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COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of...

My son Barry came home from school today. He was dirty, bleeding, and crying. "What happened?" I asked. "Those mean bullies beat me up again," he finally managed. It appeared his nose had been broken. He clearly needed to go to the emergency room. "Did you try ignoring them? Did you pretend they didn't exist, like I told you to?" "Yes. And I pretended they weren't beating me up, too. But I could still feel them punching me." "Well, you're just going to do a better job ignoring them, little mister." None of that actually happened, thank God. But I...