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“Denial in Britain”
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com | July 3, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In the wake of the two bomb-rigged cars discovered in London and the flaming jeep that crashed into a Glasgow airport terminal, the terror threat level in Britain has been raised to critical. British authorities are continuing to search for suspects, and haven’t ruled out the possibility that more catastrophic attacks are being planned, and could be imminent. Authorities have noted similarities between these events and past jihad terror plots, are investigating a possible link between one of the would-be car bombers and Islamic jihad terrorist Dhiren Barot, who is serving a life sentence for an Al-Qaeda-backed plot to bomb the World Bank, New York Stock Exchange, and headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, among other targets.
As has become the pattern in such cases, authorities brushed aside and declined to consider the implications of evidence that the events in London and Glasgow were motivated by the ideology of Islamic jihad.”
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12667&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070703-04
July 3, 2007
CF destroy homemade explosives factory
Multi-National Division – North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Coalition Forces destroyed a homemade explosives factory in the Diyala River Valley, July 1st.
The factory, which was located in a single story unfinished brick structure outside the village of Mikbisa, northeast of Baqouba, was discovered on Sunday night by CF who were conducting routine patrols and noticed the suspicious looking structure.
Upon entering the building, CF discovered large amounts of fertilizer, ammonium nitrate and nitric acid, all key ingredients used in making explosives. The house also contained a drying room in which the entire floor was covered with over 500 lbs of recently manufactured HME. Additionally, a number of chemical suits and other clothing items used to work with chemicals, to include boots, goggles, vapor masks and a large number of chemical gloves were found inside the house.
“This is a significant find and confirms that al-Qaida is working against the good people of Iraq,” said Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, commanding general of Multinational Division-North and Task Force Lightning. “We have seen these homemade explosives in IEDs and car bombs that have been used against the ISF, CF and innocent people of Diyala.”
When they had finished searching the building, CF destroyed the house and all of its contents.
“The fact that this factory was discovered and destroyed will undoubtedly save many lives in Iraq,” said Mixon.
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