Friday, August 27, 2010

Britain Facing A New Wave Of Terror Threats

Photo: More than 230 people were jailed in the UK over terror plots in the first decade of this century. But of those, just 105 remain in prison. Among them is terror preacher Abu Hamza (pictured)

Britain Faces New Terror Wave -- The Telegraph

Britain faces a new wave of home grown terrorists as 800 radicalised Islamist prisoners are released from jail, a leading security expert warns.

Michael Clarke, a former government adviser and the head of the Royal United Services Institute, says he believes the security services could struggle to cope with a new generation of extremists seeking to carry out "lone wolf" attacks.

In a report published today, Prof Clarke says that, over the next five to 10 years, about 800 prisoners – in jail for non-terrorism offences – are due to be released on to the streets having been radicalised in jail.

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More News On The U.K.'s Growing Homegrown Terror Threats

Muslims 'being turned into terrorists in jail' -- The Independent
Muslim inmates 'turning to terror' as think tank says convicted terrorists are radicalising fellow inmates -- The Daily Mail
Britain facing home-grown terrorist threat, report says -- CNN
UK in for 'new wave' of terror, says expert -- Economic Times
Terror warning over Muslims radicalised in prisons -- AFP
UK researchers: Prisons breeding new terrorists -- AP
The intelligent response to the terrorist threat -- The Guardian opinion

My Comment:
This article holds back no punches. If only 10% are committed to violent jihad .... the mayhem that they can cause will be significant. Even the use of police and national security resources to watch and track these individuals .... which is probably what will occur when they are finally released .... will also be significant because these resources will just be diverted away from cases in which surveillance may be required.

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