SAS (British Special Forces) officers warn that Britain is unprepared for a Mumbai-style attack

[Turborama]

Source: Sunday Telegraph

Colonel Richard Williams and Lieutenant General Graeme Lamb said that such a "paramilitary threat" would "overmatch" any land-based police force and turn London into a war zone.

Writing in The Sunday Telegraph the two officers said an attack launched against an office block in Canary Wharf could result in up to a thousand office workers being trapped in a single building, where they could be "murdered one by one, floor by floor".

The two decorated SAS officers said the terrorist attack would equate to "9/11 in slow motion". He added: "This would temporarily create a war zone within London and one that cannot effectively be countered by the police alone. The police are good at policing but we doubt they would want to try war fighting."

Col Williams, who commanded the SAS from 2005 to 2008, and won a Military Cross fighting in Afghanistan and Gen. Lamb, who was the director of special forces from 2000 to 2003, warned that launching a terrorist operation against London "would be difficult but not impossible".

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8038942/SAS-officers-warn-that-Britain-is-unprepared-for-a-Mumbai-style-attack.html

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Related news...

British brothers 'behind plot to terrorise Europe'

Source:The Independent

Pakistani sources say extremists planning Mumbai-style attacks had domestic links

By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter

Two British brothers based in Pakistan were at the heart of a plot to launch "Mumbai-style" terrorist attacks in Britain and other European countries, it was claimed yesterday.

One of the men, named as Abdul Jabbar, was killed earlier this month in a missile strike by an unmanned American drone as part of a series of attacks directly aimed at the organisers of the plan to stage co-ordinated killing sprees by groups of commandos in major European cities.

A Pakistani intelligence official said the two Britons had been tracked for nearly a year in North Waziristan, a lawless tribal region which has become a hub for Islamist militants, along with eight German citizens who were also involved with the al-Qa'ida-linked plot.

The men had been making phone calls to London and Germany to begin the process of activating the plot by finding accomplices in Europe, the official said. Western security sources said on Wednesday that the scheme had recently moved from being an aspiration to concrete planning and was "still active".

Full article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/british-brothers-behind-plot-to-terrorise-europe-2094515.html

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1. US may issue travel warning for Americans in Europe

The US government is considering warning its citizens to be vigilant while travelling in Europe because of the threat of an al-Qaeda commando-style attack, the BBC has learned.

US and UK officials have confirmed that updated guidance may be issued because of the current terror threat.

A UK official said the travel advisory would not be country-specific.

It would also not go as far as advising against travel to Europe, the official said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11460335

On the Sky TV New ticker it says warning has now been issued by US State Dept. for American citizens to avoid all public places in Europe but their website reiterates the BBC : http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Reports-Say-The-US-May-Issue-A-Travel-Warning-To-Its-Citizens-In-Europe-After-A-New-Terror-Threat/Article/201010115750223?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15750223_Reports_Say_The_US_May_Issue_A_Travel_Warning_To_Its_Citizens_In_Europe_After_A_New_Terror_Threat_

[Turborama]

2. Their ticker on the TV has been saying that for hours.

There was meant to be an announcement by Hillary Clinton earlier, but that didn't happen.

I've been posting updates here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4561969

I'm worried about my brother as he lives and works in Central London. At least he'll be OK today as he's out of town for the weekend. I hope he's going to be safe next week, though.

:hi:

[DFW]

3. None of us here in Europe are "prepared" for that kind of attack

But if it happens, there will be some brutal carnage for sure, because Europe does not want to look like
an armed camp (or even like the Arizona/Mexican border). I travel almost every day here, including up to
London occasionally, and if they blow me up, then they blow me up, but I hope they don't manage to blow
up the relatively open societies here that have so far resisted any temptation to get overly repressive,
despite the brutal attacks on Atocha in Madrid or the Tube in London.