|
AL
Qaeda is grooming British children to carry out terrorist attacks
across the country. MI5 chief Jonathan Evans warned yesterday that
Islamic extremists are targeting teenagers as young as 15. It led to
fears they are recruiting in our schools, and raised the prospect of
British child bombers committing atrocities on home soil. Mr Evans
said: “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.” In his first public speech as MI5 director-general, Mr Evans
also warned that as many as 4,000 potential terrorists could be active
in Britain, though only half are known to the security services. Mr
Evans, who has specialised in hunting down Al Qaeda for almost a
decade, said there are at least 2,000 terror suspects active in the UK
who are under the watch of MI5.
But he said as many again
could
be operating and plotting here undetected. It is a huge rise on the
1,600 suspects Mr Evans’ predecessor, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller,
warned of just a year ago. Islamic radicalism and recruitment has long
been a worry in Britain’s universities but targeting children means
terror chiefs could now be turning their sights on schools and youth
clubs. Margaret Morrissey of the National Confederation of Parent
Teacher Associations called for immediate action.
 "Now the next lesson children is....." |
© 2007 British People's Party, BM Box 5581, London WC1N 3XX