Posted on 04/22/2007 8:22:17 PM PDT by noname247
AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report.
Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on “a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki” in an attempt to “shake the Roman throne”, a reference to the West.
Another plot could be timed to coincide with Tony Blair stepping down as prime minister, an event described by Al-Qaeda planners as a “change in the head of the company”.
The intelligence report also makes it clear that senior Al-Qaeda figures in the region have been in recent contact with operatives in Britain.
It follows revelations last year that up to 150 Britons had travelled to Iraq to fight as part of Al-Qaeda’s “foreign legion”. A number are thought to have returned to the UK, after receiving terrorist training, to form sleeper cells.
“A member of this network is reportedly involved in an operation which he believes requires AQ Core authorisation. He claims the operation will be on ‘a par with Hiroshima and Naga-saki’ and will ‘shake the Roman throne’. We assess that this operation is most likely to be a large-scale, mass casualty attack against the West.”
Analysts believe the reference to Hiroshima and Naga-saki, where more than 200,000 people died in nuclear attacks on Japan at the end of the second world war, is unlikely to be a literal boast.
“It could be just a reference to a huge explosion,” said a counter-terrorist source. “They [Al-Qaeda] have got to do something soon that is radical otherwise they start losing credibility.”
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
“i want to punch this kid’s face off. I am not even kidding...”
I hear that someone already beat you to it.......!!
“Couldn’t agree more...what a pathetic state for British armed forces. Nelson must be turning over in his grave.”
Although this pr*ck has unwittingly, and rather embarrassingly become a face of the RN, I don’t see how this tw*t makes for a pathetic state for British armed forces???...
In Nelsons day they had 9 yr olds on the ships that showed more balls than this f*ckwit!!!
I’m a Serjeant in the British army and have a job for him, that I think would be apt....holding the figure 12 targets on the 1000yd range!!!!
“Well not quite. They are still in Afghanistan and southern Iraq. Infidels despoiling Muslim lands by their very presence.”
Hear, hear.....and proud to be doing so!!!!
“I think that’s ‘is Mum and Grand Mum.”
If he were my son, i’d have made sure the adoption papers were signed prior to his return to the UK.....
Welcome for FR. Thank you for your service and your military’s support of the US. We are all in this together.
ping... Iran involved
Great! Then we can bottle up all the ethanol we're going to be wasting trying to run our cars on it.
When you boil it all down, the solution is to destroy or mortally wound Islam. That is relatively simple, destroy Mecca and Medina.
Without these shrines, there is no Islam. With no Kaaba there is no Hajj and 20% of the reason for being is simply gone.
That’s what we should do.
If Bush did that now the democrats would do everything in their power to stop him.
However if a rat president did it they would be behind him/her one hundred percent. But would a rat president actually be that real?
Little Dickie Dirtbin said that all ill is caused by the Republicans, including the VT massacre.
Hmmmm.......
Sounds vaguely familiar.
I. Um. Uh. *nevermind*
That is the problem in a nutshell.
Carolyn
Well actually, the Times is one of the most respected newspapers in the world. In terms of journalistic quality, it leads the way in Britain and is sourced by almost very other major news org in the world.
That paticular sailor is a disgrace to his country.
I don’t suppose you have seen the pictures of him that were released this past weekend?
That paticular sailor is a disgrace to his country.
I don’t suppose you have seen the pictures of him that were released this past weekend?
IMHO I think part of the problem is the Navy has gone push button and computers, can you imagine in the past some big hairy arsed stoker licking the boots of an Arab? Giving them a ‘Glasgow Kiss’ now that’s different.
As long as AQ gives out goodie-bags after, the Brits will let it ride.
FWIW, I saw Steven Emerson discussing this subject on one of the news nets this morning. Emerson was of the opinion that info was put out for public consumption because the government thinks this threat is legit.
Or maybe I just didn't see the caption. Still, I congratulate you for thinking up two possible explanations all by your self.
Or maybe I just didn’t see the caption. Still, I congratulate you for thinking up two possible explanations all by your self.
Well that never crossed my mind, could be possible I suspose.
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