks" in the West and that intelligence services may be powerless to stop them.
"We know... that a group of core al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the West," Andrew Parker told journalists in London a day after an Islamist attack in Paris claimed 12 lives.
"Although we and our partners try our utmost, we know that we cannot hope to stop everything," he added.
Parker said that fighters returning to the West from the civil war in Syria were in danger of bringing with them a "twisted ideology" that could lead them to carry out attacks on famous landmarks at home.
Although Islamic State (IS) presented the most obvious threat, fighters aligned with the core of al-Qaeda were also a danger.
"We still face more complex and ambitious plots that follow the now sadly well-established approach of al-Qaeda and its imitators -- attempts to cause large-scale loss of life, often by attacking transport systems or iconic targets," he said.
The MI5 director general earlier said the attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was a "terrible reminder" of the threat facing Western nations, revealing that his agency had helped stop three terror plots "in recent months alone".
Parker called for wider powers to identify and monitor suspects, following a backlash against the security services after the extent of their snooping was exposed by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor.
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yes.
it will take a different administration, period.
Get ready. These aren't red state voters coming for ya!
“Does this mean they are declaring war?”
I seem to recall that Osama already did that quite clearly in 1998. Although they had been committing war like attacks for decades prior.
Exactly!
and that intelligence services may be powerless to stop them. Translation: Obama and the CIA are promoting this.
Imagine President Elizabeth Warren handling such a crisis?
yep, yep they did receive funds and weapons. Is not impossible congress and zer0 paid for their training camps too. Ain’t We the Taxpayers nice people ....
She'd have Homeland Security Czarina Cynthia McKinney handle it!
If stupidity were an energy source, we would have unlimited power.
Nuke Mecca—Ground burst!
Already being done, by Obama decree. He's been releasing hardened militants from Gitmo and elsewhere to receive further training in the middle east. Only thing is, they'll be back and create havoc here on our shores.
Best way to send them back is in body bags. But that's a no-no because our politically correct "leaders" cater to them, while forcibly disarming us.
Wonder how long that 3 a.m. phone call will have to be ringing till the phone is answered?
Until the lazy American people gets totally fed up with the current administration, nothing much will happen.
We will be at the mercy of terror and death. Be prepared, both as an individual and as a family. If you own a firearm be ready to use it.
Taking french fries out of Venezuelan mouths...
I had that very conversation with somebody just 30 minutes ago.
In 1979, Jimmy Carter planted the seeds of the problems we have today. Selling out the Shah told the Muzzies the west is a paper tiger.
No Mecca...No Prayers....no ISLAM!
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