Continuing with a series of briefings, British intelligence officials said that they are convinced that the al Qaeda is planning a nuclear attack on the UK and cited “an awful lot of chatter” on jihadi websites to bolster their claim. They said several web sites have expressed desire to procure chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons in addition to a series of economically debilitating attacks (as revealed by Dhiren Barot).
A senior Foreign Office counter-terrorism spokesperson said that he had “No doubt at all” that there is “aspiration,” the “attempt to get material,” and the “attempt to get technology.” His assertion was bolstered by MI5, UK ’s topmost counter-terrorism spy outfit, Director Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller’s revelation that they were monitoring and investigating 30 active plots that “lead back to Pakistan .”
