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MI5 Says Kids Groomed for Terror Attacks
Monday, November 5, 2007
Extremists are grooming children and teenagers to plot terrorist attacks
against Britain, the director of that country's domestic spy agency said
Monday.
LONDON -- Extremists are grooming children and teenagers to plot terrorist
attacks against Britain, the director of the domestic spy agency said
Monday.
But Jonathan Evans, making his first public speech since becoming
director-general of Britain's MI5 agency in April, said vital resources
needed to tackle terrorism are being diverted to counter the espionage
threat from Russia and China.
''Terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and
children in this country,'' Evans said, according to a text of his speech in
Manchester, England. ''They are radicalizing, indoctrinating and grooming
young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism.''
Testimony from a U.S. terrorist-turned-witness in British court cases has
revealed how young Britons are trained for attacks at terrorist camps in
tribal areas of Pakistan.
Evans said though Pakistan remains a key training ground for Britons,
similar centers are emerging elsewhere. Al-Qaida in Iraq is attempting to
stage attacks outside Iraq and parts of East Africa, particularly Somalia,
have become a key area for training and planning of attacks on Britain, he
said.
Evans said thwarting plots alone is not enough to stop the threat of
extremist terrorism, and urged the government and society to counter the
message of radical preachers.
''If we only react tactically while our enemies plan strategically, we shall
be hard put to win this. A key part of our strategy must be perseverance,''
Evans said at a newspaper editors' conference. ''It starts with rejection of
the violent extremist ideology across society.''
He said al-Qaida ''has a clear determination to mount terrorist attacks
against the United Kingdom.''
But Evans warned that efforts to tackle terrorism are being stalled by work
to halt foreign intelligence agents from stealing sensitive information on
civilian and military technology. He singled out agents from Russia and
China.
''So, despite the Cold War ending nearly two decades ago, my service is
still expending resources to defend the U.K. against unreconstructed
attempts by Russia, China and others, to spy on us,'' he said.
Officials at the Russian Embassy in London were not immediately available
for comment.
MI5 Says Kids Groomed for Terror Attacks
Monday, November 5, 2007
Extremists are grooming children and teenagers to plot terrorist attacks
against Britain, the director of that country's domestic spy agency said
Monday.
LONDON -- Extremists are grooming children and teenagers to plot terrorist
attacks against Britain, the director of the domestic spy agency said
Monday.
But Jonathan Evans, making his first public speech since becoming
director-general of Britain's MI5 agency in April, said vital resources
needed to tackle terrorism are being diverted to counter the espionage
threat from Russia and China.
''Terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and
children in this country,'' Evans said, according to a text of his speech in
Manchester, England. ''They are radicalizing, indoctrinating and grooming
young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism.''
Testimony from a U.S. terrorist-turned-witness in British court cases has
revealed how young Britons are trained for attacks at terrorist camps in
tribal areas of Pakistan.
Evans said though Pakistan remains a key training ground for Britons,
similar centers are emerging elsewhere. Al-Qaida in Iraq is attempting to
stage attacks outside Iraq and parts of East Africa, particularly Somalia,
have become a key area for training and planning of attacks on Britain, he
said.
Evans said thwarting plots alone is not enough to stop the threat of
extremist terrorism, and urged the government and society to counter the
message of radical preachers.
''If we only react tactically while our enemies plan strategically, we shall
be hard put to win this. A key part of our strategy must be perseverance,''
Evans said at a newspaper editors' conference. ''It starts with rejection of
the violent extremist ideology across society.''
He said al-Qaida ''has a clear determination to mount terrorist attacks
against the United Kingdom.''
But Evans warned that efforts to tackle terrorism are being stalled by work
to halt foreign intelligence agents from stealing sensitive information on
civilian and military technology. He singled out agents from Russia and
China.
''So, despite the Cold War ending nearly two decades ago, my service is
still expending resources to defend the U.K. against unreconstructed
attempts by Russia, China and others, to spy on us,'' he said.
Officials at the Russian Embassy in London were not immediately available
for comment.
