JIHAD WATCH.org: "HAS ANYONE SPOKEN WITH OMAR BAKRI TODAY?" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Omar Bakri, the London jihadist, said this in April 2004: a group calling itself Al Qaeda Europe "has a great appeal for young Muslims. I know that they are ready to launch a big operation." Today, a group calling itself the Secret Organisation Group of al-Qaeda of Jihad Organisation in Europe claimed the attacks in London. Could that be Bakri's 'Al Qaeda Europe'?") (July 7, 2005) (Read More...)
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"Bus 'Suicide Bomber' Spotted By Passengers"
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Posted on 07/08/2005 2:21:39 AM PDT by advance_copy
Meanwhile, a most opportune moment to have mounted this attack has slipped away -- the recent British elections. Striking Britain then, in order to influence young and callow voters to come out and oppose the Government, would have exactly paralleled the strategy in Spain, which worked.
The fact that this bunch didn't attack for over 15 months after their mufti bragged about it, missing a great opportunity in the meantime, says something about British security. I think the British security measures had an effect.
Furthermore, two of the devices failed to detonate and are now being dissected by Scotland Yard and the military, and they may well yield arrests. The failure rate was much higher than for the Madrid operation and represents another point of decline in effectiveness from a year ago.