Sir John Stevens -Tells it like it is
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Taken from the Guardian today;
The appeal for peace came as the former Metropolitan police chief, Sir John Stevens, warned the London bombers were "almost certainly" British and that there were many more born and bred here willing to attack.
Writing in the News of the World today, Sir John, who served as commissioner for five years before retiring earlier this year, said the bombers were "totally aware of British life and values" and although international terrorists may have provided the expertise, it was "wishful thinking" to suspect the perpetrators came from abroad".
He added: "I'm afraid there's a sufficient number of people in this country willing to be Islamic terrorists that they don't have to be drafted in from abroad. We have already convicted two British shoe bombers, Richard Reid and Saajid Badat, and there were the two British suicide bombers, Asif Hanif and Omar Sharif, who killed themselves in Israel."
He described the likely suspects as "apparently-ordinary British citizens, young men conservatively and cleanly dressed and probably with some higher education". "Highly computer literate, they will have used the internet to research explosives, chemicals and electronics," he said.
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The appeal for peace came as the former Metropolitan police chief, Sir John Stevens, warned the London bombers were "almost certainly" British and that there were many more born and bred here willing to attack.
Writing in the News of the World today, Sir John, who served as commissioner for five years before retiring earlier this year, said the bombers were "totally aware of British life and values" and although international terrorists may have provided the expertise, it was "wishful thinking" to suspect the perpetrators came from abroad".
He added: "I'm afraid there's a sufficient number of people in this country willing to be Islamic terrorists that they don't have to be drafted in from abroad. We have already convicted two British shoe bombers, Richard Reid and Saajid Badat, and there were the two British suicide bombers, Asif Hanif and Omar Sharif, who killed themselves in Israel."
He described the likely suspects as "apparently-ordinary British citizens, young men conservatively and cleanly dressed and probably with some higher education". "Highly computer literate, they will have used the internet to research explosives, chemicals and electronics," he said.
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