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Thousands Using Britain as Base for Islamic Terrorism
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com ^ | November 9, 2008 | Andrew Woodcock

Posted on 11/09/2008 12:41:02 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

THOUSANDS of Islamist militants in the UK are actively supporting jihadist activities at home and abroad, according to a leaked Government document. The secret report, obtained by a Sunday newspaper, states that Britain will remain "a high-priority target" for international terrorists aligned with al-Qaida for the foreseeable future, and warns of a network of extremist cells in the UK, with the main concentrations in London, Birmingham and Luton.

The document – marked "restricted" – was reportedly drawn up by the intelligence branch of the Ministry of Defence, MI5 and Special Branch, and describes the threat from Islamist extremists as "diverse and widely distributed" with the number of terrorists in Britain "difficult to judge". However, it cites estimates from the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre that there are "some thousands of extremists in the UK committed to supporting jihadi activities, either in the UK or abroad".

It goes on to state: "For the foreseeable future the UK will continue to be a high-priority target for international terrorists aligned with al Qaida.

"It will face a threat from British nationals, including Muslim converts, and UK-based foreign terrorists as well as terrorists planning attacks from abroad."

(Excerpt) Read more at scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedauk; globaljihad; jihadineurope

1 posted on 11/09/2008 12:41:03 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Britain is a mess in this regard. They have been totally swamped with danerous immigration and they’re going down. It’s just a matter of time. Hopefully we can use it as a wake up call on this side of the Atlantic.


2 posted on 11/09/2008 12:43:44 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: toddausauras

Starting January 21, they will move their operations base to Washington DC.


3 posted on 11/09/2008 12:45:01 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Too bad. The US certainly won’t be helping Britian with Obama at the helm and the terrorists know it.


4 posted on 11/09/2008 12:45:57 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not to worry, our Brit Isles friends. Amerika will be much more terrorist friendly in very short order. And we’ll be paying a higher rate of welfare for all entering bombers/bombmakers/instigators. They could be leaving Britain for the former US in droves!


5 posted on 11/09/2008 12:46:08 PM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: toddausauras

Obama will weaken our defenses against the global Islamic Jihad. As he said in his book, he will stand with the Muslims if things should get ugly. Any enemy of America, is a friend of his. They all love him. Reds and Islamists are united in their respect and admiration of Comrade Obama.


6 posted on 11/09/2008 12:49:01 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: toddausauras

Britain is one messed up basket case, citizens cannot protect themselves against criminals. lacking the right to own guns, or other weapons, rights for the criminals seem to surpass those of the law abiding citizens.
because of their bleeding heart liberal ideas, those that are intent on doin harm to the country are very difficult to deport.


7 posted on 11/09/2008 12:55:49 PM PST by pennboricua
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To: toddausauras

> Britain is a mess in this regard. They have been totally swamped with danerous immigration and they’re going down. It’s just a matter of time.

Nah, that’s just shrill chicken-little stuff. The UK has always had anarchists, communists, papists, and other troublemaking -”ists” in its midst. A long, long history of this stuff, going back hundreds of years. The British have yet to elect one of them to be Prime Minister.

The United States, on the other hand...

> Hopefully we can use it as a wake up call on this side of the Atlantic.

The Brits will be glad of American advice and experience after you’ve been around for, say, another 1,700 years. Your country is still quite young, and you’ve got alot to learn yet.


8 posted on 11/09/2008 12:56:59 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In the late nineteenth century, England gave shelter to anarchists and terrorists, as long as they promised to do their work elsewhere. (See, e.g., Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent.” Also, Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital in the British Museum library.) I think the Labour Party may have suffered from the illusion that they could do that again. They are wrong.


9 posted on 11/09/2008 12:57:28 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Oldpuppymax

>They could be leaving Britain for the former US in droves!

Oh please don’t give the limeys more reasons to immigrate here. Like we need more limp-wrist Brits who will dirty the American landscape with their wussy lib ideas. I would prefer to sacrifice them while we re-load stateside.


10 posted on 11/09/2008 12:59:30 PM PST by max americana
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Know what? It's not January yet.

11 posted on 11/09/2008 1:04:53 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The number one boy’s name given to newborn boys in Britain today is “Mohammed”. The Islamic extremists are pouring into Britain having 10-12 children each. At the same time, British-born people are not even keeping up with their mortality rate. Therefore, who do you think will completely be running that country very shortly (as if they aren’t now)


12 posted on 11/09/2008 1:06:15 PM PST by Wisconsinlady
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To: toddausauras
“Britain is a mess in this regard. They have been totally swamped with danerous [sic] immigration and they’re going down. It’s just a matter of time.”

Sad but true. Britain has succumbed to the fatal disease known as multiculturalism. No nation has ever survived multiculturalism, as it always morphs into something ugly and disastrous.

13 posted on 11/09/2008 1:10:32 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Brits should quickly allow their citizens to own guns. I’m sure the terrorists are packing...big time!


14 posted on 11/09/2008 1:10:36 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Britain went from a global power to a regional wimp in less than 100 years. Britain is just a shadow of its once great and proud self. The Royal Navy, once the most formidable and feared global fleet in the world has been reduced to little more than a coastal defense force.


15 posted on 11/09/2008 1:15:18 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Ok, you have fun with your sharia laws in a few years, good luck with that. The UK is is an overflowing sardine can. I’m saddened evertime I have to go there.


16 posted on 11/09/2008 1:15:40 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sad to think that the Brits have defended their freedom for hundreds of years, only to be taken over by a bunch of Muslim immigrants.


17 posted on 11/09/2008 1:17:22 PM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: toddausauras

> Ok, you have fun with your sharia laws in a few years, good luck with that.

Ain’t going to happen, mate. Not anytime soon.

> The UK is is an overflowing sardine can. I’m saddened evertime I have to go there.

Los Angeles and Miami are no joke, either. Different language, tho’ — and it ain’t English.


18 posted on 11/09/2008 1:20:55 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Fast fact about the folks who killed Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam:

1. The Dutch gov’t paid for the flats of the killers, who complained that the (free) flat lay-out exposed the women in the kitchen to house visitors. So the gov’t again PAID to totally re-do the flat layout to further insulate the muslim women (cooks).

2. The Dutch gov’t paid for their soccer club, and they also paid for the van to take those Holland-haters to their soccer practices.

3. When the killers initially began shooting Theo on his bicycle, he tried to VERBALLY REASON with them, something he continued for a short time after they began stabbing him (the Dutch realllly believe in reasoned discourse and tolerance).

4. After they finished stabbing him, they affixed a note to the dagger, and then left that knife in his chest. The note said stuff like, “We won’t stop until we’ve totally destroyed Western Civilization”.


19 posted on 11/09/2008 2:54:18 PM PST by gaijin
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To: DieHard the Hunter

“Ain’t going to happen, mate. Not anytime soon.”

I hope you’re right and I respect you Brits over there. I hope you guys put your foot down before it gets out of hand.


20 posted on 11/09/2008 4:31:53 PM PST by toddausauras
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