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Government warns of nuclear terror threat

Britain faces an increased threat of a terrorist attack involving a chemical, biological or nuclear bomb, a major new government report has warned.

An increase in the theft and smuggling of dangerous substances means that terrorists are more likely to be able to use weapons such as a dirty bomb, according to the report.

The warning comes in the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy document called Contest 2, the most significant redrafting of the Government’s fight against violent extremists for six years.

The report warns: “Contemporary terrorist organisations aspire to use chemical, biological, radiological and even nuclear weapons......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5044007/Government-warns-of-nuclear-terror-threat.html


288 posted on 03/24/2009 5:03:56 PM PDT by Velveeta
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Report Unveils UK’s Chronology of Terror

The 176-page report on counter-terrorism efforts in the United Kingdom released Tuesday following six years of secrecy provides a chilling chronology of declassified al-Qaida attacks in the United Kingdom.

Among them:

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/britain_terror_report/2009/03/24/195593.html


291 posted on 03/24/2009 5:12:20 PM PDT by Velveeta
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