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Why Britain and not the U.S.?
The Seattle Times ^ | Saturday, July 7, 2007 | By Matthew Schofield

Posted on 07/07/2007 7:24:53 AM PDT by CGblue

Why Britain and not the U.S.?

By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Newspapers

LONDON — From the moment that emergency workers spotted the bomb-laden car a week ago in London's crowded West End, it was clear that for the fourth straight year — and third straight summer — this city was being readied for a major terrorist attack.

Yet England isn't the Great Satan to al-Qaida extremists. Terrorism experts all agree that for al-Qaida operatives and sympathizers, the preferred villain is the United States.

So why do attacks keep happening here? And why, since the horror of Sept. 11, has America avoided another assault?

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaida; britain; enemywithin; globaljihad; infiltration; internet; islam; jihad; muhammadsminions; terrorism; waronislamism
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To: gcruse

And there have been freelance attacks since 9 11 too. Maybe not well organized but they have resulted in some deaths.


61 posted on 07/07/2007 9:15:12 AM PDT by xp38
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To: wildbill

“We have proved we are dangerously unpredictable when aroused.’

Well, that’s indisputable when you see the TSA, rather than profile, search elderly women and confiscate hand lotion. Thing is, that’s not endangering the terrorists, just us.


62 posted on 07/07/2007 9:18:02 AM PDT by gcruse
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To: xp38

It’s gonna take another big one, if then even, for us to get serious. Maybe Al Quada knows this, too, and is saving it for last.


63 posted on 07/07/2007 9:19:27 AM PDT by gcruse
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To: yldstrk
The answer is somewhat simple...
1. PM Brown is weaker than Blair. Now he won’t allow his ministers to call this want it is, Islamic Fascism.
2. The UK treats this as a criminal act, not a political act.
3. If a 9/11 magnitude attack happened again, the 170,000 troops in Europe would be in the middle east within 60 days, and finish AQ, Syria, and Iran off very quickly.
64 posted on 07/07/2007 9:23:13 AM PDT by MS from the OC (Submission? That's a bit of a problem!)
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To: AliVeritas
Why Britain and not the U.S.?

Because Britain is clueless. They continue to import plane-loads of islamic baboons. The doctor implicated in the recent attacks was a recent (2004) immigrant.

65 posted on 07/07/2007 9:23:23 AM PDT by Spirochete
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To: gcruse

Searching elderly women is part of a devilishly clever anti-terrorist master plan to convince the jihadists just how crazy we are.

And it’s working! Even our own population thinks the government is crazy!


66 posted on 07/07/2007 9:25:09 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: Spirochete

“They continue to import plane-loads of islamic baboons. ‘

Meanwhile we passively import baboons of every stripe [pun intended] through our underprotected borders. “Clueless” fits that, too.


67 posted on 07/07/2007 9:45:01 AM PDT by gcruse
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To: Grampa Dave
Exactly.

As the Madrid attacks were to terrorize the people into voting for politicians without the will, backbone, or intelligence to realize the WOT is necessary, so the Islamocowards attacked Britain right after the changing of the guard to send a message to Brown that he’d better break Britain’s alliance with the US and stop fighting the spread of Islam and its taking over of Britain.

Brown grabbed his ankles for them, too, by saying we mustn’t call them terrorists and must not, essentially, use Muslim and terrorist in the same sentence.

68 posted on 07/07/2007 9:46:03 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: kabar

I should have read your post for writing 68.


69 posted on 07/07/2007 9:47:28 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: AliVeritas

Muzzies are a larger percentage of the population in the UK?


70 posted on 07/07/2007 9:48:38 AM PDT by Let's Roll (As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
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To: Sherman Logan
The United States is geographically more separate from the Middle East

Airliners from the international Airport of Dubai fly to the US every day.

Strange there is no hysteria about that.

71 posted on 07/07/2007 9:48:52 AM PDT by Griddlee
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To: Grampa Dave

Boy, he looks like Mr. Bean in that picture...


72 posted on 07/07/2007 9:50:37 AM PDT by Malacoda (A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
You and I are in total agreement re the Islamofacist activities in Spain and now in the UK.
73 posted on 07/07/2007 9:51:03 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Support Free Republic with donations, That is the conservative way. No Freeploading!)
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To: Malacoda

He is going to be perfect for us and political cartoonists.


74 posted on 07/07/2007 9:52:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Support Free Republic with donations, That is the conservative way. No Freeploading!)
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To: Grampa Dave

He makes me think of “Mr. Bean”.


75 posted on 07/07/2007 9:53:38 AM PDT by reg45
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To: Malacoda

You beat me by three minutes!!!


76 posted on 07/07/2007 9:56:34 AM PDT by reg45
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To: kabar

“I agree with you in terms of the timing. AQ has been trying to isolate the US in Iraq. They were successful in getting the Spanish to pull out and now they are working on the Brits, especially now that Blair is gone. We will be the last big target after they have isolated us. And they will wait until the political timing is right.”

If any liberal is elected president in 2008, they will be tested across this land by the Islamofascist serial killers shortly after they are sworn in within hours if not minutes after taking office.

Their response will be to pull all troops back home and to start deballing our military.


77 posted on 07/07/2007 9:58:10 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Support Free Republic with donations, That is the conservative way. No Freeploading!)
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To: reg45

My wife said he looks like Mr Bean with gas pains or in his case maybe gas delights.


78 posted on 07/07/2007 9:59:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Support Free Republic with donations, That is the conservative way. No Freeploading!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Heh. I liked that last one best.


79 posted on 07/07/2007 10:06:23 AM PDT by gcruse
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To: reg45
Mr. Bean

80 posted on 07/07/2007 10:10:15 AM PDT by reg45
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