Posted on 01/09/2015 8:26:53 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Head of MI5 has warned of a Paris style atrocity by Islamic terrorist groups taking place in Britain.
Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute, Andrew Parker, the Director General of the Security Services, said extremists were “trying to direct terrorist attacks in the UK and elsewhere from Syria”.
And he said that MI5 had “stopped three UK terrorist plots in recent months alone” where deaths would have certainly resulted but warned “Although we and our partners try our utmost we know that we cannot hope to stop everything” and spoke of his concern at the “growing gap” between the threat and the resources security services have to combat them.
Mentioning the horrific attacks in Paris, Mr Parker said it was “too early” to “come to judgements about the precise details or origins of the attack” but warned that it was a “terrible reminder” of what fundamentalists are capable of in our own towns and cities.
He said it would “be surprising” if he didn’t “focus on the ongoing and increasing challenge from Syria”(continued)
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Other hip.
We pretty much already know this. Reminds me of analysts who downgrade a stock *after* it collapses.
I wonder what the number will be.........
Do you have any idea what it would take to hide some nuclear weapons??????
Good Man....
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