Posted on 11/16/2006 10:53:11 AM PST by OESY
British intelligence officials believe that al-Qaida is determined to attack the UK with a nuclear weapon, it emerged yesterday. The announcement, from an officially organised Foreign Office counter-terrorism briefing for the media, was the latest in a series of bleak assessments by senior officials and ministers about the terrorist threat facing Britain.
UK officials have detected "an awful lot of chatter" on jihadi websites expressing the desire to acquire chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons....
The warning comes after a speech last week by the foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, on the terrorist threat facing the UK, and a rare public outing for Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the head of MI5, who warned that there were at least 30 active plots to attack Britain.
With new counter-terrorism measures to be unveiled in tomorrow's Queen's speech, the weekend saw Gordon Brown back an extension to the time for which terrorism suspects can be held without charge, beyond the current 28 days....
For al-Qaida and jihadis, a devastating nuclear attack on Britain, not just the use of a "dirty bomb', would be part of the desire and agenda to cripple the west, sources said....
The network of the rogue Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, which is feared to have sold nuclear technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea, was broken up three years ago, but there are fears that other illegal networks may exist.
British counter terrorism officials believe plots they have thwarted and plots they claim are being hatched have strong links to Pakistan. They say hundreds of Britons travelled in the past year to Pakistan for terrorism activity, including training in camps and acting as couriers for messages. Officials also believe Britons are taking cash to terrorists in Pakistan.
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If Britain were nuked the West would indeed be hurting. ....bigtime.
But the Islamic world would be hurting infinitely more.
Unfortunately only a nuclear attack by determined psychopaths will garner international support for nuclear nonproliferation. Also unfortunately, when that time comes, the John Francois Kerry wing of the democrat party will demand that America disarm first so the psychopaths won't feel "threatened".
Nuke Tehran & Pyongyang, and ask if anyone else wants to object and receive the same treatment.
That one is easy...Target EVERY Mussie capital w/ties to terrorism with nukes, including Mecca and Medina.
Looking on IMDB for the movie Stingray, can't seem to find anything relevant, when was it made? Who's in it? What's it about?
We all know they're just trying to affect our elections. It's the October surprise! Uh, wait....Democrats will have to make up another excuse.
You know, back when a woman's place was in the kitchen we didn't have such a mortally different worldview as the muslims. I blame women.
What every good liberal does: blame evangelical Christians for being intollerant.
I watched Glen Beck last night and a Fox News productino last week -- two separate but similar programs highlighting the "brain washing" of young children in the media and in schools in the Mideast. If what they show is true, then we're dealing with "1930's Germany" all over again, but with more capability than Hitler ever dreamed of having.
It's pretty damned scary!!
Yes we should react with overwhelming force! If mistakes are made you can always apologize later!
Don't be ridiculous, they are less than 3%.
Are you simply trying to live up to your handle?
I think that you have to go to the head offices and the branch offices, nuke them and move on. Fair is fair. Their reps want a shot? Its the wests turn , take it to their roots. Then see if they want to contiunue with peace and prosperity. Life has to continue. Head offices
1 Tehran
2 islamabad and karachi
3 the tribal areas inside pakistan along the afghan border
4 damascus
5 mecca
Branch offices? Any suggestions? The are trying to hold the world at ransom. Rest assured in the new year Tehran WILL be doing that.
Because if they can't have the bomb, why should we be allowed to have it?
And hydration breaks and multiculturalism.
This can't be true, we have been told that they only want to hurt the west because we are in Iraq, the Democrats have pledged to the American people we are leaving Iraq. Have we been mislead by the MSM and the Democrats?
Mecca will never be nuked by this current government or any European government. It simply will not happen.
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