Al Qaeda Doing It for the Children

Great Britain's problems keep mounting.

Al Qaeda grooming British children to carry out terror attacks in UK

Al Qaeda is recruiting British children for terror attacks in this country, the head of MI5 warned yesterday.

Jonathan Evans used his first public speech since his appointment in April to reveal that Islamist fanatics are stepping up their attempts to bring carnage to UK streets.

He said his agents were now trailing more than 2,000 individuals deemed to pose a threat to national security - 400 more than last year. Some suspects are as young as 15.

"As a country, we are rightly concerned to protect children from exploitation in other areas," he said.

"We need to do the same in relation to violent extremism. As I speak, terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and children in this country.

"They are radicalising, indoctrinating and grooming young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism. This year, we have seen individuals as young as 15 and 16 implicated in terrorist-related activity."

Of course, the modern-day Neville Chamberlain's are far more concerned with not offending anyone.

Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said the Government had to be careful not to heighten the sense of grievance among young Muslims.

"We must avoid an indiscriminate response that would drive young Muslims into the arms of fanatics and destroy the trust of local communities," he said.

LibDem home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said: "Experience suggests that breathless talk about the terrorism threat and the powers needed to counter it can have a damaging effect on opinion in precisely those communities that we need to keep on our side."

And, of course, we get the innocent double-talk from a member of a Muslim "cultural" group, who's either incredibly disingenuous or incredibly naive. I suggest it's the former.

Omer Williams, of the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society, said he was sceptical about MI5's estimate of terrorist numbers.

"They seem to paint a picture that we're knee-deep in terrorists and I think that's slightly paranoid," he said.

Slightly paranoid? I guess they're only calf-deep in terrorists.

"I understand that due to the sensitive nature of MI5's work they cannot tell us too much information, but where are the statistics to back up his claims.

"Where is this recruitment taking place? I can't imagine Muslim children are being recruited in state school, or faith schools either, and it's not in mosques."

Now where would anyone get the idea recruitment is going on in mosques?