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2008-04-14 Britain

Only 30 active terror plots inside Britain

British police and security agencies are monitoring 30 terror plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told a tabloid on Sunday. There are 22,000 individuals who are being monitored. There are 200 networks involved and 30 active plots, Smith said in an interview with the News of the World. We now face a threat level that is severe. Its actually growing, she said.

Smith said that the level of threat showed why the British government was seeking legislation to extend the duration of detention of terror suspects from the current 28 days to 42.

The measure faces strong opposition in parliament from opposition Conservatives and Liberal Democrats as well as rebel lawmakers from the ruling Labour party.

The minister also confirmed that she would announce a scheme next week to invite moderate Islamic clerics from Pakistan to assist British imams in combating extremism in their communities. The vast majority of British Muslims have a Pakistani heritage. If we work with the government there we can win the arguments, said Smith, who visited Pakistan earlier this month.

Posted by Fred 2008-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 ...invite moderate Islamic clerics from Pakistan to assist British imams...
Yeah, that's gonna work, uh huh. Looks like the Home Sec is a candidate for Idiot of the Day.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-04-14 08:06|| 2008-04-14 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Britain is probably going to lose another 200,000 natives this year and let in another 600,000 mooks from the stinkiest armpits of the world. Very soon, there isn't going to be anyone left to sign the welfare checks.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-14 08:55|| 2008-04-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

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