Car-Bomb Jihad Raises Serious Questions for U.S.

Washington, DC (TLS). The still-unfolding news story of the terrorist plot in Great Britain involving car bombs has raised serious questions for both the U.K. and the U.S.

It is still unclear as to whether or not Great Britain clearly understands the nature of the threat and its germination right under its nose as the country has sought to accommodate Muslim immigrants over the last few years.

Anytime a nation allows a flood of immigrants from regions of the Middle East that are known for radical Islam, it is opening the door to dangers yet untold. Yet it is highly doubtful that most of England can see their own culpability.

While the U.S. is not nearly as far along the continuum as England and the rest of Europe when it comes to such accommodation, we are getting there bit by bit. And this raises alarming questions concerning immigration, Homeland Security, law enforcement, and counterterrorism activity.

Counterterrorism expert Walid Phares has this in-depth analysis of the serious questions raised by the British car-bomb jihad:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/the_car_bomb_jihad_is_britain.php