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British Spy Chief Reveals Hunt for Dozens of Suicide Bombers
November 10, 2006 9:31 AM
In an extremely rare and frank public speech, the head of Britain's MI5 intelligence section said her agency is aware of nearly 30 active terrorist plots linked to al Qaeda, meant to cause "mass casualties" in Great Britain, Europe and Canada, and warned that "young teenagers were being groomed to become suicide bombers."
"What do I mean by numerous? Five? 10? No nearer 30...that we know of. These plots often have links back to al Qaeda in Pakistan, and through those links al Qaeda gives guidance and training to its largely British foot soldiers," said MI5 Director General Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller in a speech at the University of London.
In what she termed a "sober" and "frank" account of the al Qaeda threat in the U.K. in 2006, Manningham-Buller said that while "today we see the use of homemade improvised explosive devices, tomorrow's threat may include the use of chemicals, bacteriological agents or radioactive materials, even nuclear technology."
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The director described a massive investigative effort, saying British intelligence agents were tracking more than 200 terror networks, involving more than 1,600 individual suspects "actively engaged in plotting or facilitating terrorist acts here and overseas."
"Because of the sheer scale of what we face (80 percent increase in casework since January), the task is daunting. We won't always make the right choices. And we recognize we shall have scarce sympathy if we are unable to prevent one of our targets committing an atrocity."
The MI5 chief concluded, "[The] threat is serious, is growing and will, I believe, be with us for a generation."
November 10, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (12)
It amazes me that we are so quick to defend our right to freedom of speech, yet our children are being sot after by pedifiles,molesters and every other sex feene on the planet, why are we allowing "How to" info on the internet to build bombs and to recrute ou young people into commiting terrorist suiside. Have we not had enough of "free speech on the internet? We are producing a generation of terrorist right here in our country by allowing this infomation to filter thru the internet,and the UK,USA and other countries can't figure out WHY? Take a good look in front of you, that computer is the major problem. We need internet censorship and fast...
Posted by: Jeri | Nov 10, 2006 11:49:03 AM
George Bush and Tony Blair have been beaten into virtual submission by the people and the terrorists are fixing to kick our ignorant .....
Posted by: Ron J. Sonnier | Nov 10, 2006 12:02:04 PM
Good going, Jeri. Use the internet freely and openly to declare that we need internet censorship.
Posted by: gus | Nov 10, 2006 1:58:16 PM
Most technology that we create to help us also can be used against us.The computer is no different.It's not the technology, its the evil people that are behind the controls.
Posted by: B.A. | Nov 10, 2006 3:20:47 PM
You are so correct Ron J. Sonnier!!! Have we such little brains that our memory can't conceive that September 11th was not a dream, it is a fact that it happened and the fact is...Bush and his so called croonies or whatever you want to call them have worked their *#@%$ off night and day to keep that from happening again...and the sad fact is...these terrorist sickos will never stop until we roll over and die! An attack will happen again...now that we will be under a majority congress and senate that are made up of passivists and %*# kissers like the democrats starting in January!
Posted by: Rebecca | Nov 10, 2006 3:34:15 PM
Does anyone listen at all? The recent Democrat wins were highlighted in the lastest Al Queda video as a VICTORY for THEM also. Stated that winning this war is even easier than they thought it would be. But, hide and watch........Abc and all the media will BURY that story also. It should be the BANNER story for every news organization in the world..but it AIN'T gonna happen is it? Thanks
Posted by: Hutch | Nov 11, 2006 3:08:59 PM
Pay attention to the facts. The terrorists will kill for the goal of killing alone. When they've had a chance to find it, or get almost everything they wanted, they chose to kill. What party we have on the Hill will not make a difference. I am an American first. My party loyalty is a distant second. If this is a war on terror, we should be on a war footing. Win it with massive force and leave them in ruin. Iran, Syria, and Pakistan are aiding the terrorists. That makes them the enemy, not the Republicans or the Democrats.
Posted by: Jim | Nov 12, 2006 8:40:06 AM
This election will go down in history as the turning point - the beginning of the final decline of the West. A society which is not willing to defend itself cannot survive. Pity your children for the world they have been consigned to live in - one ruled by terrorism and nuclear blackmail.
Posted by: John Kantor | Nov 13, 2006 2:20:05 AM
Hate to be a naysayer, but those terrorists are absolutely convinced they are doing right and good by killing all of the decadent infidels. They willingly lay themselves down for it. Meanwhile we Westerners often seem unwilling to lay ourselves down for much of anything except personal indvidual gain. Our technology won't always save us, because even our schools are in a mess and kids are not learning as they should. College is way expensive for many, except the elite. So, even technology is going foreign, because those guys really study...
Posted by: diana | Nov 13, 2006 7:27:11 AM
I hate the fact that everyone thinks that the republicans are dong a great job fighting the war on terror. If that is the case, why did we not keep a strong force in afghanistan and finish the job we started? If we wanted to slow down the enemy, we should have stayed strong in afghanistan. But instead bush went and started a war for no HONEST reason. This angered even more muslims against us, and now there are more terrorists in Iraq b/c GW and Rummy and Dicky are idiots. The real war on terror was afghanistan, not Iraq. Bush lied to his country and got thousands of soldiers killed for a lie. No impeachment hearings on this. Now don't get me wrong, we need to try and save face and do the best we can in Iraq. But, we should have finished afghanistan first and gotten Bin laden. Hopefully, we will learn from our mistakes and elect a smart and intelligent president who has the country's best interest, not his or his father's legacy. Hopefully a republican, or democrat will emerge that will help our country.
Posted by: george | Nov 14, 2006 12:10:56 PM
George, Here you go with the Bush Lied People died slogan!
GW could have thrown a dart at a map of the Middle East they are all in a war against we have no allies or friends over there and unfortunatley Iraq ignored the agreement they signed while we buried our heads in the sand. Do you think we would have allowed Germany for break the rules after WWII? I dont think so, but your hate the president is hampering our ability to win and for all of the people who voted for the appeasers in the last election gave vicotry to the Terrorists.
I hate to say this but 911 worked. Their goal wasnt just to kill people it was to make us engage them and we would beat ourselves and that is what is happening. People cry why cant we stop these Terrorists, but we cant interogate them, we cant tap their phones. We have turned into France and will fall now and I hope all of us are ready to eventually pary east or be killed in the next 50 years like they will be in Europe since they already surrendered.
Posted by: Dave F | Dec 19, 2006 10:07:56 AM
The problem is not the internet, they can also go to libraries, book stores, what ever. The problem is that we don't do anything to them for their actions. Look at the 6 imams and their low level terror attack on a US airline, they are not in jail, they are going to sue. If terror activity does not get one jailed and/or executed then what is their to fear. CAIR operates openly in the US, they are a political and funding arm of HAMAS.
Posted by: Evan | Dec 19, 2006 11:20:52 AM
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