Posted on 02/16/2003 9:26:11 AM PST by ranair34
The Prince of Wales is a strange fellow, that's for sure.
Some four hundred Eastern Holy Warriors -- veterans of campaigns in Chechnya, Kashmir, and the Balkans -- infiltrated into Britain since last Autumn's successful weapons smuggling operation. Almost two tonnes of weapons -- assault rifles, grenades, light mortars, and ammunition in place for the military element of this assault. When the go signal is activated, these urban warfare specialists prepared to fight a Tet offensive style battle in London and other major cities in a spectacular bid to win World War III by effectively knocking Great Britain out of the fight before the US can launch her ground attack versus Iraq.
Senior al-Qaeda operatives' conversations picked up by electronic eavesdropping speaking of "an explosion that will be felt as far away as Paris..." Intelligence officials believe they have pinpointed this primary strike to be against London and of a nature that will destroy much of the city's financial district.
The recent UK alert concerning al-Qaeda using MANPADS missile attacks against Western airliners seen as one of the two "positioning" attacks in the intial phase of this classic Eastern "stretch and break" assault programme. To a certain dgree it is now the Islamic entente controlling tempo on the batlefield as they are able to maneuver the limited British Homeland Security capability along pre-designated avenues. Combined with the strain on law enforcement resources during the weekend's massive peace march, these past hundred hours of alert status have substantially weakened the UK defensive perimeter as it has been forced to expand.
Dry is good and wind is better...
It is not the battalion of Eastern Holy Warriors British intelligence must now be concerned about. Fighting in 25-30 kampfgruppen -- much as the NVA and Vietcong did in 1968 -- these suicide fighters will kill ten times their number against unarmed civilians before ultimately being neutralised by the military or succeeding in their quest to launch the revolt and subsequent civil war. Either way they are not the primary threat -- that will of course be the WMD strike that, if successful, will level much of London.
It seems unlikely the Islamic entente will use "Allah's suitcase" as the WMD element in this attack. The intelligence chatter picked up keeps referring to "London burning forever" which intelligence officials have interpreted as massive conventional explosions contaminated -- not with radioactive so-called "dirty bomb" elements -- but some kind of incendiary booster/breeder.
And yes, Tony Blair tracks the wind direction and velocity every day in his morning briefing. His meteorologist the Prime Minister's modern day equivalent of a fourtenth century tea leaf reader...
The Islamic entente battle plan is quite sound as Britain is both the most critical and the weakest link in the American coalition against Iraq. This attack designed not simply to kill and terrorise, but to alter the strategic balance of World War III and effect a decision for the outgunned side. If for any reason the US attack on Iraq is prevented -- either by left wing peaceniks or the Islamic entente counter-assault -- it will be a devastating blow to the United States. The strongest card in the deck for the West remains the modern day Bismarck -- George W Bush. This man -- the 21st century's greatest statesman -- will not permit the US attack to be derailed by events under his control. However events now rapidly spiralling out of his reach. The president must advance the timetable of the US attack to the early am (Baghdad time) March 1st as outlined in the "Hasty Mobilisation" scenario now on his desk.
To wait until mid or late March to attack is to give the opposition sufficient time to win the war and humble the West with this stunning coup de main. It also means London will probably be destroyed and thousands of innocent Brits wiped out. Hopefully when Americans turn on their evening news on Friday February 28 they are greeted by Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw announcing "The war has begun..."
Otherwise the entire world may end up watching the Islamic entente rampage through London live on CNN and Sky News as the West is beaten once again by General Giap's classic strategy. As the American pianist Billy Joel once put it, "Dien Bien Phu falls -- rock around the clock..."
May the Christian god have mercy on the UK...
The forces of freedom on the move. Europe trembles.
If I were Blair I would have at least one or two battalions of light infantry and one battalion of mech infantry ready to help the London Police.
Your description of the West's reaction to an Islamic Entente bombing in London is absolutely correct. It would only further the West's resolve to defeat the Jihadists and the Useful Idiots would would be joining the brick throwing crowd.
I will forgo my usual well informed and extremely factual reply rebutting your drivel because imvio it will probably go over your head.
Cheers Tony
Speak for your self, and dont crawl to the yanks, when I am not in uniform serving Britain I am usually to be found on this site giving short shrift to yanks like joestffymygut.
Are you in uniform if not dont slag of my country.
Cheers Tony
The sky is falling the sky is falling.
Hello Wonder you havent fallen under his spell have you. Fusion has been spouting this crap for ages, and seems to have a anti British thing going.
The forces of reality check are moving Tonys back on FR again, well for a while.
Did the suitcase get lost at baggage check in? Was it stolen?
I think the UK should be very concerned about a mass casualty attack and the City of London would be an obvious target. Tony Blair seems to think that this type of attack is a real possibilty. I'm sure the intel he receives keeps him awake some nights.
I have heard estimates of as many as 200+ members of Al Qaeda in New York City, so it wouldn't be surprised if twice that number were in London because of the large muslim population in that city. Although the gun laws in the UK are much more restrictive than those in the US criminals in the UK seem to be able get their hands on weapons easily enough. That is why I think it would be wise to have military units ready to respond to any large scale attack. I know that London has a large police force (25,000 PO's), but I get the impression that it has relatively few heavily armed officers. I think a clandestine attack involving a small group of terrorists employing some type of WMD is much more likely than a massive assault involving hundreds of armed warriors, but the latter can't be totally discounted either IMO.
I disagree with Fusion about the public reaction to such an attack. I think a large scale multi-pronged attack might indeed produce a large number of casualities, but that would not break the spirit of the British people. On the contray, I think most of the people in the UK would be galvanized to fight. I think that the islamic communties in the UK would pay a severe price and the terrorists would come to rue the day they decided to attack the British mainland.
I don't claim to by psychic or super-perceptive or anything of that sort, but just looking into Tony's eyes lately leads me to believe he knows something it's not easy to know. And to think I used to disparage the guy as "Bubba Junior." Nowadays I think something very dark gave him quite a start, turned him toward the light and grew him a backbone.
Blair's aggressive moves have been right on the mark so far but he cannot allow his security apparat to relax and lower their guard. He must continue to authorise increased arrest and detention powers to law enforcement while preparing to put the military into the streets in force.
(By the way, it is good to see Tony C back in this space. I seem to recall he was but a wee laddie during the Falklands show, but no doubt he has been well trained by the veterans of Goose Green and Port Stanly for the coming fight. Should the Islamic entente strike in his sector I am sure he will be a credit to his regiment -- and perhaps even subsequently mentioned in despatches...)
The Islamic entente plan is very sound and -- if I may be so bold -- a brilliant triumph of non-linear thinking. The assault programme provides the anti-Western forces a legitimate opportunity to win World War III with a military defeat -- just as General Giap did in 1968. It really doesn't matter whether the British citizens rise up and kill every Muslim in the UK in a spectacular burst of revenge or stay cowering in their homes -- they are not a factor in the geo-political realities of this current equation.
A WMD strike on London sends a clear and chilling signal to France and Germany and the others sitting on the fence: If you get involved you get burned -- stay home and count your euros and be assured your oil import quotas will be maintained. The argument that the Islamic entente risks alienating their support in the peace movement by attacking the UK is the logic of overpaid bureaucrats/fools who have risen much too far above their effective station.
The strike on the UK is designed to split the Western coalition along its most fragile fault lines. The images of London burning and Islamic entente gunmen fighting pitched battles block by block in the heart of London will send much of the Islamic world into beserker status. Not only will the UK be paralysed by an Islamic fifth column uprising -- but Muslim radicals around the world will feel empowered to launch rogue attacks against soft Western targets resulting in a self-sustaining escalation of the fight.
The pressure on the US to stand down following this attack will be extraordinary -- this is the only hope the Islamic entente has of halting the US strike on Iraq. That is why president Bush must advance the American launch timetable...
Finally, you mention something "very dark" giving Blair a start. I'm sure you are well read enough to know about the difficult decision Churchill faced concerning Coventry in 1940. If not, I would advise you or anyone else who is concerned to learn what is now recognised as the truth about the German attack there and why it succeeded.
Yes, Tony Blair acting like Churchill in more heart-breaking ways than one -- he knows the score...
May the Christian god have mercy on the UK...
The forces of freedom on the move. Europe trembles.
It's very funny to see Fusion patronizing you given everything we know about Mr. D!
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