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Militants planning mass casualty attacks against West
AFP (L’Agence France-Presse) ^ | 1/8/15

Posted on 01/08/2015 5:55:24 PM PST by Mount Athos

The head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 warned on Thursday that militant Islamists in Syria were planning "mass casualty attacks" in the West and that intelligence services may be powerless to stop them.

"We know... that a group of core al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the West," Andrew Parker told journalists in London a day after an Islamist attack in Paris claimed 12 lives.

"Although we and our partners try our utmost, we know that we cannot hope to stop everything," he added.

Parker said that fighters returning to the West from the civil war in Syria were in danger of bringing with them a "twisted ideology" that could lead them to carry out attacks on famous landmarks at home.

Although Islamic State (IS) presented the most obvious threat, fighters aligned with the core of al-Qaeda were also a danger.

"We still face more complex and ambitious plots that follow the now sadly well-established approach of al-Qaeda and its imitators -- attempts to cause large-scale loss of life, often by attacking transport systems or iconic targets," he said.

The MI5 director general earlier said the attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was a "terrible reminder" of the threat facing Western nations, revealing that his agency had helped stop three terror plots "in recent months alone".

Parker called for wider powers to identify and monitor suspects, following a backlash against the security services after the extent of their snooping was exposed by Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isil; isis; islam; jihad
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To: gop4lyf

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>> “I thought that ISIS and al Queda were partners now and no longer mutually exclusive.” <<

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Surely you jest!

Blood hatred is all they have in common.

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101 posted on 01/08/2015 10:07:04 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: caww

Judah will be doing that job soon.

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102 posted on 01/08/2015 10:08:03 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Windflier

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>> “Of course, we Americans use DD/MM/YY, so it’s actually backwards.” <<

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Not normally.

MM/DD/YY is the understood standard.


103 posted on 01/08/2015 10:12:38 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Well I doubt they’ll do much to Mecca...I do think they’ll be going after Irans Nuclear before they have to take up arms when things errupt.


104 posted on 01/08/2015 10:31:35 PM PST by caww
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To: newnhdad; All
it will take another 9-11 type attack in the US to once again wake people up.

Look they knocked down the two tallest buildings in America and killed 3000 people; Americans STILL didn't wake up...tell me what sort of attack will 'wake people up'? The ones who want to do anything about it (us) are already awake....for the rest, the hell with them!
105 posted on 01/09/2015 5:10:43 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
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To: Mount Athos

And Obama will be hammered for any strikes on USA soil, God forbid, like Bush has been for the pre 9-11-2001 memo saying “terrorists plan strike in USA.”


106 posted on 01/09/2015 5:27:16 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Mount Athos

Last night, I became very alarmed by Greta’s interview w/Guiliani. Let me set the stage...it was one of those “spliced in” done earlier in the day pieces...Rudy was EMPATHIC “let’s the cops and FEDS go back into the Mosques.” They both looked shell shocked. I wonder what Guilianis police friends are telling him.


107 posted on 01/09/2015 5:50:14 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: dontreadthis

A very Pleasant Glow Indeed.


108 posted on 01/09/2015 6:32:39 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: CyberAnt

“Don’t forget, Israel is considered “West” .. and they’re closer than the USA or the UK.”

Israel came to my mind right away, too. I read an article on FR in the last day or so that said that many Hamas members in Palestine were switching to ISIS because Hamas was too weak. If Hamas wasn’t bad enough news for Israel, ISIS is going to be far worse. Guess Obama would say Hamas is moving from the little leagues to the “JV” team.


109 posted on 01/09/2015 6:44:14 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops)
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To: caww

It has to all go at once, not separate helter-skelter hits. They have to put all of their local enemies out of business simultaneously to prevent them from uniting. (presently there is near complete disunity among them)

The present push to punish Israel for defending themselves will only accelerate the inevitable. Soros’ bid to assist the Ukraine will offer a temporary distraction for Russia soon.

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110 posted on 01/09/2015 7:36:18 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: dontreadthis

Don’t feel ignorant.

I only learned of these things in the past few years.

There is much more.

The fight against Islam has been going on for centuries.

Every so often, civilization puts them back into their sandbox.

You’ll also enjoy looking up how the “croissant” came into existence.


111 posted on 01/09/2015 9:09:17 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: editor-surveyor
MM/DD/YY is the understood standard.

Gads....did I really get that backwards? Doggone it, I did.

Thanks for the correction.

112 posted on 01/09/2015 9:55:45 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: editor-surveyor
MM/DD/YY is the understood standard

MM/DD/YY is the standard in the US.

DD/MM/YY is the standard in most of the rest of the world.

It can be very confusing. For instance, is 12/4/14 December 4 or April 12?

The answer: it depends on where you are.

113 posted on 01/09/2015 10:10:42 AM PST by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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