Thursday February 1, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Police in Birmingham, England arrested 9 British Muslims suspected of plotting to kidnap and behead a fellow Brit, a Muslim, a soldier on leave from Iraq.

The arrests were made yesterday. I am certain that most main stream media will cover the story, it is banner headline news. But it is more than that, there are important issues and ramifications that this arrest brings to light.

The group wanted, in essence, to bring Baghdad to Birmingham.
The group wanted to decapitate someone just like they have been doing in Iraq.
The group intended to film the beheading and broadcast it on the internet.

Had the plan been successful, the potential fear factor would be incalculable.
This would have been even more gruesome than the subway bombing that rocked London last summer.
The idea behind this attack was to flaunt just how easy it is perpetrate the most heinous act of terror right under the noses of MI-5 and the police.
This time, the perpetrators were apprehended.
This time.