
© Stringer / Reuters'Woohoo! This is so much fun! I'm getting paid American dollars to ride this American tank and pretend I'm Syrian!'
As many as 70 high-threat jihadists have returned to the UK, a Home Office official has warned. The claim comes as the UK Border Force says its lack of powers is crippling security. Scott Wilson, coordinator of the Home Office Protect and Prepare counter-terrorism program, told the Security and Counter Terror Expo conference in London that
up to a fifth of the 350 returned jihadists could carry out deadly attacks in the UK. He said support for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in the UK had outstripped that of Al-Qaeda, warning that while he could not say "where it is going to go" the new threat would endure "for a long, long time."
Wilson's comment comes as the
UK Border Force warned it lacks the necessary powers to deal with jihadists entering the UK, raising fear that so-called
"clean skins" - those of whom the security services have no prior knowledge -
present a serious danger.Their complaint hinges on the fact that
unlike police officers they cannot use the Terrorism Act 2000, which allows officials to "stop, question and detain" any person they believe is "concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." An anonymous Home Office whistleblower told the
Telegraph: "They have conferred no specific powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act on immigration officers in arrivals halls.
It would be unlawful for them to detain a Brit."
Comment: In other words, the only way forward for any country striving for independence is to follow Putin's model: Imprison or exile the oligarchs, remove the underhanded US NGOs, and educate the population on the political realities and the threat that they are under from the US-led evil empire.