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UK monitoring over 3,000 Muslims plotting jihad attacks in Britain
2015-09-20
[JihadWatch] "British men and women, many in their teens, are being radicalised to the point of violence within weeks, MI5 warned yesterday."

Why is it so easy for these young Muslims to be "radicalised to the point of violence within weeks"?
Because the youts don't see any compelling alternative...
Why does the peaceful, tolerant Islam that UK officials are so unshakably confident is taught in mosques all over the country so easily break down in the face of this "radicalising"?
Perhaps what you're 'unshakably confident' about is wrong?
"Investigators have also detected a significant overlap between Islamist suspects and those suffering mental health problems." Has anyone attempted to account for this alarming prevalence of mental illness among young Muslims in the UK?
No, such investigation would be forbidden. Any medico who proposed it would be run out of the DHS, and any politician who advocated it would became the assistant penguin commissioner in the Falklands...
There have been investigations into the incidence of mental and physical handicaps resulting from the high proportion of close-cousin marriage among Britain's Muslims, which includes mental illness. No doubt statistics could be distilled from previously collected data. All that would be needed is a single courageous reporter.
Or is this a Stalinesque attempt to ascribe unwanted views to mental illness, rather than face the reality of how this ideology actually grows and spreads?

"Three thousands terror suspects plotting to attack UK," by Sean O'Neill, The Times, September 18, 2015:

MI5 and anti-terrorism police are monitoring more than 3,000 homegrown Islamic extremists willing to carry out attacks in Britain, security sources have told The Times.

The tipping point comes when the number being watched overwhelms the resources allocated to do so.
No worries. According to The Guardian, MI5 is paying British Muslims to spy on terror suspects.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#8  Maybe that's the plan. Never let a crisis go to waste!
Posted by: KBK   2015-09-20 23:54  

#7  #3 OK, just as a thought experiment, let's say that MI5 has total tabs on all the remotely possible Jihadists. Then imagine than, next Tuesday, they all simultaneously decide to 'do' something.

That is a concern. I may be a bit paranoid but such an event is conceivable. Suppose, these 3000 decided that on a certain day at a certain time to pull off a Fort Hood "workplace" accident or a Mumbai scenario across Britain or Canada or the U.S. The toll would be devastating. Hope our betters are considering such an possibility. They seem somewhat inept at responding to other emergencies.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-09-20 19:58  

#6  You mean they're not coming to work and pay for our pensions?
Posted by: regular joe   2015-09-20 12:17  

#5  Why is it so easy for these young Muslims to be "radicalised to the point of violence within weeks"?

Because they aren't taking their anti-depressants.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-20 12:06  

#4  Here's what'll happen.

MI5 will keep tabs on these guys.

Then, one day, they will all drop out of sight.

A few days later, a slew of terror attacks will take place, perpetrated by these known wolves.

Then MI5 will say "Well, we couldn't stop them and we can't find 'em now, but we certainly know all about them! We've even got baby pictures! Wanna see?"
Posted by: charger   2015-09-20 12:05  

#3  OK, just as a thought experiment, let's say that MI5 has total tabs on all the remotely possible Jihadists. Then imagine than, next Tuesday, they all simultaneously decide to 'do' something.
How could you possibly stop them all? (Answer: you couldn't.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-09-20 11:05  

#2  
Posted by:    2015-09-20 07:15  

#1  What about the other 3 million?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-20 03:07  

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