May 05, 2003

While people in America seem to have settled in and settled down about our decisive and effective conduct of the War on Islamist Terrorism, the British public is now bumping from one outrage to another.
A "fortnight" ago, it was the MP George Galloway's involvement in the "oil for fool" program with Saddam's regime. This past week, it's been the ongoing revelations about those 2 Brit suicide bombers in Tel Aviv.
The story has roots and scares deep in the heart of Britain, like this one: Bomber in ricin plot link

A BRITON on the run after a terror bombing bid may be linked to a Muslim cell plotting to use deadly poison ricin, cops said last night.
Anti-terrorist officers fear Omar Sharif, 27, was recruited by the Algerian group behind the ricin factory found in London in January.
Their worries were revealed as it was claimed that up to FIFTY young British Muslims are ready to die as martyrs.
Islamic radical Hassan Butt said: “They are aged 17 to their late 30s.”
Security chiefs fear the extremists’ could even strike in Britain, despite being born here.
Israel has issued an official plea for Britain to crack down on fanatics after last week’s bombing.
The runaway suspected bomber may be linked to the ricin plot discovered after a raid on hate preacher Abu Hamza’s notorious Finsbury Park mosque.
An Algerian is charged with producing a chemical weapon after the raid in Wood Green, North London.
Special Branch sources confirmed that wanted Sharif, of Derby, had connections with Algerian fanatics.
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Special Branch officers quizzed Sharif’s Algerian-born wife and five others last night about his switch to Muslim extremism.
Officers are investigating Sharif’s links with a group called Hizb Ut Tahir — Islamic Liberation Party — an extremist political group.
They have recruited a number of disaffected young Muslims on university campuses. Friends of Sharif told how he changed dramatically after attending King’s College in London.
Hanif and Asif smuggled explosives into Israel inside copies of the Muslim holy book the Koran, Israeli security sources said yesterday.

Well, this is what happens when you make your country a "tolerant haven" for Islamist radicals, Britain.
I think they dodged more than a few domestic bullets by what they've discovered from these Tel Aviv bombers.
Heads up, Brits--you know what you have to do.
Get to work!