Friday, August 11, 2006

Pakistan, US, And UK Intelligence Helped Stop UK Terror Plot

Many lefties, including those over at Daily Kos, had a lot to say about the terrorists involved in the UK terror plot being from Pakistan. Said one Kos blogger:

...Pakistan is the source of Islamist terror and now that we've seen yet another instance of Pakistan-related or Pakistan-trained terrorists attempting to attack us, maybe it is about time we moved our focus away from Iraq--which, once again, had nothing to do with a major terrorist attempt--and focused on the actual problem.

I guess these leftists don't feel the need to mention that Pakistan helped break this case, along with some help from US intelligence. Reports Fox News:

British authorities arrested 24 people based partly on intelligence from Pakistan, where authorities detained up to three others several days earlier. The suspects were believed to be mainly British Muslims, at least some of Pakistani ancestry...

A U.S. congressman briefed by intelligence officials, who did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the investigation, said U.S. intelligence had intercepted terrorist chatter and British intelligence helped thwart the plot through undercover work.

Hmm, US intelligence "intercepted terrorist chatter?" I wonder if that had anything to do with certain programs that liberals fight tooth-and-nail against? I wonder if the ACLU will get these terrorist free from all charges since they may have been arrested based on warrantless wire taps?

Don't let lefties trick you into thinking they'd do anything to stop terrorism. "...Maybe it is about time we moved our focus away from Iraq--which, once again, had nothing to do with a major terrorist attempt--and focused on the actual problem." Whatever that means, it sure isn't "we should invade Pakistan." Liberals are against all wars when there isn't a sex-scandal to distract from. They wouldn't invade Pakistan any sooner than they'd invade Iraq. But then, since most of them authorized the invasion of Iraq...

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