4,000 extremists from UK trained in Afghan camps

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4,000 extremists from UK trained in Afghan camps
Tuesday July 17, 2007 (1726 PST)
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LONDON: Up to 4,000 Islamic extremists from the UK have attended terrorist training camps in Afghanistan before returning to the country, a media report said quoting security chiefs.
 

The alarming figure raises fresh questions about UK border controls and the capacity of the intelligence and security services to keep the country safe, The Sunday Telegraph said.

Quoting a senior security source, the report said "There are 3,000 to 4,000 people who went from the UK to Afghanistan and came back. The important question is, where are they now?"

The figure is more than double the estimate of 1,600 that Mi5, the British intelligence service, gave last autumn for the number of individuals actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks in Britain.
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[Yrys]

At least, they probably have their name...

 

[RCD]

But how many have Canadian connections?

 

[Benny]

Let them attend all the training they want, but collect their passports on the way out.

 

[DBA]

The actual quote says people who visited Afghanistan. While "up to" that many could have attended terrorist training camps is a correct statement from a mathematical point of view it's a pretty dubious headline. To compare this upper limit to an estimate of the number of individuals actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks in Britain is dubious at best.

 

[Sassy]

I'm sure their trips were soley for the atmosphere and hospitality.  :

 

[Yrys]

I'm sure their trips were soley for the atmosphere and hospitality.  :

;D ;D ;D !

 

[Benny]

Afghanistan set to become a tourist mecca perhaps? Lots to see there for holiday fun!