From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Terror.php

Pretty vicious towards the US admin & with other nuggets:

"We need to think rather carefully about where we go now ƒ ” from
where we are now ƒ ” in confronting the consequences of 9-11," said
Richard Dearlove, the former head of Britain's intelligence agency, MI6,
addressing a London business conference on terrorist threats.

Dearlove was one of the purported characters in the so-called "Downing
St. Memos," notes of a secret meeting in the summer of 2002 when
British intelligence officials allegedly warned Prime Minister Tony Blair
and his advisers that the United States was bent on going to war in Iraq
despite weak evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

U.S. tactics used after the Sept. 11 terror attacks were understandable but
needed to be updated, Dearlove said, noting that Britain had taken a more
"mature approach" to the U.S.-led "war on terror."

"I think if we take a longer-term view, which we should be taking now,
the policy has to change," Dearlove said.

 sucking teeth noise 

But hey we've been fighting a "war on terror" since 1945 at the
latest....& possibly much earlier (e.g. the 1770'es in the American
Colonies) so you'd expect the UK to have a more mature approach vs Bush
& Co.

"A clear moral position was needed to halt al-Qaida recruitment but
Muslim leaders needed to be involved.

He also said counter-terrorist policies adopted by the United States, such
as extraordinary rendition and detention without warrant, must be changed.

"At the moment there is no question that it is very easy for al Qaida
to recruit its foot soldiers," he said. "

Indeed. The US lost it's moral position etc. I hold to the point that AQ
thought long & hard about how to bring the US over the sea to the Arab
lands & that the Neo-Cons didn't fall into the trap, they pushed
everyone else in & then dived in headlong.

"Although much has been learned about terrorist tactics, the nature of
cells and halting attacks, al-Qaida is thriving despite significant
setbacks, Dearlove said.

He said al-Qaida has been successful in "brand appeal." The
question now was where the brand goes next.

"Al-Qaida in Iraq seeks a propaganda victory against the West,"
Dearlove said of a campaign he said was meant to target U.S. and British
voters, comparing it to the Vietnam war.
"

Been there done that. The comparison was made years ago & is now the
near std view anyway so....?

"Changes in policies needed to be "subtle and thoughtful,"
he said."

Oh Bollox.....so that means....when is Bush out of office?

We're getting rid of Blair in June (even though he originally said he'd go
in May (typical Blair right to the end).


"Our strategy ƒ ” strategic position ƒ ” in sum is weak ... A
strategic rethink is probably the point that we have now reached,"
Dearlove said.

"

Worth repeating the above for the likes of Gary & Mark. It's about
perception & I kept saying wrt slapping people in Bagram, Abu Ghraib,
Guantanamo etc. that it would have long term effects which would be
crippling as US moral position dipped below that of the PRC etc.

Welcome to the crippling phase.

Adam

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