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February 26, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/25/nterr25.xml

Secret UK Report: Terror Threat Worst Since 9/11

[Sunday Telegraph] Sean Rayment - A secret intelligence document entitled "International Terrorism in the UK" 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." "We still believe that AQ [al-Qaeda] will continue to seek opportunities for mass casualty attacks against soft targets and key infrastructure. These attacks are likely to involve the use of suicide operatives." Eliza Manningham-Buller, the director general of MI5, warned recently that there were more than 1,600 "identified individuals" actively engaged in plotting terrorist attacks. There were 200 known networks involved in at least 30 terrorist plots.

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