November 10, 2006
Roll-Your-Own Terrorists: Fish and Chips Edition
The British people may not have any interest in fighting Islamic terrorism, but Islamists certainly have an interest in fighting them:
British authorities are tracking almost 30 terrorist plots involving 1,600 individuals, the head of Britain's MI5 spy agency said, adding that many of the suspects are homegrown British terrorists plotting homicide attacks.In a speech released by her agency Friday, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller said MI5 had foiled five major plots since the July 2005 transit bomb attacks in London.
Speaking to a small audience of academics in London on Thursday, Manningham-Buller said officials were "aware of numerous plots to kill people and to damage our economy."
"What do I mean by numerous? Five? Ten?" she said. "No, nearer 30 that we currently know of."
She said MI5 and the police were tackling 200 cells involving more than 1,600 individuals who were "actively engaged in plotting or facilitating terrorist acts here and overseas."
"The British people may not have any interest in fighting Islamic terrorism"
I think you're confusing the Britih media with the British people here, not the same thing.
Unfortunately the British media is crippled by Liberalism. They project the false impression that this Islamic threat must somehow be our fault and that it is "us" that must change if we are to placate the terrorists.
Let me tell you that is not the view of the 99.9% of people that I come across, and being a cabbie I get to talk to quite a few people.
The consensus is that these people must be crushed and if innocents get caught up in the crushing then that is just unfortunate. Pressure is beginning to be applied to our impotent political parties, and if they are unwilling or unable to sort out this shit then if fear there will be blood on the streets.
Posted by: Glynn at November 13, 2006 10:25 AM
