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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Does it really matter?
ooppps ... did some say, 7/11 or 24/7?
A bit, if you have reverence for that terrible day (as I know you do).
Much longer than that.
The first Crusade began in 1095.
may the reference also be ... 911?
simply my emotional reaction ... {{HUGS}} Windflier.
I've seen it written that way a time or two, but 911 refers to the phone number for municipal emergency services. Adding the slash between the 9 and the 11 denotes that it's a date (as in, September 11th).
Of course, we Americans use DD/MM/YY, so it's actually backwards.
Man, am I digging a hole here.
Hugs back atcha, NTI.
Nope, not unless we dig together. None, of We 'the People' are running or ruining ... Dirt? Heck, Let me get my shovel!
don’t worry ... no magic here.
This means we must allow more control of us...
El perfecto...Right on schedule..
Dang this is getting series ... Dang, someone answer the phone ... Been ringing since 3 a.m. 9/10/01
Won't change zip, except like last time big gov will create new massive gov agencies, and incrementally demand more and more punitive control over..........us.
So there ya have it.
Heck, think will go fishing and await the air-bursts
I say they should convert to Chritanity, or be deported to Mecca on a pilgrimage to see their meteorite that looks like a badly STD infected Vagina.
Let em figure out which muslim hell hole they choose go “live” in from there.
No, actually it was my husband.
Gosh ... Poor Hubby ... Prayers for Hubby. Mama, holster that hog leg .... please!
Get your CWP, get range time, go somewhere & practice firing from inside or just outside your vehicle, moving or stopped. Have some extra magazines.
Sooner or later some interstate Johnny Jihad is going to decide that you’re easy pickings. Plan for it.
If that had happened on 9/12/01, what a wonderful world this would be.
As it is, a few more stampedes around the Moon Rock, and we might make some real progress.
You have to ask yourself—what did Charles Martel, the Spaniards, the fleet at Lepanto, and King Jan Sobieski figure out they we have not yet?
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