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Sunday, February 25, 2007
U.K. - Terror Threat Worst Since 09/11/2001
Last Updated: 12:30am GMT 25/02/2007
Secret report: Terror threat worst since 9/11
By Sean Rayment, Security Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph
ENGLAND: The terrorist threat facing Britain from home-grown al-Qaeda agents is higher than at any time since the September 11 attacks in 2001, secret intelligence documents reveal. Eliza Manningham-Buller warned there are over 1,600 'identified individuals' engaged in terror plots
The number of British-based Islamic terrorists plotting suicide attacks against "soft" targets in this country is far greater than the Security Services had previously believed, the government paperwork discloses. It is thought the plotters could number more than 2,000.
Under the heading "International Terrorism in the UK", the document - seen by The Sunday Telegraph - states: "The scale of al-Qaeda's ambitions towards attacking the UK and the number of UK extremists prepared to participate in attacks are even greater than we had previously judged." Article continues at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/25/nterr25.xml
Edited on: Sunday, February 25, 2007 17:27.44
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Intelligence