David Morton
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So much info coming out from the Citadel that is MI5 in London. Surely the families and elders in the mosques here in the UK know where the Jihadists
and radicals have gone on their 'holidays' but very little intel seems to be forthcoming.
The press release by Parker - the new boss in MI5 - is quite definite that something major will happen.
Here is what he said:
MI5 chief,
MI5 is the British Security Service, the equivalent of the CIA in England, and its new boss has some sobering words regarding the threats the country faces on a daily basis.
Parker was elected to the post in April and these are his first remarks since taking office during a private audience at the Royal United Services Institute.
The chief says Britain will face at least one major terror threat every year for the next few years.
“Since 2000, we have seen serious attempts at major acts of terrorism in this country typically once or twice a year. That feels to me, for the moment, unlikely to change.”
Parker says one of the reasons for this is the increasing number of British citizens traveling to Syria to join the jihad.
The MI5 chief added that a large portion of the casework load the security service deals with on a daily basis has a link to Syria, concerning individuals who have traveled to the country to fight there or who hope to do so.
“Al Nusrah and other extremist Sunni groups there aligned with al Qaeda aspire to attack Western countries.” Parker said.
Just as his predecessor, Jonathan Evans did, Parker warns, “It remains the case that there are several thousand Islamist extremists here who see the British people as a legitimate target.”
The MI5 chief referred to former CIA analyst Edward Snowden and how his leaked revelations hurt surveillance of spy agencies in Britain.
Some have said Snowden’s leaks mount to virtually giving terrorists an “instruction booklet on how to evade surveillance”.
Read more at MI5 Chief Warns Of Increased UK Terror Threat
Meanwhile, a snippet in London from the beginning of October - a black sack was arrested in Oxford Street and was disrobed revealing an Asian man. There may have been at least two more who evaded - possibly by taking their black sacks off.
As an aside I was challenged as to why I was taking photos of an Asian traffic warden putting a ticket on a motorised scooter on an otherwise empty road. I challenged his decision when there was a red sports car on double yellow lines with no one in the car. I walked around the corner and he followed me remonstrating as to why I took his photo. When I returned to my daughters flat, a nondescript police car came around the corner and stopped outside number 71 with three police on board. There are surveillance cameras in the square and on Queensway so I hazard a guess they tracked my progress back to the front door. A total misuse of police and their time.
and radicals have gone on their 'holidays' but very little intel seems to be forthcoming.
The press release by Parker - the new boss in MI5 - is quite definite that something major will happen.
Here is what he said:
MI5 chief,
MI5 is the British Security Service, the equivalent of the CIA in England, and its new boss has some sobering words regarding the threats the country faces on a daily basis.
Parker was elected to the post in April and these are his first remarks since taking office during a private audience at the Royal United Services Institute.
The chief says Britain will face at least one major terror threat every year for the next few years.
“Since 2000, we have seen serious attempts at major acts of terrorism in this country typically once or twice a year. That feels to me, for the moment, unlikely to change.”
Parker says one of the reasons for this is the increasing number of British citizens traveling to Syria to join the jihad.
The MI5 chief added that a large portion of the casework load the security service deals with on a daily basis has a link to Syria, concerning individuals who have traveled to the country to fight there or who hope to do so.
“Al Nusrah and other extremist Sunni groups there aligned with al Qaeda aspire to attack Western countries.” Parker said.
Just as his predecessor, Jonathan Evans did, Parker warns, “It remains the case that there are several thousand Islamist extremists here who see the British people as a legitimate target.”
The MI5 chief referred to former CIA analyst Edward Snowden and how his leaked revelations hurt surveillance of spy agencies in Britain.
Some have said Snowden’s leaks mount to virtually giving terrorists an “instruction booklet on how to evade surveillance”.
Read more at MI5 Chief Warns Of Increased UK Terror Threat
Meanwhile, a snippet in London from the beginning of October - a black sack was arrested in Oxford Street and was disrobed revealing an Asian man. There may have been at least two more who evaded - possibly by taking their black sacks off.
As an aside I was challenged as to why I was taking photos of an Asian traffic warden putting a ticket on a motorised scooter on an otherwise empty road. I challenged his decision when there was a red sports car on double yellow lines with no one in the car. I walked around the corner and he followed me remonstrating as to why I took his photo. When I returned to my daughters flat, a nondescript police car came around the corner and stopped outside number 71 with three police on board. There are surveillance cameras in the square and on Queensway so I hazard a guess they tracked my progress back to the front door. A total misuse of police and their time.
