Saturday, October 17, 2009

MI5 Sees Islamist Terror As A Constant Threat

From CTV News:

Britain's Security Service believes the threat of Islamist terrorism has levelled off in recent years, though hard-core terrorists remain committed to their cause and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Cambridge University historian Christopher Andrew writes about the issue in "The Defence of the Realm," an official history of the country's domestic spy service -- also known as MI5 -- that was released earlier this month.

Given access to 400,000 MI5 files, Andrew has dug deep into the 100-year history of the spy service for his 1,000-page work.

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My Comment: I agree with the assessment that Islamist Terror must be handled as a constant threat. Until Islam reforms itself, the extremist ideology that it helps to promote will be a constant threat to all of us for the foreseeable future.

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