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2007-02-05 Britain

Al-Qaeda tells British cells to carry out wave of beheadings

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The order encouraged followers to adopt the tactics used by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Copying the behaviour that turned much of Iraq and the Arab world against Al Qaeda in Iraq? What a clever decision that is, to be sure.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-05 05:27|| 2007-02-05 05:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't that the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and hoping that next time it will work?

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-02-05 07:21|| www.ncobrief.com]">[www.ncobrief.com] 2007-02-05 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I call that Fatalistc Optimism, Sgt. Mom.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-02-05 07:43|| 2007-02-05 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, that will win over the British people and what few middle of the road muslims there are in Britain.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-02-05 10:32|| 2007-02-05 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 The only point of this order could be to attempt to create ethnic war in Britain. Not a wise move.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-05 12:32|| 2007-02-05 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 @anymuse; actually there's this story out today: Muslims to pay school's legal fight to uphold niqab ban . You could have knocked me over with a feather! - of course this could just be taqqiya, but you've gotta give it a chance, haven't you? ;)

@rjschwarz: Yes. Things could get very nasty. People are starting to get pissed off over here - the revelation that one of the failed tube suicide bombers had angled his rucksack to point at a mother and child was not received too well...

But of course, the release of these Al-Qaeda stories over recent days has *nothing* to do with Bliar being 'interviewed' by the law, has it now? The whole ZaNuLabour edifice is crumbling - trouble is that dour Scots git Brown (the Chancellor) has basically put us in hock to anything up to a trillion quid with his dumbass spending plans and future-proof pensions for a vast array of government drones.

Where's King Arthur when you need him...

Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-02-05 13:08|| 2007-02-05 13:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Hope the earlier story about one terror plot foiled every six weeks doesn't bust the streak; but I gotta believe the law of averages is gonna catch up. Then we will see what the UK is really made of.
Part of me is hoping the people take back their government, but it ain't happened here, yet, so I am not optimistic.......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-02-05 14:24|| 2007-02-05 14:24|| Front Page Top

#8 I call that Fatalistc Optimism

heh heh

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-05 15:40|| 2007-02-05 15:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Obviously the eney doesn't learn from history either.

While not strictly using beheading as an assassination technique the IRA's war on the UK via bombings and targeted assassination did very little to win them fruends and admirers and taught Scotland Yard and company about how to counteract a domestic insurrection.

Okay, Brits - go to it and remember Malaya and the IRA and the lessons you taught them.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-02-05 16:43|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-02-05 16:43|| Front Page Top

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