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shafique wrote::D
Let's balance out DDS's very funny youtube of Peters with this one for the 'phobes - (note folks, it isn't a documentary about real terrorists..):
Cheers,
Shafique
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said 99 viable bombs either exploded or were defused by army experts in the year to the end of March, compared with 50 a year ago.
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As well as bombings there were 72 shooting incidents, 33 casualties resulting from paramilitary style shootings and 81 paramilitary style assaults.
shafique wrote:Thanks - but I think it best we set the record straight with the numbers and nature of the terrorism by these non-Muslim terrorists.
The various reasons given by terrorists for their terrorism is important in the counter terrorism initiatives. That is why I support the initiatives to tackle the issue within the Muslim community.
I'm just grateful that we don't see the same level of competence or scale of attacks from this group (of Muslim terrorists) as we from the increasing attacks by these other UK terrorists (even increasingly targeting fellow Catholics as highlighted in the article!).
I'm certain that we will eventually get another successful terrorist attack perpetrated by a Muslim - so efforts to thwart these are indeed welcome. However, we shouldn't lose fact that these aren't the only terrorists operating in the UK - not by a long shot.
Cheers,
Shafique
shafique wrote:I've never denied that the 99 viable bombs and other terrorist acts took place in one part of the UK.
My point that when we looked at the UK as a whole, these terrorist acts swamped the others by a considerable margin.
I've not sought to downplay the real threat from Muslim terrorists - but to put it in context. Incidence rates may be very low, but so is the overall threat to individuals from terrorism.
I.e. what does the 'severe' threat actually mean. In NI it demonstrably applies to a situation where terrorists produce 99 viable bombs. In the rest of the UK it seems to mean 'we expect some Muslims who are inspired by Al Qaeda to carry out a terrorist attack' - but thankfully none occured in the same period that the non-Muslim terrorists doubled the number of viable bombs.
Statistics are very useful to put narratives into context.
Cheers,
Shafique
Statistics are very useful to put narratives into context.
BRITISH police and security agencies are monitoring 30 terrorism plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said in extracts of a newspaper interview released today.
"We now face a threat level that is severe. It's not getting any less, it's actually growing,'' she said in an interview to be published tomorrow in News of the World.
"We task the police and the security agencies with protecting us ... There are 2,000 individuals they are monitoring. There are 200 networks. There are 30 active plots,'' she said.
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"Since the beginning of 2007, 57 people have been convicted on terrorist plots,'' said Smith.
"Nearly half of those pleaded guilty so this is not some figment of the imagination. It is a real risk and a real issue we need to respond to.''