A Grim Assessment, Indeed
Well, this is certain to put a damper on your holiday cheer:
British intelligence and law enforcement officials have passed on a grim assessment to their U.S. counterparts, “It will be a miracle if there isn’t a terror attack over the holidays in London,” a senior American law enforcement official tells ABCNews.com.
British police have been quietly carrying out a series of key arrests as they continue to track at least six active “plots” tied to what they call “al Qaeda of England.”
Officials said they could not cite any specific date or target but said al Qaeda had planned previous operations during the Christmas holidays that had been disrupted.
“It is not a matter of if there will be an attack, but how bad the attack will be,” an intelligence official told ABCNews.com.
Authorities say they are seeking at least 18 suspected suicide bombers.
…British Home Minister John Reid recently told reporters that it was “highly likely” that terrorists would attempt an attack before the first of the year.
That’s all depressingly specific on the time frame, isn’t it? Let’s hope and pray that either the reports are wrong, or that the plots are disrupted…
Well, what can I say? They let tens of thousands of people move in from those countries who hate western civilization. They like the quality of life and benefits they get over here. But not the culture. So, there you go. You pay for your decisions.
[...] I certainly hope so. Yesterday, I linked to an alarming report from ABC News that put the odds of a holiday terror threat in England at a near certainty. Today’s statement sounds much more, well, routine: Britain’s top policeman warned on Friday that the country faced the risk of an attack by Islamist militants over Christmas. [...]