Major terror attack on scale of 7/7 foiled every year in UK, police reveal

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Telegraph:

 Police and MI5 are foiling a plot as big as the July 7 attacks every year, the country’s second most senior terror officer has revealed.

the number 30 double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, which was destroyed by a terrorist bomb on Thursday July 7, 2005

Every year, Britain’s security services are faced with at least one plan to carry out an attack on the level of the 7/7 attacks, which killed 52 commuters Photo: PA
Tom Whitehead

By , Security Editor

5:51PM GMT 21 Mar 2013

Officers also fear a hybrid of terrorist and criminal gangs could bring a new threat on the UK.

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne warned that the country is facing the most complex terror threat in its history.

He said the threat is constantly changing with al-Qaeda inspired Islamic extremists now plotting in smaller, harder to detect groups.

The danger is coming from an increasing number of hot spots around the world and there is also a growing threat from republican groups in Northern Ireland, who would attack mainland Britain if they could.

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3 Replies to “Major terror attack on scale of 7/7 foiled every year in UK, police reveal”

  1. Well, what do you expect when the farmer guardians of Britain left the hen house doors open and invited the foxes in? Of course, it’s complex.

  2. I have been expecting a major attack in the US ever since Obama took office, so far they have been stopped just as those in Britain have been stopped. What we must remember is that we have to get lucky all the time to stop all of the attacks, they only have to get lucky once in a while to succeed.