Scotsman
12/05/2006 MI5 OFFICERS had to pass up several chances to thwart the 7 July suicide bombers because they lacked the necessary staff and resources, an official inquiry found yesterday.
With greater resources, the Security Service would have had an "increased" chance of stopping the attacks that killed 56 people, the parliamentary intelligence and security committee (ISC) found. And despite massive increases in funding, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the head of MI5, has admitted the service is now more stretched than last July and will be unable to prevent future terrorist attacks in Britain. The inquiry paints an alarming picture of four young men who planned and executed the atrocity with a few thousand pounds, some household goods and only minimal support from terror groups such as al-Qaeda. Comment: The picture painted by the inquiry is not alarming, it is simply unbelieveable, in the most literal sense. In this obvious snowjob by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee we have clear echos of the 9/11 Commission and its equally incredible report. That idea that four young, naive men with a few thousand pounds could have thwarted one of the most skilled and invasive intelligence agencies is an utter joke. We need an objective impartial investigation into the July 7th London bombings, not one conducted by those that are part of the very power structure that is being investigated.
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Thu May 11, 2006
Reuters LONDON - British security services had come across two men who went on to carry out last year's July 7 bomb attacks on London but did not believe them to be urgent threats, a parliamentary committee reported on Thursday.
Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer were among four British Islamist militants who set off rucksack bombs on three underground trains and a double-decker bus, killing 52 people and wounding more than 700. Comment: Again, more utterly unbelieveable nonsense for anyone with a basic understanding of how intelligence agencies work.
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Ros Taylor
The Guardian Friday May 12, 2006 David Cameron has said the Conservatives would "scrap, reform or replace" the Human Rights Act unless the government can reach a memorandum of understanding to enable foreign criminals to be deported to their countries of origin.
Responding to Wednesday's high court ruling that the nine Afghans who claimed asylum after hijacking a plane had the right to remain in Britain, the Tory leader told today's Sun that it was wrong to allow "the human rights of dangerous criminals to fly in the face of common sense". |
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