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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.

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

France: Muslims segregate themselves from society in growing Islamic mini-states

January 8, 2015 1:15 pm By Robert Spencer

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/01/france-muslims-segregate-themselves-from-society-in-growing-islamic-mini-states


41 posted on 01/08/2015 6:38:58 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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Dear leftists/liberal ladies,

Dust off your burkas ... or have any of the leftists/liberal ladies come to their senses, if not, dust off your burkas leftists/liberal ladies.

42 posted on 01/08/2015 6:39:04 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Viennacon

Prepare for mass surveillance of Tea Party groups.

Don’t you think that is already going on? Just like the surveillance here?


43 posted on 01/08/2015 6:39:16 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

44 posted on 01/08/2015 6:39:39 PM PST by caww
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To: Irenic

OK. Game on. The second amendment was custom written for just these situations fellas.


45 posted on 01/08/2015 6:40:15 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Chickensoup

Be berry berry quiet ... you might wake someone up .... {{HUGS}} Soup!


46 posted on 01/08/2015 6:40:30 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: PistolPaknMama

I see you had a conversation with a stupid lib 30 minutes ago.


47 posted on 01/08/2015 6:40:37 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Irenic

Bin Laden already did. One of his brothers, who taught at Harvard, went on TV after 9/11 and commented about taking on the most powerful nation in the world...and winning.

The Bin Ladens were then whisked out to Saudi.

Old man Bin Laden builds/built the Saudi palaces. The family is chock full of billionaires.


48 posted on 01/08/2015 6:40:47 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: caww

3.2.1...


49 posted on 01/08/2015 6:41:22 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: gop4lyf
I thought that ISIS and al Queda were partners now and no longer mutually exclusive.

ISIS and AlQaeda have always been two heads on the same monster. They have merely differed on timing and means.

51 posted on 01/08/2015 6:43:02 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Viennacon

LOL ... Pay attention, please.


52 posted on 01/08/2015 6:46:09 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: wjcsux
In 1979, Jimmy Carter planted the seeds of the problems we have today. Selling out the Shah told the Muzzies the west is a paper tiger.

I totally agree.

53 posted on 01/08/2015 6:46:47 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Norm Lenhart

Amen. They have all the power and all the intel needed to stop IS and AQ. But refuse to use it....


54 posted on 01/08/2015 6:47:00 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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Lord, answer your phone, please.


55 posted on 01/08/2015 6:48:49 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: CyberAnt

Steve Emerson’s interactive map:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/maps/terrorism-map.php


56 posted on 01/08/2015 6:48:59 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: newnhdad

People won’t wake up. After 9-11 they elected a muslim president first chance they got.


57 posted on 01/08/2015 6:49:30 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Sasparilla
9-eleven

Don't mean to be picky, but it's usually written, 9/11.

58 posted on 01/08/2015 6:50:09 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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yes, Lord, knew it all along ... May we keep the same banner we held in the last war, please?


59 posted on 01/08/2015 6:50:44 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Mount Athos

0bama promised us they would stop attacking as soon as we left Iraq.


60 posted on 01/08/2015 6:50:49 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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