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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The would be real global warming. Arn't they happy about Kyoto?
I don't get it. Isn't Britain 25% Islam right now? Why attack there?
Because the government is Western, supports Israel and is a leading member of the free world.
But Islam is the religion of peace. How can this be????
Hypothetical:
What do we do when the first terrorist nuclear/dirty bomb goes off anywhere?
Our response would be - interesting.
"I don't get it. Isn't Britain 25% Islam right now? Why attack there?"
If you're trying to make sense out of the muzzy radicals, good luck with that.
This just can't be true, Nancy Pelosi and her anti-American Liberal cohorts don't believe that Al-Qaida poses a threat to anyone. This has to be a mistake. All Liberals know that Bush lied.
Why?? A good question. More infrastructure of muslims to obtain , hide and detonate the bomb. Even then the leftists will not see the threat of these fanatics.
What SHOULD we do? Nuke Mecca, then Teheran.
What WILL we do? Have our President get up on stage and proclaim that Islam is the Religion of Peace and we should't judge all Muslims by the actions of a few radicals, blah blah blah...
"What do we do when the first terrorist nuclear/dirty bomb goes off anywhere?"
Flatten Mecca.
I now need a bath. Even acting like a monnbat feels dirty. ;-)
I'm stunned, who would have ever expected them of wanting to do a thing like that?
And their deaths would be considered martyrdom and therefore acceptable to the Islamic population (so the Jihadists believe)>
Aw, British Intelligence is just trying to scare the American voter. They're too smart for that. (sarcasm)
I know! Its like, completely out of blue!
;-)
Build a big glass parking lot?
Any country that accepts muzzie immigrants is OUT OF ITS MIND.
It doesn't even matter if the immigrants are militant or not; in many cases it's the soccer-loving, fish and chips-muching KIDS that take up this kind of nuttiness...
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