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2005-07-24 Britain

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-07-24 02:11|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pick them all up, then bring in for questioning all on their phone contact lists and in their computers. Search their homes, businesses and storage lock-ups. Hold for expulsion to their home countries all non-citizens who've broken any laws, to be argued about later. Suggest publically that those who know of plots and plans but choose not to turn in the persons involved will be treated as participants. "Those who are not with us are against us."

Key for the moment is to break up any imminent plots, to give the police and various MI-x's time to forestall the next round of excitements. And, to demonstrate how very strongly Britain plans to respond to any future mischief making.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 08:59|| 2005-07-24 08:59|| Front Page Top

#2 While the number range seems realistic (possibly low), I question how anyone can seriously make such a statement. Did they ask every citizen? What does it mean to be an "AQ supporter"?

Posted by Captain America 2005-07-24 10:11|| 2005-07-24 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "A bath in one of the homes linked to one of the 7 July bombers was found to contain acetone peroxide, a volatile compound favoured by al-Qaeda cells whose nickname for this deadly substance is the 'Mother of Satan.'"

A seemingly insignificant description that provides a great "look-see" into their psyches and value system.

Posted by ex-lib 2005-07-24 11:44|| 2005-07-24 11:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Captain, I suspect the "200-300 known" are the ones that are on file... perhaps even have been followed and had their phones tapped. Think of this number as a bottom limit, not a realistic assessment. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 12:27|| 2005-07-24 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 "2-300"? BS! There is massive sympathy for al-Qaeda and admiration for bin Laden, et al within Muslim communities everywhere. That will continue until the West conducts scorched earth campaigns against these mutts regardless of the body count. The only good Islamofascist is a dead one.

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-07-24 12:35|| 2005-07-24 12:35|| Front Page Top

#6 We in the West will not win until we are able to stomach the relentless and heavy intensity of a campaign against radical Islam. I do not hear much of the so-called "moderate Muslimsâ¢" speaking up and helping out police and intelligence units. Maybe they are too scared. Maybe they are silent and sympathetic accomplices. Regardless, this is war and not a police case. If we keep looking like this is a police case, we will always be on the defensive and we will lose.

This terrorist business will come to total war. The question is how many hits are we all going to have to take before we as a civilization will wake up and kick the necessary butt to get the job done?

Final question? What are we going to do with the ultimate providers of terrorism resources, the Saudis? Do they have their oil fields wired for destruction and radiological contamination if they are booted out? Or is it a bunch of propaganda BS? .com, any thoughts?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-24 13:10|| 2005-07-24 13:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I have no idea what the state of their oil fields is, but it's pretty clear that the struggle for succession has broken open. I wouldn't be surprised to see al Qaeda attempt to disrupt succession and turn the country into chaos.

My guess is that the effects of chaos there on world economic and oil markets is a consideration in foreign policy. NOT out of support for the royals, much less for those who are supporting / financing Wahabism, but in an attempt to control the collateral damage worldwide as they go down.

Posted by rkb 2005-07-24 14:01|| 2005-07-24 14:01|| Front Page Top

#8 RKB: getting closer to the time when we'll have to support the Shi'a minority in their declaration of a Republic of Eastern Arabia. It runs about 50 km wide along the western edge of the Persian Gulf from Kuwait to Qatar and the UAE ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-07-24 14:33|| 2005-07-24 14:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Republic of Eastern Arabia, a division of Halliburton & CheneyÂ©

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-24 14:40|| 2005-07-24 14:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Chainy

/Mucky

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-24 15:19|| 2005-07-24 15:19|| Front Page Top

#11 lol - I was thinking that too :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-24 15:30|| 2005-07-24 15:30|| Front Page Top

#12 :) I have to triple check every time I spell the Veeps name.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-24 16:43|| 2005-07-24 16:43|| Front Page Top

#13 To establish The Republic of Eastern Arabia would be the single most effective action possible in the WoT, methinks. Nothing else even remotely approaches the curative effects it would have. Wahhabi access to Saudi oil money kicked off this modern Islamic assault. Removing it would knock 2 or 3 legs out from under it. Q.E.D.

Posted by .com 2005-07-24 17:03|| 2005-07-24 17:03|| Front Page Top

#14 The ROEA sounded a little over the top 18 months ago... but the sand is settling and maybe, just maybe..... that little strip of land longing for independence (and a bigger cut of the pie) may have a chance.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-24 17:26|| 2005-07-24 17:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Certainly, 200+ Al-Q's is troublesome. But what is just as, or more troublesome are the thousands of do-nothing muslims who privately take pride and pleasure in these events. After all, in their minds, this is a way for muslims to tweak the west. Or worse. I have no doubt there are young, and not so young, muslim men everywhere in the west who high-five each other when a major jihadi event occurs.

Why should they be any different from their counterparts in the ghetto who take pleasure in sticking it to "the man." Same thing. Except this is much more despicable by a factor of 1000.

And frankly, it's understandable that they take such pride. They have no other accomplishments in this world to be proud of. Not in the last thousand years, that is.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2005-07-24 17:55|| 2005-07-24 17:55|| Front Page Top

#16 You're right, Dan, about the "Arab pride" but they must have been pretty depressed after Thursday's bombing failures by the Mooslimb version of the Apple Dumpling Gang.
"Damn! The stuff worked fine when I blew up the dog..."

Posted by Jennie Taliaferro">Jennie Taliaferro 2005-07-24 18:31|| http://www.greatestjeneration.com]">[http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2005-07-24 18:31|| Front Page Top

#17 Ouch! Jennie, I've read that three times, and its still razor sharp. Very well said, indeed. Especially considering the AQ video they found in Afghanistan showing the gassing of those poor dogs -- d'you remember?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-24 22:19|| 2005-07-24 22:19|| Front Page Top

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