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There is an increased risk terrorists could get hold of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to attack the UK, the Home Office has said.
The assessment comes as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled a new UK strategy to tackle an evolved terrorist threat.
It warns failed states such as Iraq have made it easier to obtain materials for weapons such as dirty bombs.
Ms Smith said the threat is "severe" - meaning an attack is "highly likely" and "could happen without warning".
Dirty bomb
Originally posted by TheComte
I find it funny that they call Iraq a "failed state." Gee, I wonder why it might have failed?
LOL. Absurd.
Originally posted by nerbot
Gone are the days of reassurance from leaders (pffft!)....their job now is to keep you scared and needing their (false) leadership.
I wonder how long till they ban "stink bombs"?
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"There is a concern now among officials in the Home Office that the chances of them getting hold of this material have increased in a world of failed states, in a world of easy availability of radiological material in hospitals and in a world of greatly increased smuggling of these kinds of materials."
Originally posted by mrmonsoon
reply to post by TheTimeMachine
As a side note, they discuassed they difference between mi5 and mi6.
Basicly, MI5 is like the US's F.B.I. for local issues in the country.
Basicly MI6 is like the US's C.I.A. and is their international spy agency.
Originally posted by mrmonsoon
well,
I will put it this way...
I did not know.
I believe not everyone in US knows this, but if I am alone in not knowing this, so be it.
It is ATS's purpose to educate all of us in many different area's and even about many different countries.
I learned something new to "me", and this is always a good thing.
Originally posted by antar
No, it is not common knowledge in America. I have learned something new...