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| 'Spectacular Attack Foiled' (UK) |
| 2007-01-31 |
| Eight people have been arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of planning a "spectacular" terrorist attack. They were detained under the Terrorism Act after a six-month surveillance operation involving police from two forces. Sky's Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said officers feared the alleged plot was "coming to fruition". "This was an alleged huge plot, some sort of spectacular attack," Brunt said. He said it "would not have resulted in a mass casualties", suggesting a "chilling new departure" in terror tactics. The suspects had been tracked in a combined police operation led by the Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit. They were supported by officers from the West Midlands police and the Metropolitan Police. Mmmmm.... |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #6 Maybe not a massive attack, but it would have a massive impact on the population. |
| Posted by: Evil Elvis 2007-01-31 18:57 |
| #5 The article I read on this (Yahoo News) said the plot was against a Muslim military man from England, not some "massive" attack. Still, bravo to the police & MI5. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-01-31 11:36 |
| #4 Maybe it's time to call in the terminator or exterminator. Is it time for targeted assassinations of terrorists yet--or at least swift and immediate justice including executions for treason, espionage, and terrorism. Hey, we could expect the same in a mooselimb country if we did the same. I'll buy the popcorn. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-01-31 10:59 |
| #3 The plot was foiled by alert police and MI5 using techniques which the Democrat Party and the NY Slimes would rail against. This plot again serves as a warning that a Sept 10th mindset will kill us all. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-01-31 07:19 |
| #2 These muslims will not try a stunt like this in Northern Ireland. I imagine the Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries would finally have a new project they could work on together. I say, bring that spirit of cooperation to England. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-31 05:30 |
| #1 siff upper lip.. now is not the time to paint all of islam with a broad brush.. do pass me the craxkers deary.. |
| Posted by: Charles and Camilla 2007-01-31 05:17 |