Britain faces threat of dirty bomb attack at Christmas, Home Secretary warns

Daily Mail
Friday, November 30, 2007

FLASHBACK: A Miracle In London Or a Lying Government?
Do miracles really happen? Jesus turned water into wine, but do the spooks that staff the hierarchies of the British and American intelligence establishment possess the same divine powers? Or were they simply lying again when it was sternly reported that only a "miracle" would prevent London from being attacked by terrorists over the holiday period?

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Britain faces an increased threat of a "dirty bomb" attack over the Christmas period, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith warned today.

She said the security forces were taking "very seriously" the risk of a possible terrorist attack using radioactive or chemical agents.

Her warning came as police in Slovakia arrested three people this week for trying to sell enriched uranium.

The Slovak authorities said the material was sufficiently enriched to be used in a "dirty bomb" terrorist attack.

Questioned about the find, Ms Smith told Sky News: "If you look at the nature of the sort of attacks that have either been carried out or have been foiled, we are talking about attacks on crowded public places.

"We are talking about the use potentially of dirty bombs and other things and that is why it is something that we need to take seriously."

This summer's foiled attacks in London and Glasgow were a "graphic illustration" of the type of danger facing the country, she said.

She warned that recent intelligence analysis indicated the number of terrorist plots was likely to grow over the next few months.

"The regular threat assessments I receive make sobering reading," she said.

The Home Secretary pointed out that the former MI5 chief Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller had estimated there were 1,600 to 2,000 individuals involved in terrorist plots in Britain.

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