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Al Qaeda "on the streets of Britain"

John Wilson | 07.03.2005 19:03

Britain home to 200 Al Qaeda operatives.

From the BBC:

Former Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens says up to 200 Al-Qaeda terrorists are operating in Britain and the threat of attacks is real.

He urged the government to press ahead with its controversial anti-terror legislation as quickly as possible.

Sir John, writing in the News of the World, said militants trained by Osama bin Laden "fester" across the country.

But the Liberal Democrats accused him of sending "mixed messages" adding to an already "complicated situation".

John Wilson

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Why is this here?

07.03.2005 19:29

Dear Jon

Why have you posted this hear? This kind of fear mongering propaganda is all over the mainstream press. Lets worry about CIA operatives being in this country. They are the real terrorists.

Not Rupert Murdoch

The Ruling Class Are Divided

07.03.2005 19:51

This ex-topcop's so wrong. There's tens of thousands of Al Qaeda out there in Britain who think he talking bolux.

This is how reliable Stevens' "secret intelligence" is...

07.03.2005 22:19

Check out these leaked Foreign Office documents detailing where we get out "intelligence" from, and how:

http://erkinyurt.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1169

BVH
Homepage: http://erkinyurt.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1169

Think of a number and double it

07.03.2005 23:07

In the first paragraph of Steven's article in the News of The World there were 100 terrorists; in the second paragraph 200. The third paragraph made me laugh with derisive riducle - I didn't read the rest.

This outlandish propaganda shows how pathetic they are despite the buckloads of spookies they've got on the case, including the terrorist CIA thugs from the US. It is they who are weak, and we who are strong. Dont take any shit, they are cracking up.

This is scary!

07.03.2005 23:48

Metropolitan Police chief Sir John Stevens depends on the News of World to peddle his anti-Islamic propaganda to the most ignorant and xenophobic members of our community.

The Proles

They just made it up

09.03.2005 15:15

If you ask me, it's just so obvious that these guys just made up that number.

All the reports I heard were "up to 200 terrorists"

Then, saw John Stevens on telly saying "there are at lest 100 terrorists"

I mean c'mon, they can't even get their story straight, this is so obviously scaremongering so that the government can push through their agenda of control orders and other Orwellian measures they are currently thinking up.

Gary

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