Will England Be Missed ?

[Storekeeper]

"British intelligence officials believe that al-Qaida is determined to attack the UK with a nuclear weapon, it emerged yesterday. The announcement, from an officially organised Foreign Office counter-terrorism briefing for the media, was the latest in a series of bleak assessments by senior officials and ministers about the terrorist threat facing Britain. UK officials have detected "an awful lot of chatter" on jihadi websites expressing the desire to acquire chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons. Asked whether there was any doubt that al-Qaida was trying to gain the technology to attack the west, including the UK, with a nuclear weapon, a senior Foreign Office counter-terrorism official said: "No doubt at all."

Al-Qaida plotting nuclear attack on UK, officials warn | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

[in4zip]

would that mean no more cricket, marmite, horribly dressed queens and Smeg (provided that he aint presently in the big mango)?

[stroller]

It's hard to take any 'intelligence' serious now, after all the lies about an imminent threat from Iraq with its nuclear WMDs...

[kingwilly]

would that mean no more cricket, marmite, horribly dressed queens and Smeg (provided that he aint presently in the big mango)?

dont panic cricket will survive without england - in fact barring the last Ashes - cricket had been surviving a number of decades w/o ole blilghtly

[slimboyfat]

Will England Be Missed ?

Well yes, it probably would if it was the Americans who were in charge of targetting the missile.

[ChiangMai noon]

I doubt if England would be badly missed, but Wales and Scotland.... that would be devastating.

[William]

^don't you just love the way the yanks read the "UK" as being "England"

[Bobcock]

^You mean in the same way the English themselves do?

and the Thai's....the nationality on my work permit says English. Cheeky cvnts, didn't realise Marmite had himself a government job!!

[ChiangMai noon]

unfortunately there is no Thai word for Welsh, and British gets traslated into Angrit.


I tell most strangers that i am scottish if they haven't heard of Wales.

[Begbie]

I tell most strangers that i am scottish if they haven't heard of Wales.

I'd green you for that, but you still haven't said sorry for helping the english to invade us 700 years ago.

[ChiangMai noon]

ummmm.
sorry about that.

Is your name Bruce by the way.
I met a Bruce the other day and he looked like i expect you to look.

[Butterfly]

UK officials have detected "an awful lot of chatter" on jihadi websites expressing the desire to acquire chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons.

That takes the cake. It's probably undercover NSA agents trying to bait potential terrrorists, like in the AOL chat rooms with the FBI agents posing as 13yr old girls looking for sex.

I can see the thread title already "Where can I find some NUX-1311 for less $1m a kg ?"

a big joke really.

[barbaro]

"British intelligence officials believe that al-Qaida is determined to attack the UK with a nuclear weapon, it emerged yesterday. The announcement, from an officially organised Foreign Office counter-terrorism briefing for the media, was the latest in a series of bleak assessments by senior officials and ministers about the terrorist threat facing Britain. UK officials have detected "an awful lot of chatter" on jihadi websites expressing the desire to acquire chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons. Asked whether there was any doubt that al-Qaida was trying to gain the technology to attack the west, including the UK, with a nuclear weapon, a senior Foreign Office counter-terrorism official said: "No doubt at all."

Al-Qaida plotting nuclear attack on UK, officials warn | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack is real and in my lifetime, I think it'll happen unfortunately.

[Storekeeper]

What in the hell are you guys doing turning my thread into cricket talk ?

[Storekeeper]

The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack is real and in my lifetime, I think it'll happen unfortunately.

I'd be interested in hearing you speculate on who will be the aggressors in this scenario ?

[barbaro]

The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack is real and in my lifetime, I think it'll happen unfortunately.

I'd be interested in hearing you speculate on who will be the aggressors in this scenario ?

?

The aggressors will be members of an organization, and not a nation-state.

I think they'll likely be related to a particular jihadist group.

[kingwilly]

USA ?

[stroller]

^
That wouldn't be "terrorism", that would be called "making peace".

[barbaro]

USA ?

The U.S. or UK.

[slimboyfat]

USA ?

The U.S. or UK.

make up your mind, this is important!

[Sir Burr]

If it happens, it won't be a nuclear bomb. They are incredibly hard to make. It could be a dirty bomb, conventional bomb wrapped in radioactive material.

[Boon Mee]

The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack is real and in my lifetime, I think it'll happen unfortunately.

Don't burst these appeasiers bubble, Milkman.
To them, it's all a big joke and if we make 'nice' to the terror-mongers, they'll just go away...

[barbaro]

The threat of a nuclear terrorist attack is real and in my lifetime, I think it'll happen unfortunately.

Don't burst these appeasiers bubble, Milkman.
To them, it's all a big joke and if we make 'nice' to the terror-mongers, they'll just go away...

I think US and UK foreign policy and/or some of the ones they catch have little to do with the likelihood and actual carrying out of a nuke dirty bomb.

[Agent_Smith]

Would a nuclear attack on the US or London actually bring about WWIII? What geographical area would the victimized govt attack? Would it simply lead to greater fascism in those countries while they fight a neverending war a la Orwell's 1984? Or is that happening now...

[barbaro]

Would a nuclear attack on the US or London actually bring about [b]WWIII?]/b] What geographical area would the victimized govt attack? Would it simply lead to greater fascism in those countries while they fight a neverending war a la Orwell's 1984? Or is that happening now...

The problem is that this is not about nation-states, as you know.

If an attack brought about WWIII, who would be the enemies?

organizations.