The Islamic population in Great Britain is apparently a cause for concern:
Britain has become an incubator for violent Islamic extremism, fueled by disenchantment at home and growing rage about events abroad, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Four bombers killed themselves and 52 others in attacks on the London public transit system on July 7, 2005 , followed by an almost identical but failed attack two weeks later. Last month Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said that at least three “serious conspiracies” had been disrupted in the previous 12 months. Then this week, police said they thwarted a plot to blow up as many as 10 airliners flying from Britain to the United States that could have killed thousands.
In other words, this week’s arrests could be only the beginning.
August 13th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Which is fascinating considering that Britain, like the rest of Europe, has always been less committed to civil liberties than the U.S.
So why exactly are we heading in that direction in the name of “combatting terrorism”?