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| MI5 completely clueless on London bombings |
| 2006-01-29 |
| British spies have acknowledged major gaps in their knowledge of the July 7 London transit bombings, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times said a leaked memo acknowledged that the domestic intelligence service MI5 had learned little about how the attacks were planned or whether the al-Qaeda terrorist network was involved. "We know little about what three of the bombers did in Pakistan, when attack planning began, how and when the attackers were recruited, the extent of any external direction or assistance and the extent and role of any wider network," said the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre memo, which the newspaper said was prepared for Prime Minister Tony Blair and other ministers. The Times said the report was delivered in October, but sources had said "the situation has changed little since then." Blair's office refused to comment on the document. The memo also said it was not clear whether the July 7 bombs and a failed attack two weeks later were connected. No one was hurt on July 21 when explosives aboard three subway trains and a bus failed to detonate. Spy chiefs admitted "we still do not know whether we are dealing with an orchestrated campaign or coincidental/copycat attacks," the newspaper said. "Whilst investigations are progressing, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge," the newspaper quoted the report as saying. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 But they've a hell of a TV series! |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-29 18:51 |
| #5 I think that MI5 people know better than send a memo through political channels with informations on what they really do and don't know. IMHO it's safer to pretend to be dumb. |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-01-29 17:06 |
| #4 Would that be the same MI5 that shut down its Islam section after the Rushdie affair? Gee, I really think we can rely on them, for sure. |
| Posted by: Bagpuss 2006-01-29 16:27 |
| #3 This is just the symptom of the real problem. It's related to a certain part of the current UK mindset in law enforcement. They simply refuse to see evil as evil and to do anything about it. Things are black and white, wrong or right. Hardly anything is neutral in this world. Shades of grey don't exist. If it is grey it's by default tainted with evil. If you are looking for the cause and linkage of the 7/7/05 bombings and the 7/21/05 bombs look at Suras 2 through 9. It's time to take an unimpassioned and bias free look at certain political-religious group as adults. To analyse understand it's history and writings. To look carefully what they believe and stand for. If you come away thinking it's a "religion of peace" and you can coexist safely with it, your IQ is low and your are pretty dull. Mosty of the wests political, social and "intelligence" leadership fall into this category right now. We are in serious danger and most are totally ignorant of it. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-29 16:12 |
| #2 MI5 completely clueless |
| Posted by: Uliper Chose5818 2006-01-29 16:06 |
| #1 By the time MI5 finally gets it figured out, Radical Islam will have taken over the government or totally neutralized it. Where are the radical mosque shutdowns? Where are the deportations? **chirp chirp** Come to think of it, we cousins across the pond have some catching up to do, too. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-01-29 15:08 |