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"The FReeper Foxhole - Honoring Veterans Day - November 11th, 2006"
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Posted on 11/11/2006 3:56:12 AM PST by snippy_about_it
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UK: Boost for anti-terror laws after warning
The Times ^ | November 11, 2006 | Philip Webster and Michael Evans
Posted on 11/11/2006 3:57:19 AM PST by MadIvan
MINISTERS will signal next week the Government’s readiness to adopt new anti-terrorism powers after the head of MI5 issued a warning about the rising threat of British al-Qaeda terrorists.
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller’s statement that her 2,800 staff were trying to counter 30 significant terrorist plots and monitor the activities of 1,600 suspects is expected to lead to extra funds being provided by the Treasury.
Patrick Mercer, the Tory homeland security spokesman, said that the security and intelligence agencies were working at “full stretch” and needed 50 per cent more resources.
Dame Eliza said on Thursday that MI5 and the police had to make tough daily choices on whose activities should be monitiored and that some of the decisions might not be the right ones.
John Reid, the Home Secretary, has a slot for a counter-terrorism measure in the Queen’s Speech, which will open Parliament next week.
Tony Blair agreed yesterday with Dame Eliza’s concern that young Muslims were being groomed to be suicide bombers. He said that Britain had to thwart those who wanted to “entice young people into something wicked and violent but utterly futile”.