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| Bombs dummy run at London Eye, MI6 -- The Sun |
| 2008-04-02 |
| (KUNA) -- British police have foiled a plot to bomb major UK tourist attraction the "London Eye" and the headquarters of Britains external security agency known as "MI6", The Sun newspaper revealed Tuesday. Terrorists tested security by leaving two bags outside the intelligence service building on the River Thames at Vauxhall, in south London, and another at the giant ferris wheel on the South Bank of the Thames, in central London. But the bags, containing small metal weights, were spotted at both iconic targets, the paper said. The London Eye was evacuated. Specialist officers from the Metropolitan Polices Counter-Terrorism Command have stepped up armed patrols and vehicle checks in an operation codenamed "Rainbow", The Sun added. The terror threat assessment has been upgraded to "severe", it said. Chief Inspector Clive Wakeley warned "It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when, a terrorist attack takes place. "We are desperate for people to report suspect packages," he said. Sergeant Andy Wallace added "We are attempting to identify terrorists who are carrying out reconnaissance. We are doing everything we can to step them." The alert came as Muslim convert Abu Omar said 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed asked him to mount a suicide bomb campaign in the UK, but he refused. Londoner Omar, a Jihad volunteer, said the plan was put to him in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Dr. White, true of the intel services, but not the Police who are in the lead of the multi-culti charge. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-04-02 16:17 |
| #7 The Eye is a stone's throw from da mutha of all Parliaments,.. small bang for big bucks in the MSM. Two words; Targetted Profiling. |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2008-04-02 15:12 |
| #6 The Caribbean is more complicated than just Jamaica but generally Jamaican immigrants seem to shoot stuff up. The Poles seem very good (but things are improving at home and with the credit crunch & de-leveraging set to hit the U.K. much worse than the U.S. they are drifting back home), but from what I hear the Romanians don't seem to have the same excellent work ethic. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-04-02 14:04 |
| #5 The UK has experienced unprecedented immigration in the past 15 years, from muzzie countries, the Carribean and Eastern Europe. All of these are going to impact the "British" nature of the country. But it is the muzzies who blow shit up. Clearly they are the least attractive immigrant group. Hopefully the UK will wake up before it is too late. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2008-04-02 13:33 |
| #4 I don't know. You are confusing what the media talk about, with what the people in pubs talk about. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-04-02 13:16 |
| #3 I dunno, Nimble, I think the Brit intel services are certainly serious about stopping terrorism. I think the problem is that too many people in Britain, and certainly within their elected government, view the problem through the multi-cultural lens, and haven't yet grasped the idea that the Islamofascists aren't just another interest group. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-04-02 12:39 |
| #2 The terror threat assessment has been upgraded to "severe", That's puncha hippy if I recalls correctly. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-04-02 09:35 |
| #1 You don't have to look far to see that the Brits simply aren't serious about dealing with the problem. This is why they have effectively abandoned their troops in Basra and Afghanistan. With this lax attitude at the top and the law of large numbers, one day these nuts will make good on their plans. And it could be avoided if we would just recognize the enemy. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-04-02 07:52 |