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Posted on 10/14/2007 6:16:52 AM PDT by UKrepublican
AL-QAEDA TARGET THE PREMIERSHIP
AL-QAEDA terrorists are plotting to bomb a Premiership football game LIVE on British TV. A shock new government report reveals Osama bin Laden's fanatics are targeting top soccer stadiums packed with thousands of fans.
They know the awful sight of grounds like Chelsea's Stamford Bridge or Manchester United's Old Trafford in flames will flash around the world just like the 9/11 Twin Towers outrage.
The chilling review by Homeland Security Minister Lord West will reveal that despite increased anti-terror spending there are still massive gaps in our defences that Britain's enemies are determined to exploit. As well as soccer clubs, the experts identify other "soft targets" such as Britain's biggest shopping centre, BLUEWATER in Kent, and the vast BACTON GAS TERMINAL in Norfolk.
A top-placed security source, who contributed to Lord West's report, revealed
"We have concrete intelligence that al-Qaeda is planning an attack that would be seen live on television.
"We understand they're targeting a Premiership stadium, probably by a suicide pilot flying a light aircraft right into the stand while a match is being broadcast.
"Although protection is good at some stadiums it's nowhere near good enough at others."
And Patrick Mercer—the former Tory security spokesman brought in to advise Prime Minister Gordon Brown—said:
"This is a terrorist's dream—an iconic target being attacked with big casualties and real-time worldwide coverage.
Armed "It doesn't get any better than that for our enemies."
The new alert follows Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair's grim warning that the number of terrorist plots in the UK is "mounting".
Our source added: "There are major public places which are incredibly vulnerable. There is virtually no protection at the Bluewater shopping centre. It's wide open for an attack.
"And the protection at Bacton is not ideal, although it has been improved by putting armed Ministry of Defence police there."
Cops have already foiled one attempt to bomb Bluewater, with one terrorist jailed for 40 years over a plot to use limousines packed with lethal gas canisters.
Lord West's report, due to be handed to ministers, is part of the government's counter-terrorism strategy, Project Contest.
Last week Premier Gordon Brown announced a new counter-terrorism budget and pledged £3.5 billion to be spent on national security over the next three years.
That's three times what was provided at the time of the New York World Trade Center attack in 2001.
But our security source insisted that much of the increased cash already provided has been misspent. While money has been splashed out on headline-grabbing initiatives such as increasing the number of spies to gather intelligence, the government has not concentrated on SECURING the UK's vulnerable targets.
Our insider said: "This work is long overdue.
"It should have been done four or five years ago. But at least the government is now serious and is taking action.
"Real improvements have been made to protect our key buildings against attack by vehicles.
"But there's a major weakness in that they're still vulnerable to attack by suicide bombers on foot or on motorbike, putting thousands at risk."
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And this is Bluewater shopping center in Kent, I think it is the second largest in Europe, the largest (Gateshead - MetroCentre) is also in the UK.
Fans better get their inoculations! /sarc
Is the UK our stand in when it comes to al Queda? Since our reaction to 9/11 resulted in UBL searching for a cave condo almost all the efforts of AQ have been directed at UK and not USA. Is this a result of the large number of dissaffected Muslims living in the UK being a fertile recruiting ground? I work with a Brit in a NYC school with a significant Muslim population and he marvels at the difference in attitude betwen our students and the way they’ve assimilated and those in the UK.
Another reason to go after Dan Rather in court...
He interviewed Bin Laden and wouldn’t tell where he met up with him.
Could have stopped alot of this madness years ago, IMO.
If the UK is hit with such an attack it will demand that the UN write a sternly-worded letter condemning the attack. Then, it will...will...(lemme see...thinking)...say “Bloody hell” or “Bully!”, then go back to watching soaps on the telly. Britain is not the same country we knew from reading history. Great Britain died in 1945, as it never recovered from WWII.
Well, it’s alot easier to get over here, than it is over there.
As for our muslims - I think thats massively overplayed.
I only left school a few years ago, and one of my best friends right the way through was a muslim.
The stereotype is accurate in some areas of large islamic populations - i,e, a town close to me called Luton. There are other like Bradford for example.
It isn’t an accurate description for the majority of the UK.
But certainly, our muslims are not as well integrated as yours, and the fault is with the muslims themselves, that this affects, and not the overall British population.
That is an uneducated opinion.
Of course.
Have no fear though...the 'football hooligans' will know who to hold responsible if something happens.
If they actually pull this off then the muslims in the UK can kiss their plans for any more mosques in the UK goodbye.
If you could go into greater detail with regards to your friends observations re: Islamic trade craft/”assimilation techniques” it would help.
In that their ReligioPoliticalFacistic Doctrine dictates the use of all forms of deception and lies to facilitate Jihad and the Murder or Christians and Jews, such observations might prove useful.
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Test your theory by going up to a Brit and slapping him/her.
Ya might be surprised at the fury directed towards you.
The UK is not France.
Absolutely right.
I'd wonder, though....who'd knock an attacker senseless more quickly: An Aussie soldier or a British soldier?
(No using British SAS as a reference.)
Here's hoping it never happens. Keep your powder dry.
Also, watch your “asians” closely...
Well there are a lot more of our troops fighting these wars than aussie troops - or at least over the years there have been.
But I’m sure they’d go about it in their own unique way.
We don’t call them the cons for no reason, bless them.
I bet they won’t bomb Arsenal’s new digs, Emirates Stadium.
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