Ever-Nostalgic for the Blitz, Brits Play Up bin Laden=Nazi Theme Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit Ever-Nostalgic for the Blitz, Brits Play Up bin Laden=Nazi Theme [Here we have an English minister shooting off his mouth, telling people "more attacks are planned! Right here in merrie olde england! (flap! flap!) We wouldn't be responsible if we didn't warn the public! We have EVIDENCE!" But will they reveal what evidence they have? Where people should be careful? HOW people might prepare or try to safeguard themselves? Of course not. This is designed to sow fear and panic, not inform people. This is designed to turn the English population into a compliant crowd of fearful children, ready to accept their own police state and racist police sweeps of immigrants. Dim Son's ploy of calling al-Qaida "like the Nazis" is right up the Brits' alley. It'll play well in London.] Friday September 28 8:46 AM ET (via yahoo) British Ministers Warn of Fresh Attacks By Dominic Evans LONDON (Reuters) - British government ministers warned that Osama bin Laden, prime suspect in the U.S. suicide hijackings, was planning fresh attacks in coming weeks. Europe Minister Peter Hain said on a late-night television program Thursday that bin Laden was "preparing already for high-impact terrorist attacks in the coming weeks if he's able to." "There is evidence he is planning high-impact attacks in the world and we have got to make sure he doesn't do it again," Hain told BBC television's Question Time program. Hain did not say what the targets might be or what evidence the government had of bin Laden's alleged preparations, but Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said there was every reason to believe the Saudi-born militant's al-Qaeda organization was still functioning around the world and remained a threat. "We would be complacent and irresponsible not to warn of the risks," Straw told BBC radio Friday. A British newspaper reported that "dozens of terrorists" allied to bin Laden were on the run in Britain alone and could be planning more violence. The Times quoted intelligence analysts as saying militants could send suicide car or lorry bombs into London's financial center or against U.S. installations. The United States and Britain believe al-Qaeda was responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon which left up to 7,000 people dead or missing. Britain has lobbied hard in support of U.S. efforts to build a military and diplomatic coalition against bin Laden and his presumed hosts, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. BIN LADEN "LIKE HITLER" Straw said there was a pattern of escalation in recent years in the attacks that bin Laden is believed to have sponsored. "So we have to work on the basis that this organization is still there. And we have every reason to think it is -- around the world -- and that there continues to be a risk of them making further attacks," he told BBC radio. Straw said it was important to stress that the threat persisted because some quarters were now urging talks rather than military action against al-Qaeda. "The answer is you can't negotiate with these people. The best historical parallel is those at the top of the Nazi regime. It wasn't possible to negotiate with Hitler," he said. British police believe 11 men suspected of being involved in the hijacking of the planes had passed through Britain before the attacks and may have planned the assault while in Britain. But a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair said there was "no reason to believe there was a significant British connection to the attacks." He declined to comment on reports that a number of bin Laden allies were still at large in Britain but said there was no evidence of a specific threat on British soil. "We have said consistently there is evidence of an ongoing threat from these organizations worldwide. Equally we have said we have no evidence of a specific threat here," he said. A 27-year-old man arrested in London in connection with the U.S. attacks was due to appear in court Friday. Police said he was first arrested under British anti-terrorism laws but was now being held under a warrant from the United States. The suspect was one of four people arrested last week, two of whom have been released. Newspapers said the arrests followed a tip-off from the FBI, which identified them from U.S. phone records of the hijacking suspects. Another three men suspected of being involved in plans to launch a wave of attacks in France and Belgium are still being questioned in Leicester in central England. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-09.28.01-12:19:07-14460