Posted on 01/03/2010 7:36:44 PM PST by MindBender26
British-based Islamist radicals are targeting Army soldiers - especially snipers - returning from fighting in southern Afghanistan, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.
In one case, a police armed response unit was called to the home of a sniper last September amid fears he was about to be murdered or abducted by al-Qaeda terrorists.
The Corporal, serving with a Scottish Regiment, was one of a two-man sniping team which shot dead 32 Taliban fighters during a six-month tour of Afghanistan. The soldier – whom this newspaper has agreed not to name – was temporarily forced to leave home his wife and family after details of his service in Afghanistan were made public.
It can also be disclosed that a second sniper who recently returned home to the Glasgow area received death threats from suspected British-based al-Qaeda sympathisers after his personal details became known.
Defence chiefs now see the situation as so serious that they have asked newspapers and broadcasters not to publicise the names or personal details of snipers serving in Helmand or of those who have recently returned.
It is understood that senior commanders believe Army snipers are being specifically targeted because they are often used to seek out and kill Taliban commanders.
In January 2007, a plot by a Birmingham-based al-Qaeda cell to kidnap a British soldier and behead him was discovered.
The six-man cell was led by Paviz Khan, a 37-year-old father of three, who planned to kidnap a Muslim soldier and post a film of him being beheaded on the internet in a bid to deter other members of the faith from joining the British Army.
The plan was thwarted by a year-long surveillance operation by MI5 and members of the West Midlands counter-terrorist unit. Khan was later jailed for life.
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And when will our "academic leaders and big time Dems" "understand" why it happens?
Has it already happened?
Ft. Hood?
At least here a soldier who returns can legally own a weapon. That might give these rag heads some pause.
>>And when will it happen here?<<
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Just think of those and their families who will have to testify against AQ in a court of law. Aren’t we fortunate to have members of the ROP living among us?
Worse in England they can’t even return fire
I have consistently gotten a funny feeling when I’ve seen the British press list [their] soldiers’ names. Not so much the ordinary Joe going off to war, but, when there are stories about Brit snipers taking out 7 Al Queda (as there was yesterday) and giving their names and how one was an ordinary garbageman (binman) from Surrey-on-whatever before he went off to war....this is just too dangerous, too cavalier to be giving out this type of easily traceable info. It speaks to this perpetual denial that we (and our allies) are on a war footing...whether that war is declared or not, whether we like it or not.
Problem is, we do it all the time here too.
GFL
:)
Yeah, it’s bad enough we do, but in Britain, those soldiers return to an environment where Muslims must be respected and tolerance is so much more officially enforced than here. I would posit that overwhelmingly, we in the US still look twice when we see a woman in a burkha...in Britain, France, and in much of Europe, the place is lousy with ‘em, they are far more integrated into society and groups *not necessarily* just familial, but collegial (aka “gangs”)
No names! No pack drill
Pack drill being a form of punishment. Drilling while wearing full pack. ('orrible).
Not only can he own a weapon, he has proven he can use it to great effectiveness.
I would think a government might worry when it has this many of the enemy among its citizens.
When will the wimps in Britan let their heros defend themselves at home?!?!?
SAVE
To obtain a firearm certificate, the police must be convinced that a person has “good reason” to own each gun, and that they can be trusted with it “without danger to the public safety or to the peace”. Under Home Office guidelines, gun licenses are only issued if a person has legitimate sporting or work-related reasons for owning a gun. Since 1946, self-defence has not been considered a valid reason to own a gun.
When it does, will the doo-doo finally hit the fan?
Things got to change in the UK. People got to learn that the Islamic radicals must be exposed and tossed out. Trying to “play nice” with these bozos is a mistake. They respect only force. England will rally in time but, I fear they will over react and swing too far right as in a fascist dictatorship. Lets hope the people can elect a real government with the courage to do what needs to be done.
Thing is, if it were up to me, and it’s not,
1: We would have adults in charge so these things wouldn’t happen from the beginning; this is not rocket science to figure out that giving out these names when likely elements of the hotly-pursued enemy are in essence protected and perversely integrated members of the soldiers’ home society;
2: We wouldn’t rely on hoping that voters will turn things around
3: We wouldn’t have to wait a whole election cycle while obvious bonehead policies create a trail of destruction that has to be fixed down the road.
Call me naive.
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