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| Olympics' Most Wanted: Police Suspect Bulgarian Bus Bomber Accomplice On His Way To London 2012 |
| 2012-07-24 |
A terrorist believed to have been involved in a horrific suicide kaboom in Bulgaria last week has emerged as one of the biggest security threats to the Olympics. The man is thought to be carrying a U.S. passport under the name of David Jefferson and fled following the attack which killed six people last Wednesday in the resort of Burgas. He has emerged as a top target for Israeli security agents who fear their athletes will be attacked by an Iranian terror squad operating in Europe. The terrorist, who is suspected of helping the jacket wallah, is thought to have another powerful bomb similar to the one which destroyed the Israeli tourist bus. Following the Israeli concerns, security has been stepped up around its athletes taking part in the Games. MI5 and Scotland Yard are thought to have raised their threat assessment against the Israeli delegation as Britannia prepares for the largest peacetime security operation ahead of the opening of the Olympics this Friday. According to The Sunday Times, the Israeli government - fearing a repeat of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich when 11 of its athletes and coaches were murdered - has sent agents from its internal security service Shin Bet to increase the protection around its Olympic team. Israel's external security service Mossad are also thought to have sent a team of agents to Europe to hunt for a group of white Europeans who have converted to Islam and are working with the Iranian Quds force and Hezbollah - the terrorist group backed by Tehran. Whitehall officials have dismissed the threat of a credible plot against the Israeli Olympic delegation and suggested Israel could be attempting to increase the pressure on British authorities to increase security around the Games. But a source in the Jewish community in London said: 'There is a pattern emerging with a build-up of attacks against Israelis and Jewish targets by Iran or Hezbollah over the past year. There is a real fear about this.' |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 If this is threatened in any way, I authorize an immediate nuclear response. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-24 04:33 |