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UK police chief says attacks foiled - report
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has thwarted attempted terrorist attacks in the last few weeks and faces the continued threat of a repeat of the deadly July 7 London bombings, the country's top police officer said. Ian Blair, commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, said the force needed greater powers to cope with "a new reality" in the wake of the attacks on the capital.
"The sky is dark," Blair wrote in an article for the Sun newspaper on Wednesday. "Intelligence exists to suggest that other groups will attempt to attack Britain in the coming months."
He gave no details of the past or future threats. A London police spokesman declined to comment.(snip)
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-02T080614Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-221827-1.xml
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