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2007-06-25 Britain

Secret SAS mission to Somalia uncovers British terror cells

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 Eventually the DNA library may get good enough where we can sift out the likely suspects prior to interrogation. That is based on the assumption that many of the jihadi groups are inbred than Warren Jeffs ~~cult~~.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-06-25 00:09|| 2007-06-25 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 "When I woke up this morning, I discovered that during the night, someone had replaced all my possessions with identical duplicates. So I asked my roommate if he had noticed anything unusual last night. He replied, 'Who are you?'"

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-06-25 00:28|| 2007-06-25 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Nothing to worry about. Merely a few kilt wearing Scots skipping down to toss some cabers at the locals.

Eventually the DNA library may get good enough where we can sift out the likely suspects prior to interrogation. That is based on the assumption that many of the jihadi groups are inbred

That would be a good assumption to make. Terrorism runs in the family. Secrecy, loyalty and supportiveness are all a lot easier to gauge and garner amongst relatives. We really should consider using DNA tests to qualify who gets into America. Now that idiotic European countries like Britain and France have flooded themselves with jihadis, nation of origin is no longer a defining criteria.

I'd wager the presence of a DNA lab on one of our aircraft carriers is a solid indication that this idea is being taken seriously at some level. While I'm no fan of using genomic traits for the purpose of discrimination, the consequences of not performing intensive screening as persons of unknown origin or allegiance arrive at our shores are simply too great.

Absent any other containment policy, a program that involves cataloging the DNA of known terroristsincluding their family members and relativesis a matter of prudence. That bin Laden's relatives were allowed to exit the United States without undergoing any sampling of genetic material was a total failure of national security. I also refuse to be disuaded by any arguments that the Muslim preference for marriage between cousins would make such a methodology overly inclusive. That would beas they saya feature and not a bug.

It still remains an item of curiousity as to whether a predisposition for violence is genetically transmissible. The penchant for bloodshed that is so common amongst many Muslim cultures suggests this trait has been reinforced by untold centuries of intermarriage between cousins. Any conclusive proof of such an apparently warranted assumption would certainly seem to validate selective application of genomic cataloging in an attempt to screen potential terrorist candidates.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-25 01:48|| 2007-06-25 01:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Thats what we get for being the dumping ground of the World where anyone who wants a free house,medical treatment/education no need to work comes to the UK.Last 10 years we have let loads of scum into this country and we are now paying for it!!!!!!.

Ps There are loads of somalians in London alone!!!!!

Posted by Paul 2007-06-25 06:48|| 2007-06-25 06:48|| Front Page Top

#5 SAS and Delta Force, lot of Spec Op guys. Talk about bringing in the heavy hitters!

Paul we've got them by the boat load in Minnesota too. TW nice to see someone else understands the Quran "boys and pearls" passage. Zen, tis Islam not family genetics, I think.... Point taken, what a fricking cocktail.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-06-25 07:01|| 2007-06-25 07:01|| Front Page Top

#6 apparently Somalians are genetically predisposed to drive cabs. Wonder if that shows up in the DNA...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-06-25 07:40|| 2007-06-25 07:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Their relatives and friends have now been put under covert surveillance in the hope of identifying further terror cells in the UK.

Good thing it is covert. We would not want to tip them off.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-06-25 08:51|| 2007-06-25 08:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Their relatives and friends have now been put ~~under covert surveillance~~ on the next boat out of the country.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-06-25 09:45|| 2007-06-25 09:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Wake me up when their relatives, clan, tribe begin to spontaneously combust.

Posted by ed 2007-06-25 09:48|| 2007-06-25 09:48|| Front Page Top

#10 I think you are on to something Frank G: "The taxi-cab gene." I think you could steal some of our money back from our "ferel govmint" via a grant to study the taxi-cab gene. There is probably a terrorist gene too. :)

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-25 09:58|| 2007-06-25 09:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Unfortunately this victory vs. Al Queda is a one-time event since we blew operational security and let the bad guys know what we were doing after the Aethiops flushed the jihadis and we sent Spooky and SOF to deal with them.

Posted by JAB 2007-06-25 14:06|| 2007-06-25 14:06|| Front Page Top

#12 I think the special forces arms are working overtime recently.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-06-25 14:39|| 2007-06-25 14:39|| Front Page Top

#13 It's a good thing the Special Forces are being expanded, DarthVader, to include the junior varsity team. But note that the Special Forces guys were in Somalia in March. It's now nearly July, plenty of time to trace connections and bug computers. I suspect, in my ignorance, that the international connections are long since under observation, whatever that means in the real world. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-25 23:10|| 2007-06-25 23:10|| Front Page Top

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